The Dark Origins of Optimism and its Current Cheerful Evils
A seductive but deceptively skewed school of thought has enchanted our elite. It teaches that “optimism” is essential to solving society’s problems (it comes in…
John Gray is the Lady Gaga of Political Philosophy
Review of The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism by John Gray John Gray is the Lady Gaga of political philosophy going through more phases than…
Come As You Are: Punk and Neoliberal Leftism
Trying to break free of the aural monotony was our goal, and I don’t know if we achieved it, depending on how you define success. We refused to foll…
Making Graphs to Flatter the Global Elite
Two new books argue that capitalism will solve the climate and ecological crisis. While making such an argument with different styles and focuses, Bloomberg journalist…
Cats, Politics, and the Despair of Human Existence
But this is also where the emancipatory potential of domestic cats/animals lies: They remind humans that they are beings of civilization - and that th…
Woke-Speak of Bosses at NPR and Academia Irks the Masses
By 2025, I assert, no one is going to talk the way NPR CEO Katherine Maher talks, ever again. No doubt the word ‘woke’ has…