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cybernetics

finger-painting australia into an ideological corner: populism

Has anyone actually asked Pauline Hanson what, if anything, her sociopolitical solutions embody? A whole lot of good will is being invested here. Your mileage may vary…

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politics

please explain: xenophobia

Xenophobia does not stop a changing world. It converts psychological vulnerability into political power.

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Philosophy

Why do we suffer?

I’m going for yet another deep (if relatively brief) dive on the question of suffering. The natural orientation of the Universe towards dissolution and decay or disorder is precisely the reason why we have life, sentience, experience and intelligence – the entropy of material dissolution is a precondition for the structural aggregation and compression of […]

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culture ideology ignorance systems

Disentangling Hate

Who benefits from stoking the fires of fear, insecurity and hatred?