Thoughts on the Taylor Swift HyperobjectThe other day, I found myself looking haplessly for something, anything, to focus on besides the ecological crisis — this unbearable…Apr 21Apr 21
Liberating the human imagination through a Blakean revolution in the age of AI“The Eternal Body of Man is the Imagination, that is, God himself… It manifests itself in his Works of Art (In Eternity All is Vision)…”May 7, 2023May 7, 2023
Andrew Tate Versus Greta ThunbergWhat the latest Internet kerfuffle reveals about the tragedy of our ageDec 30, 2022Dec 30, 2022
Paris, Art, the Avant-garde, Existential Kink, Belief, Religion: Thoughts at the Hotel Grand AmourAt the moment, I am having a splendid time in Paris. I just spoke at Purple Magazine’s 30th Anniversary Festival, held at the Palais…Oct 10, 20221Oct 10, 20221
Exploring Fictitious Capital: Tagcoins, Chikns, and the Future of ValueI met Ryze Conley, an enthusiastic, amiable crypto entrepreneur in Tulum last year. A few months ago, he reached out to me on Facebook. He…Jan 21, 2022Jan 21, 2022
Prophecy Postponed?I find this time we are in now to be unprecedented, weird, disorienting. Perhaps most of you agree? This month, we reach ten years since…Jan 4, 20221Jan 4, 20221
From Capitalist Realism to Anarchist Idealism, Part TenIt takes time to assimilate Bernardo Kastrup’s idealist viewpoint — developed in The Idea of the World, More than Allegory: On Religious…Nov 21, 20213Nov 21, 20213
From Capitalist Realism to Anarchist Idealism, Part NineThe current system of hyper-capitalism seems, on its surface, to operate without ideology. The structure is so totalizing that people…Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2021
From Capitalist Realism to Anarchist Idealism, Part EightAnarcho-primitivists argue that our underlying problem is not capitalism, but civilization itself, or what author Darren Allen calls “The…Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2021
From Capitalist Realism to Anarchist Idealism, Part SevenIn the last installment of this thought stream, I looked at proposals from a number of Radical Leftists who wish to emancipate humanity via…Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2021