An honest attempt at being human
Essays and conversations looking for wisdom, self-acceptance, noticing self-deception and navigating life between its scripts.
Robert Meets World Podcast
Conversations that refuse to stick in a lane
A conversation with a matchmaker about why dating apps optimize for the wrong thing bleeds into Jungian alchemy, then into mimetic theory, then into what AI agents will do to human loneliness.
Guests range from founders who’ve sold companies to psychoanalysts to a guy who ran a men’s festival on his family farm, and the show follows wherever the thread leads rather than sticking to a format.
If you want tidy takeaways, this isn’t that. If you want to sit inside a real, winding inquiry into how people actually build meaning, businesses, and identities, this is.
Writing
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Where The Weak Become Heroes
The song’s title captures something distinct: a feeling that every raver can resonate with. Yet, culturally, the songs speaks to…
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The Survival of the Fittest
Gerard “Sully” Sullivan stands in front of a massive metal barrier, calling out to his once partner in criminal enterprise,…
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You Technically Need a Permit for That: Spirit of the Law, Letter of the Law
A grey, monochrome palette of clouds, interrupted by spurts of sunlight, painted the San Francisco sky. Overlooking John F. Kennedy…
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Press ENTER to Feel: In Silico-Qualia
Address 0x40 settles in the program counter. Opcode ADD latches into the instruction register, brief and exact. Three targets awaken:…