450 - An Exploration of Modern Dysfunction: What Pluribus is Actually About

450 - An Exploration of Modern Dysfunction: What Pluribus is Actually About

From The Symbolic World by Jonathan Pageau

May 21, 2026 · 27 min

About this episode

The episode explores the symbolism of the TV show Pluribus and its deeper ontological implications.

In this video, I look at the symbolism of the recent TV show, Pluribus. There's a lot of speculation about whether it's an allegory for AI, the internet, totalitarianism, or resisting tyranny. But I would argue that it's not allegorical at all, rather it's an exploration of a deeper ontological problem: the relationship of the one and the many, the inside and the outside, sameness and difference. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JIk5jpmf5D0 🔓 Become a patron to support us and unlock exclusive monthly symbolism content: https://thesymbolicworld.com/subscribe 💻 Website and blog: http://www.thesymbolicworld.com 🔗 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jonathanpageau 🎧 Listen to and review The Symbolic World podcast: -Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0gI8bUwPtT3gkduHqNh6M5 -Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-symbolic-world/id1386867488 Our website designers: https://www.resonancehq.io/ My intro was arranged and recorded by Matthew Wilkinson: https://matthewwilkinson.net/

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Pageau

Topics covered

  • symbolism
  • modern dysfunction
  • ontological problems
  • relationship of the one and the many
  • totalitarianism
  • AI
  • internet

Keywords

  • Pluribus
  • symbolism
  • AI
  • totalitarianism
  • ontological
  • one and many
  • internet
  • dysfunction

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Books & works: Pluribus

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