philosophy
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Negativity is positivity

What is it to be negative? Is it to hope that bad outcomes arise, is it to make bad outcomes arise, is it to deride achievement or to downgrade the now, the present, in language so as to represent it in a way that is overly miserable? Is negativity found in bitter resentments and nasty… Continue reading
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A writing wish

If there is one TV series I wish I’d written it would be black mirror, it’s just so fudging clever. Most Sci-fi and fantasy, not sure this is the correct genre, postulates the idea of an alternative, a future trajectory, a misunderstood past event, or a clean slate after a disaster. Some imagine myths, some… Continue reading
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I’d eat the forbidden meat…

I’d eat a human… Weird thing to say that, but in some circumstances I believe it to be true. Peter Singer, a guy I am a big fan of, postulated the idea that animals are no different to people and people are no different to animals, we just happen to be smarter and more able… Continue reading