I am a Hegelian – but which Hegel am I referring to here? Where am I speaking from?
To simplify it to the utmost, the triad that defines my philosophical …
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Philosophy is, no doubt, the slowest-moving branch of human inquiry. The best proof of this can be seen in its peculiar use of the word “modern.”
When musicians speak of …
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Several critics – they are far too many to cite here – have accused Todd Phillips’ film Joker (2019) of glorifying white male victimhood. They seemed convinced that this was …
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Donald Trump calls the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border a “humanitarian crisis.” He is right, but for the wrong reasons. It is not a crisis in terms of the number …
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As we have already seen, (some) proponents of Singularity read it in a Hegelian way, as the final reconciliation between mind and reality, as the healing of the wound of …
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Singularity cannot keep its theological promise to redeem us from the Fall. It may so happen that in post-humanity we will move into another dimension, in which we will no …
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Comparisons to Hitler are always unwarranted—except when they are warranted.
The movement from democracy to fascism requires a series of institutional transformations that involve a corresponding psychological transformation. “Only connect,” …
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2019. It has been quite a year of environmental wreckage and we are not done yet. September opened with Category 5 Hurricane Dorian flattening the Bahamas. The low lying topography …
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In September of 1895, Booker T. Washington delivered his famous Atlanta Compromise speech heralding self-reliance, industrial education, and social segregation, and the black press immediately hailed him as the first …
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“Brands that succeed will need to act like humans.” This is how one advertising executive summed up the current stage in the evolution of marketing. In particular, brands will seek …
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