Review: Immediacy or, The Style of Too Late Capitalism
Immediacy, a feature of contemporary life associated with the use of social networks and smartphones, has become increasingly dominant.
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The Alternative to Genocide
The alternative to extermination is slavery or labor. The only reason for conquerors not to kill the defeated is to put them to work -- to make them u…
Tripping and Politics
It screams regression too: you are prompted to disregard the difference between yourself and the product of an artist's work. you become identical wit…
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…