Has doomscrolling hijacked your mental faculties, making you feel humanity is doomed? It's all gonna be fine. Season 3 is here. In this episode, Eckhart Toll-Free presents a compelling case for hope and optimism in a terminally online world. Let's put down our devices for a moment and recoup our mental bandwidth together. I don't think we're doomed. And that's coming from me. Credits for musical interludes/segments featured in this episode: - Blue Dot Sessions - Wave Saver - William Blue

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Love is the Dankest of All Memes

Terra Incognita (a Neon-Noir Sci-Fi Anthology)

[Disclaimer: the radically idealistic ramblings expressed by Eckhart Toll-Free, a self-proclaimed "holier-than-thou" enlightened centrist (and best-selling author of "The Power of Off") are entirely his own and in no way conveys the thoughts and feelings of Overthinkers Anonymous—or overthinkers in general.]

Somehow, Overthinkers Anonymous Returned...

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In this mid journey, rogue overthinkers Blueberry Moonbeam, Strawberry Sunshine, and Darth Serious scrape the iceberg of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), what should (and shouldn't) be considered art. Plus, anything and everything artists in the digital age (should) overthink about.

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Broad strokes:

• grilling Chat-GPT about the definition of art and whether AI-generated art can be considered "art"
• originality, sampling and referencing: is everything just a remix of what came before?
• is the career path of an artist still met with the same stigma and skepticism as before?
• influence and inspiration: how Dune influenced Star Wars (not vice-versa)
• "Theoretical Psychics Art Services" — Sunshine and Serious's arts studio/enterprise fostering human-centered artistic mentorship & collaboration—as well as facilitating access to networking and job opportunities for artists in the Philippines

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Producer credits for musical segments/interludes:

• Migration (intro)
• Desjardins
• Cataldo
• BreakzStudios
• William Blue
• Cloud Cover (outro)

[Music licensed via Blue Dot Sessions and Pixabay]

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Everything is a Remix (by Kirby Ferguson via YouTube)

Meta's AI to train using social media posts from Europe (via Reuters)

Did you know Meta is using your public posts to train their AI starting June 26? 🤯 (by Ocoya via YouTube)

"I highly recommend touching grass. I've touched so much grass recently."

- Fidget Cube Guru

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In this fidgety chirp-a-thon, Fidget Cube Guru, Kenzient, and Tink (a green parakeet) split their bills overthinking about tipping culture, the highs and lows of owning a parakeet, and the subtle art of giving the right amount of f*cks.

Chirp chirp:

• tipping culture/etiquette in the Canadian restaurant industry
• is having a small-scale, niche audience nowadays better than virality and fame?
• the widespread lack of empathy in online interactions and why we need to listen to each other
• the joys of touching grass—"Earthing"
• letting go of the stories we tell ourselves and giving ourselves the freedom to fail

Producer credits for musical segments/interludes:

• Migration (intro)
• Fornax
• Barstool
• William Blue
• Cloud Cover (outro)

Streets of the Philippines: A Sunkissed Photo Essay

Divorced Dad Rock (Spotify Playlist)

"The film industry is big, it's oversaturated and profit-driven, and time-consuming. And oftentimes, very frequently, disappointing films just happen and we call them flops."

- Doctor Whenever

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In this high-concept cinematic flop, Doctor Whenever, a part-time time lord, enlists returning guests, HBO Max (not to be confused with the streaming service FKA as "HBO Max") and KD to attempt to fix the Hollywood timeline (or space-time continuum) by discussing changes for films that failed to live up to their potential.

Films discussed include:

• Ghost in the Shell
• X3: The Last Stand + Dark Phoenix
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Blankman
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Producer credits for musical interludes/segments:

• SharpFlatNatural
• William Blue
• Killer Chops
• Placidic
• Abydos Music

Find KD on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and check out her podcast ⁠⁠KDTime⁠⁠.

“You are an individual, unique piece of this whole that we are all part of, and it’s not complete without you.”

– Lindy Nelson

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In this psychonautical odyssey, some sober guy named Tom (NOT from Myspace) is joined by two lovely humans, Jay and Lindy Nelson, authors of a book titled Consciousness in a Nutshell, to crack open the endlessly complex black box that is consciousness.

This episode won't teach you more than a 4-year degree — but it's more compact, less costly, and lightyears more enjoyable than a lecture from an uptight professor who insists on everyone calling him "Doctor." (You know who you are, Dr. Robert. 👀)

Turn on, tune in, and D̶R̶O̶P̶ O̶U̶T̶ voyage inward with us!

Course Outline:

• The enlightening potential of Creative Nonfiction storytelling
• Self-awareness: is it possible to truly perceive yourself the way others perceive you?
• Social media algorithms pushing outlandish conspiracy theories (like Dave Chapelle being replaced by a clone of himself)
• Jay’s revelatory Near Death Experience (NDE) — “The Life Review Boomerang”
• Altered States 101: how to override the narrative self (EGO) and the default mode network (DMN), with or without psychedelics

Producer credits for musical interludes/segments:

• Broad Sky
• William Claeson

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Learn more about Jay and Lindy's work on their official website and YouTube channel.

Consciousness in a Nutshell is available to order worldwide via Amazon.

"The book made me feel like I was getting a warm hug from a stranger. And not just any stranger... a stranger that I may or may not have known in a past life!" - Banana Ice

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In this lime (in a coconut), Banana Ice and Holy Shiver (AKA Alessandra Veronesi) turn their minds inwards, "unpeel themselves" from the inside out, and walk each other home after experiencing Christ Consciousness in a supermarket.

Nutrition Facts:

• A New Banana, Alessandra's self-help book about embracing life and cultivating healthy relationships
• the inspiring wisdom of Hermetic teachings like "As above, so below..." and the idea that the universe exists within (and without) all of us
• humans sharing more than 50% of their DNA with bananas?
• refreshing perspectives on romance and dating in a post-pandemic world
• shedding the layers of who we think we are to become our most authentic Selves

Producer credits for musical interludes/segments:

• Macroform
• The Golden Moons

Find Alessandra (AKA Holy Shiver) on Instagram, YouTube, and her website. Check out her books (discussed in the episode) below:

• A New Banana: Unpeel YourSelf and Elevate Your Relationships
• Desperado: A Little Book to Support You Through Harder Times

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