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Half-truths are like bad poetry (trivial notes)
By nature people tend to see and hear and they want to see and hear. It really cannot be helped and isn’t going to be washed out of them in...
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Reposting Meaninglessfull Note on Music and God: the truth of silent observation
Just realized I haven’t listened to any music for a few days now. I do wonder if not listening to music for a while explains how I was so productive...
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Flamm et al. on De-orbiting and the Environment and Arnaud on Degrowth and Low Earth Orbit
I recently read Flamm et al.’s paper, “Space sustainability through atmosphere pollution? De-orbiting atmosphere-blindness and planetary environmental justice” (The Anthropocene Review, 2024). There are some important points worth highlighting. I...
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Reposting short note: Critical Thinking as Liberation Tool, Not Capitalist Maneuvering
From what I have been reading the last few months, here and there, capitalists are trying to modify critical thinking as a “soft skill” to navigate the global economy. Not...
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A Vision for a Culture of Emancipatory Human Rights
Ken Booth’s essay, “Three Tyrannies,” from the text, Human Rights in Global Politics (eds. Tim Dunne and Nicholas J. Wheeler), posits a highly instructive foundation stone, a guide map, for...
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Excerpt from Erich Fromm’s Escape from Freedom
On the correlating rise of capitalism and individualism: “All human relationships were poisoned by the fierce life-and-death struggle for the maintenance of power and wealth. Solidarity with one’s fellow men...
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A Note: Lose Your Career Building Skills as a Practice of Degrowth
Degrowth has blossomed into a lively topic. Depending on where you are hearing about it, you may or may not be influenced in positive ways. Well, this post is not...
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A Memo on the Need for Intervention During this Ontological Crisis of Individualistic Capitalist Motivations
The world population wonders how people will continue to aspire to create great things and embark on great achievements without money. It is rather embarrassing to be a human when...
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Rights and Responsibilities: Addressing Love and Violence in a Post-Capitalist World
Love is always wise: So I heard a voice, perhaps it was a bird, telling me. At first, this is offensively incorrect. It means rejecting all means of self-protection, all...