What does anti-capitalism even mean? Not much since capitalism is just a vague term that covers every possible permutation of our society at this point. To the socialist left, it often means empowering the state for anything perceived to be for the good of the whole. they are getting trapped in totalitarianism because they tend […]
in the following excerpts, adam is in red, Peter in normal text: I appreciate you taking what little active-time and energy you have at your disposal to respond to my thoughts. No need to thank me. I find our mutual engagement very motivating and hope-inspiring. But I hope it doesn’t take too much time away
Adam: Hello Mr. Wilberg. Thanks for accepting my friend request. I have read most of your books, though some of my favorite things you have written are your seemingly random essays where you juxtapose ideas in unique ways; I especially like the one on Nagas and the one on Marxism and Moksha. I appreciate the
I think if we follow Deleuze’s critique of dialectical opposition, we can see why the Left needs a metaphysical culture to sustain its creative forces. We can see why a Left defined primarily by the dialectic of the one and many—that is, without a metaphysical understanding of difference in itself (multiplicity)—was so likely to become
In the early 20th century academics across multiple fields were figuring out a Naturphilosophie, a metaphysics for the scientific age that could have developed alongside it. After the wars, the open-system biology and field physics disappeared and we got closed-system cybernetics as the interdisciplinary paradigm, while the specific fields were dominated by fractured specialisms that
Hello sir. My friends and I here in Eugene, Oregon (and elsewhere)—all liberally educated but not institutionally employed thinkers—have been wondering about something we are seeing in our friends working in professional positions that we used to be on the same page with. In all respect, how is it that so many great minds, even
The Dali Lama enthusiastically got the vaccine: more proof Eastern philosophy and meditation are ill-equipped for the modern world. Spirituality is blind without thought. Of course Western intellectuals have mostly failed to understand the nature of recent events as well. Thought is impotent without spiritual practice. It not only cannot act on its critiques, it
Most intellectuals and critical theorists hate pop culture. Though there is Benjamin’s hope that pop culture might become politicized as it becomes a function of the masses, which has come true but in a dystopian sense, in that woke liberalism has appropriated the Left’s values as a tool for social control and to the detriment
It seems like everywhere I turn some scientist is making some claim about solving the problem of consciousness or talking about reality being a simulation. It is hard for me to watch scientists try to be philosophers while pretending philosophy doesn’t exist. They are always acting like they are saying something new or deep. Dressing up
With so much of the world, even intelligent and well-meaning radical thinkers and news organizations falling for the propaganda fueling the rapid transformation happening on this planet, finding news and information to cut through the confusion can be tricky. The following links to the people and organizations who are keeping ahead of the game are
