Special announcement: OVR THNKR is going to be better, it’s just not going to happen every week. Also in this episode: the irrationality of offense.Ben Billups

Also in this episode: endorsement vs. tolerance and our dependence on contrast to create clarity.Ben Billups

Also in this episode: the right to die and global warming.Contact me with your questions and topics at http://ovrthnkr.show/contact/ for a chance to be featured!"Do You Have the Right to Die?" (OVR THNKR #2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5a5zvVPTFA&index=47&list=PLTijyYomRFGPqrhUtDJRFEY14gXu1Pc2u"I arrived at my friend's party. A few hours late…

In this episode, I discuss my take on net neutrality and answer the question: is a desire for privacy inherently criminal?Contact me with your questions and topics at http://ovrthnkr.show/contact/ for a chance to be featured!____Featuring "Moose Dawa" by Menti - Chillhop Records (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).Ben Billups

Also in this episode: what's the difference between propaganda and art? Why are we afraid of death?Contact me with your questions and topics at http://ovrthnkr.show/contact/ for a chance to be featured!"Is Logic Absolute or Relative?" (Big Think): http://bigthink.com/articles/is-logic-absolute-or-is-it-relative-to-history____Featuring "Moose Dawa" …

Episode #46 marks a major change. OVR THNKR is now a podcast only, it's longer, and it includes YOUR questions. Go to the show website or email me at ben@OVRTHNKR.show to submit a question or topic for the show.____Featuring "Moose Dawa" by Menti - Chillhop Records (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0).Ben Billups

In the modern world, merely wanting something makes it a human right.Ben Billups

Today, karma is not just misunderstood, it's also an absurd concept of justice.Ben Billups

Despite their many differences, the three singles from Arcade Fire's upcoming album, "Everything Now," have one thing in common.Ben Billups

If you eat your OODA loops, you’ll always have enough time to make important decisions.___Music by Chris Zabriskie - http://chriszabriskie.com/Ben Billups

The power of symbolism is often overlooked, as is its ability to deceive us.Ben Billups

Why God must exist as a philosophical necessity.Ben Billups

This is why you should be an extremist.Ben Billups

If you think living in the moment is about chasing your dreams, this episode is for you.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ioLanche- Twitter: http://twitter.com/ioLanche- Google+: http://google.…

Accusations that opposition "ignores the facts" and the idea that we live in a post-truth online society are increasingly popular. But we can't fix that with tolerance or improved algorithms.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- …

It's increasingly popular to divorce religion from specific beliefs to make it more acceptable in the modern world. However, this not only renders religion meaningless, but replaces it with the worst possible alternative.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: …

Ever wonder why tuition prices keep rising? Where the modern education came from? I answer this question and more in this week's episode.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ioLanche- Twitter: htt…

Bill Nye, in answering a question about the afterlife, only proved that he has no basis for what he believes.The original video on Big Think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DylfWmecrO0____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instag…

Our humanity is a slippery subject, even more so when we critically consider our senses, experience, and consciousness.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ioLanche- Twitter: http://twitter.com/io…

A lot of people are worried that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be the end of us all. I agree, but not for the reason you might think.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ioLanche- Twitter: htt…

Us millennials get a really bad rap for all of the things we're "destroying." Not only do I think this is completely unfounded, but also not totally a bad thing.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://instagram.co…

With the upcoming sequel "Blade Runner 2049" (2017) I thought it was a good time to take a look back at the classic cyber-punk original. Not only did this film beautifully define a sub-genre, but explored our identity as humans in a unique way.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW…

What are we paying for when we go to university? Why do we pay so much for textbooks? The answer is really simple.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ioLanche- Twitter: http://twitter.com/ioLanch…

Marijuana is now legal in most of the United States. But did we do it for the right reasons?____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ioLanche- Twitter: http://twitter.com/ioLanche- Google+: http://goo…

