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Fluidity

This is a nonfiction audiobook narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, David Chapman. Full text at: https://meaningness.com

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Original music by Kevin MacLeod. https://incompetech.com/music/

Artwork on this webpage is by Barry Gohn. https://www.deviantart.com/bzgbg

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Apr 24, 2022

The culture war, political polarization, Baby Boomer bafflement: the unending zombie slugfest pairing the two countercultures of the 1960s-80s.
 
https://meaningness.com/counterculture-war
 
"Five Case Studies In Politicization", by Scott Alexander.
 


Apr 17, 2022

The hippie and Moral Majority movements both developed broad, deep cultures, with innovative approaches to every aspect of life, from music to dentistry.
 
https://meaningness.com/countercultural-culture
 
Failure to find new foundations for meaning, to recognize diversity, to provide community, and to transcend...


Apr 10, 2022

The Religious Right and New Age Left both promoted time-distorting meta-myths—imaginary past golden ages and implausible future utopias—to hide their defects.
 
https://meaningness.com/counterculture-history-myths
 
Fundamentalism is not traditional; it is a modern, countercultural movement, opposed to tradition and...


Apr 3, 2022

In the 1960s-80s, American politics shifted from economic to sacredness issues. This damaged public discourse, but created a new two-track class system.
 
https://meaningness.com/political-left-right-rotated
 
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