Diaries with Debby Friday

talking about desire, suffering, tanha, chanda, what is "right" for us, how to get what you want, surrender, emptying out, Wu Wei and gift giving. ---------------- [00:00:00] Introduction [00:01:10] Desire as a part of life [00:04:09] On right living [00:06:12] Letting go of the imaginary [00:15:06] Effortless action and the Wu Wei principle [00:18:38] Closing thoughts ---------------- Music: Litvinovsky - Tales of the Magic Tree: IV. Spider Knows His Craft I and Thou by Martin Buber https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/551866.I_and_Thou Rudolf Steiner - Art As A Bridge Between The Sensible And The Supersensible https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA190/English/Singles/19190330p01.html Waiting For God by Simone Weil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88329.Waiting_for_God?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rhhJMqKSX7&rank=1 Love in The Void by Simone Weil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36095488-love-in-the-void?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hXwuyZ4PDq&rank=1 The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property by Lewis Hyde https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56472.The_Gift?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=SzRVH8edsG&rank=1 ----------------- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about the body and technology, social media, Marshall McLuhan, looksmaxxing, the economy, Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" essay, and what does it mean to be human in an electric world? ---------------------------- [00:00:00] Introduction [00:03:00] Marshall McLuhan and "The Medium is the Message" [00:06:12] What does the medium of social media produce in us? [00:07:40] Pillar 1: Attention as the central economic unit [00:09:09] Pillar 2: Collapse of context via endless scroll [00:11:40] Pillar 3: Dominance of the image over experience [00:14:05] Pillar 4: Identity as a modular and public [00:15:46] Technology as an extension of the body [00:19:48] Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" and the new body economy [00:27:07] The "looksmaxxing" industrial complex [00:38:02] Finding hope in the return to the body ------------------------------------------------- Music: Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25955.The_Medium_is_the_Massage Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media "Body Futurism" by Toby Shorin https://writing.tobyshorin.com/body-futurism/ A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6748.A_Supposedly_Fun_Thing_I_ll_Never_Do_Again?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 —--------------- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about logging off, being online, history of the internet, in-between-ness, TikTok, Solvej Balle's "On The Calculation of Volume I", unreality, social media, time loops and moreeeee. ------------------------------- Cover Photo: https://pin.it/5rYiwdhyD Music: Lady Macbeth - Justin Allan Arnold Alex Beightol (on Tik Tok) https://www.tiktok.com/@abaetol On The Calculation Of Volume I by Solvej Balle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208511270-on-the-calculation-of-volume-i ---------------------------- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about power, fear, eros, Thanathos, that Goon Squad article, the financialization of art, everything being a casino, derivatives, abstraction, knowing thyself, AI, Marion Woodman's Addiction to Perfection, ego death, simulacra and simulation, goodness, concretizing, hope frequencies, etc. ----- texts mentioned in this episode: Addiction To Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride by Marion Woodman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703515.Addiction_to_Perfection "The Goon Squad" by Daniel Kolitz for Harper's Magazine: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/ "The Same Stream Twice" by Rob Arcand for N+1 Magazine: https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-same-stream-twice/ Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22613.Simulacra_and_Simulation Teal Swan, "How To Get Over The Fear Of Responsibility": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmI6ubZEB9U ----- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about definitions of slop, nihilism, the Charlie Kirk spectacle, internet and technology, Rudolf Steiner, Mark Fisher, complexity, hope frequencies, fear, entropy, alternative politics, etc. ----- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about stuck culture, mimetic madness, human design, the death of monoculture, resonance as the future of the arts, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Marshall McLuhan, innovation, hope frequencies, and moremoremore. ------ texts mentioned in this episode: "Clout Academy" by Katherine Dee: https://www.clunyjournal.com/cp/159136138 The Gutenberg Galaxy by Marshall McLuhan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/440463.The_Gutenberg_Galaxy Feeling Is The Secret by Neville Goddard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11485130-feeling-is-the-secret ----- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5