We’ve all heard of the term “emotional labor”, but do we know where the term comes from, or what exactly it means? Check out this brief explainer thread on the concept of emotional labor 👇

One of the best—most stimulating, probing and fun—book talks I've had, with @ellieanderphd for @overthink_pod, is now live! The only thing missing was @rachelcwiseman. https://t.co/beW6U5JF0X

You might want to take some notes for this one ✍️ In our new episode, Ellie and David explore everything about writing—from its origins in cuneiform, to Derrida's deconstruction of logocentrism, to the potential threat of generative AI and ChatGPT. https://t.co/HCx5dHTBO9

What does "intelligence" mean, and can a machine have it? What are the legal, political, and social dangers of AI? @DrPenaGuzman1 discusses these questions and more in our new interview with @mainomenous. Check it out now! 🤖⬇️ https://t.co/PTH6j3EfJY

Welcoming 2025 with a new book! 🎉 This work of meta/philosophy explores the nature of contemporary academic philosophy and challenges its most pervasive “myths” It’s inspired by Marxism, feminism, and critical theory. #philosophy

Have you ever wanted to go on a road trip with Lacan? After this episode, you certainly won't! Buckle up for this ride through the phenomenology of driving as Ellie and David talk about the self-driving cars, animal consciousness, and more. 🚙🚗🛻 https://t.co/mDHrpu1JnB

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checking the bank account

This rampant consumerism is NOT what Donna Haraway had in mind when she invented Cyber Monday.

Get comfy as you listen to this episode! From architecture to the comfort-industrial complex to our burning planet, David and Ellie talk all things comfortable... and uncomfortable. Join us to question what it takes to lead a full and happy life. https://t.co/wSKJWpjqQV

me telling my philosophy students about the analytic/continental divide

Love this interview with Devonya Havis about her book on Black vernacular philosophy (like the blues). She goes from Immortal Technique to her Mississippi farmer dad’s marginal notes in his copy of Sartre. It’s wonderful. Big ups @overthink_pod! https://t.co/oR1seu6j7K

Dinosaurs, mammoths, ibexes: a great deal of animals have gone the way of the dodo. Are we next? In our new episode, Ellie and David talk about extinction, from Christian eschatology to the perils of the Anthropocene. https://t.co/QbfircSdUy

Even with endless social scripts around romance, we hardly know what it means to be a good friend. In our new episode, Ellie and David reflect on the highs and lows of friendships, from Aristotle to Montaigne to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Check it out now! https://t.co/AxPOZ9nflR

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Clogged toilets, odious jokes, difficult condolences... awkward moments are everywhere you look. In our new episode, David and Ellie discuss everything from oversharing online to uncomfortable silences with philosopher @alexplakias. Check it out now ⬇️😳 https://t.co/a2IeJCk7H8

Jameson’s line about science fiction “transforming our own present into the determinate past of something yet to come” forever changed the way I read not just SF, but literary narrative. RIP

This episode blew my mind! I don't know yet but I feel that listening to this might be a critical period in my intellectual journey.

All Fredric Jameson articles are now open access until the end of October. https://t.co/BV532jyAc4

What does Epictetus mean when he says that acceptance is necessary for peace to be possible? Ellie and David discuss one of his aphorisms in the context stoicism and contemporary mindfulness in our new video. Check it out now! ⬇️🧠 https://t.co/GFfbnu5bPM

Angela Davis on her teachers, Marcuse and Adorno. Hard for me to imagine anything like this happening today.