Cormac McCarthy and Jorge Luis Borges. On the surface, their styles and worlds could not be more different. But there is one book and one short story that have more in common than it first appears: they are circling the same premise.

Is morality something we do, or something we tell ourselves we've done?

Let's get these books undone.

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Tender Is The Flesh is not simply the vegan allegory some readers assume it to be. The horror here serves a more unsettling purpose: it shows the power of language. Like Marcos himself said in the book: "Words carry the weight necessary to mold us, to suppress all questioning."

Today's episode discusses how can language make violence palatable, and why does it reshape ethics and morality.

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What do Blade Runner and Dune have in common?

Both revolve around the same mechanism: scarcity creates demand, and demand turns possession into prestige... but here is the twist.

Prestige is not just about wealth, because status only emerges when wealth is tied to something else: an ethical meaning. In this episode we'll explore one unique possibility: what if prestige requires morality?

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