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The concept of hyperstition, originating with the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, posits that fictions and beliefs are not merely predictive of the future, but actively cause it. The CCRU also...
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Modern science appears to have given us an incredibly detailed map of the world, but closer inspection reveals surprising blind spots and gaps. Questions like why subjective consciousness arises at all seem to lie outside mechanistic accounts of nature. These questions inherently cannot be reduced to current physical law ...
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In the 19th century, many historians embraced the Great Man Theory, which claims that a handful of extraordinary leaders dictate the course of events through their intellect, …
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§ 0 Leisure in Classical Antiquity: The Foundation of Intellectual Life Men must be able to engage in business and go to war, but leisure and peace are better; they must do what …
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§0 A Black Box 0.0 When anything happens there is a tendency to immediately give the occurrence an explanation and then to say “it was obvious wasn’t it, we should of …
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