Shiveman
@shiveman.bsky.social
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Philosopher wannabe
Every system has an extreme, and systems will tend toward whatever extreme that is incentivized or selected for. This is the moral of the paper clip problem.
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Capitalism, AI and the Paperclip Problem
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtube.com/shorts/oSSGlOsXers?si=mNnWLUA4nf6S1EWE
3 days ago
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Friday’s are for poetry. This one is for our new best friend.
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OH AI
You flatter me so
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/oh-ai?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
3 days ago
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There is a path to American redemption, but it’s a steep and difficult climb.
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We can't go back
After Trump, a simple reset to the old normal is both impossible and a bad idea
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/we-cant-go-back?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
4 days ago
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Aversion to coercion. Hear more in our full episode 10.
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Coercion: The Primary Evil
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtube.com/shorts/K8BzCdkPxLs?si=e0D_0OvT5KlLuNdW
4 days ago
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Carl Quintanilla
5 days ago
$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago.
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There is a direct line connecting the idea of merit with economic inequality.
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The Injustice of Merit
The moral economy of American inequality
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/the-injustice-of-merit?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
5 days ago
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This week's episode addresses the tension between individual and collective interests. We discuss how the two can and might be properly balanced.
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Episode 10: Me vs. We
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtu.be/3MBWzvIhy34?si=S2ElXLVBMQSkDAxO
6 days ago
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Fridays are for poetry. Musing about moral foundations.
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The Rider and the Beast
An ode to the conflict between head and heart
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/the-rider-and-the-beast?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
10 days ago
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Truth, not ideology must be our primary guide.
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This Above All
Truth / Ego = Meaning
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/this-above-all?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
11 days ago
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Sometimes the most dangerous arrows are the ones that come at you from behind.
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Friendly Fire
Following truth can result in unexpected dangers
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/friendly-fire?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
12 days ago
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Addressing the Socialism Boogeyman
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Episode 9: By Any Other Name
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtu.be/1_oOdwqJ4lE?si=Px29WLAiM6ijOa0Y
13 days ago
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Fridays are for poetry. A rhythmic rhyme about getting in sync.
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Rapaport's Rap
A rhythmic rhyme about getting in sync
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/rapaports-rap?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
17 days ago
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There will never be a better time than now to get started.
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Ending partisanship: if not now, when?
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtube.com/shorts/MKLu14sxCmQ?si=h8l0_LAfqRULID8J
18 days ago
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The best way to end an unwinnable war is to simply stop fighting.
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Asynchrony: The Futility of War
It doesn't matter if the ammunition is made of steel or ideology
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/asynchrony-the-futility-of-war?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
25 days ago
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A group identity can become fixated on its own success leading to the abandonment of individual principles.
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Group identity vs personal values
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtube.com/shorts/bZg2ByTycec?si=0dfdK7u7kaqCj7En
28 days ago
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Emotional manipulation is a tool to get people to react without using critical thinking skills.
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Emotional manipulation in politics
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtube.com/shorts/aRGywsA-EyU?si=RhqcUzCtvoVz_OAv
30 days ago
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Fridays are for poetry.
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They Thought I Was Crazy
But then, who doesn't love a little crazy?
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/they-thought-i-was-crazy?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 1 month ago
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National politics is important, but we tend to forget that the most immediate impact on people's lives comes from local government.
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Reframing change locally rather than nationally
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtube.com/shorts/ipLM3ZemdUc?si=gWapYymwAaLPnb82
about 1 month ago
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In this episode, we explore how our individual and group identities shape our political reactions in ways that often prevent us from seeing things objectively.
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Episode 6: The Identity Trap
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtu.be/NYTN3t1HrOs
about 1 month ago
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It's common knowledge that Friday's are for poetry.
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Common Knowledge
How do you know I know you know I know?
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/common-knowledge?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
about 1 month ago
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Identity is the lens through which we see reality
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtube.com/shorts/YV-_2_geS1I?si=jGSckBTgD_72g52I
about 1 month ago
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The Daily Show
about 1 month ago
Desi Lydic Foxsplains the not-war in Iran that Trump didn't start and also already won
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The first step is acknowledging our subjectivity and perspectival bias.
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How Embracing Subjectivity Leads to Greater Objectivity
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtube.com/shorts/YNOJD8l_VaM?si=L2f1UnczzO8Da1RJ
about 1 month ago
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It is said that minds are like parachutes. They only function properly when open.
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On Keeping an Open Mind
Truth is still true regardless of which rock it's found under
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/on-keeping-an-open-mind?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 1 month ago
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Episode 5 is available now! In this episode of Asynchrony, Kevin Shively and Dean Bagley explore the complex relationship between identity and perspectives, particularly in the context of political division.
youtu.be/5MAuU3FV-v8?...
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Episode 5: Identity Crisis
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtu.be/5MAuU3FV-v8?si=Fz93y4671Y2nQblh
about 1 month ago
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Perspective is a lens that shapes what we see as reality.
