Stone Ape Podcast

Heron has a culinary recommendation for the listeners in the western part of the US. Tom provides an abstract topic about language machine simulations. What role do the eyes play in this simulation? Tom doesn't like Facebook anymore and he also doesn't like books anymore. Tom digresses into producing music. Stay tuned at the end of the recording for a little sample of Tom's 2007 comedic musical work. There needs to be different language monkey phylums. Shenandoah leads into the idea that the stolen generation is the blueprint for the new America. They explore friendships. Some behind the scenes audio is covered. Are growth experiments worth following to the end? Heron has being playing a Stone Ape drinking game. Heron asks if Tom knows what the World War Two generation means. Tom talks about what the AIDS generation means. Heron is committed sufficient to be committed. What does Tom's spiritual advisor do during the Stone Ape recording? Did somebody say sweaty nerds?

Heron has started playing his keyboard again thanks to some interest in his keyboard from some music producer dude. Tom wants to explore how useless people really are. Flip floppers are okay by Tom. Heron digresses into a story about Delfina. Will Heron contact MAPS? The embargo has been lifted. There is a new chez Barbalet. Someone bought a Mac on Tom and this is standard practice. Heron would like Tom to refer to his spiritual advisor by her actual name. Tom came to a conclusion about Noble Ape. They explore what technology does. Tom wonders if architecture inspires intellectuals. What do people do? Tom appeals to the listeners and provides a deconstruction of how boring sports are in the US. Why are there so many angry adults from early childhood? Tom is happy that some of the Stone Ape listeners will meet Heron.

Tom notes his Spiritual Advisor's voice has changed. Mats wanted satisfaction. Heron will be talking to MAPS sometime. Tom has a profound medical experience and he has now seen Easy Rider. They digress into crack cocaine and what it did for baking soda manufacturers. Then back onto Kids and nihilistic teenagers. Tom raps on Facebook Horse/Cart and VIDA. Some updates on prior topics are provided. This recording is here because of Monty Python on YouTube. Tom is done with mentoring and needs to change Model Rail Radio. Das Boot is a must-watch film.

Heron starts on the distant future. Tom raps on Ray K. Heron likes citizenship as a concept and Tom thinks Israel shows some of the paradoxes of Heron's utopia. Tom offers creating a garden and being a scout as two skills that should exist in a Utopia. Tom talks about living in Malaysia. Heron has surveyed houses watching television. Tom talks about a documentary and dice. Heron thinks dice is like DOS or maybe DOS is like dice. The command line has a purpose for Tom. Heron kicks off the idea of mental terrain. Harry Nilsson doesn't leave much of an impression. Tom's monkey is dying. Beyond adultery: what is it going to be? Tom details cat narratives and a flash back to a prior discussion. Through a slight meander Tom finds new listener Julie and Heron share an interest in E-Prime. Heron hates day-light saving at least initially. The familiar topic of time and if it needed is return to once again. Heron thinks your reputation is important and Tom thinks it is meaningless. Tom thinks Heron needs a sharp jolt.

Tom asks about Heron's health. [Editor's note: beef stroganoff was the meal that was available.] Don't sniff green meat. Tom is not using notes going forwards. Heron wants to see a Tom created documentary. Heron re-listened to the previous show. They deconstruct the previous recording's discussion on marriage and Tom's interrogation techniques. Tom introduces Heron to the furry fandom (aka "furries" for this discussion). Heron doesn't want a congregation for Gendo. Tom has been gaming his cat's health. [Editor's note: the discussion of flying/pilots predated the announcement on Malaysian Airlines.] They discuss how you can still get questions on Stone Ape. Tom raps on house buying in Silicon Valley currently. Tom offers the idea that he might be Stone Ape's biggest fan. Heron will be speaking at CalState Fullerton.

Heron is a little under the weather. Tom has gone cold turkey. Heron's been listening to Reese Jones and Reese has been listening to Stone Ape. It's a very complex world. Characters in Field of Chaos have an interesting relationship with their story. They discuss how aging normalizes your story although the gym shoes are still lost. Rail fans are bullies and bullied. Chicago elites brings backs memories of Justin Hall (of links.net). Tom has been shredding 1999-2001 and he feels liberated. Tiaga people give Tom a new insight into living. Heron doesn't want to talk about how he doesn't like getting intellectually involved with a particular group of people. Tom recesses into swimming with jellyfish and Penn Jillette for a moment. Heron raises the people who stay in bed sick. Heron thinks the price of gas will fix everything. Tom tries to explore Heron's concerns about those strange people. The interview Tom refers to is with Lord Jamar from Brand Nubian. Does Heron post a lot of quotes on Facebook? Befriend He

Reese Jones, Tom Barbalet and a number of other folk provide a discussion around what is consciousness in the context of the internet and cloud computing.

