The NanceCast

Mikey The Dangerous Maybe and Sean No Future are here again!!!We're continuing the reading of The Accursed Share!!!Georges Bataille was a weird little French guy writing weird fiction, erotic poetry, and doing all types of ill s**t. Then, he witnessed the world wars, the rise of Fascism, and the Total Mechanization of Earth and those who call it home; so, he set out to do something about it. That something? Write a book about "political economy" that forces a Copernican shift and brings the man out from behind the curtain - that "man" being the deep structure we know as Capital, and that curtain the prevailing Ideology, or Narrative, that leads us all to believe that we are in fact the ones calling the shots.Bataille is essential for understanding Modernity, both for grappling with this otherworldly monster that intends to use up all our resources and convert us all into computronium; and for developing a ubiquitous "recognition" that we are all, in fact, Humans (whatever that means), and that we must give up this false belief in Capitalism and start managing our General Resources in a Social fashion, lest we blow ourselves up and leave the dolphins and octopuses to inherit our ruins.Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack - https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybeMake sure to check out Sean's Substack too, he's been droppin' some heat! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswinghttps://open.substack.com/pub/nanceee/p/the-accursed-share-as-destiny-desire?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewerThanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

https://nanceee.substack.com/p/the-accursed-share-as-destiny-desire Mikey The Dangerous Maybe and Sean No Future are here again, again, again!! This is the fourth installment in our series of reading through and discussing The Accursed Share! Georges Bataille was a weird little French guy writing weird fiction, erotic poetry, and doing all types of ill s**t. Then, he witnessed the world wars, the rise of Fascism, and the Total Mechanization of Earth and those who call it home; so, he set out to do something about it. That something? Write a book about "political economy" that forces a Copernican shift and brings the man out from behind the curtain - that "man" being the deep structure we know as Capital, and that curtain the prevailing Ideology, or Narrative, that leads us all to believe that we are in fact the ones calling the shots. Bataille is essential for understanding Modernity, both for grappling with this otherworldly monster that intends to use up all our resources and convert us all into computronium; and for developing a ubiquitous "recognition" that we are all, in fact, Humans (whatever that means), and that we must give up this false belief in Capitalism and start managing our General Resources in a Social fashion, lest we blow ourselves up and leave the dolphins and octopuses to inherit our ruins. Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s Patreon, YouTube channel, and Substack - https://www.patreon.com/thedangerousmaybe https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Make sure to check out Sean's Substack too, he's been droppin' some heat! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing check out Philosophy Portal at https://philosophyportal.online/ And be warned that Three Billion Nances has a Patreon page now too! https://www.patreon.com/nancee and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for your time and attention!!!Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