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The Irrationality of Partisanship
Don't shoot the messenger before you understand the message
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/the-irrationality-of-partisanship?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 1 month ago
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The irony is, that is exactly how you change the world!
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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Some thoughts on the current state of the State of the Union address. It wasn’t always this way.
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Being Precedential
When tradition loses connection to meaning, it loses its value
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/being-precedential?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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Last weekend, we attended a wonderful new play called Chinese Americans by Alex Lin. Afterwards during a Q&A, the playwright said something that encapsulated why I started the Asynchrony podcast now. Political division doesn't wait for the perfect time to be solved. The perfect time is always now.
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Asynchrony Podcast: Why Now?
How can you fraternize with the enemy while we're at war?
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/asynchrony-podcast-why-now?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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Week 4 of our continuing conversation about the great divide in America today and what we can do to improve political deliberation in our society. Available now!
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Episode 4: This is a PsyOp
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtu.be/fh0C9yhtXCg?si=5d1U3y4qy3V2fr9f
about 2 months ago
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In memory of the passing of a family friend.
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Lessons We Learn
One impact can leave a lasting impression
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/lessons-we-learn?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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Fridays are for poetry.
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Just One
A poem to remember each moment's importance
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/just-one?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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Is everything a PSYOP?
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Is everything a PsyOp?
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtu.be/lk3y8SqlHo4?si=251MCHUghvsgougU
about 2 months ago
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Some of my friends have questioned the timing of trying to bridge the political divide, but I believe in being the change you want to see. This is the first of a series of articles I plan to write about this journey.
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Asynchrony Podcast: Genesis
How the idea of a new type of political deliberation was born
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/asynchrony-podcast-genesis?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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Episode 4 Preview: The unfalsifiability trap
youtube.com/shorts/tWTWd...
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Episode 4 Preview: The Unfalsifiability Trap
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtube.com/shorts/tWTWdufouJQ?si=dNtpX94qKLHy6QwK
about 2 months ago
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We hit our first milestone of 100+ subscribers! Thank you!
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Episode 3: The Earth is Flat
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtu.be/LL9V4PgR23w?si=9dl1-vOmrqjZ9eyd
about 2 months ago
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This is an interesting article by a friend. It perhaps raises more questions than it answers.
www.mediapost.com/publications...
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I Had A Discussion About Truth With ChatGPT - It Didn't End Well
ChatGPT told me, in plain language, that Sora 2 "makes reality optional at scale"-that it's "a solvent that dissolves trust quietly."
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/412829/i-had-a-discussion-about-truth-with-chatgpt-it-d.html
about 2 months ago
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Today we celebrate the memory of a man who was given the chance to be a king and simply refused.
about 2 months ago
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Fridays are for poetry!
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Or Else
A poem of hope and responsibilty
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/or-else?r=55hb4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 2 months ago
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Efforts to control people through control of their culture are not new, but they should be an important warning.
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Culture and Control
Art has always been at the core of both political control and change
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/culture-and-control?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
2 months ago
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The first requirement for good political deliberation is trust. Without trust, everything is on the table, and the chance for manipulation rises.
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Episode 2: Conspiracy Talk Part 1
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtu.be/CeAlrQ3d2M8?si=Q4OrLVdnLQHNI0V2
2 months ago
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This is a powerful reminder of a basic truth of human nature.
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Plato Understood Why Masking Would Turn ICE Agents Into Devils
The Republic explained that social scrutiny was necessary for human virtue
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/plato-understood-why-masking-would?r=55hb4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
2 months ago
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Fridays are for poetry.
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Standing
What we can do for our own selves together?
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/standing?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
2 months ago
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In the next episode of the podcast Asynchrony, Dean and I will be discussing conspiracies and conspiracy theories and how we might approach identify what is real and what isn't. Episodes drop every Tuesday morning!
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Laying the foundation for understanding
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtube.com/shorts/uD0CWBE6HLk?si=QHf_2w9gKh2zw2bk
2 months ago
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Accountability is important, but it must be balanced with compassionate understanding.
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Wired for Empathy
We all have physical hardware limitations
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/wired-for-empathy?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
2 months ago
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Carl Quintanilla
2 months ago
“Network” is getting the Criterion treatment. 💕
@criterion.bsky.social
@ditzkoff.bsky.social
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When dialectic is replaced with rhetoric (ahem!), political deliberation becomes a simulation and is not real thereby obscuring truth.
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Hyperreality Politics
The death of dialectical debate in America
https://open.substack.com/pub/shiveman/p/political-hyperreality?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
2 months ago
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Yet another astonishing thing to just sit with for a moment.
2 months ago
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In this inaugural episode, Kevin Shively and Dean Bagley explore their differing perspectives on politics, truth, and the importance of dialogue. They discuss their backgrounds, the evolution of their political awareness, and the influence of media on their views.
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Episode 1: Finding Truth
YouTube video by Asynchrony
https://youtu.be/H0xPrXouBw0?si=kD0ATni_xcpwtVXu
2 months ago
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