Heron wants to know about Valentine's Day Barbalet-style and reflects on John Holmdahl some more. Tom and Heron discuss Computer Theology. Tom unrolls the discussion relating to genocide and jokes. Is Sam Harris a thinker? Bar fights are where agent modeling is best used. Model Rail Radio has found a new participant. Tom has been watching Nick Bloomfield's early Selling of a Serial Killer. Tom reminds Heron about the Cato Institute and Harvard robot termites. Tom talks about how you can change the future and his new mic. They rap on the process of education.

Heron has been stargazing and chatting with the fans. Tom expands on the homework Heron assigned from the week prior. Tom thinks being an intellectual outlier is an important thing. Heron's ideas of punctuated equilibrium seem critical to his future society speculation. The listener submitted topic of horses was discussed. Tom is critical of YouTube revenue. Tom asks an Eckhart Tolle question in terms of Heron's temporality. Tom is talking at SETI in March. Tom has been reacquainted with invasion of Iraq and Waco. The discussion gets into Charles Manson territory [Editorial note: G.G. Allin is the fellow's name Tom can't recall, following on, it might have been Bundy rather than Mason]. Tom asserts Pete Seeger was the last of the left in the US. Brandon Darby is a narcissistic ego for hire. FN 2030 frames the discussion for a good portion of the remainder of the recording including John Holmdahl and the On Purpose Network [Editorial note: Tom was able to find John on FB. Stay tuned for an update if one is for

Heron asks after Tom's health. Heron's idea of listeners has changed in the past couple of weeks and he doesn't want to be a guru. What does a language machine for the deaf look like? It might have something to do with Chomsky but who could tell. Bob Mottram wants to know why AI has failed so badly. Liquid Democracy is finally discussed. Tom's hands have finally become a YouTube star. Users should consider writing Stone Ape reviews for Reality Sandwich's Conscious Podcast Network. Marie is our super listener. What is this whole Stone Ape thing about? Tom answers that prickly question. Heron can't imagine listeners who listen in pairs. Heron will need to have a travel ritual at some stage and he has a new project from Apple if only he can find the words. Tom has broken a Noble Ape metric through the week. Folks want to program and Heron wants to talk Bitcoin. Tom and Heron explore slavery. Why so cynical about Syria? Tom wonders if any of the stories we are sold about Middle Eastern conflicts are based on actu

Heron talks about the Christie Bridge Scandal. Solipsism sucks but it is turtles all the way down. De-programming anyone? Don't invite Tom to a social event. Tom has been in retreat. Tom launches an idea. [Editorial note: the Wolf was shortlisted for the Australian Children's Book of the Year 1992. It won the Human Rights Medal 1992.] Heron and Tom dissect a Joe the Drummer question. Keep driving those SUVs. No happy books please and now you need a nap. Heron reflects on the 1960s. Syria needs more comedians. Eli Porter is dissected like a bisexual bridal shower. I have one question man: tell me who's next? Can you channel and improve discussion? Tom raps on Net Neutrality and how you can get get Scroogled. Heron expands his corporate art discussion. Tom muses on African American Republicans and stalks Heron's friends. Heron retells a story. Heron starts a long and somewhat comedic discussion on the hair piece conspiracy that needs to end. Tom tells a hair cut story. Tom throws in a behind the scenes banter a

Tom wishes Heron a belated happy birthday. Heron talks about the second year of his sabbatical relating to fleshing out some of the more advanced concepts in his language machine deconstruction guide. Tom talks about his discussion with Marty Fisher. Tom outlines his digital political revolution. They discuss locked up and senile. Tom recommends Saving Mr. Banks. They lament the loss of old films that didn't make the digital divide. They rap on a conversation with Marie and Justin. Heron starts a discussion associated with maps and the future city states of the United States. Bob Mottram asks a question relating to Field of Chaos. Noble Ape can be used for simulating a large number of agents including radicals. Heron deconstructs James' question.

Tom chats with Stone Ape listener Marty Fisher (Flip the Angry Asian on YouTube). They start in a topic framed by Marty associated with traditional values' meaning quickly moving into Ma Lanza's responsibility. Tom throws some ideas out about gender in rural America and the importance of gender for traditional values. They wander through political change, cannabis to Ron Paul. They stop for a moment on the Political Compass. Full steam ahead into the Puppet Show. The call was cut short.

