While discussing Google’s quantum computer chip known as Willow, Bartleby and Artenmus break down what is computing, what is quantum, and eventually, what is consciousness. From q-bits to the microtubules forming the cytoskeleton; we break down the nature of perception itself, down to the molecular level, in another best episode ever of Meta-Cosmos!
Continue reading →Bartleby sets aside the agenda to discuss the proliferation of drone and UFO sightings in New Jersey and throughout the world. Artemus believes it is all a distraction, but Bartleby thinks it’s related to inter-terrestrial beings and nuclear technology. They dive into Robert Hasting’s book, UFOs and Nukes, and his conversation with Jesse Michels. Once again, it is a thought provocative and eye opening episode of Meta-Cosmos.
Continue reading →What happened to all the work in Hollywood? If you haven’t heard, the film industry isn’t what it used to be. As the bubble bursts on Hollywood’s streaming model, we examine how it got here, and the role that unions will continue to play in the future economy. It’s all a matter of checks and balances on another great episode of Meta-Cosmos!
Continue reading →This week we examine the deeper implications of a single-panel comic by Asher Perlman that observes, “It just doesn’t feel like heaven if you can’t see hell.” Bartleby digs into this punchline while Artemus, in a manifesto all his own, relates the problem of economic inequity to the shooting of the HealthCareUnited CEO and the arrest of Luigi Mangione. It’s brotherly love as only two socks can know it in another marvelous episode of Meta-Cosmos!
Continue reading →Bartleby loses control of the script when Artemus breaks down the economic implications of the assasination of the UnitedHealthCare CEO, Brian Thompson. Why is there so little public sympathy for a murder? We all know why, but our favorite pair of socks have, once again, a profound way of putting it.
Continue reading →When Bartleby highlights the importance of the film Wicked, we dive into a brief and incomplete history of villainy and the many attempts that film, theater, and literature have made to rehabilitate these villains. It’s a book-turned-musical-turned-film that shares its roots going back to the Gnostics, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and thousands of years of persecution!
Continue reading →This week, we recount the history of neo-liberalism in the context of the New Deal, all to explain how the Democratic Party became a bunch of losers. Our favorite pair of brotherly socks map out the past hundred years of political paradigms in another amazing episode of Meta-Cosmos!
Continue reading →For their 100th episode, Bartleby and Artemus go back to their roots for another Q&A episode. They revisit the meaning of life, look into the evolutionary advantages of sentience, and talk about solipsism. It’s a cat-killing quantity of curiosity in another amazing episode of Meta-Cosmos.
Continue reading →099: Bartleby examines the past fifty years of the US presidential election cycle and how the outcomes are determined. Meanwhile, Artemus dismisses his brother’s theories and explains that the real culprit is economics. Together, our favorite pair of socks take us back to the Carter administration; its many aspirations, and … Continue reading →
In an effort to avoid the topic of politics during election week, Artemus demands a discussion on science fiction. Put on the spot, all Bartleby can come up with is an impromptu dissertation on the nature of fanfiction in relation to corporate IP. Meanwhile, unseen forces work against Bartleby in another seemingly off-the-rails episode of Meta-Cosmos!
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