The Aryan Christ Summary (7/10)
Richard Noll’s book ‘The Aryan Christ: The Secret Life of Carl Jung’ stirs up a lot of controversy about Carl Jung’s life and ideas. It mainly talks about the possibility that Jung was involved with ideas about the…
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra Summary (8/10)
The Superman Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche is about Zarathustra, the prophet, who has come to preach the meaning of life: to strive towards becoming the Superman.
How to be a Stoic Summary (7/10)
Massimo Pagliucci has written How to be a Stoic, a great book about the history of how Sto
Why Buddhism is True Summary (8.2/10)
Why Buddhism is True by Wright is about how the central insights of Buddhism with regards to habits and pleasure has been corroborated by modern scientific evidence.
Ivan the Fool in Hyperreality
Ivan the Fool* is a short parable by Leo Tolstoy first published in 1886. It presents Tolstoy’s philosophical critique of militarism and commercialism. Ivan belongs to a peasant family. He has two brothers. One of…
Modern Day Prophets: How Phillip K. Dick predicted the Future
Science fiction often has a way of accurately predicting the future. This can be seen in the books of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Arthur C. Clarke, to name a few.
Startup Dreams: The Trade-off of Social Media
More Like Ourselves It’s easy to believe that we are rational beings who go through life carefully making decisions about what we want to see or do.
An Exploration of Slavoj Žižek’s Fundamental Fantasy and the Split of Law
In his essay “Fundamental Fantasy and the Split of Law,” Slavoj Žižek offers a critique of Jacques Lacan’s thesis that the function of law is to mask the fundamental impossibility of human relationships.
Meditations on Moloch And Mimesis
In the vast expanse of human history, civilizations have been plagued by coordination problems that have given rise to destructive forces. These forces, often characterized by a lack of cooperation and harmony, have…
How to Read the 48 Laws of Power?
The 48 Laws of Power* is a great book that contains tremendous insight into cunning, deception, [self-deception](https://www.amazon.
In Defense of Idleness (Week 42 of Wisdom)
‘Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.’ If you go through the literature on productivity, time-management, or behavioral economics, you will notice a common presupposition: you have imperfections in your…
A Psychology of Work
The Paradox of Work Work is the source of anxiety, pain, exhaustion, and stress – yet without work, we would lose our sanity and ability to sustain ourselves.