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and so is waged the war on progress (I).
12/26/25 — SOCIETY | ESSAY [I did not invent the concept of a perpetual human evolution through the inception and continual innovation of technology. It was through some internet exposure, likely a podcast, that I was first introduced to the idea. The outsourcing of human evolution, from biology to technology, is a fundamental human progression… Continue reading
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“am i lazy” and related questions (FAQs from within the modern organization of labor).
6/20/25 — SOCIETY | ESSAY Work disengagement is not something our hunter-gathering counterparts likely experienced. The result would have been the direct impairment of entire people groups ‘ abilities to subsist. Foraging societies understood this intimately. It was, perhaps, the last time since the uber-specialization of labor that, on a large scale, people felt intimately… Continue reading
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the internet: a processed food (on content creation).
6/17/25 — ART & CULTURE | ESSAY i like the kind of internet you find in a friend: the one you go to school with that you are embarrassed for. it’s like crunchy peanut butter. because you can tell it’s real. the texture is a proof that it is not so removed from the thing… Continue reading
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to destimulate (a psychological yearning).
1/18/25 — SOCIETY | STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS I’m scared of goodbyes. I linger long after parties are over and talk phone conversations to death. when I have something, all I can think about is when I won’t. I’m not good at returning to myself. my brain is a messy house I try only to sleep… Continue reading
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how to become anthropersonally aware (on human exceptionalism and why it is a social commentary).
6/20/24 — SOCIETY | ESSAY I have always had a deep seated aversion to company branding. Early in my self-expression, it became clear to me that I prefer a more universal aesthetic: one which, as I understand now, tends to transcend interpersonal understanding. The premise of this idea came to me whilst reminiscing on a… Continue reading
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on the literary (further contention for humanhood over personhood).
6/9/24 — SOCIETY | ESSAY How many books do you read in a day? Not in a month or a year — in a day. Seriously, how many? What a presumptuous thing to ask? I agree. In fact, it is the first thing that comes to mind as two strangers I meet in a university… Continue reading
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my great book essay (on the importance of socially incentivizing fundamental thought) (st. john’s college) (revised).
5/21/24 — SOCIETY | ESSAY Discuss a book that you would call a “great book.” We want to learn both about the ideas in the book and about you. What makes the book great in your view? What effect has it had on what you think or how you think? Between the years of 1750… Continue reading

