Tag Archives: Pessimism

The semi-satisfied life

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Luther Blissett

Renowned for his pessimism, Arthur Schopenhauer was nonetheless a conoisseur of very distinctive kinds of happiness By David Bather Woods Source: aeon On 13 December 1807, in fashionable Weimar, Johanna Schopenhauer picked up her pen and wrote to her 19-year-old … Continue reading →

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Cosmic Pessimism

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Luther Blissett

By Eugene Thacker Source: continent. We’re Doomed. Pessimism is the night-side of thought, a melodrama of the futility of the brain, a poetry written in the graveyard of philosophy. Pessimism is a lyrical failure of philosophical thinking, each attempt at … Continue reading →

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It’s Time for Some Anti-Science Fiction

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Luther Blissett

Source: The Hipcrime Vocab It’s Time for Some Anti-Science Fiction Why must positive depictions of the future always be dependent upon some sort of new technology? Neal Stephenson is a very successful and well-known science fiction writer. He’s also very … Continue reading →

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