Prose

Narrative writings: essays, reviews, polemics, short stories, etc

Talkshow the Carousel
Here is an idea for a talk show. The host is seated behind a small desk and in front of him, there is a guest sitting in a segment of a giant rotating disc. Only that segment, resembling a pizza slice, is visible to the audience. The segment has sound-proof walls. The first guest is ...
Koushick Suriyanarayan makes your software
The standard Android camera doesn't allow the user to switch between the front and back cameras of the phone while filming. This was precisely the functionality my daughter wanted for her Youtube Channel, so I looked at the App-store for alternative cameras and found some popular, heavily sponsored programs that didn't quite deliver. After uninstalling ...
Corona for nihilists
After we have felt, in our bodies, that we are still worthy even if we create nothing - how would we create? The corona crisis is a special time for nihilists. The clean separation of society in essential and non-essential activities signals that money is not the only dimension of meaning that informs our political ...
The economy now
Those essential services, the doctors nurses shopkeepers farmers truckers, plus we the people sitting at home playing with themselves or each other while connected to the global brain via the Internet - that IS the economy now. It might be hard enough to save that economy, so let's stop talking about the abstract beast 'economy' which was nothing but an upward redistribution scheme selling the masses fake happiness to compensate for their fake work.
Make philosophy relevant again
Misunderstanding: After studying "ethics" for many years in university, I don't know more than the average person about how to behave. I know far less. In that sense, such endeavor is the epitome of uselessness. On the other hand, not knowing seems to be better (and you rightly ask, where does this judgment come from?) ...
== BREAKING NEWS ==
Currently, there is a new virus outbreak originating in the United States. The scientific name of the virus is MOFO45. Precautions include: being nice to each other, reading books, and in severe cases applying a WHO-approved mouthwash.
Burning further apart
Eucalyptus trees depend on fire to release their seeds. Plants need CO2 for their survival. The ignorant, as well as the evil, can point at facts like these to undergird their complacency and inaction in the face of climate change. The ease with which they appear to convince themselves that any worldview matching their lifestyle ...
Exodus 41
And Moses sayeth unto the LORD I implore you my LORD, could you give me a glass of water? The LORD, comfortably seated was holding in His hand a celestial glass of water. But His heart was capricious and on that day, He did not feel like charity, nor did the thought cross His mind ...