David Boles: Human Meme

Icarus leaves behind a lousy legacy. We fly around the myth of Icarus and Daedalus -- and discovers that heros die with a forgotten honor while fools have islands and seas named after them. As we step out of the primordial brine, our only hope is for escape.

Brutalism is back is a big way! We decline the rise of the re-booting of the Brutalist movement! We are surrounded by the relics of a Brutal ideal in designed living in architecture -- and beyond our common culture -- and we cannot escape its scowl on our cities. 

Listener responses to: Hundred! 

Stupidity has nothing to do with education. We wrestle with the management, and enlightening of, Stupid People! We listen. We question. We ask. Always in that order -- so we may know.

What happened to GE television advertising? We vivisect GE Ad campaigns over the last 30 years. Why did GE move the idea of them -- and of us! -- from warm and bright to forlorn and stupid?

Where do we go to get Social Justice? We examine the nature of Social Justice in the wake of the competing anarchical memes of Black Lives Matter and the White Supremacist Movement. Are there similar desires at stake in the streets? Are there equal ends on opposite ends of a piece of string? How do we get along with each other, if not, by social transposition?

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Our lives are circles generating circles. To unwind us, is to disassemble what makes us whole. We discuss the Art of Closing Circles -- and of finding meaning in the moment of silence before the second closes.

We learn as we listen. We celebrate the fact that Hillary Clinton actually gave the bones and ribs of the Millennials speech we wrote for her -- when she addressed the Children's Defense Fund!

We write for us, not them. We argue against the reckless notion that authors should write books for generations 100 years out while not allowing the now of us to read the work today. 

Camus' Sisyphus was against suicide, but did Sisyphus really take his punishment from the Gods? We contemplate the MIRTH in the Sisyphus myth, and we recall Sartre and Camus to help us existentialize the ratty rationalizations of the despicable rock roller!

How do you prevent someone from dishonoring a contract? We help you figure out how to get the best contract terms and how to deal with the inevitable boor of a business person who refuses to honor a done deal.

Over the past week, our beloved host was accused of three things. First, he was accused of being a Traitor to His Own Race. Next, he was accused of being a Genderist because he thinks women can be "stolen." Finally, he was accused of being a Big Baby in need of diapering. In this episode, we respond to our accusers! 

The risk of your life is to become an Outlier and stay one. We explain the value of an authentic Outlier -- one who leaves society to become an extra thinker beyond the common core.

You cannot make us forget you! We flay the European Union notion that anyone in the world has the "Right to Be Forgotten" in today's digital evolution! It is nigh impossible to erase footfalls that have already been suspended in amber.

What happens when a Ghoul unexpectedly wins an election? We interview, for a second time, a conquering Ghoul who will set world expectation for the undead in the next generation!

Don't ask for it if you didn't write it! We take on the glommers who want to "borrow" your research, or "take a look at" your Powerpoint presentation, or "grab a copy of" your syllabus. Write your own stuff! Stop stealing content from the rest of us!

Some Ghouls are too good to be true! We break new ground interviewing an ill-smelling Ghoul on election day! Can this Ghoul win it all with the Kitten and Wraith vote?

The Lakota Sioux have spent generations fighting for hills and against pipelines. We make the case that the Black Hills of South Dakota were a first line of defense -- a wall! -- against intruders, until it was discovered those hills were made of gold, and the land was lost to blood and greed. Today, the fight is over Black Gold and pumping stations.

What do we mean in the landscape of antiquity? We share our combined searches for meaning in our lives -- with conflicting interests -- and opposing causes.