Tag: discussion
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Surviving the Fall of Babylon
“When the lambs is lost in the mountain, he said. They is cry. Sometime come the mother. Sometime the wolf.” ― Cormac McCarthy A nation, a country, a society, all fall regardless of how prosperous they once were. It now falls, not by just an external enemy, but also by its own hand. Athens was conquered,…
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A Certificate of Presence and Absence
What is Death Now? What if death no longer means disappearing? We used to bury the dead. Now we upload them.We used to grieve in silence. Now we grieve in comments.Death is no longer a curtain call, it’s a playlist. In this age of eternal footage, AI griefbots, and ultra-HD memories, death hasn’t stopped happening……
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The Functional Absolute, Syntax and Semantics: Meditations on The Soul, Part 6
The text explores the nature of the soul as a functional absolute, distinguished from consciousness. It presents the soul as a data point that evolves through recursive observation, leading to an infinite regression of reactions. The soul interacts with reality, shaping it intrinsically, and ultimately succumbs to its own creation, akin to Hegel’s theories.
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Postmodernity and Progressive Liberalism
Postmodernity and Progressive Liberalism Metanarratives This is the first in an ongoing series of analyses and critiques on societal structures and politics, I thought I would start with the most current, relevant, and ideologically popular first. Jean-François Lyotard famously described postmodernity as an “incredulity toward metanarratives.” This means that postmodernity has scrapped old metanarratives (In…
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Cyberspace and Non-Place: A Case Study
by A.M. Kent Executive Summary This case study looked at research surrounding cyberspace as an example of Marc Auge’s non-place, and how it could also be interpreted differently through different perspectives. The key research and recommendations in this field are from (Bolter & Grusin, 2000; Carroll, 2017; Walmsley, 2010). However, research on cyberspace as a…
