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Socrates was put to death because most people, rightfully prefer myth to critical thinking. Strauss understood that Athens and Jerusalem are two competing ideals, two mutually exclusive models, for organizing society. Athens espouses the ideal of negative capability, but Jerusalem espouses the ideal of obedience to the Divine Law.
Zohar Atkins • The Liberal Arts Are Dying Because Liberalism is Dying
fleet/re: Metaverse; or How can you colonize the intangible?
Companies have been successfully working on this for two decades but when the prospect of "owning" land in the Metaverse surfaced— and was subsequently swallowed up by the few, it became immediately obvious what the playbook was:
You'll own nothing out here, and nothing in there.
It was a
... See moresortakasten and
SDJ: I went in and I pitched the idea of MIRACLE MILE to Mark Rosenberg who was the head of production at Warner Brothers (Marks brother Alan is part of the ensemble of diner actors in MIRACLE MILE this meeting is discussed in the Johnies cast reunion on the Blu-Ray). I pitched him the idea: What would you do if that phone rang? They liked the
... See moreDavid Bertrand • Interview: Director Steve De Jarnatt Looks Back on Cult Classic MIRACLE MILE
It is an old compulsion to try to impose a narrative on our lives, especially when looking for meaning in our existence. But life does have a natural progression, a natural flow that Millennials ought to have simply participated in, and many feel it’s not flowing as it should.
Many felt there were certain things that should have fallen into place by... See more
Many felt there were certain things that should have fallen into place by... See more
Bride Jabour • ‘A late blooming into misery’: why Millennials are unhappy
millenial malaisin and sortakasten
amongst the reasons i've theorised, the ubiquity of media (specifically, nostalgia-driven and self-referential media), where no one seems to age or "mature”(whatever that means). the other side of the theory involves, of course, capitalism. the oppressive conditions that might lead us to turn inward, seek distraction and perform a "simpler” time perpetually— to willingly blind ourselves to the crippling realization that we grew into a world much more hostile than any previous generation had to face. i miss vine, btw. dab and all that.