The Digital Cage: Social Media's Influence on Political Thought

Written, produced and performed by Antoin Gibson:

Title: 

Dissometry

Lyrics:

Class is in session spinning it 180 degrees 
In a Straight line, no angle here to diss please

I’m here to Work Out what is your Problem.
I’ll get to the Root no Problem. 
Calculated facts are you’re all the common denominator.
Finger on the trigonometry is best to deal with you abominator. 
Occam’s Razor applies putting it Philosophically
Putting you to the razor is simplest not putting it hyperbolically

I’m Inclined to put it Plane.
The Force required is a hole in your brain.
An object in motion will become motionless.
Paradoxically I’ll happily do the work Remaining emotionless.
Statistically your life will always amount to zero.
Return to the Cycle and you may Net be a Negative hero.

That doesn’t Apply to me as I’m an Anomaly. 
I’m needed to conduct this homily
I’m your Opposite and you are Sin
I’m your yang and you are yin
Sin Tax bearer you must pay the price
Input Syntax Error I must, you excise

It’s my Differential Points that make me Integral to the Plot
You’ve been thrown a curveball that Proves you are not
You’re a Square where Supply stretches Elasticity to Break
Even if you were an outlier that’s demand that I’d take
Don’t mishear me Cos an Out Liar doesn’t equal an outlier
The Level of Obtuse is beyond dire

Logically it’s commonly the possibility 
if not mathematically you’ll get it lingually
Unproblematically for me as you’re abhorrently
grotesque there’s a necessity you take this sublingually

Toxicology reports will lack authenticity 
No sepulchral sense of atmosphere
Toxicity neutralises toxicity, 
No Body will mourn your regression to the stratosphere
 
Five Cardinal ways I’ve explained this Concept from Divinity to Infinity
Based on your Answers we don’t have an affinity
As expected from my hypothesis you have come up Null
My Results have become a Clear Prism since you’re conclusively Dull
Diss Lessen is rapping up and Logged in the Hull
ConVexed me to this final solution that’s concaving your skull


Dissometry

Born 1004CE in present-day Tajikistan then under control of the Ghaznavid dynasty, Abū Muʿīn al-Dīn Nasir Khusraw was an Ismaili convert and missionary who became better known for his poetry.&nbsp; &nbsp; To discuss with us today the life, works and legacy of Nasir Khusraw is Ali Hammoud. Ali Hammoud is a PhD candidate at Western Sydney University. He is broadly interested in Shīʿīsm and Islamicate intellectual history. Welcome Ustad Ali! &nbsp; Q1. I think it’s important we set the scene for the socio-political dynamics in which Nasir Khusraw lived. There were two major competing polities claiming to be the ultimate representatives of the Prophet’s legacy: the Ismaili Shia Fatimid caliphate in Cairo and the Sunni Abbasid caliphate of Baghdad. We can imagine it as a kind of Cold War era that existed between the Soviet and the US after WWII with smaller entities in between them having to choose a loyalty or hedge their bets. &nbsp; Q2. Nasir Khusraw lived in Merv in present day Turmenistan and he worked for the Sunni Turkic Seljuk administration before his conversion to Ismailism and &nbsp;joining the Fatimid court. Tell us more about his life and career. &nbsp; Q3. He has a number of works philosophical and literary. Describe them for us before giving us details characterising his divan. &nbsp; Q4. What further readings and resources do you recommend for us on Nasir Khusrau?&nbsp; &nbsp; Q5 Finally before we end, give us a sample of the work of Nasir Khusrau&nbsp; in the original Persian and translation. &nbsp; Ali Hammoud:   &nbsp; &nbsp; We are sponsored by IHRC bookshop. Listeners get a 15% discount on all purchases. Visit IHRC bookshop at  and use discount code AHP15 at checkout. Terms and conditions apply. Contact IHRC bookshop for details.&nbsp;

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