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KMO will be adding Friedrich Nietzsche to the cast of characters in the GEBB.io webcomic in the coming weeks. Here's a discussion with someone who is not a public figure and will remain unnamed about how Mr. N. would likely respond to the other characters in the underground Antarctic base.
CRV 306
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KMO describes two seemingly unrelated articles on IO9.com and teases out an implicit message they both reinforce: white people suck. Particularly middle-aged white men. The articles in question are New Evidence Contradicts Theory That Easter Island Society Collapse by George Dvorsky and The New Star Trek Show Is a Chance to Last Jedi the Hell Out of Captain Picard by James Whitbrook.
CRV305
Podcast (crealmvault): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:01:51 — 35.7MB)
You're FAT!
Is there anything more important than having a toned butt and sculpted abs? In an observable universe that is 93 billion light-years across, there's nothing more important or worthy of your concern than conforming to culturally-conditioned standards of physical beauty, right? Couldn't be. Don't believe me? Read the original short story (later expanded into a novel) Blood Music, by Greg Bear. It will help you put things into the proper scale and perspective.
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Podcast (crealmvault): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:05 — 29.4MB)
Is the pace of scientific discovery and technological advancement slowing?
For some people the answer is an obvious yes. Of course we picked the lowing-hanging fruit first and the we have to work harder to secure later advances. Other say, of course not! The discoveries of the past give us ever more powerful tools for reaching new heights and doing so at an ever accelerating pace. KMO compares a few notes from various thinkers to make sense of the disagreement.
CRV303
Podcast (crealmvault): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:14:35 — 43.0MB)
Phoenix House, a national, non-profit organization, is planning to move one of their drug rehab operations from Brattleboro, Vermont to the much smaller municipality of Bellows Falls. Phoenix house already operates a facility in Bellows Falls, and some locals aren't anxious to see them expand their operations here. KMO speaks with a man who owns a house adjacent to the proposed site of the new Phoenix House facility.