I watched The Passion of the Christ for the first time ever on Good Friday this year. I think it’s worth watching and many parts are very well done but I do think Mel Gibson went too far with the blood, the gore and the violence, which apparently has been a recurring criticism of the…
Tag: God
▇ █ WEEKEND LINKS █ ▇: Imitative Passion; Debasement; Mob Rule; Wolves
12 Things I Learned from Rene Girard: “By desiring the same thing as our neighbor, we are drawn into inevitable conflict. Mimetic desire turns into mimetic rivalry—in everything from love to war. That’s the reason for the injunction against ‘coveting your neighbor’s wife.’ Girard claims this is emblematic of how mimetic impulses destroy a community….
▒▓█ w̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞k̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞d̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞l̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞k̳̿͟͞s̳̿͟͞ █▓▒░ philosophical automatisms, pervasive untruths, the value of marginal & discarded information
Bitcoin and Philosophy: “Bitcoin seizes philosophical attention because it is already doing philosophy – or what philosophy is still (on ever rarer occasions) expected to do – and at multiple levels. It tells the truth. Bitcoin is not only a recognizable philosophical statement, but also, and more importantly, a philosophical automatism, a synthetic philosophical machine.[6]…
Weekend Links: Bulletproof Happiness; Excellence; Plutarch
Just returned from a pretty incredible trip to the Wagon Box Inn in the Wyoming wilderness. Below are some photos from my wanderings. And of course, here are some weekend links, including pieces by three friends who were out there in the Wyoming wilderness with me. (We made the plunge into an icy creek at…
ẅ̴͍é̷̞̲͐e̵̺̊͜ķ̷̥́̃e̸͎̣̼͂n̴̬̄d̸̡̈́ ̴̯̲̠̈́̾ĺ̸̯͎̯̈́i̷̻̼̚n̸̰̲̽̈̍k̴̖͆̊s̴̤̓̄: How to Stop Worrying; Rebellions Against God; Machines to Replace God
Atheists in Space: “[Oswald] Spengler believed that even as the 20th century began, all of the theoretical edifices constructed by the West to replace its old sacred order — which mainly manifested as political ideologies — had failed. Beginning in the 21st century, he predicted, the grandchildren of the revolutionaries and the rationalists, adrift in…
WEEKEND LINKS: Whispered Intuition…Deep, Dark Psychodrama
Science as Enchantment: “…the new enchantment had its advantages, but it also has had tremendous costs, and the bills are still coming due.” The Crisis of 2025: “… it’s factually indisputable that Americans are a demoralized populace. You can see it in polls and the way people talk about their own country.” The Meta-Crises and…
w̷e̷e̷k̷e̷n̷d̷ ̷l̷i̷n̷k̷s̷: home invasions of the mind plus deadzones of Anthropocenic destruction and classical rivers of the dead
Light in the Darkness: “The sun is low on the horizon all day long now, and darkness creeps in like a home invasion of your mind. Demons descend through a red and black sky and no help is on the way. Our country is so mentally hog-tied trying to unravel the twisted events of just…
