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
“The sociological/psychological fallout of AI is not decades away: right here, right now, we are watching in slow-motion the major meltdown of our shared sense of reality. The only thing that can save civilization from utter destruction? Basic English grammar. Hear me out, guys.” What can stop the AI apocalypse? — Grammar. Yes, only grammar. medium.com The
Another shortie but goodie: Most of us like boundaries but don’t like hierarchies. Same for me. But the uncomfortable truth is that boundaries and hierarchies presuppose one another. If you want boundaries, this implies hierarchies. If you challenge hierarchies, this loosens up boundaries. In the end then, this means that neither can boundaries be absolute,
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“Wise and sensible people doubt themselves and their own opinions — fools and fanatics are dead certain and full of conviction (which makes them, alas, keep winning out as they have more initiative and momentum, and thus the world runs on stupidity).” — Said, more or less, by Bertrand Russell, Franz Kafka, and probably other
Hey guys, it’s never too late to admit you were right all along. Yep, they’re bad guys medium.com My early 2017 appraisal of these two public intellectuals proved more on point than I could have imagined
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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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