The buddies step away from the CCRU this episode (though maybe not too far) and turn their attention to Mark Fisher's take on Stanley K.'s last film, Eyes Wide Shut. We'll be discussing ritual, eroticism, conspiracism, and the dreary spectacle of Power blog post: https://egressac.wordpress.com/2004/09/26/have-you-been-enjoying-yourself-hyperstition/ Support Zer0 Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books ----- Other links: Check out the projects of some of the new contributors to Zer0 Books: Acid Horizon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/acidhorizon Merch: crit-drip.com The Horror Vanguard Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-vanguard/id1445594437 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Buddies Without Organs Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/my/podcast/buddies-without-organs/id1543289939 Website: https://buddieswithout.org/ Xenogothic: https://xenogothic.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvWYEU0q-QI

Georg Lukacs and Ernst Bloch debated the relative merits of Expressionism as against Socialist Realism in 1938 as Hitler was taking Czechoslovakia and Austria. Today we debate Dave Chappelle comedy specials and comic book movies as capitalism sets up multiple crises including right-wing populist movements, climate change disasters, and perpetual proxy wars. Should we move beyond cultural concerns or are we in desperate need of a new class consciousness? Relevant Books A Left For Itself by David Swift https://www.amazon.com/Left-Itself-Left-Wing-Hobbyists-Radicalism/dp/1789040736 Music from Jane Hope’s album Japanese Tracks https://janehope.bandcamp.com/album/japanese-tracks And Macintosh Plus’s 420 as covered by The Guests https://theguests000.bandcamp.com/ Video clips come from Storyblocks and the Prelinger Archive Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_oXkFRJSSk

Derick Varn explains why his new series is called "Theorizing with a Hammer" while outlining the difference between critical thinking and critical theory. Derick Varn is the host of the Mortal Science Podcast and the co-host of Pop the left. Mortal Science on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mortal-science/id1292139730 Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zero Books aims to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkAlTmSU6kQ

After the 2016 US presidential election, many people complained that we were living in an alternative reality, a virtual torture chamber, the worst timeline. In 2020 it is time to reexamine arguments that we're living in a simulation as we wait for the votes to be cast and our new political reality to set in. In this episode Ankur Dnyanmote joins Douglas Lain to discuss Nick Bostrom's 2003 paper "Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?" ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrQTS8BMrEU