Footnotes2Plato

“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
–Alfred North Whitehead

Month: January 2013

No one is in control…

…because power has left the nation-state; politics has been overcome by financial flows. -Zygmunt Bauman

January 25, 2013
Reblogged: The Hermetic Deleuze: Anesthetizing Chaos

This from Virgilio A. Rivas The Hermetic Deleuze: Anesthetizing Chaos. My comment to Rivas: Fascinating post. I’ve given some thought to the effects of the Internet, especially blogging/vlogging, on neuro-cognitive evolution. The Global Network of Capitalized Information is fast at work relieving us of our own private subjectivity. Our very selves are being gobbled up […]

January 21, 2013
Is the Universe Alive?

In this episode of the “Through the Wormhole” series put together by Discovery Channel, Morgan Freeman asks, “Is the Universe Alive?” He builds on the ideas of a motley crew of scientists in order to learn to see life at multiple scales, including the computer scientists Juergen Schmidhuber (machines are alive) and Seth Lloyd (atoms think), […]

January 20, 2013
American Philosophy and Rudolf Steiner, ed. By Robert McDermott

I mentioned this text, American Philosophy and Rudolf Steiner, edited by my advisor Robert McDermott, a few months back. It has since been published.

January 7, 2013
The Gossip Gospel – An Informal Talk on the Role of Gossip in Community

I gave this talk on New Year’s Eve to a group of my friends.

January 3, 2013