A philosopher of Web3, wielding the ontological sledgehammer to crack the epistemic nut.
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“But where the danger is, also grows the saving power.” - Friedrich Hölderlin Echobubble Summer 2023 The euphoric sentiment on Twitter suggests that...
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An Anti-human Humanism? Heidegger's rejection of Essence-based Ontology In his Letter on Humanism, Heidegger asks: “Should we still keep the name “hum...
Yes, I’m a leg man. I confess. Female legs are a sexual eccentricity. Identical to male legs, they elude the scrutiny of the erudite scholar who trie...
This piece is part two of Eulogy for my Non-Fungible tokens: Read part one first, here. “May I, monsieur, bring my glass next to yours without runnin...
“Young man, in mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.” ― John von Neumann Ah, the good old staircase wit. You’re in the...
Things fell apart on my 21st birthday. Now I am become man, destroyer of pie. And, as is the case with young men of vanity of person and of situation,...
Despite its sirenic wiles, Romanticism remains the most poisonous antidote to man’s search for ontological meaning in an absurd world (to Camus’ dism...
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Recent innovation in the NFT space has unlocked more growth potential by introducing utility. These NFT 2.0 projects are distinguished by their team-l...
In the struggle between individualism and collectivism regarding the mode of production, collectivism has the last laugh. Pushing past the economics o...
Yesterday was the worst day of my life. I lost four ultra-rare NFTs in a blip. All of a sudden, my heart and brain felt like they didn't belong to the...
The decline and fall of the Roman republic is a focal point in Machiavelli’s The Discourses on the First Ten of Titus Livy. He goes to great lengths t...
The End of History I once boasted on a date that Hegel invented history. The gross over-exaggeration on my part led only to rolled eyes, nervous laugh...
Sunny-Side Up: Breakfast At Tiffany’s and the American Slumber Whenever I talk about movies with friends, I always circle back to Breakfast at Tiffan...
An Existential Refutation of the Grand Inquisitor In The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky presents two competing views on humanity and its road to salva...
In The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky presents two competing views on humanity and its road to salvation: father Zosima’s and Ivan Karamazov’s. Ivan p...
The Problem In the course of his philosophical inquiry in Fear and Trembling into the biblical story of the Binding of Isaac, Soren Kierkegaard propos...
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