S2. Chapter 20: What Rules Are You Obeying for Free?
Lloyd Dobler riffs on Tao Te Ching Chapter 20 in a dry, anti-guru meditation on late-stage compliance—asking: what rules are you obeying for free?
S2. Chapter 18: We Got the Guillotine, You Better Run!
A Taoist meditation on power, masculinity, and violence—using The Coup’s “The Guillotine” to expose how capitalism disguises cruelty as order.
S2. Chapter 16: About My Road Rage, a Sorta Guided Meditation
Lloyd Dobler confronts his own road rage in this hilarious, reflective Chapter 16 meditation where Zen meets MAGA traffic, Pete Hegseth tweets, and the Tao steps in.
S2. Chapter 15: Do You Have the Patience to Wait Till Your Mud Settles and the Water Is Clear?
Lloyd Dobler explores identity, origin, and clarity in a chaotic America through Chapter 15 of the Tao Te Ching. Satire meets meditation in Trumplandia.
S2. Chapter 14: The Future Keeps Ghosting Us
Lloyd Dobler delivers a ‘sorta-guided meditation’ on the future ghosting us, and why the unread message might be the message.
S2. Chapter 13: The Slow-Drip Seepage of Fascism
Lloyd Dobler tackles tragedy, fear, and America’s slow-drip slide toward fascism through Tao Te Ching Chapter 13 in this darkly comedic meditation.
S2. Chapter 12: The Trojan Horse at OpenAI
Lloyd Dobler reflects on the Tao Te Ching through AI acceleration, sensory overwhelm, and the search for clarity in a noisy, late-stage world..
S2. Chapter 9: Do Your Job and Go the F* Home | Tao of Lloyd
In Chapter 9 of The Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd digs into the ancient wisdom of “Do your work, then step back,” and discovers it pairs surprisingly well with a viral TikTok urging everyone to “do your job and go the f* home.”
S2. Chapter 8: Be Water, My Friend (And Other Ways to Survive Empire)
Lloyd Dobler channels Lao Tzu, Bruce Lee, and Standing Rock to ask: how do we stay liquid in a country obsessed with hard takes? Be Water, My Friend is a meditation on softness as strength, ego as ice, and the radical art of flowing through empire.
