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AI

AI: The humbling of mankind

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Johnathan Bi Jun 21, 2026 Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcr… Companion interviews & lectures:

Timestamps: 00:00 0. Introduction 01:42 1. Weber’s Protestant Ethic 05:41 2. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics 09:48 3. Girard’s Deceit Desire and the Novel 14:25 4. Kripal’s Secret BodyAI-generated video summary

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Johnathan Bi explores four influential philosophical works to help navigate the professional challenges posed by the rise of artificial intelligence. By examining themes of labor, value, and human intuition through the lens of historical thinkers, this analysis offers a strategic framework for finding existential fulfillment and sustaining creative contributions in an increasingly automated world.

Philosophy

Plato’s Warning Against Friends-with-Benefits | Democracy is Anarchy

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Feb 8, 2025An Interview with Berkeley’s GRF Ferrari Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcr… If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbooks.io Companion lectures and interviews:

Mysticism

He Studied Every Religion, This One Came Closest to Truth | Rice Professor Jeff Kripal

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Johnathan Bi May 4, 2026 An interview with Jeff Kripal on comparative religion. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcr… Companion interviews: Uncovering the CIA’s Secret Weapon: Psychic Spies:    • Uncovering the CIA’s Secret Weapon: Psychi…   The Secret Religion of Nietzsche | On Mysticism:    • The Secret Religion of Nietzsche | On Myst…   Timestamps: 00:00 0. Introduction 04:07 1. Against Western Monotheism 33:58 2. Against Eastern Religion 52:50 3. Against Materialism 1:23:11 4. Fraudulent Miracles? 1:31:52 5. Dual Aspect Monism 1:49:47 6. The Historicity of Miracles 1:55:39 7. The Ethics of Mysticism

Sexuality

The Homoeroticism of Catholicism | Rice Professor Jeff Kripal

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Johnathan Bi May 30, 2026 An interview with Jeff Kripal on mysticism, sexuality, and the homoerotic structure of orthodox religion. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcr… Companion interviews: He Studied Every Religion, This One Came Closest to Truth:    • He Studied Every Religion, This One Came C…   The Secret Religion of Nietzsche | On Mysticism:    • The Secret Religion of Nietzsche | On Myst…   Timestamps: 00:00 0. Introduction 11:38 1. Why Mysticism Selects for Same-Sex Desire 21:06 2. A Queer Reading of Jesus 32:47 3. Why a Sexless Jesus Won Out 41:27 4. Jeff’s Encounter with a Hindu Diety 53:30 5. Mysticism as Hedonism 1:04:07 6. Plato on Love, Sex, and Divinity 1:07:40 7. Sex Runs Through the Supernatural