Diaries with Debby Friday – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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?

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[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

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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

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talking about art vs entertainment, industry and its economic structures, rupture, Mark Carney, truth, beauty, Hannah Arendt,  Theodor Adorno, why the artist must be a thinker, Simone Weil, and moreeee.

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Cover Image: Dallas, Texas, USA, 1981 (photography by Alex Webb)

Intro Music By: Por Una Cabeza - 4Cellists

Mark Carney Davos Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBkNX1-cbg

Between Past and Future by Hannah Arendt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127226.Between_Past_and_Future

Theodor Adorno, The Culture Industry
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85812.Dialectic_of_Enlightenment

FKA twigs on falling in love with techno and the pressures of performing
https://youtu.be/HqK6tW_KGws?si=z5rVp-kRQIzxoQD2

Love in The Void: Where God Finds Us by Simone Weil
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36095488-love-in-the-void

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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.

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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

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talking about finding meaning, the development of the soul, potential, unreality, work and labour, David Graeber, financialization, abstraction, the AI economy, Simone Weil, and how to make your work the work of your life, etc.

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Music: The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Artwork: https://ca.pinterest.com/pin/25614291624353854/

Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt

Something Ominous Is Happening In The AI Economy, written by Rogé Karma

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2025/12/nvidia-ai-financing-deals/685197/

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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.

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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

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talking about being an outsider, social rejection, difference as a gift, Madonna, Carl Jung, Marion Woodman, the parable of the talents, taking responsibility for your life, healing as an act of service, and hope frequencies, ofc.

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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.

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talking about pressure, transformation, suffering as fuel, answering The Call, superposition and quantum mechanics, making a choice, Sartre, letting go, and some updates about my own pivot.

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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.

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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

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talking about the fear of perception, the beauty in being misread and how to be true.