The Horror of Freedom | Episode 034

An update on what I've been up to the past year or so and what fresh Lovecraftian horror I'm going beard-to-tentacle to with at the moment.

This is the full audio of chapter 1 of my book Deep Response. The purpose of Deep Response is to unpack post-consumer praxis for people who are explicitly wrestling with the question of what to do about the metacrisis in their own lives, like I was. I spent years banging my head against a wall, trying to figure out how to align my actions with my understanding of the multivariate crises facing humanity and the planet. This is the book I wish someone had handed to me when I was young and became metacrisis-aware. It is the result of my five years digesting post-consumer praxis and applying it to my own life.

In this AMA I answer questions about what I miss from being an ongrid worker/consumer, getting over the ego satisfaction of a white collar career, and getting over the dark lust for money and status.

I answer your questions about money. Do I invest? Am I coastFI? How am I handling old age and health care? Does a low cost of living mean you can't eat healthy food? etc. My New FU Rules episode.I solicited these questions on my newsletter. Sign up for my newsletter from any page on my website tylerjdisney.com

In 2023 my friend Jack McClure, his wife Alana, and their baby Din walked most of the way from Canada to Mexico on the Pacific Crest Trail. They ended at my place and spent a month here.Jack wrote a book about their experience. Find details of where to snag it here.In this conversation we talk about the book writing process, their experience on trail, and what they’ve got in mind next.

Bryan comes back on the podcast to talk about how pathological culture lets us down by failing to meet whole dimensions of human needs and then gaslighting us about it.This conversation actually triggered insights that made me make changes in my own life and see things from a fresh perspective, so I highly recommend checking it out.Find his series of posts on the forum here.

Want intellectual and creative freedom without all the administrative hassle, politics, and drama that goes along with traditional tenure responsibilities? Give this one a listen. Cody Markelz came back on to discuss his “DIY Tenure” idea.SHOW NOTESMy first conversation with Cody where we go into his story in much greater depth.TenureDIY TenureThe Art Gallery Cody is cofounding, Darmera.Cody’s Science WebsiteCody’s Art WebsiteSkillathon 2024 (also I’m documenting my Skillathon year here).His 5 year plan including his DIY Master’s Programs projectsDustin's website / instaWhat would you do if you got zeroed out tomorrow?Jacob's second stoa presentation

I 'finished' my cooking skill month early. In this episode I reflect on how the process went and what I learned.

I explain how I 'drew a map' of my cooking ultralearning project for Skillathon 2024. https://tylerjdisney.com/blog/skillathon2024

Almost all of the work I've put into designing Skillathon 2024 comes straight from either Scott Young's book, his blog posts, or his online course Rapid Learner. In this video I go over the main concepts I'm using from Scott's work to design my Skillathon year.https://www.scotthyoung.com/https://tylerjdisney.com/blog/skillat...