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Show Notes
“Train your mind gently, not to deny what is hard, but to see what is still good” implores the monk sharing spiritual messages to his 2.5 million Instagram followers. Clad in an orange robe—well, sometimes a blue robe, sometimes grey or yellow—the little man of unknown descent speaks knowledge from a temple constructed from just about every Asian country imaginable. As it turns out, the creators of the AI-generated Yang Mun are…Israeli tech bros?
Turns out AI isn’t just for spirituality. There’s an entire industry of health slopfluencers pushing untested supplements, as Derek covers before Matthew breaks down the AI Orientalism of Yang Mun.
First, Julian touches on the 5th anniversary of the Jan 6 riots, and all the propaganda that’s emerged in its wake.
Show Notes
The Promise of Health Chatbots Has Already Failed
LinktreeMcMindfulness: how capitalism hijacked the Buddhist teaching of mindfulness
Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation
Jean Baudrillard - Simulacra and Simulation
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