ШԐЄҠԐИD LЇЙԞS: Waiting for the Barbarians, Strange Gods, Death Masks
COUNTER-CURRENTS: “[Robert E. Lee]’s bronze head was ripped from his body, his face was peeled from his head in the form of a death mask, and then it was super-heated to the point where it glowed…” HOW TO MAKE ART in NORTH KOREA: “[Laibach] are very, very unashamedly flirting with totalitarian aesthetics and the philosopher…
w̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞k̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞d̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞l̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞k̳̿͟͞s̳̿͟͞: psychologism, stigma, price inflation
Brand the Enemy: “Anonymous accusations of sexual impropriety work as a powerful smear tactic for multiple reasons. People are naturally sympathetic to women, and naturally jealous of promiscuous men. Through selective presentation of details and deliberately emotional language, it is possible to present almost any relationship as abusive, exploitative, or controlling. There are no clearly…
ẅ̶̩̺̻̦̗͙̰͔̬̜̱̬̮͈̝̰̩̤́͋̎̈́̓͋͆̅̄̀̐̓̀̑͊͊̓̌̌́̃̓̀͊̈̇͑͛̑̈́̕̕͝͝͝͝͝͠ͅͅë̶̡̧̢̼̰̙̫̦͚͈̩̟̙͙͎͚̯̗͚͉̦͔̘̘̯͖̬̲̰͇̭͇̩͉̠͈͍̳̯̗͖̻͍́̆̊́̈́̿̂̅͜ͅȩ̴̳̼̲̱̤̰̯̰̞̗͉̮̘̼̣̫̩͎̲̗̦̤͎̱̭̣̼̳̯̙̲̲̒͗͌͜͜ͅk̴̨̢̻͓̯̼̺̺̰̹͔̣̞̖̬̳͉̗͉̝̝͇̻̖̖̜̪̣̖͓̮̥̬̣̻͈͓̳̤͔̯̟̯͙̰͙̉̇̅̋e̵̢̡̺̻̲̯̻̰̼̘̲͉̯̓̐̓͂̆̀͛̉̆̑̐̇̌͆̊͜ņ̵͖̥͓̞̳̩̯̩̙̝̬̘͚̺̗̪͉̙̱̟̥̜̼̪͓̞̼̰͛̉͐̽͛̃̔̂̔̒͗́̐̏̔̉͊̚̕͘͠͝ͅḑ̸̨̧̦͖̱̥̦̫͖̝͙̗̘̫̞͓̩̠̝̤̟̪̜̟̠̤͓̰͓͕͇̮͙̜̙̤͍̖̱̻̥͓̊̐̌̌̓̒̌̍̓͑́̏̑̽̈̓̇͑̾̃̉͒̒͋̀̄̿͗̆̽͌͘̕̕̚͜͠ͅͅ ̷̨̡̢̛̰̝̠̠̻̩̩͉͍̺̲̞͔̤͔̪͓̮̙͉̲͚͎̟͉̖̹͓̬̭͉́̓̽̑̑͛̐̉̃̈́̆̀̌̏̀̄͗̇̈̆̐͐̂͑̏̆̄̄̔̄̂͐̏̾͋̀̊͘̚̚̕͘͜͝ͅͅͅl̵̡̢̥̩̖̖̗͓͓̦̜̙̰̩̜̮̘̠̈͗́͛̀́̉̾̇̈́̽̈͂̔̋̂͑́͒̿̒̄́̓̀͌̍̈́͒̃̌̋́͂̓̈̈̀͐̏̇̚̕͜͝͝ì̷̢̡̞̮̫̯̣͕͎̹̯̤̥̩͎̤̪̠̰̝̪̰͕̻̥̰̮̪͕͊̿̑̎̂̈́͌͒̊͒͒̏̋̊͌̆͋͌̄̽̾̌͂͑̉̉̈̐̈́̉̎͂̈̈́͐͘̕͠͝͠ͅn̶̡̧̧̨̧̛̘̬̤̦̩̼̣̭͍͎̯̼̹̞̤̣͖̼̣̩̮͈͚̺̫̯̟͈͓̺͓̠̝͖͙̖̤̯͎̘̗̻̳̺̿̔̉̆̌͊́̓̃͋̄̈́͌͐̈́͆̑̍͆̒͗̅͊̍̎͐͗͆̄͋͐͐̇͆̚̕̕͘̚͝k̵͓̯̹̘̦̞͔̟̫̺̦̘͓͈͕͚̦͈̪̥̓s̵̛͍̞͉̱̱̺̟̋͗͒͒͊̐͐́̇̀͋͗̐͋̈́̿̑̃̕͝: Arctic War, Murder, Ancient Realities
An Arctic War is Coming: “Beneath the ice, the Arctic possesses untold riches. The region is estimated to contain a fifth of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas reserves and rare earth elements such as gold, nickel and zinc. While most of these are present within the largely undisputed land borders of the Arctic…
ЩԐЭҜЭЙD LЇИҠS
America’s Mugshot: “…the American dream has been stolen from us, and it is now on trial.” A Theory of the Game: “…a system that has been hollowed out by a string of cascading failures runs into one more crisis than it can tolerate, and implodes under the weight of its own absurdities. We are much…
ẅ̷̷̢̟͇͈̒ę̷̵̧̖̫̗̆̊ę̷̵̧̖̫̗̆̊k̶̸͙̭̹͆͟ę̷̵̧̖̫̗̆̊n̷̶̯͉̊̽̐ͦ͘d̸̡̩͍̔ͥ͜ ḻ̸͈ͧ͑̓̓̀͡i̵͓͙̱͚̎͟n̷̶̯͉̊̽̐ͦ͘k̶̸͙̭̹͆͟s̩͙͖̋͛͟: Hyper-Dimensional Perception, When Duty & Instinct are Incompatible, and the Neo-Medieval World Order
Cancel the Election: “Democracy isn’t pretty; make sure the old whore’s syphilis scars are on full display as she gracelessly expires.” Concrete and Glass: “Do you want to know why [JG] Ballard’s late 1960s and 1970s output is based? Because it’s all about unstoppable civilisational decline, and the chances of thriving, despite everything, in the…