David Boles: Human Meme

In light of the fall of Roe; the fall of intellectualism in grief is worse. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines how far we've fallen intellectually as a people over the last half-century. Take note of the life of Bobby Kennedy in in 1968 invoking Aeschylus to assuage the grief of losing Martin Luther King, Jr. to the invocation of vaccine paranoia 50 years later in the anti-vaccine life of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Sometimes the fruit of life falls too far from the tree. 

Saul Kripke, of Omaha, and of belonging to the world, is dead. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles honors the life, and memory, of a genius philosopher who gave intrinsic meaning from his life in Naming and Necessity. 

Quiet Quitting is all over the news today. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles takes a look at the real reasons behind Quiet Quitting. Even doctors Quiet Quit -- under the guise of not accepting your insurance. 

A murder lasts forever. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles walks back into the mysterious mist of the 1974 murder of Wendy Hile in Lincoln, Nebraska. The gruesome recovery of her remains made headlines while her killer neighbor stayed silent, feigning innocence. 

We live in a time when the murder of children is ordinary and accepted. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles unfolds the American Origami book -- and discovers an archeology of murdered children, and those the dead leave behind. This is an examination of a dossier of death that requires the strong to say nothing until they see. 

When a person ends their life, does the context of survivor grief matter? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the motivations of publicly remembering the dead who died by their own hand. How do we set the context of respect and remembering? Is grief sharing only a plot to get Facebook likes and stranger sympathy? 

Eric Bentley was a master of the live stage. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the life of this master critic, author, and promoter of what we now consider, the modern drama.

The university is a place for ideas, not for skills. In this Boles.tv highlight, David Boles opens a conversation about the modern day university in the role of our ancient lives. 

Here are the magic words to be spoken in the big city to unlock the secrets of the small town in the big wake. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the key to surviving in a major metropolis when you are born in the Midwest and were raised to be -- seen and not heard.

Cochlear Implants: They're not for everybody. Or are they? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles engages with the Medical View of Deafness that will eventually probably argue that Deaf foetuses can, should, and must, be implanted with cochlear devices to they can become Hearing in the womb and will no longer need to be born into Deaf Culture.

Who needs a hole in your head when you have a melanoma in your neck? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares his melanoma experience and how new medical interventions are saving more lives than ever from skin cancer! 

It's been a half-century since Jesus Christ Superstar made its Broadway debut and impressive movie premier! In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles digs into the meaning of this historic sung-through musical by examining -- the religious ramifications of the storytelling, and the cultural impact of a condensed dramatic coil unwinding -- as God's son took his final steps on earth.

The Privilege of a hidden Superpower attraction is beguiling. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles reveals the attraction recipe beheld to him by those of Eastern European descent. If you look the look, you can divine your own way. 

NFTs must be more than an image file to find success. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the future of the NFT in the marketplace -- and that future function isn't embedded as a JPEG on the blockchain.

Is ASL a significant problem of understanding? In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles wonders if American Sign Language is a Communication Disorder? Does the DSM-5 take precedence over the influence of comity in community? Is a "disorder" considered an inclusive label?

Jimmy Carter gave the offended the right to maim and murder. When the offended then grab a knife to take out your eye, or when the offended call in a bomb threat, or when the offended refuse to publish your work for fear of the other, more offended, being even more so highly offended so they make take up a gun and shoot you in the face -- something vital has been lost when the offended have the right to destroy whatever they do not like in the name of their God and their wounded feelings.

There is no guarantee of privacy on the internet. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the conflict between abortion rights, online privacy, and Republican government strongholds. Here is the story of a teenager's abortion gone wrong, Facebook's compliance with a lawful demand for information, and the State of Nebraska's want to punish women for having dominion over their bodies. 

Waardenburg Syndrome is a fascinating experience to live. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares a conversation with his friend, KathyHusker, who lives the life of Waardenburg without a moment of worry or regret. The living is in the life, not in the diagnosis. You can meet Kathy on our Discord server for more information:  

Taking one historic hoax and applying it to a future reality is common. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles examines the want to take one bad idea, and then applying it to a completely different, worse, notion with the name of the meme being the only connectoid. The Peer Gynt onion, Google AI, Eliza Redux and the Squid Game gameshow are all examples of this misapplication of memeing. 

There's nothing wrong with being on the Spectrum. In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles discusses the Magnus Carlsen decision to not compete in the next World Chess Championship. The conversation then turns to the curious notion that Magnus may be on the Spectrum.