James Cussen

Thinker of thoughts; maker of videos:

[James Cussen @platotes]

@subcountability thanks for letting me know I'll get that sorted

[James Cussen @platotes]

Good news — Suspicious Minds is up for two Webby Awards (the "Oscars of the Internet"), going head-to-head with Google, Apple, NBCU, CNN & Nat Geo. Wild for an indie podcast!

And yours truly is a guest on Season 2 — AI and Apocalypse. 🧵

[essentialsalts @untimelysalts]

You are morally obligated to go and watch the interview I did with @platotes at The Living Philosophy - because it's probably the best one I have ever done, in my humble opinion. It just released today on his channel.

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

@platotes Join @platotes for the final episode of On the Genealogy of Morals. It's a deep dive into the psychology of grievance and the hidden roots of our modern values. Let's explore if we can live without resentment. https://t.co/eVKJWCyeBN

[James Cussen @platotes]

Voting closes Thurs 16 April. If you fancy throwing one behind an indie team doing properly substantive work:

Documentary (their best shot): https://t.co/Wxi5L6n1sa

Best New Podcast: https://t.co/apX1mJFyUc

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

Nietzsche suggests our sense of shame is just internalized cruelty and aggression that had nowhere else to go.

Host @platotes leads this interactive dive into the dynamite of the Genealogy. Come discover the origin of our values.
https://t.co/7QFeSgJ1Ai

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

It feels like our whole culture is currently running on moral outrage and this deep psychology of grievance. Nietzsche actually called this out over a century ago. He saw the powerless turning their own weakness into a virtue just to flip the script on the strong.

In this salon, @platotes gets into why we've traded noble values for resentment, and how ressentiment is the hidden engine driving our politics today. If you've ever wondered where our obsession with guilt really comes from, watch this.

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

Yesterday, we kicked off our Nietzsche series with @platotes by dismantling the idea that good and evil are timeless, universal truths. Nietzsche reminds us that our morality has an origin, a motive, and a cost, and we’ve largely forgotten all three.

Are our modern values still serving us, or are we just living in the shadow of this ancient resentment?

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

Are our values truths, or just a very old revenge? Join host @platotes to investigate Nietzsche’s slave revolt in morality and how resentment reshaped our world. A deeper look at the hidden history of compassion and guilt.
https://t.co/LiZQVEuULh

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

It’s honestly wild to realize that what we call "moral truth" might have started as a clever survival tactic. Join @platotes, Founder of The Living Philosophy, to investigate Nietzsche’s Genealogy. An intellectual and engaging talk on our deepest roots.
https://t.co/LiZQVEuULh

[Interintellect 🧭 @interintellect_]

Where did our ideas of good and evil actually come from? Join @platotes for this reading group to investigate Nietzsche’s claim that our values were born from a slave revolt of the heart. A deep dive into the psychology of modern morality.
https://t.co/LiZQVEuULh

[Anna Gát 🧭 @TheAnnaGat]

New @interintellect_ series just listed!

3 episodes....

@platotes on Nietzche:

https://t.co/fpVvm5ICPw

[James Cussen @platotes]

Whom do you serve?

[James Cussen @platotes]

This guy reading Machiavelli politely lets me off the bus. I wave him to go first. He insists. Infernal Machiavellians

[James Cussen @platotes]

@joelafferty Thanks a million Joe much appreciated!

[Joe Lafferty @joelafferty]

@platotes just came across your phenomenology overview.
Adding screenshot of my comment-it’s an excellent video.
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So irritating that musk’s takeover of twitter has removed ability to paste text!!

[James Cussen @platotes]

@Appalachian1010 @TeamYouTube That would be amazing. That way I could cut it out if needs be

[James Cussen @platotes]

Hey @TeamYouTube is there any chance you can help with my question?

[James Cussen @platotes]

Am I doing something wrong? I can see that you've replied to other people in the meantime? Can you at least tell me that you are not going to be interacting with me so I can abandon this attempt to communicate?

[James Cussen @platotes]

@TeamYouTube can you help me with my channel?