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Category Archives: Philosophy
Automatons – Life Inside the Unreal Machine
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Waking Times ɔːˈtɒmət(ə)n/ noun a moving mechanical device made in imitation of a human being. a machine which performs a range of functions according to a predetermined set of coded instructions. used in similes and … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Algorithms, artificial intelligence, Automatons, confirmation bias, Consciousness, culture, Dystopia, golems, Humanity, Hyperreality, idiocracy, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, psychology, Robots, Social Media, society, Sociology, Technocracy, technology
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Saturday Matinee: Synecdoche, New York
Exploring Charlie Kaufman’s “Synecdoche, New York”: A Philosophical Analysis By Jordan Siron Source: Deathbed Decameron PREFACE “There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Film, Philosophy, Saturday Matinee, society, Video
Tagged Charlie Kaufman, Cult film, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philosophy, Solipsism, Synecdoche New York
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Phantom Performances – The Rise of the Spectacle
By Kingsley L. Dennis Source: Waking Times ˈspɛktək(ə)l/ noun a visually striking performance or display an event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact “Now the death of God combined with the perfection of the image has brought … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Dystopia, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, surveillance state, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged celebrity culture, Consumerism, culture, Hyperreality, media, Media Literacy, Morality, Narcissism, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, psychology, reality television, Selfie deaths, Social Media, society, Sociology, Spectacle, spirituality, surveillance state, Technocracy, technology
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A New Aesthetic
By Damaris Zehner Source: Resilience There are all these good ideas – intensive agriculture, organic farming, permaculture, the local food movement. But why is most food still not grown this way, if it really is better? Why don’t farmers switch … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Environment, Health, Labor, Philosophy, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Big Ag, Economics, environment, Farming, Food, Health, Herbicides, Industrial Agriculture, Monocrops, nature, Permaculture, Pesticides, Philosophy, Profit, Round-Up, technology
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A Taoist Master Explains the Difference Between Religion and Individual Spiritual Cultivation
By Dylan Charles Source: Waking Times “The modern world needs true spiritual guidance and development.” ~ Taoist Master Hua Ching Ni A spiritual war is upon us and the individual is challenged to maintain integrity in a sea of greed, … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Consciousness, culture, Hua Ching Ni, inner peace, Philosophy, psychology, society, spirituality, Tao, Taoism
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Let us now stop praising famous men (and women)
By David V. Johnson Source: aeon.com After the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris nearly burned down in April, the French luxury-goods magnate François-Henri Pinault was celebrated for committing €100 million to reconstruct what he called ‘this jewel of our heritage’ and … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, culture, elites, Inequality, media, Media Literacy, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged blame, Celebrity, culture, Democracy, elites, Fame, François-Henri Pinault, Hierarchy, Inequality, Meritocracy, Oligarchy, philosphy, Plutocracy, Power, praise, society, Sociology, Wealth
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The Global Climate Movement is Failing: Why?
By Robert J. Burrowes It has been satisfying to note the significant response to two recent climate campaigns: the actions, including the recent Global Climate Strike, initiated by school students inspired by Greta Thunberg and the climate actions organized by … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, consciousness, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, education, elites, Environment, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged activism, Biosphere, climate catastrophe, Climate Change, Climate Movement, Consumerism, Consumption, Economics, Education, elites, environment, Environmental Disaster, Global Climate Strike, Global Elite, Human Extinction, Nonviolence, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Plutocracy, psychology, Socialization, Sociology, Violence
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The Ultimate Conspiracy Revealed
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com It’s a trip how much mental energy people pour into arguments about world affairs while devoting almost none to the way their understanding and perception of those affairs is happening. People will happily argue day … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, Conspiracy, culture, Health, Oligarchy, Philosophy, propaganda, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technocracy
Tagged Consciousness, conspiracy, Ego, Oligarchy, Philosophy, Plutocracy, politics, propaganda, psychology, Self-inquiry, self-realization, spirituality
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