Live wiser.
Ryder reads great thinkers and shares their insights with you.
Let’s THiNK about it podcast
hosted by Ryder Richards
How can you become an authentic individual in a manipulative society?
By being aware of the contradictions that twist us.
Each STEP tackles a key topic from a great thinker to reveal the obscure motivations that drive humans and the systems that shape us.
Our Journey
includes the following topics
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Society/Culture
- Self Help/Mental Health
- Labor/Leisure
- Behavioral Economics
- Popular Culture
Step 67: Accelerationism & Futurism
From the 1909 Italian futurists into the 2008 accelerationists the allure of speed worship takes a new cyber-tech twist.
Step 66: Cybernetics & Capitalism
Regulating a system requires moderating energies. Is capitalism moderating not only our desires but our rebellions as well?
Step 65: The path of opposition (failure as transcendence)
Antagonistic opposites can become one, or they can flip. The contradiction of our failure may be the path through.
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.
Ryder 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 the mental tools he finds to help you take what you learn into your daily life.
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