TKIN: Philosopher Encounters Modern Life
Friday, April 19, 2024
Art, Context, Prestige Hierarchies, And The Struggle To Pay Attention
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I saw a work of art in a museum. Content-wise, it could have been a YouTube video, or even just a blog post. And if it had been, I wouldn...
Friday, April 12, 2024
Philosophical Melancholy and the Title of this Blog
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People ask me, what's up with the title of this blog? It's a good question. I used to have a sidebar link to a post explaining the t...
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Friday, April 5, 2024
Fear, Dread, And Vulnerability: I Loved The Shards Until I Didn't (With Spoilers)
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Bret Easton Ellis's new book The Shards is simultaneously an ode to the 80s, a reflection on closeted gay teen-dom, a psycho-cultural ex...
Friday, March 29, 2024
Storytelling As Seductive Indoctrination: I Am Right In Narrative’s Crosshairs
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Recently at the dentist I opted to watch a Netflix show about animal babies in the wild. Usually I avoid TV, as it makes me antsy and unsett...
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Friday, March 22, 2024
The Personal Perspective And The Complex Dysfunctional Global Systems Perspective
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For personal decisions engaging complex dysfunctional global systems, I lack a frame of reference. Doing nothing seems wrong. But given how ...
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Friday, March 15, 2024
The Fragile Connection Between Liking And Wanting Is Crucial To Our Survival
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The most interesting thing I learned this week is that animals whose dopamine system has been rendered inactive will fail to seek food, and ...
Friday, March 8, 2024
I Think A Lot About The Marshmallow Test. Why?
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A thing about me is that I often think about the marshmallow test. The marshmallow test is a test of delayed gratification abilities in whic...
Friday, March 1, 2024
The Tyranny of the Majority in Advanced Consumer Economies
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In 2017 I went down the ethical cell phone rabbit hole . I didn’t do anything like buy a phone — mostly I just reacquainted myself with the...
Friday, February 23, 2024
Directing Your Attention Versus Experiencing Whatever Happens to be Happening
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Like a lot of people, I often feel like my mind is running in the wrong gear. There’s too much whirring and burbling in situations where th...
Friday, February 16, 2024
If Human Emotions Are Based On Rationality, I Feel Like An Alien
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Content warning: suicide. When I was in graduate school, I TAed a course on Contemporary Moral Problems. I can’t remember what the “Problem...
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