web02.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:40:21 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Plato's Cave - Episodes Tagged with “Suffering” https://platoscave.fireside.fm/tags/suffering Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0700 I'm Jordan Myers and I'm a PhD student studying philosophy at USC. Plato's Cave is my attempt to exit... well, the cave. It's a philosophy podcast meant to help me guide my ascent to the real world, the truth, the place where life is worth living; and apparently that means giving up a regular job with good pay to pursue the security of the academic job market - the philosophy job market nonetheless! Join me on my journey as I cover philosophical works and speak with the best philosophical minds I can convince to come on the show! en-us episodic A philosophy podcast hosted by the lowly grad student, Jordan Myers Jordan Myers I'm Jordan Myers and I'm a PhD student studying philosophy at USC. Plato's Cave is my attempt to exit... well, the cave. It's a philosophy podcast meant to help me guide my ascent to the real world, the truth, the place where life is worth living; and apparently that means giving up a regular job with good pay to pursue the security of the academic job market - the philosophy job market nonetheless! Join me on my journey as I cover philosophical works and speak with the best philosophical minds I can convince to come on the show! yes jordan, myers, philosophy, graduate, grad, school, PhD, USC, university, southern, california, interviews, ethics, philosopher, moral responsibility, philosophy of action, agency, reading group, discussion, university of houston, university of pittsburgh, existentialism, morality, political, mind, free will Jordan Myers platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Ep. 59 - Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 2) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/59 af9c6356-8fef-474b-bfd0-0b79d782a056 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. 1:41:51 yes Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Existential, existentialism, mini series, freedom, choice, action, angst, meaning, suicide, life, purpose, suffering, analysis, denis, Diderot, Jacques, the, fatalist, his, master, free, will, forking, paths, story, rider, deceit, lying, treachery, amorality, morality, tales, Part 2 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.

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]]> Ep. 58 - Existentialism: Jacques the Fatalist, by Diderot (PART 1) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/58 161d5ba7-3b2e-4889-90de-09bb7261321d Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers Part 1 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. 1:18:27 yes Part 1 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot. Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Existential, existentialism, mini series, freedom, choice, action, angst, meaning, suicide, life, purpose, suffering, analysis, denis, Diderot, Jacques, the, fatalist, his, master, free, will, forking, paths, story, rider, deceit, lying, treachery, amorality, morality, tales, Part 1 of Jacques the Fatalist and His Master by Denis Diderot.

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]]> Ep. 57 - Existentialism: The Stranger, by Camus https://platoscave.fireside.fm/57 25e2056b-725b-459b-afd7-4551bb5dfe32 Sat, 17 Sep 2022 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers The Stranger by Albert Camus. 1:50:06 yes The Stranger by Albert Camus. Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Existential, existentialism, mini series, freedom, choice, action, angst, meaning, suicide, life, purpose, suffering, analysis, Camus, the, stranger The Stranger by Albert Camus.

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]]> Ep. 56 - "Existentialism is a Humanism," by Sartre https://platoscave.fireside.fm/56 492386ee-de60-4bbb-9929-723159601fe2 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 03:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers "Existentialism is a Humanism" by Jean-Paul Sartre. 1:35:27 yes "Existentialism is a Humanism" by Jean-Paul Sartre. Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Existential, existentialism, mini series, freedom, choice, action, angst, meaning, suicide, life, purpose, suffering, analysis, Nausea, Sartre, French, Antione, Antoine, radical, choice, freedom, self-taught man, creation, self, humanism, ethics, "Existentialism is a Humanism" by Jean-Paul Sartre.

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]]> Ep. 55 - Existentialism: Nausea, by Sartre (PART 2) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/55 5148d0d5-32e0-4be7-a015-e5a2b5e0d639 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers Part 2 of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre. 2:02:50 yes Part 2 of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre. Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, interview,Existential, existentialism, mini series, freedom, choice, action, angst, meaning, suicide, life, purpose, suffering, analysis, Nausea, Sartre, French, Antione, Antoine, radical, choice, freedom, self-taught man, creation, self, humanism, ethics, Part 2 of Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre.

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]]> Ep. 53 - Existentialism: Notes from Underground, by Dostoyevsky (PART 2) https://platoscave.fireside.fm/53 81257da5-4ac8-4146-81fe-7b5445183711 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 02:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers Part 2 of Notes from Underground. The Underground Man's past. 1:56:31 yes Part 2 of Notes from Underground. The Underground Man's past. Twitter: @JordanCMyers Personal Website: https://jordanmyers.org/ Email: platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guests: Adam (Reading Group Discussions) and Giffin (Reading Group Discussions). plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, university of houston, reading, group, Existential, existentialism, mini series, freedom, choice, russia, action, analysis, angst, meaning, suicide, life, purpose, suffering, dostoyevsky, Fyodor, notes, from, underground, part 1, paradox, incel, men, man, brothel, liza, butler, dinner Part 2 of Notes from Underground. The Underground Man's past.

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]]> Ep. 19 - Derek Leben: Pascal's Wager & Anti-Natalism for AI https://platoscave.fireside.fm/19 81fc16b8-c12a-42cb-b9a2-25d6a4fd1f6a Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:00:00 -0700 Jordan Myers full Jordan Myers In this episode, I speak with Dr. Derek Leben about his recent Philosophy Now article, Pascal’s Artificial Intelligence Wager. We talk about Pascal's wager applied to AI, the control problem, consciousness, our ability to control the course of AI development, and the meaning that grounds moral realism. 1:14:45 yes In this episode, I speak with Dr. Derek Leben about his recent Philosophy Now article, Pascal’s Artificial Intelligence Wager. We talk about Pascal's wager applied to AI, the control problem, consciousness, our ability to control the course of AI development, and the meaning that grounds moral realism. Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper: https://philosophynow.org/issues/139/PascalsArtificialIntelligence_Wager https://www.derekleben.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Robots-Design-Moral-Algorithm-ebook/dp/B07FN629T6 If you learned something from this episode, please consider supporting me here: https://www.patreon.com/jordanmyers Every dollar that comes in will go towards bettering the show or towards funding my Philosophy PhD. Twitter: @JordanCMyers You can also get in contact by emailing me at platoscavepodcast@gmail.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD1RiH1j-M6C59z1upPXkWw?disable_polymer=true Plato's Cave Website: https://platoscave.fireside.fm/ Special Guest: Derek Leben. plato's cave, plato, cave, philosophy, grad school, graduate, PhD, jordan, myers, derek, leben, university, pitt, pittsburgh, johnstown, ai, artificial, intelligence, control, problem, sam, harris, elon, musk, pascal, wager, god, infinite, suffering, destroy, machine, universe, consciousness, hard, problem, materialism, ethics, bostrom, deutsche , In this episode, I speak with Dr. Derek Leben about his recent Philosophy Now article, Pascal’s Artificial Intelligence Wager. We talk about Pascal's wager applied to AI, the control problem, consciousness, our ability to control the course of AI development, and the meaning that grounds moral realism.

Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://philosophynow.org/issues/139/Pascals_Artificial_Intelligence_Wager
https://www.derekleben.com/
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Here's any links you'll need to dive deeper:
https://philosophynow.org/issues/139/Pascals_Artificial_Intelligence_Wager
https://www.derekleben.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Robots-Design-Moral-Algorithm-ebook/dp/B07FN629T6

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Every dollar that comes in will go towards bettering the show or towards funding my Philosophy PhD.

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Special Guest: Derek Leben.

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