i have an email listed on my youtube page! feel free to shoot me a message and know that i am like pure adhd in human form so sometime get behind on responding.
person that makes philosophic and comedic content, deadhead, lake guy. https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelOBurns
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i have an email listed on my youtube page! feel free to shoot me a message and know that i am like pure adhd in human form so sometime get behind on responding.
this is just so much better than what Newsom is doing.
it was the alex o'connor / andrew schulz thing
i mean . . . i think this is true . . .
wait so i have to delete this too???
YEP
i unlisted a video b/c people said i was being a dick and i don't wanna be a dick (even though i can be kinda a dick)
not at all!
I make short animated explainers (rather than video essays) and it’s more analytic than theory (though I’ll branch out eventually!). I started making them for my intro classes during covid but then got busy on other projects. But I have a sabbatical in the spring so I’ll be back in the saddle soon!
oh amazing! I need to check these out - and honestly I need to get back to learning more about the analytic tradition. (and congrats on the sabbatical!)
apropos my recent video - please share any smaller philosophy/theory/etc channels or podcasts that you're digging these days! will check them out and share them
Incredible how much the U.S. has fucked itself through the years
i can feel the humidity coming out of the pictures
if my recent video left you feeling like, "screw the BS and the algorithm I just wanna learn some important philosophy shit from a normal human person!", then you should watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAp_...
I saw the greatest minds of several generations destroyed by Immanuel Kant
hell yeah!
ICYMI: I had a great convo with @michaelburns.bsky.social about YouTubing in 2025, forking community online, and Cracker Barrel. (Also, I hung face)
forgot to tag the beautiful psycho in question @wereinhell.bsky.social
here's my full conversation with @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social from last week's stream. it's his first face reveal! wow! we talk about his journey making videos, getting more overtly political in his work, and more. youtube.com/watch?v=NnQADPbmjZA&feature=youtu.be
this beautiful psycho dropping some heat on a federal holiday? wow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANr-...
thank you!!!
This is a great look at philosophy as a whole on YouTube, and has great conversations with people who use the platform to present philosophy. (Also go subscribe to Michael's channel, he's got a very soothing voice)
it seems that there have been . . . uh . . . . "developments" with one of the subjects of my recent video that I think i'll need to talk about on stream next week.
ah crap i'm sorry to hear about that - i need to learn more about how to place/structure ads so they aren't absolutely ruining the experience. apologies : /
yep - what he said (invite only)
I am trying to pull away from the YouTube ecosystem, but there are still come creators on there I really like, & honestly, Michael Burns since the demise of WiseCrack has been putting out some really solid videos, which is why I can't quite pull myself away from it as a platform completely.
thank you so much for sometimes dropping into that messy ecosystem to check out what i'm doing. means a lot!
sorry to hear that! I felt like this one had a pretty decent focus to it, and tried to make the sections really clear, but I'm sure it could be tighter.
a stream thing from this week where I talked about how dumb the trolley problem is and had a mental breakdown trying to make sense of why Alex O'Connor was on the Andrew Schulz podcast youtu.be/LUzU71_-yUk
okay okay i'll stop promoting this one it's just that i think it's good and we worked really hard on it so i figured why not tell people to watch it?
None of these people would set foot in LA without an imperial guard. They’d be locking their car doors in the Erewhon lot. Sweating bullets thinking about the Maru line. Panicking when a guy has a stereo on a subway platform.
my new video explores what happens when we attempt to do philosophy on a platform that's driven by attention, drama, and data collection. and how we might use that platform to engender curiosity and create community. another internet is . . . possible? youtu.be/Zd2Ivvn8DTg
thanks so much for sharing. and shoutout to Gregory Sadler!
thanks for sharing this!
Great reflections on the state of things Philosophy & youtube adjacent
this is a good topic to address I'd say there's great philosophy-related content on YouTube, but it doesn't usually consist of video essays aimed to attract a wide audience but stuff like lecture footage, interviews with working academics and self-learning resources such as Gregory B. Sadler's
my new video explores what happens when we attempt to do philosophy on a platform that's driven by attention, drama, and data collection. and how we might use that platform to engender curiosity and create community. another internet is . . . possible? youtu.be/Zd2Ivvn8DTg
Um dos melhores vídeos sobre o assunto no momento! Paulo Freire mentioned! I approve <3 I hope @theabigailthorn.bsky.social sees this and that reinforces how important her and so many other contributions to learning on YT for ppl like me here in Brazil and worldwide! Keep sharing <3
two part thing is an interesting idea
yep.
no YOU'RE freaking out and getting new thumbnails for your latest video because it's performing horribly. youtu.be/Zd2Ivvn8DTg
as i have said, we already have progressive joe rogan bsky.app/profile/ians...
he has the quote of the video, imho.
a little jawn from this week's stream where I talk about @taylorlorenz.bsky.social's WIRED article, and get into why the DNC is so bad at using money to do cool things with content. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YBm...
new jameson reading group is up now on patreon www.patreon.com/posts/jameso...
