Chris Schuck
@chrisschuck.bsky.social
Graduate student in psychology and ambivalence | philosophy of psychology | philosophy of social science | University of Guelph
Oh, I had no idea Lip was in The Bear! Haven't seen that one though I keep hearing about it. Also finally did the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul cycle this year; BCS's epic sprawl is the perfect reframe of BB's Shakepearean gravitas. But my real gateway drug to metamodern TV was Bojack Horseman.
July 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Oh, I had no idea Lip was in The Bear! Haven't seen that one though I keep hearing about it. Also finally did the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul cycle this year; BCS's epic sprawl is the perfect reframe of BB's Shakepearean gravitas. But my real gateway drug to metamodern TV was Bojack Horseman.
Only partway through your article so far but this is wonderful - now I'm very motivated to read the book! BTW, recently started watching Shameless after you namechecked that as a quintessential metamodern show. I totally see what you mean! In middle of Season 3, great show.
July 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Only partway through your article so far but this is wonderful - now I'm very motivated to read the book! BTW, recently started watching Shameless after you namechecked that as a quintessential metamodern show. I totally see what you mean! In middle of Season 3, great show.
Oh wait, you got Shusterman, not the mythical Schusterman. Much less exciting!
June 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Oh wait, you got Shusterman, not the mythical Schusterman. Much less exciting!
You got Schusterman! Congratulations. Looking forward to that as well as your other interview.
June 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
You got Schusterman! Congratulations. Looking forward to that as well as your other interview.
We'll have to talk Better Call Saul sometime - finally finished the whole show.
May 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We'll have to talk Better Call Saul sometime - finally finished the whole show.
Awesome episode, thanks for posting that!
May 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Awesome episode, thanks for posting that!
Where did you see this?
April 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Where did you see this?
In that sense it has instrumental value, I suppose. It's interesting how it tends to get conflated with honesty. Or even self-honesty. But authenticity seems a bit different; as much existential as epistemic or virtue. Perhaps bc we continue to "become who we are." Looking forward to your book!
April 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In that sense it has instrumental value, I suppose. It's interesting how it tends to get conflated with honesty. Or even self-honesty. But authenticity seems a bit different; as much existential as epistemic or virtue. Perhaps bc we continue to "become who we are." Looking forward to your book!
For what it's worth, I have always thought of authenticity as morality-adjacent and sometimes overlapping with ethics but not inherently ethical in itself. Perhaps it's best viewed in terms of discerning the real reasons for doing what you do or valuing what you value, as opposed to "right" reasons.
April 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
For what it's worth, I have always thought of authenticity as morality-adjacent and sometimes overlapping with ethics but not inherently ethical in itself. Perhaps it's best viewed in terms of discerning the real reasons for doing what you do or valuing what you value, as opposed to "right" reasons.
Awesome, thanks for the quick response!
March 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Awesome, thanks for the quick response!
Looks great -any chance the talk may eventually be available online? I registered for the webinar but sadly was not free to join because of the time difference.
March 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Looks great -any chance the talk may eventually be available online? I registered for the webinar but sadly was not free to join because of the time difference.
Oh, that sounds great! That's how I prefer to learn: lots of reference points and discussion of interconnections between them. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
March 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Oh, that sounds great! That's how I prefer to learn: lots of reference points and discussion of interconnections between them. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
I know nothing about this book, but my friend @dgozli.bsky.social speaks highly of Greg Dember's work on metamodernism, so maybe check out his book too?
whatismetamodern.com
My immediate thought about the "metamodernism" thing is: old wine in new bottles? But maybe that's the whole point!
whatismetamodern.com
My immediate thought about the "metamodernism" thing is: old wine in new bottles? But maybe that's the whole point!
What is Metamodern?
A catalog of cultural exemplars of metamodernism in areas such as music, film, television, religion and more. Mapping the metamodern since 2013.
whatismetamodern.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I know nothing about this book, but my friend @dgozli.bsky.social speaks highly of Greg Dember's work on metamodernism, so maybe check out his book too?
whatismetamodern.com
My immediate thought about the "metamodernism" thing is: old wine in new bottles? But maybe that's the whole point!
whatismetamodern.com
My immediate thought about the "metamodernism" thing is: old wine in new bottles? But maybe that's the whole point!
Although, one of the commenters underneath made a good point that even from the standpoint of theoretical understanding, psychological systems are evolved for non-lab environments and thus (aside from real-world irrelevance) what happens in controlled lab conditions may not yield accurate knowledge.
March 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Although, one of the commenters underneath made a good point that even from the standpoint of theoretical understanding, psychological systems are evolved for non-lab environments and thus (aside from real-world irrelevance) what happens in controlled lab conditions may not yield accurate knowledge.
Maybe the appeal is precisely that it's a space where they can share and acknowledge their (perceived) vulnerabilities and build solidarity around this belief in a common threat, not unlike people being vulnerable together in non-toxic spaces, only predicated on very different assumptions.
March 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Maybe the appeal is precisely that it's a space where they can share and acknowledge their (perceived) vulnerabilities and build solidarity around this belief in a common threat, not unlike people being vulnerable together in non-toxic spaces, only predicated on very different assumptions.
Interesting - makes sense to me that self-report with the buffer of extra time and privacy would be more conducive to bringing out that wider range and diversity vs. real-time interviews, but maybe your experience has been opposite.
February 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Interesting - makes sense to me that self-report with the buffer of extra time and privacy would be more conducive to bringing out that wider range and diversity vs. real-time interviews, but maybe your experience has been opposite.
Do you mean 2nd ed. self-report, or longer one? Can you say more about what you think it manages to capture, that other analogous scales don't? I have taken it more X than I can count and find it extremely frustrating. But perhaps it's simply the inherent limitations of questionnaires, not Y-BOCS.
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Do you mean 2nd ed. self-report, or longer one? Can you say more about what you think it manages to capture, that other analogous scales don't? I have taken it more X than I can count and find it extremely frustrating. But perhaps it's simply the inherent limitations of questionnaires, not Y-BOCS.
Whoa, so that was a bot asking you about novels capturing reality?
February 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Whoa, so that was a bot asking you about novels capturing reality?
Downloadable, no? philpapers.org/rec/CHEBPL
Myisha Cherry, Black People Look Up and Down, White People Look Away: Charles Mills, James Baldwin, and White Ignorance - PhilPapers
I examine how James Baldwin explored white ignorance—as conceived by Charles Mills—in his work. I argue that Baldwin helps us understand Mills’s account of white ignorance more deeply, showing that wh...
philpapers.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Downloadable, no? philpapers.org/rec/CHEBPL
Happy to send it - just tell me where. (And I think it's in her PhilPapers for future reference).
February 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Happy to send it - just tell me where. (And I think it's in her PhilPapers for future reference).