If you haven’t already heard, it’s something most people on this subreddit have listened to: a podcast called “Philosophize This!” by Stephen West. Free with no ads on Spotify. Absolute gem.

It starts off slow and awkward, but as he ages, his voice deepens and he really picks up around episode ~70.

I truly recommend it, both for chronological development as well as research opportunities (pausing the podcast to explore the topics/concepts/ideas in depth).

Enjoy!

Also, you won’t learn much on this subreddit. It’s stale and most people on here are too refined in philosophy to talk about intro level or basic concepts. It’s also a terrible platform for philosophy, given that it’s a mere substitute for the speed and efficiency of interpersonal dialectic, of which occurs mostly in person.

I’m with you. It should be noted that tribalism may precede hierarchies, especially narratives claiming divinity being at the top. However, I get your point. In addition to tribalism, specialization and individualism are also corroding human well-being.

Specialization has uprooted human autonomy, which means people become completely reliant on this toxic socio-economic system for their basic necessities. You start to contribute and perpetuate, with taxes, to cultural hegemony as you are shackled to a system that ignores biological tendencies and evolutionary psychology, which is dressed up as “progress”, forever ambiguous and vague.

Individualism is a metaphysical truth that emerged through desperation not progress. With 8 billion humans saturating every waking moment, an ideology had to manifest that allows such a horrendous population to persist. The sanctity of human life had to be a first principle shared by everyone, yet in reality, individualism makes little sense for any mammalian creature, as primary groups are how identities are naturally built, whereas algorithms and advertisements bolster manufactured identities in a system that isolates and alienates humans for profit.