Diaries with Debby Friday

talking about how to develop good taste, art, aesthetic discernment, Pierre Bourdieu, Theodor Adorno, attention, capitalism, virtue, Iris Murdoch, Simone Weil, goodness, the ego, unselfing/decreation, imagination and more. —---------------------- Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste by Pierre Bourdieu https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6981501 Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life by Theodor Adorno https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201388 "Iris Murdoch on Moral Philosophy and How It Should Be Done" by David Bakhurst https://usercontent.one/wp/irismurdochsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/imr16.pdf —----------------------- join the patreon for extended episodes and exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5 listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4g89gmN3E4JFZ82gxAwTZ6?si=df1422ac696c4e38 listen on apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/diaries-with-debby-friday/id1864630675

talking about human design, mysteries of the universe, yin and yang, what to do with The Answers, individuality and turning towards the Self, 2027, the Late Bronze Age Collapse, Nolan's Odyssey, omens and signs, how to not betray yourself, and the strangeness of it all. You can find Mike Stenbaek at attunement.info or at https://x.com/formattunement (Sorry about the audio in the middle. My mic was on the fritz.) My favourite websites to pull up your human design chart: https://www.puregenerators.com/chart-calculator https://jovianarchive.com/pages/get-your-human-design-chart 0:00 — Human Design, Astrology & Mysteries of the Universe 15:35 — What Do We Do With The Answers? 20:20 — Metaphysics as Art & the Point of Being Changed 23:10 — 2027 & the End of the Cross of Planning 33:40 — The Late Bronze Age Collapse 40:14 — Nolan's Odyssey: Omens & Signs 44:50 — How Not to Betray Yourself 50:00 — The Strangeness of It All join the patreon for extended episodes and exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about wholeheartedness, commitment, hypocrisy, how to know what is right for you, fetish objects, letting go, Hesse's Siddhartha, oneness, and more. —----------------- Renunciation and Christian Happiness: on the grace of wholeheartedness - Zena Hitz https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/the-grace-of-wholeheartedness Siddhartha by Herman Hesse https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52036.Siddhartha A philosopher's argument against the cult of achievement | Zena Hitz: Full Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD4Fhh6GDcY —----------------- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about self respect, Joan Didion, integrity, ego structures, fall from grace, Theodor Adorno, Zizek, capitalist ideologies, saying yes, saying no, processes of transformation and more. ----------------- [00:00:00] - Introduction [00:01:39] - Falls from Grace [00:08:25] - Capitalism + Learned Helplessness [00:09:44] - Joan Didion on Character and Responsibility [00:10:16] - Integrity as the Foundation of Self-Respect [00:14:09] - The Power of Saying No [00:23:34] - Rejection, Self Work & Togetherness -------------- Music: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, MOVEMENT III, Op. 56 - Felix Mendelssohn On Self Respect by Joan Didion https://sites.gatech.edu/alexburgin/on-self-respect-by-joan-didion/ The Culture Industry - Theodor Adorno https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85812.Dialectic_of_Enlightenment Julian de Medeiros Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@julianphilosophy the artist at the end of the world https://youtu.be/zVfTPjCpfuw?si=aQQ1ybxguIqBb6LZ starrr shaped: outsiderness and how to heal the experience of fundamental rejection https://youtu.be/8igZKf1Iww4?si=8j5oxqhMkgCR17hH --------------- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about desire, suffering, tanha, chanda, what is "right" for us, how to get what you want, surrender, emptying out, Wu Wei and gift giving. ---------------- [00:00:00] Introduction [00:01:10] Desire as a part of life [00:04:09] On right living [00:06:12] Letting go of the imaginary [00:15:06] Effortless action and the Wu Wei principle [00:18:38] Closing thoughts ---------------- Music: Litvinovsky - Tales of the Magic Tree: IV. Spider Knows His Craft I and Thou by Martin Buber https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/551866.I_and_Thou Rudolf Steiner - Art As A Bridge Between The Sensible And The Supersensible https://rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA190/English/Singles/19190330p01.html Waiting For God by Simone Weil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88329.Waiting_for_God?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=rhhJMqKSX7&rank=1 Love in The Void by Simone Weil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36095488-love-in-the-void?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hXwuyZ4PDq&rank=1 The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property by Lewis Hyde https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56472.The_Gift?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=SzRVH8edsG&rank=1 ----------------- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about fame and spectacle, Lena Dunham's new memoir "Famesick", Guy Debord, mental health and trauma, virality, narcissism and why everyone wants to be famous. ------------- [00:00:00] Introduction [00:01:30] Lena Dunham's memoir, "Famesick" [00:04:31] Fame in History and Modernity [00:14:21] The democratization of fame and The Society of The Spectacle [00:20:53] Why Does Everyone Want to be Famous? [00:32:38] Parasocial relationships and digital reality [00:38:15] Closing thoughts ------------- Music: Dvořák's String Quartet No. 12 (American), Mov. III, Op. 96 The Society of The Spectacle by Guy Debord https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381440.The_Society_of_the_Spectacle Famesick by Lena Dunham https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52545816-famesick?