S2. Chapter 2: Solving for X in the Algorithm of Empire
Lloyd Dobler reads the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 2, and muses on letting go, fascism’s feedback loop, and why even your trauma has a subscription plan.
Lloyd Dobler returns with Chapter 2 of the Tao Te Ching and asks what it means to let go in the age of algorithmic empire. From Overton windows that can’t see healthcare but can see ICE signing bonuses, to the strange calm of wu wei in a world built to monetize trauma—this episode drifts between meditation, rebellion, and satire.
Part spiritual transmission, part mixtape rant, part guided non-meditation for people who meditate badly.
So sit still. Or don’t.
Either way, you’re one paradox closer to peace.
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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.
Lloyd Dobler returns for Season 2 of The Tao of Lloyd — a satirical field guide for staying human in collapsing times. 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.
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