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]…
Tag: Kant
Disastrous Amateurism
Going to maybe start posting TV show or movie ideas. Fake TV shows, perhaps. Fake movies. Here’s one: DISASTROUS AMATEURISM Synopsis: The story of a rookie cop on the homicide beat who’s obsessed with philosophy — your Deleuzes, your Kants, your Lands, your Guattaris, your Batailles. Below is a demo for the TRUE DETECTIVE-like opening…
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Cities and the Balance of Power: “Cities are like massive information-processing units, with real-estate markets revealing the value of being able to access the networks involved. People put a dollar value on physical colocation and proximity to others who have similarly paid a high price to access density. This implicit sorting lies at the heart of…
Tinnitus, Synesthesia, and Kantian Conditions
The Psuedoanalysis blog on tinnitus and Kantian conditions: “Rust Cohle from season 1 of True Detective suffers from synethesia, a properly Kantian condition. “He tastes colors, sees sounds, etc. For this condition, the senses are mixed or associated with one another without natural limits. This is, as I have pointed out elsewhere, part of what…