There’s an ideological quirk that I’ve observed. A cognitive tic baked into the psyche of the progressive left. In Chpt 41: Lasting Damage I referenced a heatmap that made the rounds online. It came from a 2018 Nature article titled “Ideological differences in the expanse of the moral circle”, and […]
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Chpt 47: Attitude Adjuster
I value straightforwardness over performative politeness. This can, and has, got me into trouble at times. Speaking your mind openly and honestly has for a long time felt like a social taboo. For a public figure to break that social taboo and speak without the sanitised, empty, double speak normally […]
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Chpt 36: Sober Counsel
Can you imagine a society without lawyers? Not a lawless world, a world with justice and punishment, but without a vampiric class profiting from accident and incident. In Chpt 32: It’s Character Forming I discussed briefly the pillars of ancient Greek moral philosophy (Excellence, Justice, Temperance, Hubris, Reverence and Xenia). […]
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Chpt 35: Full Refund
Usury, never heard of it. Perhaps you’ve heard of Riba, or Neshekh? No? They mean roughly the same. The concept is simple, although interpretation and circumstance vary. Usury refers to the charging of excessive interest on loans. Something that used to be considered exploitative and immoral. Within each of the […]
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Chpt 28: The Precise Nature Of The Catastrophe
Dense urban environments are a black hole of chaos slowly consuming our societies. For most of human history, we have lived in low-density, rural environments. Before 1600, only 5% of the world’s population lived in an urban environment, by 1900 this was 16% and current estimates have urban densities as […]
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Chpt 22: Demented But Determined
Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, grappled with the concept of utopia in his works “The Republic” and “The Laws.” His ideas on the ideal society continue to influence modern thought and invite us to consider whether utopias are truly attainable. Or, if this is even something we should be attempting […]
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Chpt 17: Reformed Nice Guy
So it is, that we are taught from a young age to fall in line, to be indoctrinated, to adhere and comply. Teaching people in a way that stifles independent thinking, and promotes conformity, would seem the easiest way to maintain social order. Indeed a population that is taught to […]
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Chpt 6: What Are The Civilian Applications
Throughout the ancient world, philosophy played a crucial role in shaping education and personal intellectual development. It was not limited to abstract discussions and was seen as a practical guide for leading a virtuous and meaningful life. Philosophical discussions often took place in public spaces, stimulating intellectual debates and encouraging […]
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Chpt 4: Just Another Victim Of The Ambient Morality
If anything has defined the recent political and cultural age, it’s the rise in seemingly self destructive ideologies, and the collapse of pragmaticism and critical thinking. We seem to have developed in certain parts of society, in large groups of people, a thought process unbound by traditional structures but susceptible […]