In this salon, Chad Woodford will explore the utopian and dystopian narratives coming out of Silicon Valley, including the presumption that some sort of superintelligence is immanent, using that as an invitation to explore exactly what it is to be human. Chad is an embodied philosopher, technology attorney, and AI researcher interested in a deeply…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for a series in which we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie. I’m definitely not thinking about death anymore. The movie opens with…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for a series in which we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie. 'We’re all being played with, babe! But usually there’s some kind of separation: there’s the Girl…
Join Jacob Huber, founder of Revolutionary Character, to discuss why and how to rest appropriately and support each other in doing so rather than guilting each other into excessive (and unproductive!) grinding! We are overwhelmed with “productivity” hacks and advice to grind grind grind to get what we want, but there is insufficient discussion of how to maintain…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie. 'You’re supposed to want to know.' Weird Barbie’s insistent demand echoes the famous beginning of…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and…
How are you here? You’re like an idea. A great idea. Sasha assumes, like most of us, that ideas are impoverished abstractions of material reality. Plato, however, held the opposite…
She thinks I’m a fascist? I don’t control the railways or the flow of commerce. We just explained to them the immaculate, impeccable seamless garment of logic that is patriarchy.…
I’m a man with no power. Does that make me a woman? This line from an anonymous Mattel employee might seem like a cheap joke, but MIT professor Sally Haslanger…
All the Kens will head to the polls and vote to change the Constitution to a government for the Kens, of the Kens, and by the Kens! As the Kens…
By giving voice to the cognitive dissonance required to be a woman under the patriarchy, you robbed it of its power. Hell, yes, White Savior Barbie! Here Gerwig both channels…
But you’re the creator. Don’t you control me? At the end of the movie, Barbie decides to take Nietsche’s advice and live toward death, rather than embracing the characteristics her…