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_8 —--------------- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about the body and technology, social media, Marshall McLuhan, looksmaxxing, the economy, Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" essay, and what does it mean to be human in an electric world? ---------------------------- [00:00:00] Introduction [00:03:00] Marshall McLuhan and "The Medium is the Message" [00:06:12] What does the medium of social media produce in us? [00:07:40] Pillar 1: Attention as the central economic unit [00:09:09] Pillar 2: Collapse of context via endless scroll [00:11:40] Pillar 3: Dominance of the image over experience [00:14:05] Pillar 4: Identity as a modular and public [00:15:46] Technology as an extension of the body [00:19:48] Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" and the new body economy [00:27:07] The "looksmaxxing" industrial complex [00:38:02] Finding hope in the return to the body ------------------------------------------------- Music: Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25955.The_Medium_is_the_Massage Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126274.Understanding_Media "Body Futurism" by Toby Shorin https://writing.tobyshorin.com/body-futurism/ A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6748.A_Supposedly_Fun_Thing_I_ll_Never_Do_Again?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_12 —--------------- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about art vs entertainment, industry and its economic structures, rupture, Mark Carney, truth, beauty, Hannah Arendt, Theodor Adorno, why the artist must be a thinker, Simone Weil, and moreeee. --------------------------- Cover Image: Dallas, Texas, USA, 1981 (photography by Alex Webb) Intro Music By: Por Una Cabeza - 4Cellists Mark Carney Davos Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBkNX1-cbg Between Past and Future by Hannah Arendt https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127226.Between_Past_and_Future Theodor Adorno, The Culture Industry https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/85812.Dialectic_of_Enlightenment FKA twigs on falling in love with techno and the pressures of performing https://youtu.be/HqK6tW_KGws?si=z5rVp-kRQIzxoQD2 Love in The Void: Where God Finds Us by Simone Weil https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36095488-love-in-the-void ---------------------------------- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about logging off, being online, history of the internet, in-between-ness, TikTok, Solvej Balle's "On The Calculation of Volume I", unreality, social media, time loops and moreeeee. ------------------------------- Cover Photo: https://pin.it/5rYiwdhyD Music: Lady Macbeth - Justin Allan Arnold Alex Beightol (on Tik Tok) https://www.tiktok.com/@abaetol On The Calculation Of Volume I by Solvej Balle https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208511270-on-the-calculation-of-volume-i ---------------------------- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about finding meaning, the development of the soul, potential, unreality, work and labour, David Graeber, financialization, abstraction, the AI economy, Simone Weil, and how to make your work the work of your life, etc. ------- Music: The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Artwork: https://ca.pinterest.com/pin/25614291624353854/ Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt Something Ominous Is Happening In The AI Economy, written by Rogé Karma https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2025/12/nvidia-ai-financing-deals/685197/ -------- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about power, fear, eros, Thanathos, that Goon Squad article, the financialization of art, everything being a casino, derivatives, abstraction, knowing thyself, AI, Marion Woodman's Addiction to Perfection, ego death, simulacra and simulation, goodness, concretizing, hope frequencies, etc. ----- texts mentioned in this episode: Addiction To Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride by Marion Woodman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703515.Addiction_to_Perfection "The Goon Squad" by Daniel Kolitz for Harper's Magazine: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/ "The Same Stream Twice" by Rob Arcand for N+1 Magazine: https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-same-stream-twice/ Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22613.Simulacra_and_Simulation Teal Swan, "How To Get Over The Fear Of Responsibility": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmI6ubZEB9U ----- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about being an outsider, social rejection, difference as a gift, Madonna, Carl Jung, Marion Woodman, the parable of the talents, taking responsibility for your life, healing as an act of service, and hope frequencies, ofc. ----- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about definitions of slop, nihilism, the Charlie Kirk spectacle, internet and technology, Rudolf Steiner, Mark Fisher, complexity, hope frequencies, fear, entropy, alternative politics, etc. ----- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about pressure, transformation, suffering as fuel, answering The Call, superposition and quantum mechanics, making a choice, Sartre, letting go, and some updates about my own pivot. ---- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about stuck culture, mimetic madness, human design, the death of monoculture, resonance as the future of the arts, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Marshall McLuhan, innovation, hope frequencies, and moremoremore. ------ "Clout Academy" by Katherine Dee: https://www.clunyjournal.com/cp/159136138 The Gutenberg Galaxy by Marshall McLuhan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/440463.The_Gutenberg_Galaxy Feeling Is The Secret by Neville Goddard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11485130-feeling-is-the-secret ----- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5

talking about the fear of perception, the beauty in being misread and how to be true. -------- join the patreon for exclusive content: patreon.com/debbyfriday substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kpYnGmXmvv45isRxb9HAP?si=082c0f566e1e46f5