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.
S2. Chapter 7: Zohran Mamdani v. Donald Trump — TURN THE VOLUME UP.
S2. Chapter 1: The Tao That Can Be Podcasted Is Not the Eternal Tao
In Chapter 1, Lloyd reads the opening lines of the Tao Te Ching and immediately breaks the first rule: he podcasts the un-podcastable. With Gen X humor, spiritual irreverence, and political clarity, Lloyd explores desire, distraction, and what it means to sit still inside a democracy mid-autopsy.