Live wiser.
Ryder reads great thinkers and offers their insights to you.
Let’s THiNK about it podcast
hosted by Ryder Richards
How do we reduce confusion (and manipulation) in our search for authentic individuality?
By being aware of the social fiction and contradictions that surround us.
Our Journey
includes the following topics
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Society/Culture
- Self Help/Mental Health
- Labor/Leisure
- Behavioral Economics
- Popular Culture
Step 59: Gambling, the Death Drive, & Libertarian Neutrality
Gambling has grown more addictive through design, destroying people under the mantra of “free choice.”
Step 58: Identity & Violence
Reducing identity leads to violence through “us v them” or “I-it” instead of “I-thou”. To relate fully to others requires self-surrender.
Step 57: Design Facilitates Agency
Our agency is a matter of choice: take what is programmatically offered, or shape your own options.
What podcast listeners are saying:
When searching for content to fill my drive time, I am often bored or annoyed by podcast presenters and end up listening to public radio (the music station.) But after listening to Surveillance Capitalism by Ryder, time passes quickly (engaging content) and I also have a few laughs (his voice effects) and learn a few new words (big vocabulary.)
Valerie Grimes, The Flow Center
The podcast makes you think about daily acceptances of “the way things are” that deserve to be questioned. It challenges the authenticity of thought and a true search for facts to support theories. I enjoy the pointing out of daily hypocrisy not overly obvious to me prior to listening. Definitely recommend listening to this one!
Lucy Deasley
Join Ryder on a path of discovery dotted with books, philosophers, and human problems.
He is desperately trying to untangle how individuality is shaped by society, which is all tangled up with money and invisible nudges.
On his journey, Ryder offers up mental tools to help you take what you learn into your daily life.
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