Fluidity

An Appetizer: Purpose

I make audiobooks and release them as podcasts.  The 20th-century systematic mode of social organization provided pre-packaged meaning, value, purpose, and ethics. It broke down. We entered an internet-enabled atomized mode of social organization, splintered into a kaleidoscope of meanings, without context. Audiobooks narrated in the Fluidity podcast will look toward constructing a fluid mode. Welcome to episode 1 of the next book, a work of non-fiction by David Chapman, a Buddhist and a former artificial intelligence researcher. "Meaningness" takes problems of meaning-making, typically considered spiritual, and turns them into practical problems, which are more tractable. This ten-minute introductory episode will give you a taste of this approach. Original text here: https://meaningness.com/an-appetizer-purpose You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/fluidityaudiobooks If you like the show, consider buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattarnold Music is by Kevin MacLeod. This podcast is under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial International 4.0 License.

Preview: Eternalism and Nihilism

Two stances that don't work: "Everything has a definite meaning" and "Nothing means anything." The original text is here: https://meaningness.com/preview-eternalism-and-nihilism You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/fluidityaudiobooks If you like the show, consider buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattarnold Original music by Kevin MacLeod. This podcast is under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial International 4.0 License.

What Is Meaningness?

Meaningness is the quality of being meaningful or meaningless. Original text here: https://meaningness.com/what-is-meaningness You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/fluidityaudiobooks If you like the show, consider buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattarnold Original music by Kevin MacLeod. This podcast is under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial International 4.0 License.

Misunderstanding Meaningness Makes Many Miserable

Mistaken attitudes toward meaning create unnecessary psychological/spiritual/existential suffering. Original text is here: https://meaningness.com/misunderstanding-meaningness-makes-many-miserable Original music by Kevin MacLeod. You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/fluidityaudiobooks If you like the show, consider buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattarnold This podcast is under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial International 4.0 License.

Stances Trump Systems, And Stances Are Unstable

People think they approach meaning in terms of religions or philosophies, but in practice, "stances" matter more. Original text is here: https://meaningness.com/stances-trump-systems Stances—responses to meaning—are unstable thought-patterns. Often we adopt several contradictory ones in rapid succession. Original text is here: https://meaningness.com/stances-are-unstable You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/fluidityaudiobooks If you like the show, consider buying me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattarnold Original music by Kevin MacLeod. This podcast is under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial International 4.0 License.