Link to Google Doc When I read Simulacra & Simulation, I had a hard time understanding some of the thoughts and concepts that Baudrillard used, so I figured that I could read some of his earlier works. The only one I could find in the library at SSE was The Consumer Society. This post will …
Link to Google Doc I have been reading Baudrillard for some time now, as a part of a broader interest in contemporary philosophy. This passage, below, in particular made an impression on me. I am going to try to explain why in this post. The great event of this period, the great trauma, is this …
Link to Google Doc I have not been able to write a blogpost in its entirety for a while. Mostly because I seem to be unable to actually structure my thoughts to make them readable in a longer format. Instead I will share a few short notes on what I have been thinking about the …
Link to Google Doc This week I finally got a book I have been waiting for, the book Markets without Limits. In it, the authors of the book, Jason Brennan and Peter M. Jaworski, argue for the position that if you can have X for free, then you can also sell and buy X. Meaning …