David Boles: Human Meme

This Human Meme podcast is the inflection point for what it means to live a life of knowing. We are

Episodes

Total: 767

Deconstructed Expectation

2021/8/19

To create a great society, we must first deconstruct our interactions. To achieve greatness, we must

Everything is Forever

2021/8/12

The paper world burned; the digital world is transferable. Our privacy has mutated into reams of inf

Body shaming makes its TV advertising debut in the guise of a false celebration. There's a fine line

Law and Order Recluse

2021/7/29

We find comfort in the punishing familiar. When society boils, we turn to the well-known, and the pr

Covering a famous song is an uneasy task for the unanticipated. For example, Pink Floyd's haunting s

From circles, to spirals, to straight lines; we remain our own worst enemy. The self prefers introsp

Chess can be beautiful in its expansive logic. Bobby Fischer taught us that chess could be played, a

Architects should be required to live in their own designs. Too often the theory of implementation b

No Advocacy Advocates

2021/6/24

To be an advocate, you must care about the end. Too often, the False Advocate is not in the world fo

The Moral Society

2021/6/17

The immoral outnumber us, yet they claim to be the majority. We cannot be corrupted by the "second c

Things Fall Apart

2021/6/10

When things come undone, we search to blame. It isn't enough for us to accept a failure. No, for clo

Performative Grief

2021/6/3

We cannot be left alone to learn community rituals. We become one, together, by sharing information,

Cheap is not the path to generosity. You've met the skinflint. You know the cheapskate. You might ev

When Dummies Decide

2021/5/20

There's a difference between being dumb, and being a Dummy. A whole book publishing industry is dedi

The 300-lb Ballerina

2021/5/13

A human aesthetic is created to celebrate, not humiliate. What do we choose to value in Art? Is incl

The Holocaust is not an Easter story. There are some, the Christofascists among us, who propagate th

Where the Day Goes to Die

2021/4/29

We seek renewal in the East, and find death in the West. In that arc of the day, we struggle to defi

Too Many Tomorrows

2021/4/22

We have a shared, and fatal, fat mentality. Some try to convince us there's such a thing as being "H

Joe Biden is a historical bridge worth crossing. Sure, Joe is owned by the big banks. Sure, Joe told

Putting it on the Record

2021/4/8

A "Deal is a Deal" is dead and gone. A handshake is cancelled. All the terms of keeping your word ha