Conspiracy theories and personal accountability
Subject in Society & Culture
Conspiracy theories and personal accountability has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Seekers of the Eternal. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
SkinnerOakland-based artist known for monster paintings; label also appears on short interjections and the closing Realm Runners narration
Skinner attributes conspiracy belief to cultural atomization and people seeking agency over why their lives feel hard.
“our culture is so atomized and nihilistic and people don't have like a complete sense of connectivity or community”
Seekers of the Eternal: #57 ~ SKINNER: Art, Mythology, Monsters & Self Love (Dec 22, 2024) · Listen from 1:24:52
Skinner argues conspiracy belief is a way to control feelings about external forces while avoiding one's own shadow.
“The conspiracy stuff is wild because it's like a form of trying to control the way we feel in regards to external forces”
Seekers of the Eternal: #57 ~ SKINNER: Art, Mythology, Monsters & Self Love (Dec 22, 2024) · Listen from 1:15:24
Skinner concludes that when the problem is always other people there is no solution, a realization he frames as spiritual.
“Well, when the problem is the other people, there's no solution”
Seekers of the Eternal: #57 ~ SKINNER: Art, Mythology, Monsters & Self Love (Dec 22, 2024) · Listen from 58:30
Skinner says he can detect hierarchical, bypassing dynamics at spiritual centers and distrusts them.
“there's a lot of spiritual bypassing going on here. You know, there's a lot of weird shit. I don't, I don't believe it”
Seekers of the Eternal: #57 ~ SKINNER: Art, Mythology, Monsters & Self Love (Dec 22, 2024) · Listen from 52:03
PalehorseArtist and host of the Seekers of the Eternal podcast, also referred to as Chris
Palehorse says he escaped conspiracy thinking by deliberately listening to opposing viewpoints and realizing a case could be made for anything.
“wow, like you can make a case for anything, like anything that I wanted to make a case for. I could do that”
Seekers of the Eternal: #57 ~ SKINNER: Art, Mythology, Monsters & Self Love (Dec 22, 2024) · Listen from 1:21:27
Podcasts
- Seekers of the Eternal · 1 episode
Episodes
#57 ~ SKINNER: Art, Mythology, Monsters & Self LoveSeekers of the Eternal · Dec 22, 2024 · 1 h 47 min
Artist Skinner talks with host Palehorse about anxiety, monsters as metaphor, mythology, conspiracies, wrestling and finding self-love through creative work.