Literature
Philosophy
Literature
"Sports car" by Tate McRae: Reflective Sensuality and Memento Mori
The song “Sports car” by Tate McRae drew me in when I first heard it. The catchy beat and rhythm, the sexual lyrics, and the seductive tone all formed a perfect storm of “stuck in your head”-ness for me, for lack of a better term.
Philosophy
What is a Philosophical Question?
“What is philosophy, or the love of wisdom?” I would ask you: What is questioning? And more importantly, why should we even care?
Philosophy
Why AI Will Never Replace People
When AI first started to get advanced to the point where people started to form relationships with chatbots, the immediate reaction by many people was evoking Skynet: an advanced AI from the Terminator series that becomes self aware, self-replicating and takes over the world. The reason why AI will not
Literature
The Archaic Torso of Apollo
Philosophy
Idle Talk and Avoiding Discomfort
I used to live in a gated apartment in Los Angeles, near the LAX airport. There were all sorts living there; We had a group of Irish stewardesses who loved to party, for example. They would rage for three days with all the neighbors then head off to man a
Philosophy
Are We too Nice? - Nietzsche in Simple Language
“…underneath this reality in which we live and have our being, another and altogether different reality lies concealed, and that therefore it is also an appearance… occasionally regarding men and things as mere phantoms and dream-pictures…” (Nietzsche, Birth of Tragedy 1) Nietzsche proposes a barbaric, contrarian mentality to counterbalance ideas
Philosophy
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, Remembering Hemingway and Reflections
Today I’m at “Tiệm Cà Phê Sài Gòn Xưa” - an old cafe in Saigon. When in a new culture, I find it takes awhile to “find one’s footing” in a new place. You need to figure out not just where you are, but how to orient yourself.
Philosophy
Depression wears a pair of Wranglers
I once saw a post on a blog by a man with a picture of himself sitting on a fence, wearing a pair of Wrangler’s. He now wore premium, Japanese selvedge - the photograph was a throwback to his younger days. You could see a young, fit, good looking