Philosophy

Mindfulness
"Mindfulness, the practice of sitting still and focusing on your breath and thoughts, has surged in popularity over the last few years, with a boom in apps, online courses, books and articles extolling its virtues." This is as close to the final stage of commodification as it gets. The "practice of sitting still" is now ...
the nonsense of infinite growth just distracts from the fact that we will all wither and die
Catalyst of the Gift Economy: Trustcoins
We no longer understand economy as the study of human interaction under the conditions of scarcity. As production tends to near zero marginal cost, the manufacturing of artificial scarcity becomes more difficult every day. If only capital wasn't biased towards scarce resources and abundant labor to exploit, but adapted to a world of abundant resources ...
the philosophical problem of other minds really is about other smarter minds.
Short Climate Temper
During a ride share with Blablacar from Berlin to Utrecht there was a little incident. A Peruvian passenger ignited my anger when he agreed with developing country's leaders who are selling out their natural resources, such as Ecuador's president Rafael Correa does with his country's oil reserves that happens to be underneath tropical forest. "Fuck ...
Hypocrisy revisited
I don't like to write about the same topic twice, but in the case of hypocrisy I'm glad to make an exception. In what follows I promote an enhanced flavour of it, so those who believe hypocrisy to be intrinsically unsuitable as a starting point are advised to browse elsewhere. The word ὑπόκρισις is an ...
We do not live…
... in the moment. We relate to the moment. We are transgression, leaping between moments. We leap between hapinesses.
Authenticity feels better when you starve for it.
Question your freedom
A few days ago I was riding a bicycle down the Berliner Prenzlauer Allee and slowed down behind a fellow cyclist whose calves inspired me. As he pedalled, I discerned a tattoo that read "Question your freedom". I sensed this is an interesting phrase to chew on, but I wasn't sure exactly why. I needed ...