#Consumerism
9 episodes-
Education Flaws, FDA & One Gross Thumb
In this free-flowing and humorous conversation, hosts Kris Tyte & Sean Snodgrass discuss everything from FDA controversies to what schools should be teaching. Our hosts also reflect on consumerism, disability denial's drastic effects, and grotesque thumbs. Whether we discuss BBQ or Vietnam vets, our conversations manage to blend personal stories and societal critiques in a uniquely engaging way.
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Duality of Symbiosis & Technology Ethics
What is the true definition of Symbiosis? In this riveting episode of Positively Pedestrian, Kris Tyte and Sean Snodgrass brilliantly address this question: How is humanity actually defined? Not only do they do an in-depth exploration of this topic, but add their own unique perspectives and takes on this topic, such as building a moral code in regards to what will benefit humans the most. Join us for laughs, intellectual discussions, and what it means to be a technology philanthropist.
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Tiers of Wealth, Justice & Subjective Reality
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss, an arc of topics from the Pope as an apologist, for fraud waste and abuse to the Sackler family profiting from much the same, and offering the same sort of tacit, and weak apology. From there we look at history and access to information. Visualizing wealth distribution, alongside a world of unparalleled productivity, speed and scale. We talk about the lives of the independently wealthy, those who own the means of production. Proffering a tiered model of wealth and justice. We conclude by offering up a list of tools that can shift the balance of power and a proposal for a Community College class to disseminate it.
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Human Industrial Complex
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss the idea of building a grassroots movement where people join forces and work toward collectively improving their health and wellness by supporting and caring for one another. The trend here in the United States is socialism for the wealthy and dog eat dog free-market capitalism for everyone else. The reason we don't have universal healthcare in America is if we were to flip the switch and suddenly tens of millions of poor and extremely unhealthy patients entered the system, the healthcare system would be overwhelmed, and the truth of the horrific general health of the American public would be revealed. We'd have to cut military spending and corporate welfare to afford it. We discuss how this type of change may come about.
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Unlimited Human Potential
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss the miracle of our existence and the chain of events that had to occur for us to even exist. Human potential is so vast and broad it is beyond our imaginations. How human nature is to be empathetic and compassionate, and we are mostly revolted by the suffering of others with some exceptions. Lastly, we analyze what the collective goals of humanity should be (taking care of one another), and what they shouldn't be in (defining our lives through materialism).
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Bright Side of Nukes & Cognitive Bias
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss the bright side of a Nuclear Holocaust and the bizarre brave new world of Cognitive Bias. We discuss bad managers we've had, probably everyone has had, cognitive biases, the prevalence of violence in our society and the difficulties navigating the deep complexities of modern life.
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Moral Failings of Our Time
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss the Moral Failings of Our Time and try to consider what aspects of our culture are ethically wrong, even if normal. We investigate the past and can easily judge the actions and beliefs of our ancestors as being highly immoral. But what things do we do and believe in contemporary society that we believe to be moral, but are in fact, highly immoral, but just don't see because they are socially normal?
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Creativity Ending Exploitative Capitalism
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss various ways capitalism and consumerism work together as an extraction model for wealth and human toll therein. Beyond outlying the problem, Sean and Kris go through various ways of reimagining this paradigm and using it as an agent for positive change for the health and wellness of the American People. They go through some moral and social issues, talk a bit about massive wealth, social responsibility, and then into education. The discussion finishes off with a big idea of floating power plants for ocean liners and the thought experiment of human activity massively augmenting the lithosphere and atmosphere.
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Deep Fakes & The Future of Reality
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss the cultural, social, and individual implications of how Deep Fake and related technologies threaten reality itself. Virtual, augmented, mixed, and other emerging realities may soon be capable of creating a blurred line between digital and analog reality and what that might mean for society. We also look at the USA government as a Kleptocracy, or otherwise a collection of industrial complexes that creates financial socialism for the ultra-wealthy and brutal free-market capitalism for everyone else. Perhaps it is time for a long-needed counterculture to emerge to help transition us toward a human industrial complex, one that puts people over profit and helps transition government power away from the Kleptocrats and back to We The People.
