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Return to Theory X: The Age of Artificial Slavery

Nov 6, 2025Nov 6, 2025

The Intellectual Origins of Modernity

How to Avoid Reading

Nov 5, 2025Nov 5, 2025

Black-and-white illustration of robed figures standing in a forest clearing, forming a circle by linking chains between their hands. The figures appear both united and restrained, illuminated by a pale, radiant light that suggests dawn or revelation. The mood is solemn yet transcendent, symbolising Rousseau’s paradox that freedom and constraint are inseparable. The image appears as a parody Magic: The Gathering card titled “Freedom,” subtitled “Enchantment — Social Contract,” with a quote from Jean-Jacques Rousseau: “To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man.” The art captures the tension between community, bondage, and liberation.

Freedom: The Chains That Bind Us Together

Nov 5, 2025Nov 5, 2025

The Sane Society, Revisited: Why Work Still Drives Us Mad

Nov 4, 2025Nov 4, 2025

On Death and Dying

Nov 3, 2025Nov 3, 2025

Two Four Two Three

Nov 3, 2025Nov 3, 2025

The Prison of Process

Nov 3, 2025Nov 3, 2025

The Blind Owl

Nov 3, 2025Nov 3, 2025

Folie à deux ?

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roberto on The Philosophers Are Here. Which Philosophers?Aug 23, 2026
Which Philosophy? But Also: What Future? Bry Willis’s article raises an essential question: AI companies do not hire “Philosophy” itself,…
On Lenses and Reality – Philosophics on A Family of Lenses: LIH, MEOW, and Disagreement Without RefereesAug 17, 2026
[…] add to their inventory, but as a philosopher my advice gets somewhat altered. I’ve discussed lenses before, though I…
Oren Neuman on Universal language: Guinea PigsAug 14, 2026
Hebrew is the ONLY language that does NOT use anything pig related!Instead we call this animal Sharkan שרקן (literally means…
Philosophics on Education, Schooling, and the Price of AdmissionJul 27, 2026
Indeed. As you are likely aware, my primary lens is language and dis–integration, so my diagnosis is generally deconstructive. I…
Raffaello Palandri on Education, Schooling, and the Price of AdmissionJul 27, 2026
Thank you for such a careful reading. I think our disagreement is relatively narrow and concerns the level of abstraction…

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