in this Brolo episode, I spend a good ninety minutes discussing the first thirty minutes of Michael Bay's hit 2005 movie, The Island. This movie has so much to say before it turns into a Hollywood-brained action flick, and I love it!!! Also, I recorded a "first-half" of this episode before I went into the movie, and I reference that a few times, disregard all mentions of "earlier" and "the first half," that will probably make it into an episode centering on Baudrillard, to come at a later date. Anyway, Enjoy!!!! Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s Patreon, YouTube channel, and Substack - https://www.patreon.com/thedangerousmaybe https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe And be warned that Three Billion Nances has a Patreon page now too! https://www.patreon.com/nancee and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for your time and attention!!!Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Mikey and Sean are here again, again! This is the third installment in our series of reading through and discussing The Accursed Share! Georges Bataille was a weird little French guy writing weird fiction, erotic poetry, and doing all types of ill s**t. Then, he witnessed the world wars, the rise of Fascism, and the Total Mechanization of Earth and those who call it home; so, he set out to do something about it. That something? Write a book about "political economy" that forces a Copernican shift and brings the man out from behind the curtain - that "man" being the deep structure we know as Capital, and that curtain the prevailing Ideology, or Narrative, that leads us all to believe that we are in fact the ones calling the shots. Bataille is essential for understanding Modernity, both for grappling with this otherworldly monster that intends to use up all our resources and convert us all into computronium; and for developing a ubiquitous "recognition" that we are all, in fact, Humans (whatever that means), and that we must give up this false belief in Capitalism and start managing our General Resources in a Social fashion, lest we blow ourselves up and leave the dolphins and octopuses to inherit our ruins. Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s Patreon, YouTube channel, and Substack The Dangerous Maybe -https://www.patreon.com/thedangerousmaybe https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Make sure to check out Sean's Substack No Future too, he's been droppin' some heat - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing And be warned that Three Billion Nances has a Patreon page now too! -https://www.patreon.com/nancee and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Brolo Bonus!! I don't know what to say for this description, I'm just tryna get shit off my chest, think through some of the things that came up while talking with Alenka, and trying to stave off the existential horror of being utterly impotent... Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack - https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybeThanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Mikey and I discuss the hot new conspiracy theory—Conformity Gate! What is Conformity Gate you ask? Well, you're in luck, dear reader, because we answer that question in this episode! We talk about our love of the Stranger Things franchise, how Netflix managed to get people hooked on a commodity that doesn't even exist, speculations and conjecture about the Truth of season five, and some other stuff too!!! Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack - https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Shout out to Knigobi on for entertaining us during the strange liminal week at the beginning of the year, check out her channel for more entertaining Conformity Gate content, and also some fun TTRPG stuff too!!!! and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Mikey The Dangerous Maybe and Sean No Future are here! We're kicking off a new endeavor! Georges Bataille was a weird little French guy writing weird fiction, erotic poetry, and doing all types of ill s**t. Then, he witnessed the world wars, the rise of Fascism, and the Total Mechanization of Earth and those who call it home; so, he set out to do something about it. That something? Write a book about "political economy" that forces a Copernican shift and brings the man out from behind the curtain - that "man" being the deep structure we know as Capital, and that curtain the prevailing Ideology, or Narrative, that leads us all to believe that we are in fact the ones calling the shots. Bataille is essential for understanding Modernity, both for grappling with this otherworldly monster that intends to use up all our resources and convert us all into computronium; and for developing a ubiquitous "recognition" that we are all, in fact, Humans (whatever that means), and that we must give up this false belief in Capitalism and start managing our General Resources in a Social fashion, lest we blow ourselves up and leave the dolphins and octopuses to inherit our ruins. Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack - https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Make sure to check out Sean's Substack too, he''s been droppin' some heat! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Mikey and Sean are here! Today we're talking about a bunch of stuff; including Fascist AI, Dasein and Care and how they relate to Desire, Drive, and Temporality, Modernity and History and whether or not "we've changed," and some other stuff too!! This is a laid back, shoot the shit episode, to while away the hours here at the end of the year (and maybe even the end of the World!!). Happy New Year folks, it's been a doozy, but we're still here, damnit! Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack The Dangerous Maybe - https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Make sure to check out Sean's Substack No Future, he's been droppin' some heat! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Sean of No Future joins me for a conversation about all kinds of stuff! We talk about Rousseau on Vanity and Care, we talk about Girard on Mimesis and Rivalry, we talk about Peter Thiel and Power; Ethics, Politics, the Commodity Form, South Park, Avatar and Star Wars, China and Economics, and some other stuff too! Come along on this meandering conversation about nothing in particular, but also kinda everything at the same time! Make sure to check out Sean's Substack, he's been droppin' some heat! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack - https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe check out my guest piece on Strange Exiles, thanks Bram!!! - https://strangeexiles.substack.comThanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Mikey and Sean are here! Today we're talking about the recent film Bugonia. The three of us recently watched this film, and we couldn't wait to discuss it! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEAVY SPOILERS! DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS MOVIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't want to give away too much in the description, to respect the spoilers, but in this episode we touch on epistemology, belief, Truth, The Outside, conspiracists, Ordinary Pyschosis, Superego Oriented Neurosis, and some other stuff too! Mikey makes the expert observation that Bugonia and Sorry To Bother You make an excellent double feature for a Theory-head, I complain about Jacques-Alain Miller, and Sean champions the Ethical and Friendship! Great conversation! Thanks, friends!! Also, shoutout to DAMO! Check out the Science Fiction with Damien Walter channel on YouTube and his recent video about Kubrick and Eptstein! Be warned, there is a jumpscare near the end! - https://youtu.be/eFJhR6fM3vU?si=KV2Ga-7c4qDzHLbP Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack - https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Make sure to check out Sean's Substack too, he''s been droppin' some hits! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for your time and attention!!! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Mikey and I engage in an accelerated reading of Nick Land’s blog post Capital Escapes, written in 2014 and collected in Xenosystems. This short pieces is a nice addition to the readings we’ve been doing and the conversations we’ve been having; it touches on the statement Capital=Modernity=Acceleration (tech autonomization), it addresses the question of the Political when the Future has already been Enframed, and it reinforces the (properly) Marxist view that Capital is an Object unto itself. Come along, this one’s short!!! Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack - https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