Heron starts the show talking about backing up options. They fly into 2013 trends in review. Does the NSA know who Heron and Tom are? Can Christmas be written off as a social, capitalist or religious festival? Heron and Tom don't really understand the weather. Can our listeners help? Tom likes number theory and multi-dimensional calculus. Heron likes algebra and geometry. Heron explores how we move from programming languages to English. They explore the utilization of English. Tom opines on the end of year tradition. Heron raps on Glenn Gould. How about that AK47 and the man who made it. Tom prompts Heron to talk about dog ownership and Tom reflects on rich-people dogs. Heron goes with a standard dismissive line on art. Tom attempts to explore this. He fails dismally. Just when the show looks like it is wrapping up, Tom raises the success of Jeri Ellsworth as the blueprint of community creation to Kickstarter. Tom explores why there are fast food outlets in major cities in the US. Tom concludes the lights-out

Tom and Heron are recording Sunday afternoon for a change and rap about typewriters. There is a general digression into fruit factory love. The Center for Applied Epistemology will have a website in 2014. Tom has found a name for his YouTube channel. Bob Mottram has been posting some interesting videos from Bristol and he has a question on advertising. Connor has some questions about autopilot and purposeful life. Lorriane asks about science - a dangerously charged topic it would appear. What about that futurist linguist? How about those language monkeys at this time of the year? Heron is exploring a new profession in central Los Angeles.

Heron isn't going nuts. Maybe. Heron wants to talk about Mandela again and opines about the quality of journalism. Tom starts with a series of questions from new listener, Timothy. Humor joins some of Timothy's questions through some confusion between Peter Joseph and Joe the Drummer. Heron doesn't like the show. Paul Heft provides some divergence between Tom and Heron. Tom realizes there are things he just can't talk about in good company. Is where you are born important? Heron feels the show coming over him. How much information are put into the Matrix? Tom has some numbers and he describes a periodic process of escape. Joe the Drummer has some questions for Heron and Tom. They traverse scientific practices, P. Coil, malls, Islam and atheism, the one percent and technology and other random topics peppered in for good measure. Tom pleas for better topics from the listeners. Joe finishes his questions asking for more discussion on Rupert Sheldrake. Tom provides some documentary reviews from Werner Herzog, Ch

Heron starts the show talking about five thousand or so unique IPs downloading the show. Lorraine asks a question about simulation and Gaia. Chris Abbott's questions are revisited. Tom has been listening to radical commentators via YouTube. Heron wants to believe Sheldrake. What about those nominal educational institutions? Lorraine wants to know the wheres and hows of artificial life. Marie offers a question on architecture. Tom raises the idea that teenagers who run away may have a good reason. (Editorial note: Tom is off by a factor of ten: between 1.6 and 2.8 million US youths ran away in 2012.) Nelson Mandela: reasonable dude? Lorraine questions transcendence. Tom raps on not quite simmered topics. Tom makes a plea to the Stone Ape listeners in the continental US that also like old cats. Tom offers the natural periodicity of work. Is Iraq the perfect society for engineers? It isn't easy to get people to listen. They revisit Heron's boyhood home. Heron gets preachy.

Tom talks with Eric Burton about Critterdrug. Tom references Eric's work through 68.

Lorraine has provided the questions this evening. Tom confesses his war on lip smacking. Heron rolls out his most disappointing comets of all time. Without a good internet connection, Heron is lost. Squish vs the matrix for intimacy? They rap about how long they can inhabit the same monkey. Lorraine gets them discussing vertebrates. Tom hasn't been sleeping - has he been sub-linguistic? Somehow they start arguing about tribal cultural myths. Tom raps on Joe Rogan and Lorenzo Hagerty's recording. Tom has been watching and listening to the Comic Book Men as a form to introduce the masses to podcasts. Is Heron cute? This enters a troubled conversation over gender differences. Lorraine asks about technology responsibility. Tom responds to a question on currency and the game. Heron reflects on post-life-insurance life. Tom visited Heron's alma mater for Thanksgiving. Heron run through his supplements. Tom raps on half-baked topics starting with life in a UK village. This gives Heron the perfect forum to conclude t

Heron's actually been going to the Facebook page. Thanks to the listeners promoting the show. Tom gives a critical review on Heron's appearance on KMO's Vault podcast. They rap on the occult. Chris Abbott re-asks a question. Should we feel good about living in a first world country? They return to the format of the five stupidities. What about those rascally language monkeys? Heron offers a long narrative and Tom has a historical solution. Is doing nothing part of the revolution? They explore nudity and deconstructing the system. Tom must be stopped.