Resonance Theory: How Can Connection Create Disconnection?

The more we control, the more we are alienated from that which we control. This is the thesis of sociologist Continue reading →

Peter Sloterdijk: Living in the Mountains of Imperial Foam

Peter Sloterdijk was unfortunate in writing about the existential problem of luxury in modern social life, especially given the Eurozone Continue reading →

On Infinity: The School of Names (名家) and Nicholas of Cusa

The School of Names is a group of philosophers in ancient China, who liked to discuss infinity and to enjoy Continue reading →

Platonic Friendship in the Epistles

1. Introduction: Plato’s Philosophy of Friendship The archetype of friendship is an underlying element of much of the Platonic corpus. Continue reading →

Laughter as a Critical Tool for Liberation

The question of what society is and how it operates is one that has been analyzed extensively in continental philosophy. Continue reading →

In Defense of Gay Assimilation

So-called queer studies is no stranger to provocative titles. I might be better off defending a more modest program of Continue reading →

An Oasis in the Desert of the Real: On the Relationship Between Map and Territory

“It is abstraction in its precise, literal sense… complete absence of quality, a differentiation purely by quantity and by applicability Continue reading →

The Basilisk

It’s been impossible to think of a world without AI since 2065, but The Basilisk was originally named by a Continue reading →