PDAMX37.1 - Do good be good

Today we discussed calcium, mental illness, and demons.

We discuss Machiavelli to quantum mechanics to of course consciousness.

Today we discuss a lot of the things we were reading over past 6 months, like Josephus' antiquities of the Jews, Heroditus, Julius Caesar's writings, and more...

What more is there even to say. Recorded on 2/2/2026

Today we primarily discuss Book II of Aristotle's Nicomachian ethics and how JC embodied its central message 300 years later.

Today Antooshka and Mr. X recap some things they've read over the past few months. These include: -Monas Hieroglyphica by John Dee-The occult anatomy of man by Manly P. Hall-Bacon: Biography of Francis Bacon by Richard William Church-Roger Bacon and his search for a universal science by Stewart C. Easton-The Body Electric by Robert O. Becker-The Gospel of Judas-Eric Dollard's books and lectures:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TttHkDRuyZwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNstg-HHneYhttps://ericpdollard.com/

Today we continue Paul Starr's book "The Social Transformation of American Medicine", with chapters 3 and 4. These cover the changes that occurred in medical education during the later half of the 19th century, as well as the importance that hospitals and scientific achievements had on solidifying the prestigious role doctors came to have in US society. We have an email and would love to hear from you, if you're so compelled: [email protected] Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we continue Paul Starr's book "The Social Transformation of American Medicine", with chapters 2 and 3. This explains how the market for American medicine expanded in the 19th century empowering physicians, and how through organizations like the AMA Allopathic physicians consolidated their hold on medicine. We have an email and would love to hear from you, if you're so compelled: [email protected] Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss Paul Starr's book "The Social Transformation of American Medicine", published in 1982. Specifically we focus on the introduction and chapter I, which begins to detail how American medicine went from a largely unorganized, unlicensed, lower class trade in the late 18th/early 19th century to the priestly profession it is today. We have an email and would love to hear from you, if you're so compelled: [email protected] Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss book I of Rousseau's "Social Contract", which is his famous writing that discusses civil law vs. natural law, right of first occupant vs. right of the strong, and how he believes society's goal is to create equity between humans. We have an email and would love to hear from you, if you're so compelled: [email protected] Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.