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Tag: philosophy
“On Saudade: A Different Shade of Sadness” by Alex Viviano
Originally posted by Alex Viviano on “The Smart Set“ “Saudade, saudade. Nothing more that I can say says it in a better way.” The artist Maro sang these lyrics while representing Portugal in…
“Progress Studies as a Moral Imperative” by Jason Crawford
Originally written by Jason Crawford for his The Roots of Progress website Tyler Cowen and Patrick Collison recently published an article in The Atlantic calling for a new discipline of “progress studies”. It met with an enthusiastic response…
“We Need a New Philosophy of Progress” by Jason Crawford
Originally written by Jason Crawford for his The Roots of Progress website We live in an age that has lost its optimism. Polls show that people think the world is getting…
“Truths exist at opposite extremes” by Shahid H N
Originally posted by Shahid H N on his substack, shahid’s riffs This post is inspired by and riffs on Joe Lonsdale’s piece on dialectical wisdom. Between “self-accountability”… For most of my…
The Paradox of Normativity
Please enjoy this thought piece, “The Paradox of Normativity,” by Christophe Porot, published philosopher and PhD candidate who focuses on the ethics of mysticism. You can learn even more about Christophe and…
The Only Way in is Through
JP‘s mission in life is to “shine a light into people that are capable of doing amazing things, hold important spaces, and transform who we are in the process.“ Please…
Interview: ii Host Jay Colbert on Cyborgs and Assemblage Theory
Jay Colbert, ii Host, librarian, and self-proclaimed “cyborg nerd,” shares how his love of finding connections led him to host his upcoming ii Salon, “More Human Than Human: An Exploration…