Real Rebels Risk Disapproval medium.com Fake rebels just stay on the safe side and “critique”. The irony and sarcasm of the last few decades just doesn’t carry any longer — it’s…
In terms of development from modern life, to postmodernity, and onwards to what I call “metamodernity” the most fundamental principle is this one: Modernity divides social reality into clearly distinguished spheres, like art, religion, market, politics, science, the civil sphere, and private life. Postmodernism challenges and breaks out of the confines of these categories, escapes
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So what happens to people who are far-from-average-in-multiple-ways is that they gain some pretty unique insight into the frailty and arbitrariness of social hierarchies: every now and then people notice your strong sides, and assume you’re walking around in God mode, and every so often they notice your weak side and write you off as
When you revive God, be careful with what you may be awakening from slumber. My latest book suggests the safe steps to take for reenchanting the cosmos. It’s brilliantly introduced in this video. Can Jordan Peterson Escape The Matrix? – On Our Crisis of Meaning youtu.be Watch my full interview with Daniel, and support the
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Always remember that sadness is the emotion of the invincible. When this happens, it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it’s been deleted.
I don’t usually do this, but, in honor of Norway’s independence day, May 17th, here are the last couple of Goodreads reviews of The Listening Society. This book will be coming out in three new editions, by the way: 1. German (late this year, should be on the Frankfurt book fair, the world’s largest I
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There are only two kinds of people in the world: Those who believe in stupid dichotomies of there only being two kinds of people in the world — and those who don’t. From “12 Commandments”
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Have you heard of MetaGame? It’s what you might call a metamodernist hacker initiative, rooted in crypto and idealistic blockchain. Here is a MetaGame reading of the metamodernism I have proposed: “A lot of issues aren’t fit for nation states. There are problems to be solved at the local or city level, problems to be
And finally — the printed version of my new book “12 Commandments: For Extraordinary People to Master Ordinary Life” is available. (Direct link in the comments below!) The digital version has begun to gather some reviews. Here’s one I noticed today: “Good book, gets better from the second commandment onward. Would be a good complement
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