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Philosophy

Virtue

If virtue was innate or actually worth something beyond an advertising slogan of social merit, would it have to be as performative and theatrical as it so commonly is? It is worth reflecting that anyone who feels compelled to endlessly demonstrate their moral virtue very likely possesses none whatsoever.

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Philosophy

Art, Inauthenticity and Poverty

Art requires inauthenticity just like wealth requires poverty. The issue is that wealth and all associated power is of necessity a narrowly-focused exclusive, dissipative system that, like a tornado, maintains coherence and continuity through offsetting its own cost and entropy to an environment composed of poverty and disempowered, disenfranchised multitudes. Wealth foundationally depends upon the […]

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culture politics systems

On Facts, Truth and Public Narratives

You could be mistaken for believing that the primary public narratives and political engagements of our era are dominated by simpletons and misanthropes…

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culture

On Personality

Personality or persona is the most concise form in which a reflexive attitude and interpretation (both from and) towards the world can be captured…

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culture

Conformity

An interesting montage of ideas and images, reflections from some powerful thinkers on the topic of conformity. Possibly more important than ever in our current socially-mediated, hyper-normative mass communications world…