Naemah Thiam

plato’s concept of eros frames desire as a longing for something higher, something beyond the physical.an insatiable pull toward truth, beauty, and the divine. in the symposium , he presents love as a hierarchy, where physical attraction is only the first rung of a much larger ascent. at its lowest, eros is the desire for another’s body, but true l... See more

maybe this is the great paradox of intellectual seduction: we long for the mind because it is unknowable . the body can be mapped, claimed, exhausted. the mind is infinite.

Sometimes, the most romantic thing a person can do is hand you a thought they’ve been carrying for years. They do so gently, as though it might break in your hands. It could be a memory wrapped in a metaphor or a belief they’ve never said aloud until now. These moments are quiet offerings as invitations to step into their interior world.

In a penetrating essay, Tina He suggests that “humans crave the recognition of another mind behind communication.” When we read something, we are developing a relationship with the author. When someone becomes aware of AI’s presence in a given copy, Tina writes, “readers detect a “hollow center” in the prose, a structure of feeling without anyone a... See more

Intellectual intimacy isn’t always easy to find, but it’s even harder to sustain. Sometimes it feels like you’re always one layer too deep for the room, waiting for someone who won’t flinch at the weight of your references or the vulnerability of your curiosity.

The internet doesn’t encourage this, to be honest I don’t think it encourages truly living. There are countless reports that young people are socializing less, drinking less, working from home more, spending more time on the internet, using dating apps in place of going out, porn in place of sex. The internet is convenient, the real world is anxiet... See more

I think it could also be argued that self-creation (or at least in the case for myself), particularly in regard to the mind, is less daunting than through the flesh. The mind has the ability to offer a more malleable and less physically confrontational space for self-exploration, whereas the body often demands a more direct engagement with our limi... See more