Category: Philosophy
The supernatural and paranormal. Postmodernism and critical theory. What could be the connection?
Marshall McLuhan's central theory is that human modes of thinking are altered by media. Media are “extensions” of ourselves, things that add themselves on to what we already are, …
How will I deal with Michigan shutting down the bars on Black Wednesday?
The Social Dilemma uses the intellectual framework built by McLuhan, but the similarities stop there
It’s not the first time I felt like a slow learner. I’d been at politically-correct institutions of higher learning for five years before I learned that off-color comedic music …
The crippling of my power of attention was frightening. In addition, I recalled Simone Weil’s observation that, “In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor …
When I duck into the quiet bar and that door closes behind me, I’m shut off from the world. I then order a drink and get shut off from …
In his book, On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs, Schall explored the unseriousness of serious human affairs and the seriousness of unserious human affairs. Yes, it is a paradoxical …
There were seven men in ancient Greece who were well-known for the particularly-insightful gnomes attributed to them. These men were called “The Gnomics.”
C.S. Lewis would’ve said “zero.” It’s the Tao that helps you find the beer.
Thoughts build your everyday existence. Technology affects your thoughts. The implications? Ask Marshall McLuhan.
Postman called television a propagator of “irrelevance, impotence, and incoherence.”