Rob Bell is usually known for his promotion of love and acceptance. Unfortunately, testing his philosophy reveals it to be anything but.Our in-depth analysis of “Love Wins”: http://iolanche.com/megachurch-pastor-chases-love/The original video on Big Think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NYspiW_S3QVerses referenced: Matthew 13:50; Matthew 22:13; M…

All the recent talk about artificial intelligence raises some serious questions about what it means to be human.“The incredible inventions of Intuitive AI” (TED): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR5N2Jl8k14 “General AI Won’t Want You to Fix It’s Code” (Computerphile): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l7Is6vOAOA ____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://in…

Social media is a haven for social comparison, which is known to cause anxiety and depression. But there's something much more sinister lying behind these issues."New Study Links Facebook To Depression: But Now We Actually Understand Why" (Forbes): http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2015/04/08/new-study-links-facebook-to-depression-but-now-we…

What do we really control? Is there something that unifies everything that happens?"How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games" :: http://trueviralnews.com/how-designers-engineer-luck-into-video-games-issue-44-luck-nautilus/____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Faceb…

#23 Dr. Strangelove (1964): The Miracle of Life by Ben BillupsBen Billups

Ricky Gervais has some of the most unique arguments against God I've heard. We discuss his agnosticism and more in this week's episode.GERVAIS ON COLBERT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5ZOwNK6n9U____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioL…

Science can verify our observations, but it can't tell us what is good.READ MORE: “Science is Ignorant” - https://medium.com/p/ab7a59bbc6a0Sam Harris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHwwMichael Specter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OMLSs8t1ng____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBil…

Sidney Lumet's classic film "12 Angry Men" (1957) is much more than a simple drama. It touches on the complexities of our experience as human beings.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ioLanche- …

Dr. Strange (2016) is not your typical Marvel movie. Despite being a movie almost exclusively about spiritualism, it's one of the most anti-spiritual films I've ever seen.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://in…

With all of the innovation and human rights advances of the past few decades, it's tempting to believe that the world is always getting better. But is that really true?Learn more: http://iolanche.com/airblast/women-get-vote-in-afghanistan/From the U.S. Department of State: https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/6185.htm____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://i…

2016 has been the year of the impossible. Tell us in the comments one unexpected thing that happened to you this year!____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ioLanche- Twitter: http://twitter.com/ioL…

As it happens, John Lennon and “Interstellar” (Christopher Nolan) have the same thing to say about Jesus. This Christmas, we explore the incomprehensible nature of love.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://inst…

We have more ways than ever to spend our time, but how do we know what to spend our time on? In this video, I present a theory of importance as well as a new way of looking at wasted time.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Ins…

The fight for human attention is often overlooked, but increasingly important in an age of disinformation and distractions.“The Art of Misdirection” (Apollo Robbins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZGY0wPAnus“I Can’t Just Stand by and Watch Mark Zuckerberg Destroy the Internet” (Quincy Larson): https://medium.freecodecamp.com/mark-zuckerberg-is-t…

The recent death of Fidel Castro brings to mind not only his cruelties and his henchmen, but perhaps most sinisterly, the lie that supported everything he did.FELIX RODRIGUEZ SHIRT: http://bit.ly/FRShirt Learn more about Felix and Che: https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/353799/anti-cheLearn more about Castro: http://www.miamiherald.com/new…

Sure, today is Black Friday — but you're different, unique, and beautiful, so what do you do? While everyone else exercises their hypocrisy, here are 5 things you can do today to stand apart.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- …

Google X’s Astro Teller recently spoke optimistically about the potential of drones to lead us towards an “access society.” I think that’s a terrible, terrible, thing.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/ioLanche- Instagram: http://instag…

The hit internet series “Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared” has caused a great deal of stir since the final episode came out this summer. In this video, we offer the only interpretation that is truly accurate.____FOLLOW BEN:- Instagram: http://instagram.com/ben.billups- Twitter: http://twitter.com/BenBillupsFOLLOW ioLANCHE: - Facebook: http://facebook.com/io…