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Are We Doomed to Fail?
To say that we live in turbulent times might be an understatement. Every day, new headlines appear on every news station about a horrible event. Wars are raging again, extremism is rising, and intolerance is becoming more and more mainstream. In addition, the climate is changing, potentially harming us all, and the economic structures in…
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Sarcastaball and the Fear of Pain
Would you watch or play a sport with no tension? No risk of injury? No way to attain excellence? Well, the South Park episode of Sarcastaball explores this idea. There, the children of South Park have to play a sport that cannot potentially harm them. No injury in Sarcastaball, no pain. Byung-Chul Han would see…
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Bullshit Jobs & Alienation
Why don’t we like our jobs? Let me begin with a provocative claim: most people don’t really enjoy their jobs. Another claim, equally unsettling, is that many jobs are not only disliked but also pointless. At the same time, we live in a culture terrified of job loss—politicians like Barack Obama frequently warned of the…
Elenchus Philosophy 