I. Marcuse became a pop figure, the philosopher of the 60s. He expressed a key contradiction in modernity. Modernity is "enlightenment", the end of myth and dogma, the power of reason; but it is also [...] Read more

I. The task of creating a life with the "self under siege" to the degree I have argued may seem impossible. At the very least, it calls for what Baudrillard calls "fatal strategies". So I begin this [...] Read more

Edward Bernays’ Propaganda (1928) reads today like the blueprint for a media age he could scarcely imagine. In brisk, confident prose, Bernays argues that modern democracies cannot function without [...] Read more

Academy of Ideas Why Technology is Enslaving and Dehumanizing Us [...] Read more

Academy of Ideas Why Stupid People are Destroying Society - The Laws of Human Stupidity [...] Read more

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We live in a world saturated with images, representations, and simulations. But what happens when these copies and imitations become more real to us than the original? This is the essence of the [...] Read more

Hannah Arendt [...] Read more

The early Chinese philosophers knew that a healthy mind comes from a harmonious community, not a matter for individuals alone. Mental Health [...] Read more

Politics Politicians who exhibit 'dark' personality traits such as narcissism, psychopathy or Machiavellianism contribute to increasing affective polarization among citizens. This is the conclusion [...] Read more