disrupting the myth: equality and difference don’t play nice together
what if i told you equality is a lie we tell ourselves to sleep better at night? not the shiny, […]
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love doesn’t hurt—capitalism does: a messy dive into modern romance
here’s a paradox to choke on: love, that gooey, transcendent thing we’ve been sold as the ultimate human experience, isn’t
the empire of money is crumbling—or is it just changing clothes?
capitalism doesn’t die quietly. it doesn’t collapse in a single, dramatic thud, like a tree felled in a storm. no,
exploring the personal side of ancient greek religion: beyond the polis
imagine a world where religion isn’t just grand temples and city-wide festivals, but also quiet moments of individual reflection, quirky
the future isn’t free: a manifesto for a priced utopia
what if the internet, that sprawling digital playground we’ve all come to treat as a birthright, isn’t the great equalizer
trump’s america: fascist throwback or something weirder?
let’s start with a gut punch: calling donald trump a fascist might be the laziest intellectual move of the 21st
the myth of triumph: unraveling the chinese economic miracle
china’s rise is the definitive political and economic conundrum of the 21st century. it is, at once, the most spectacular
sex, punishment, and the hunger for moral clarity
there’s a scene in dostoevsky’s the possessed where one character, confronted with his own complicity in a violent act, wonders
war: the calculus of irrationality
the paradox of war: why do we keep choosing destruction? war is stupid. this is not a moral argument. it
globalization is the dream that devours itself
the illusion of inevitability globalization has a peculiar habit of masquerading as a natural force—an unstoppable tide, a planetary alignment,