philosophy
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Links in a chain
I’m not going to try to give you, the reader, a business lesson. In this piece we are going to examine a mistake of perception instead. Unfortunately for both of us though, in order to spot the mistake we need to begin by understanding all the individual stopping points along the path between the initial… Continue reading
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Directed shame
I wanted to explore an idea, that of shame being a weaponised human emotion. This thought came to me while talking to my partner Em about a social news article we heard in the car while going somewhere. Sparked by the subject matter I asked Em what she thought, as I often do, primarily because… Continue reading
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The religion of Em
My partner Em has done much less research into religions than I have, because she doesn’t value argument the same way I do, yet she certainly is as strong an atheist as I am despite that fact, and she does make good points if pushed. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that she couldn’t… Continue reading
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Uniqueness
I wished to explore the idea of uniqueness, the individual, the self and the myriad of differences between one self and another. What is it about persons that makes them them, given that we are all made mostly out of the same materials as each other, the dust from long gone stars according to Prof… Continue reading
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At a loss
I’m going to be controversial again, remember though, before you might get upset about this post, that I have run this idea past the independent intellect that is my Em. Women are, for the most part, almost completely incapable of entertaining themselves… they need goals. This post is entirely based on my own observations and… Continue reading
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Deliberate Abstract
When a circus is in town they put up posters, you could see and know it was a circus flyer from the back of a galloping horse as you passed, you’d likely even catch the venue and date. Yet when you see a planning application stapled to a telegraph pole, that fucker couldn’t be harder… Continue reading
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When the natural is wrong
Andrew Tate could be 100% thematically correct about what a man is and what a man desires, but still nobody should follow, adhere, and act in line with his perspective, simply because societies cannot be formed based on human animal instincts. Yes, in evolutionary terms we are an animal, and an animal has a set… Continue reading
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Rendered Useless
Some of the joy in life is provided by going forward in a meaningful way. It is a beautiful and worthwhile thing to grow as a person, to develop new skills, to have new conversations, to become a better person or operator of the tennis racket. What AI, big data, and bio-metric interventions (technologies built… Continue reading
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Watching
The panopticon was a theorised building that Jeremy Bentham came up with, its purpose was to watch without being watched. He imagined a structure designed so that any person within it could be observed at all times, that all persons would realise that this was so and therefore assume that they were always being watched,… Continue reading
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Deception again
Here we are back again discussing deception. I love this subject, I have a deep interest in thinking about power, narrative, and the result on people of hearing stories. I often find myself relating a process or problem with a story myself, one that explains context and conveys understanding much better than the technical explanation… Continue reading
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