TKIN: Philosopher Encounters Modern Life
Friday, April 26, 2024
Anne of Green Gables, Genocide in Gaza, and the Crushing of Dissent
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When I first moved to Canada from the US around 2004, I learned a lot about Canadian history by reading the Anne of Green Gables books by Lu...
Friday, April 19, 2024
Art, Context, Prestige Hierarchies, And The Struggle To Pay Attention
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I saw a work of art in a museum. Content-wise, it could have been a YouTube video, or even just a blog post. And if it had been, I wouldn...
Friday, April 12, 2024
Philosophical Melancholy and the Title of this Blog
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People ask me, what's up with the title of this blog? It's a good question. I used to have a sidebar link to a post explaining the t...
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Friday, April 5, 2024
Fear, Dread, And Vulnerability: I Loved The Shards Until I Didn't (With Spoilers)
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Bret Easton Ellis's new book The Shards is simultaneously an ode to the 80s, a reflection on closeted gay teen-dom, a psycho-cultural ex...
Friday, March 29, 2024
Storytelling As Seductive Indoctrination: I Am Right In Narrative’s Crosshairs
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Recently at the dentist I opted to watch a Netflix show about animal babies in the wild. Usually I avoid TV, as it makes me antsy and unsett...
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Friday, March 22, 2024
The Personal Perspective And The Complex Dysfunctional Global Systems Perspective
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For personal decisions engaging complex dysfunctional global systems, I lack a frame of reference. Doing nothing seems wrong. But given how ...
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Friday, March 15, 2024
The Fragile Connection Between Liking And Wanting Is Crucial To Our Survival
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The most interesting thing I learned this week is that animals whose dopamine system has been rendered inactive will fail to seek food, and ...
Friday, March 8, 2024
I Think A Lot About The Marshmallow Test. Why?
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A thing about me is that I often think about the marshmallow test. The marshmallow test is a test of delayed gratification abilities in whic...
Friday, March 1, 2024
The Tyranny of the Majority in Advanced Consumer Economies
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In 2017 I went down the ethical cell phone rabbit hole . I didn’t do anything like buy a phone — mostly I just reacquainted myself with the...
Friday, February 23, 2024
Directing Your Attention Versus Experiencing Whatever Happens to be Happening
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Like a lot of people, I often feel like my mind is running in the wrong gear. There’s too much whirring and burbling in situations where th...
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