Joe Jackowski on Februa, Elaboration of Systems, and Philosophy of Mind
My guest today is long-time friend Joe Jackowski on today's episode. It was mostly us catching up as with the pandemic.
We have not had a lot of time interacting with each other cause he still is living near the University of Michigan. So this was when he was home for the Christmas break, roughly. We got to catch up on what we're reading and thinking about recently.
For Joe, he's been doing a lot of reading with Erich Neumann and Camille Paglia. Much of this conversation is around—both of their bodies of work and what he's been reading on their different writings or ponderings.
We get into different ideas about how humanity has built systems for itself and how. The systems elaborate over time, starting very simple and archaic to us now, modern people.
You can still see the bedrock and the foundation of these systems and ideas through time. And one of the fun ones we'd talk about was where does the word February come from? And we explained that early on the podcast.
Then toward the end of this podcast, we wrap up with talking about a newer topic for Joe, which is the philosophy of mind, which is something that this is the first time he iterates on it. If there are errors or discrepancies or just not clear, it's because it's new, and that's why we talk about it.
We're exploring the things that are on our own edge, which is a lot of fun. And so with that, everyone. Please enjoy this conversation with my friend, Joe Jackowski.
Show Notes:
[00:02:55] Februa - Where February Got Its Name
[00:04:31] The Pagan Ritual Embedded in Christmas
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[00:05:54] Traditions Evolve
[00:07:42] Past Rituals Where Attempt to Explain the World
[00:12:32] If meanings of words persist, it's a good way of thinking about behavior
[00:14:41] A polyamorous example
[00:15:51] Every model has to start simple
[00:18:58] The Richard Dawkins Meme
[00:22:02] Pushing the Meme to Archetypes
[00:23:05] Erich Neumann and Camille Paglia
Erich Neumann: Theorist of the Great Mother
[00:28:42] The People of the Steppe
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[00:35:25] Comparison to early computer operating systems
[00:38:30] The Food that Built America
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[00:41:42] Differentiation of the Chipotle Model
Chipotle: It's not the burrito - it's the operating model - Technology and Operations Management
[00:53:04] Matthew Johnson on Lex Fridman podcast
#145 - Matthew Johnson: Psychedelics
[00:54:00] Alcohol and Inhibition
[00:59:42] Lowering the drinking age
The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Public Health
Lowering the Drinking Age Has Serious Consequences
[01:04:30] Maladaptive Memes
[01:07:57] What happens when people aren't allowed to be autonomous
Autonomy, Paternalism, and Justice: Ethical Priorities in Public Health
[01:11:39] Sexually Repressive Culture
Sexually Repressed: Signs, Underlying Causes, Support, and More
[01:15:37] Impacts of repressing sexuality
[01:16:57] Mind-Body Dichotomy
Mind-body Dualism: A critique from a Health Perspective
