Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley Messiah, Would Like to Sell You a Ticket to the Ark (S2. Chapter 34)
Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley Messiah, Would Like to Sell You a Ticket to the Ark | The Tao of Lloyd
Lloyd Dobler explores Peter Thiel, Palantir, billionaire apocalypse culture, surveillance capitalism, and Chapter 34 of the Tao Te Ching in this satirical philosophy podcast blending political commentary, Taoism, Gen X humor, and spiritual reflection for the age of late-stage capitalism.
S2. Chapter 33: What if The Story Chooses You?
Self-knowledge gets complicated when the story shaping your identity isn’t entirely your own—Tao Te Ching Chapter 33 through a late-stage lens
A Gen X Manifesto for Late Stage Everything
Gen X Manifesto for Surviving Late-Stage Everything | The Tao of Lloyd.
In this episode of The Tao of Lloyd, Lloyd Dobler returns as a middle-aged zen-punk dissident, delivering a Gen X manifesto for navigating burnout, disillusionment, and the slow unraveling of the American experiment. Blending Taoist philosophy, political satire, and deadpan guided meditation, this episode explores why burnout isn’t failure, how non-forcing can be a form of resistance, and what it means to stay human in a system that no longer makes sense.
Part cultural critique, part spiritual reflection, part anti-self-help mixtape—this is a sharp, funny, and grounded take on surviving late-stage everything.