Rap vs. Poetry, Video Games vs. Art, Chomsky-Foucault, Robin DiAngelo’s Classism (Tipsy In The Park)
Alex Sheremet and Keith Jackewicz discuss a variety of topics, tipsy on homemade sangria. Recorded in Central Park, NYC on 5/27/23.
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B Side topics: bullshitting poetry & academia; why acting is unforgiving; park stranger refuses Alex’s directions, gets lost; a hot pink wedding; TikTok vs. early normie social media; cultural production is the real difficulty for Leftism; Wallace Stevens’s racism & whether artists help or hurt themselves in extended dialogue; the decline of literary illusions; China, Russia & their artistic unknowns; does Alex have a trustworthy face; the limits of liberal-style free speech; violations of rights in citizenship tests; Zelensky bans all opposition parties in Ukraine; the cult of Stefan Molyneux; historical representations of doctors as intellectuals vs. the anti-intellectual streak among doctors; & more
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Timestamps:
0:00 – Noam Chomsky as a liberal; Manufacturing Consent in the modern world; what it means to be an “influential thinker” these days; the Chomsky/Foucault debate in 2023
07:16 – a tipsy Alex attempts to cross a channel; Left/Right debates on human nature; how the Left gives up the argument before it even starts; what about that Ezekiel Yu at automachination dot com; nursing & the Philippines; Robin DiAngelo’s classist comments about minorities at “black tie events”
19:08 – rap as the only “poetry” which gets any attention; why does Eminem get respect from superior rappers; Alex and Keith explore a tunnel
24:00 – how the complexity of video games went up while artistry went down; game theory in video gaming; the tendency towards open-world gaming reduces artistic value/vision; Choose Your Own Adventure books as a model for future art; even “adult” games are constructed for a child’s mind
Tags: #politics #videogames #art
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