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This week we discuss the disturbing trends towards obsessions with so-called “onethingness”. We’ve all heard it. “This one simple trick”, “all you need to know is this”, “miracle supplement”, “this supplement changes muh life” “the right diet” “a new religion” “politics to fix it all” - we hear this line of thinking constantly, as if it’s almost a default state for the humanity of the day etc. But is this simply a symptom of what ails society at large? 

And how does vitality fit into this?

Chapters or segments are below, basically we riff on the topics:

Chapters: 00:01 Introduction Clip 00:12 a SpOoKy InTrOdUcTiOn CliP 01:50 Start podcast - 15 point super sleep pre-bed checklist chat 07:10 sorta of subject matter - introduction 16:30 Kevin’s thoughts on one thingness 14:58 The evolutionary drivers of oneitis - novelty and information seeking 26:00 MY ONE THING IS BIGGER THAN YOUR ONE THING - Kindergarten syndrome online 29:20 Is focus one thing? 30:00 The left brain connection to seeking one thing 44:20 Break 1 - Biosphere 49:10 Part 2 - One thingness is obvious at a cultural and individual level 52:00 Alex heading on down to the Ray Peat forum to find data on severe onethingness syndrome 53:25 Rice cracker p%nis girth experimentation 01:00:00 Ray Peat as a systems thinkers vs everyone else - the art of referring little things back to the whole system 01:05:50 One thing as an excuse for not wanting to be conscious 01:19:00 Part 2 - Break 2 - Astrosat 01:24:00 Part 2 - One thing and it’s relation to vitality - one thingness as rigidified and in-vital. Alex’s theory on the connection 01:30:30 Kevin on onethingness and vitality - his thoughts 01:34:10 Alex’s thoughts and his set of essays looking at this on substack 01:37:00 Alex on finding vitality as an obvious gestalt in certain activities 01:39:00 Alex’s theory on the physiological roots on vitality - in detail 1:40:00 Kevin on trying to force dead systems on vital life, splitting reality into components 1:47:00 A Reichian model for explaining vitality - core and pulsation 1:52:00 Conjecture on physiology, onethingness, vitality, left brained cognition and rigidity 2:15:00 According to English, vitality is akshually obvious to us 2:15:00 Combining cognition and physicality in a vital way, not a dead way 02:34:50 End song, contact details and credits 

Alex’s weekly newsletter, “Breath Wish” (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox); islandsoftranscendence.substack.com

Kevin’s newsletter and website, “Psychophysical” (subscribe to get free and paid option for weekly essays in your inbox); psychophysical.org

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Alex’s book, “Reinstating Hara”, is now available for a limited time for free for subscribers at islandsoftranscendence.substack.com

Kevin’s online posture course, “Principles of Posture” can be found here: https://www.psychophysical.org/p/principles-of-posture-introduction

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