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    On stupidity and the excesses of wokeness
    • Apr 8
    • 9 min

    On stupidity and the excesses of wokeness

    One of the first laws of human existence, or at least of existence in class societies (determined by anti-human institutions that mold...
    From Steve Fraser's "The Age of Acquiescence"
    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 22 min

    From Steve Fraser's "The Age of Acquiescence"

    I just finished reading Steve Fraser's masterful The Age of Acquiescence (2014), which compares the popular responses to America's two...
    I wish stupidity were less common
    • Aug 21, 2020
    • 9 min

    I wish stupidity were less common

    This is going to be a whiny, self-pitying post. Just to warn you. The question is sometimes asked, "Why are stupid people frequently so...
    Gender norms in a Chilean copper mine
    • Jun 13, 2020
    • 6 min

    Gender norms in a Chilean copper mine

    [This was supposed to be a short outline for a student presentation I had to give. So excuse the roughness. Here are more book reviews.]...
    A little misanthropy can be a healthy thing
    • Jul 24, 2019
    • 19 min

    A little misanthropy can be a healthy thing

    This is from a letter Sigmund Freud wrote to his pastor friend Oskar Pfister: I do not break my head very much about good and evil, but I...
    A plea for honesty in discussions of sex and gender
    • Jul 19, 2019
    • 7 min

    A plea for honesty in discussions of sex and gender

    A recent article of mine, called "Political Correctness Is Getting Out of Hand," elicited some angry emails. Not from people who...
    Critical thoughts on "The Alchemist"
    • Jul 13, 2018
    • 4 min

    Critical thoughts on "The Alchemist"

    [Notes from 2006.] Reading The Alchemist, the novel that has sold tens of millions of copies. “To realize one’s destiny is a person’s...
    Against idealism
    • May 28, 2018
    • 6 min

    Against idealism

    [The following thoughts are from this book.] It’s funny that people often deprecate Marxian materialism as an explanation of society and...
    On "success"
    • Nov 10, 2016
    • 2 min

    On "success"

    [From this book.] The more one experiences the world, the more one understands how difficult it is to be “successful” and have integrity...
    Contemporary philosophy vs. sanity
    • Jul 29, 2016
    • 4 min

    Contemporary philosophy vs. sanity

    [The following is a vignette I wrote years ago when studying for my Master's in philosophy. I was taking a class in contemporary...
    An underwhelming encounter with Christians
    • Jun 22, 2016
    • 6 min

    An underwhelming encounter with Christians

    A misadventure. [Written in 2006.]— At lunch in the campus center I saw a flyer advertising an event tonight having something to do with...
    Far-left, i.e., rational and open-minded
    • May 23, 2016
    • 3 min

    Far-left, i.e., rational and open-minded

    [Old notes from my journal.] A lot of mainstream people would criticize me for immersing myself in leftist scholarship and journalism,...
    "False consciousness"
    • Aug 19, 2015
    • 2 min

    "False consciousness"

    Leftists are sometimes criticized for being condescending toward the masses, for arguing that they are prone to displaying "false...
    On late-19th-century decadence and its aftermath
    • Aug 14, 2015
    • 3 min

    On late-19th-century decadence and its aftermath

    What is the significance of the fact that in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries certain (semi-fascist) sections of the...
    The making of the working class
    • Aug 10, 2015
    • 4 min

    The making of the working class

    I'm finally reading [in 2011] E. P. Thompson’s classic The Making of the English Working Class (1963). Query: why was England so...
    Subversive common sense
    • Apr 23, 2015
    • 3 min

    Subversive common sense

    [This is another book-excerpt, a negatively charged one this time.] Nietzsche’s self-appointed task of “revaluating values” isn’t...
    Götzendämmerung
    • Apr 15, 2015
    • 2 min

    Götzendämmerung

    Albert Camus: “We [moderns] read more than we meditate. We have no philosophies but merely commentaries. This is what Étienne Gilson...
    The fraudulence of status
    • Apr 11, 2015
    • 5 min

    The fraudulence of status

    [The following is an excerpt from this book.] In order to determine someone’s intellectual or artistic integrity and acuity, a simple...
    Anti-intellectual intellectuals
    • Feb 3, 2015
    • 2 min

    Anti-intellectual intellectuals

    If intellectual curiosity means the desire to learn new things, encounter new ideas, explore and explain the world, then “intellectuals”...
    Radical human nature
    • Sep 27, 2014
    • 3 min

    Radical human nature

    The power of indoctrination is shown by the fact that most people don’t consider themselves radical leftists, socialists, or anarchists....

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