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Tonight You Will Be Visited by Three Spirits

Tonight You Will Be Visited by Three Spirits

Caroline Black

A chilling tale in which you are visited by the Zeitgeist, a timely spirit, who warns you about your own complacency and overthinking. Based off Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas...

Tonight You Will Be Visited by Three Spirits

Caroline Black

A chilling tale in which you are visited by the Zeitgeist, a timely spirit, who warns you about your own complacency and overthinking. Based off Charles Dickens' classic "A Christmas...

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Cosmic Nihilism and Entropy: Why the Universe Doesn’t Care – But You Should

Cosmic Nihilism and Entropy: Why the Universe D...

Markus Uehleke

Feeling small in the vast, indifferent universe? Wondering what entropy, cosmic nihilism, and Boltzmann brains have to do with your existence? Dive into a mind-bending exploration of how the universe...

Cosmic Nihilism and Entropy: Why the Universe D...

Markus Uehleke

Feeling small in the vast, indifferent universe? Wondering what entropy, cosmic nihilism, and Boltzmann brains have to do with your existence? Dive into a mind-bending exploration of how the universe...

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MOFA is the new MAGA: George Orwell on the political spectrum

MOFA is the new MAGA: George Orwell on the poli...

Markus Uehleke

The 2024 U.S. election has taken a surreal turn with Elon Musk and Donald Trump cozying up, all while both camps ironically invoke George Orwell’s "1984" to attack each other....

MOFA is the new MAGA: George Orwell on the poli...

Markus Uehleke

The 2024 U.S. election has taken a surreal turn with Elon Musk and Donald Trump cozying up, all while both camps ironically invoke George Orwell’s "1984" to attack each other....

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Utilitarianism: Trying to Predict the Future Like a Mind-Reading Superhero 🎯

Utilitarianism: Trying to Predict the Future Li...

Markus Uehleke

Utilitarianism is all about maximizing happiness for the greatest number, a philosophy founded by Jeremy Bentham and refined by John Stuart Mill. Bentham treated all pleasures equally, which led to...

Utilitarianism: Trying to Predict the Future Li...

Markus Uehleke

Utilitarianism is all about maximizing happiness for the greatest number, a philosophy founded by Jeremy Bentham and refined by John Stuart Mill. Bentham treated all pleasures equally, which led to...

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Beyond Capitalist Realism: The need for a Philosophy of Life

Beyond Capitalist Realism: The need for a Philo...

Sarthak Dhole

Explore Mark Fisher's critique of capitalism, focusing on his concept of capitalist realism—the idea that it's easier to imagine global catastrophe than an alternative to capitalism. Tied to Slavoj Žižek's...

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Beyond Capitalist Realism: The need for a Philo...

Sarthak Dhole

Explore Mark Fisher's critique of capitalism, focusing on his concept of capitalist realism—the idea that it's easier to imagine global catastrophe than an alternative to capitalism. Tied to Slavoj Žižek's...

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The Endless Cycle of Philosophical Inquiry: Repetition, Evolution, and Dialog Across Time

The Endless Cycle of Philosophical Inquiry: Rep...

Markus Uehleke

The meme humorously captures a core truth about philosophy: the ongoing, cyclical nature of philosophical inquiry. From Plato’s idealism to Kant’s critical philosophy, each generation reinterprets timeless questions in new...

The Endless Cycle of Philosophical Inquiry: Rep...

Markus Uehleke

The meme humorously captures a core truth about philosophy: the ongoing, cyclical nature of philosophical inquiry. From Plato’s idealism to Kant’s critical philosophy, each generation reinterprets timeless questions in new...

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