The Concept of Machinic Materialism
A philosophical essay on Laruelle, Nietzsche, Marx, and Kantian accelerationism, exploring machinic materialism and capitalism-as-philosophy.…
On the Void, the Body, and the Contingency of Suffering
The planet functions as fuel, sustained by suffering in all its diverse permutations…
People Are Marrying Holograms and Making Friends With Chatbots. But Can AI Bring True Happiness?
According to one study, 75% of respondents believe chatbots are conscious…
Sociologist Edgar Morin Dies at 104
In a world in crisis, we lose more than an author. We lose a form of public intelligence…
Beyond the Genetic Superman: Nietzsche, DNA, and the Myth of Human Perfection
Can biology really bring us closer to the idea of the superhuman?…
Why Has Philosophy Ignored Motherhood?
Making mother-becoming a subject of philosophical inquiry is a long-overdue and necessary act of imaginative and intellectual resistance…
A Pathetic Argument Against Meillassoux
Meillassoux’s world is a barren one, prone to being absorbed by capital and ideologically disposed toward that absorption…
The Necessary Circuit: How Paul Ricœur Taught Us to Interpret Ourselves
The thought of Paul Ricœur (1913-2005) unfolds as a vast and intricate intellectual landscape…
An Existentialist Philosopher on Why We Should Not Let Fear Dictate Love
For Sartre, to love authentically is to love in full understanding of the tensions of time and freedom…
Why Aristotle Would Hate Valentine’s Day – and His Five Steps to Love
Valentine’s Day is traditionally a time of heart-shaped balloons, overpriced roses and fully-booked restaurants…