Rediscovering the Past: The Value of Rereading Books

“A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a Continue reading →

The Question Concerning Memes

In what follows we shall be questioning concerning memes. Our question is: what is the essence of the meme? According Continue reading →

Virtuality as Coexistence in Bergson and Deleuze

Philosophy is the theory of multiplicities. Every multiplicity implies actual elements and virtual elements. There is no purely actual object. Continue reading →

Reclaiming Memory, Recapturing Attention, 2: Paying Attention as Taking Care

But how exactly do we go about doing this? What is the most effective way for us to improve our Continue reading →

Reclaiming Memory, Recapturing Attention, 1: Socrates and the Internet

‘“This invention, O king,” said Theuth, “will make the Egyptians wiser and will improve their memories; for it is an Continue reading →

The Third Industrial Revolution

The industrial revolution of the 19th Century has undoubtedly been one of the most significant economic and cultural developments in human Continue reading →

Time-Tearing with Philip K. Dick

I like Philip K. Dick. His ideas are intriguing and his writing is more than passable by my standards. I Continue reading →

Stiegler’s Memory, 1: The Problem With Husserl

The Problem With Husserl To French philosopher Bernard Stiegler, the outer objects that human beings create can be looked at exteriorisations of Continue reading →