Technocracy, Fear-Mongers, and the Conspiracy
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Technocracy would go further than merely using technical means to govern people, such as surveillance equipment or armoured cars for crowd control; in the true sense... Read more.
Is Peace Possible Today?
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As we the New Year, when one traditionally comes up with ‘resolutions’ for the year ahead, and of initiating creative projects, one has to ask: is all of this... Read more.
War, Revolution, and Ambition
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Arendt’s elaboration on ‘deterrence’ (1990, p. 15-17) is equally relevant today, insofar as its focus on the (nuclear) arms race during the Cold War similarly... Read more.
The Philosophy of Provisionality
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Everything we do as humans is provisional. Because of time’s eroding power, everything is revisable. Every decision represents an acknowledgment that we have to... Read more.
Gattaca’s Warning against Vaccine Passports
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Unless their advice regarding the withdrawal of the vaccines is heeded, we could face the dystopian prospect of a world which – like the fictional one in Gattaca... Read more.
Complex Systems and the U.S. Election
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In total, all these mutually connected subsets of elements and living entities comprise the planetary ecosystem, which is an overarching, complex system. What does... Read more.
Dissent: Gaps in the Regime
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It is true that dissent need not appear in publicly conspicuous ways; it manifests itself in households, virtually on a daily basis, for instance where subordinated... Read more.
Considerations on Civil Disobedience
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In the United States this need to face the possibility that one will have to act decisively, has not been as urgent since ‘the Revolution of ’75.’ The enemy... Read more.
Schopenhauer: Humanity’s Fall to Irrationality
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One cannot ignore the possibility that certain actions could occur which may, indeed, trigger the use of nuclear weapons by Russia, and then, in retaliation, by... Read more.
Political Renewal, Intellectual Revival
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Indications of a renewed political sense abound. What seems to have been a dormant political awareness is being revived. Not only the intellectual activities under... Read more.
Dungeons and Dragons Archetypes Come to Life
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When confronted by an enemy, it is imperative to know them. And the more powerful this enemy is, the more urgent it is to be able to gauge their character – their... Read more.
Entertainment Weaponized
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Entertainment is ‘weaponized’ against populations through films or television series which communicate a mostly subliminal, but sometimes more explicit, ‘message’... Read more.