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The Bad Religion Of Capitalism

How we went from worshiping the sacred to the profane — In Religion In Human Evolution, Robert Bellah says “Religion is a system of beliefs and practices relative to the sacred that unite those who adhere to them in a moral community.” Modern, ‘educated’, consumers don’t live in such a religious community, but we still live in community of belief. To…

Capitalism

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The Bad Religion Of Capitalism
The Bad Religion Of Capitalism
Capitalism

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5 days ago

The Copiate Of The Masses

Why I offer few solutions in my articles — People always want an answer. “OK, now what do we do?” Sometimes nothing. Sometimes you get done unto you. Sometimes you just take it on the chin. This is one of those times, civilizationally. What do we do about it? Nothing much. We’re riding to the top of a centuries-tall…

Politics

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The Copiate Of The Masses
The Copiate Of The Masses
Politics

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Jan 30

To Be Good, Abandon Humanity

You got to think bigger than yourself to be your best self — Only by abandoning your humanity can you truly be good. Humanity is ultimately too limiting, too spee’shist. What’s good for us is torture for cows and collapse for the climate. We’re fundamentally no better than crocodiles, cool in small numbers but chaos if left unchecked. To be attached to this…

Philosophy

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To Be Good, Abandon Humanity
To Be Good, Abandon Humanity
Philosophy

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Jan 29

The Relief (And Boredom) Of An Empty Inbox

How Hey changed email for me — I use Hey for email, and it screens emails by default. You have to approve every new sender, and file them as Imbox (important), Feed (newsletters), and Paper Trail (transactional stuff). After a week of this admittedly manual labor, my inbox was quite organized. And surprisingly empty. Right now I…

Email

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The Relief (And Boredom) Of An Empty Inbox
The Relief (And Boredom) Of An Empty Inbox
Email

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Jan 25

How Science Caused Climate Collapse

It’s ain’t gonna save us — If you pick up a popular science book it’s all about wonder and discovery and a bit of woe about the state of the world, but that’s what science says, not what it does. In the western delusion of words over actions, science is portrayed as a hero in the…

Science

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How Science Caused Climate Collapse
How Science Caused Climate Collapse
Science

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Jan 18

Life After Death

Like day after night — The security wears black and I wear white. I haven’t worn color since He died. He is dead in the earth and I am alive. But we all know that’s a lie. I stand by his grave and see green growing, Whereas I feel nothing but dead inside. A man is not…

Poetry

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Life After Death
Life After Death
Poetry

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Jan 11

When Did Philosophy Get So Boring?

How stories got whitewashed out of philosophy — As I wrote last time, we’ve got names all wrong. As Bryan Van Nordern has a book about, Anglo-European philosophy has devoured the entire term, to the exclusion of the world. And as the academy insists, poetry is in dusty white tomes in libraries and certainly not the strip clubs…

Philosophy

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When Did Philosophy Get So Boring?
When Did Philosophy Get So Boring?
Philosophy

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Jan 10

The Wrecking Of Names

Confucius said the most important thing was ‘rectifying names’. What did he mean? — If he ever got power (which he never did) Confucius said his first priority would be the ‘rectification of names’. Like a boor, I never quite understood this. As The Analects said: 13.3 Zilu asked, “If the Duke of Wei were to employ you to serve in the government of…

Philosophy

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The Wrecking Of Names
The Wrecking Of Names
Philosophy

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Jan 5

The Horror Of The Airport Perfume Aisle

Get me out of this damned spot — I’m walking through the airport perfume aisle. Airports are the most racist, classist places on Earth. They’re mini police states, where freedom of movement is violently constrained by where you’re from and how much money you have. The rich and corporate literally sit in first class or business while everyone…

Travel

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The Horror Of The Airport Perfume Aisle
The Horror Of The Airport Perfume Aisle
Travel

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Jan 4

How Grief Is An Out Of Body Experience

Grief is pain felt in other bodies — Death is both our loneliest moment and when we’re the least alone. At that moment, our feelings fly out of our body and into our loved ones. Grief is pain felt in other bodies. Grief is pain at a higher level of existence, at the family, at the community, at…

Death

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How Grief Is An Out Of Body Experience
How Grief Is An Out Of Body Experience
Death

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Indrajit Samarajiva is a Sri Lankan writer. Newsletter at www.indi.ca, or just email me at indi@indi.ca.

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