Philosophical Dictionary

In this article, let's discuss 20th century thinker Walter Benjamin's insightful criticisms of technology as a means for creating fast-paced art, and its impact on art itself.

In which we discuss the 2024 Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Year, "brain rot," through the lens of Adorno and Horkheimer's work on the Culture Industry.

The third part of the "Philosophy Carol" series in which you meet the Ghost of Philosophy Present, coming along for a random and musical ride. You see how philosophy currently works in the world.

The Agent Smith meme borrows the punchline of a 2016 comic: anyone who criticises a system while living inside it must be a hypocrite. Economists have measured the urge to keep things as they are since 1988, and the theorist whose book appears in the film found it embarrassing. Is the gotcha clever, or loss aversion?