Ala Jeffrey Dahmer Style — Civilization is a relatively new thing. An exotic and strange thing seen from the perspective of life on this planet. When considered from the vantage point of the species, it only accounts for roughly 3% of our time on Earth. From which it follows that the fundamental character of mankind…

What would Nietzsche think of Musk — It happens quite frequently that one has conversations with one’s favorite thinkers after a certain point when one really gets to know their thinking. One of my favorite topics here is explaining to Nietzsche certain contemporary events, which he would find according to his taste. …

As Best Exemplified by Saints — How does one explain the denial of the world and of will by saints? What is it that enables these people to renounce all worldly indulgences? Religion answers by means of the miraculous but such answers belong to the domain of the ludicrous nowadays. How is it possible for the…

Diese Welt ist der Wille zur Macht — und nichts außerdem! Und auch ihr selber seid dieser Wille zur Macht — und nichts außerdem! But this is just a higher-level metaphor that only applies to complex life forms such as homo sapiens is. Fundamentally: all life seeks to expand. But…

Beyond Open and Closed Society — Experts and people of knowledge should be chosen in every single domain as leaders. And the reason for this is as clear as the broad daylight and has been so since Galileo’s time at the very least: The belief in the supreme utility of science and the person of knowledge…

Masochism as a Byproduct Of Sadism — Sadism and masochism, are two of the mightiest and most deeply ingrained drives of mankind which are to be found in every person. Needless to say, the degree to which they exemplify themselves differs greatly, and only rarely do they border on a disorder. …

Written in the last year of his life: 1836–1837 — The diary was supposedly written by Pushkin during the last year of his life before he died in a duel to protect the honor of his wife. It was smuggled out of the Soviet Union and published in 1986 in the US causing an immediate scandal. Why? Because of its…

And Chomsky is not? — George Soros, perhaps one of the two greatest investors of all time, unlike his counterpart Warren Buffet, is also an established man of letters and philosopher of some merit. Kicking off his philosophical discourse as a student of Popper, he abandoned it as one morning he could not make sense…

Both are inadequate for the state of humanity’s development in the 21st century — The term ‘open society’ is nowadays used merely as a catchphrase in political and social philosophy. This essay treats the term as such. Nevertheless, it might be useful to once study its origins. The focal figure in the development of this term is Karl Popper. Karl Popper Popper is not so much…