It real real good go see it with your human eyeballs let them feed it to your lovely brain
Jameson reading group today around 1pm pt if you want to join live www.patreon.com/posts/jameso...
$483k!! Can we get to half a million for PCRF?
this one features interviews with @sisyphus55.bsky.social, CJ the X, Dr. Fatima, Dr. Gregory B Sadler, Jared Henderson, @epochphilosophy.com, and @gilmorejon.bsky.social of @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social
new video live now! youtu.be/Zd2Ivvn8DTg
thanks to everyone who joined the live premiere today!!! patreon 50% off code active for like 6 more min if you wanna jump on
video premiere starting ASAP so come join and hang out. the more folks there the more reckless stuff i'll say in chat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd2I...
from now until my video premiere is over you can get 50% off your first month of patreon with code 8C04C www.patreon.com/MichaelBurns...
the streets are saying Westside Gunn and Michael Burns are both dropping new projects today, allegedly.
today at 10am pt!
jameson reading group picking back up tomorrow, fyi. gonna zoom out from the text a bit and try to explore some core ideas via a bit of media and pop culture analysis.
amazing work with this one, sir.
I'm sure this point has been made before, but Cybertrucks are clearly gender affirming care for dudes whose divorces are not going well.
hit the link and click "notify me" so you don't forget. i promise i'll say at least two reckless things that i instantly regret. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd2I...
tomorrow at 10am pt i'm doing my FIRST EVER live premiere on YouTube. I'll be in the chat, caffeine+ritalin flowing through my veins, answering questions and sharing behind the scenes tidbits. It's my longest video ever and features some of my favorite creators, can't wait to watch it with y'all.
tomorrow at 10am I am going to premiere my new video, and i'll be hanging out in the chat to share the spicy stuff i didn't want to include in the video and answer any questions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd2I...
very different set of emotions from last weekend
Ticket claimed! And it seems like there's still some available so other folks can get on it.
check your dms!
if someone in chicago wants to go to this but is broke lemme know and i'll buy you a ticket
and if you completely lack patience and impulse control it's available now on patreon www.patreon.com/MichaelBurns...
click "notify me" and YT will supposedly remind you before this one premieres
tomorrow at 10am I am going to premiere my new video, and i'll be hanging out in the chat to share the spicy stuff i didn't want to include in the video and answer any questions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd2I...
the DNC paid me $8,000 to show raw dome in my newest video
i'm basically doing porn at this point
a new video? almost an hour long? exploring how youtube might be ruining philosophy? available now for patrons or you can access it early for $6.66? huge if true. www.patreon.com/posts/137479...
i don't hate him - just find the recent podcast appearance to be a bit of a misfire.
it was a true honor to be a part of @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social online face reveal today. if you don't already support the work he's doing, please go subscribe and watch his stuff. i'll post the full interview on my second channel soon so you can see how INSANE he looks if you missed it live.
Starting at about 50 minutes, this is pretty remarkable.
Adam Friedland exhibits an incredible amount of humanity in his most recent episode, while a sitting democratic member of congress comes across looking like an absolute sociopath.
abolish the trolley problem
is lindsay ellis the andre 3000 of video essayists?
Y’ALL
we're live now fyi
streaming? today? at 12pm pt? talking to @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social? reacting to silly philosophers talking to fascist comedians? other stuff? it's true. youtube.com/live/gdU3mvb...
streaming? today? at 12pm pt? talking to @pillarofgarbage.bsky.social? reacting to silly philosophers talking to fascist comedians? other stuff? it's true. youtube.com/live/gdU3mvb...
oh wow I've just learned about the Worst Thing: Peter Singer AI, the official website where you can ask a computer to evaporate a lake so it can generate text about why it is good to sterilize people with disabilities
oh no
oh i forgot to warn you . . . THIS VIDEO SHOWS RAW DOME.
This country, man…
a new video? almost an hour long? exploring how youtube might be ruining philosophy? available now for patrons or you can access it early for $6.66? huge if true. www.patreon.com/posts/137479...
on last week's stream i talked about the very cool news about how PragerU is making teachers from "woke states" pass an ideological purity test before they can teach in Oklahoma youtu.be/7GzOojRPBz4
Gosh, I'm starting to think that country is just deeply evil
the National Guard:
oh so lifting weights makes you a better politician i get it now
clutch! thank you!
appreciate that dude
shoutout all my flag burners
there is a planetary referendum on thinking for yourself. stakes is high.
good call - they use fourthwall - which seems to be common amongst some of the folks who seem non-evil
i've asked this before . . . but if anyone has recommendations on online merch producers/shops that are as un-sketchy as possible and produce high quality shit . . . would love to get something going soon.
this one has me wanting a beer for lunch. well put.
love to people in every sector of the arts (and girl frankly far beyond) who don't know if forces beyond their control will sink their ship by decade's end but continue to get up every day and try *something* and also people who move on bc things get too tight. shit evil out here y'all valid.
Dr. Fatima is one of my favorite video essayists and if you're more of a philosophy/social theory head that wants to know more about how science works, I can't recommend her videos highly enough. Check out this interview we did last week which I think is good and fun.
Zachap 