In this episode Addam jumps across the eighth dimension to have a conversation with me about Ethics, Narratology, Temporality, and some other stuff too!! Join us as we try and work some things out, and have fun goofing around while doing it!!!!! check out addam on YouTube!! Or don’t, that’s cool too..Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

In this Brolo Episode, I spend the first twenty minutes or so trying to get everyone to stop listening by rambling on and on and on. In the second half, I discuss Left vs Right vs Unconditional Accelerationism, why I think they’re ultimately the same thing, and why I think we need a better political framework than just Go Baby Go; and I talk about the Ergodic Ethic vs the Strive Ethic and why you should do more than just join self-improvement groups and climb mountains. Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack - https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Mikey The Dangerous Maybe and I are joined by our friend Chris Cutrone to discuss Marxism and the world we live in today. There is a lot of hubub going around about Artificial Intelligence and what it might do, or might be doing, or might have done already, to the economy and to political and social relations, and to the possibility of Freedom itself. We don’t answer any of these questions, that’s not really the way this works, but I think the overarching conversation can only benefit from Chris’ sober take on the situation. Come along as we interrogate notions of Labor and Value, Production and Exchange, Appropriation, Power, and many others, in a new world that includes a powerful externalized structure made of fractally abstracted Intellectual Labor that we call AI! Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack - https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for your time and attention!!! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

In this Bonus Brolo Episode, I continue talking about Intelligence, Functionalism, Subjectivity, and the end of the world. Recently, Mikey and I spoke with Marek and Roberto, excellent dudes and co-authors of the book Exocapitalism: Economies With Absolutely No Limits. One of the things we touched on was their notion of Computation, which I think is very similar to Nick Land’s interpretation of Intelligence; and I juxtapose these ideas against that of Subjectivity. I also talk about how annoyed I get with breathless dorks who think AI is something it isn’t, and also those unwilling curmudgeons too scared to admit that we are on the precipice of some pretty undeniable changes. I also talk a little bit about radioactive slime molds at Chernobyl. Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack -https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for your time and attention!!!Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

In this brolo episode I talk about Paranoia, Nihilism, and dog-walking-etiquette; among other things. Recently I’ve been thinking through some kind of cynicism or irony-poisoning, or something, that feels bad, man. It’s come up over and over, and I think it’s a terminal condition. I draw some connections from, and through, this malaise to Superego and TechnoCapital, and the end of the world!! Come along with me as I wander through the darkness! Or whatever. Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s YouTube channel and Substack - and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for your time and attention!!!Thanks for being here at Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

In which I talk s**t, talk about s**t, talk s**t about talking s**t, and then go on to try and make some clarifications to how I use the term Intelligence and why I use it that way, and why it’s not absurd to accuse my toaster of being Intelligent.What is the difference between Machine Intelligence and Human Intelligence? I don’t know, but I do know that there appears to be one. This appearance is one element of Subjectivity, the thing that Capital ultimately must eradicate in order to become the sole for-the-sake-of-which of all the metabolic activity here on Planet Earth. Come along for the ride as I clean some of the lint from my bellybutton!!!Also, Heppy Halloweek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Dolo bonus!The front half of this episode is me navelgazing about niche consumer identity, and the back half is me trying to make the distinction between AI/AGI in general and AITechnoCapital clear. I fall into the Doomer category, but I’m not just a dumb doomer by default, I have a good reason!Anyway, thanks for droppin’ by, see ya’ soon space-consumernode!For access to Mikey’s course, go to THIS LINK! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

Another shitty bonus episode. This is what you’d be getting if I had a paywall, but I don’t, so I’m forcing myself onto free followers and subscribers.I’m crying about Identities and Politics and the Internet, but I think the sparkplug thing was clever. This episode sucks. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com

The Dangerous Maybe and No Future join me for a discussion about films, Theory, Marxism, History, and some other stuff too! Spoiler alerts for Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence, which came out like twenty-five years ago, D.A.R.Y.L., which came out like forty years ago, Shane, which came out like seventy years ago, and some other films too.This was a fun discussion, we use these films to discuss the notion of the Human and the Machine, and talk about that perennial Human insecurity; what makes me different from the trees and the rocks and the other “machines,” or “assemblages,” all around me?We also talk a bit about History, Politics, and Marxism; we blow off some steam that’s been building up in the wake of someone, who remains unnamed but you can find it in a certain comment section, using Lenin in an absurd elitist way to tell us to shut up and stop being toxic and get back to work; and we just have some fun and shoot the s**t!!!This one was fun! I’m glad we all watched these films and talked about them together!! Shout out to all the homies and your families, we’ll see you on the next one!! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com