Structure vs. Communitas/Antistructure
Victor Turner on the two modes of human society
The anthropologist Victor Turner’s work turns up a theme of [...]
Vegans vs Carnivores: the Culture War’s Strangest Frontier
The bizarre fight for the essential human
In this week's instalment we're going to visit one of [...]
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Long Version)
A compass for navigating Nietzsche
Creating an overview of Friedrich Nietzsche presents unique challenges. There [...]
A Psychological Mirror — Jordan Peterson and Olivia Wilde
The culture wars as a co-dependent mirror of two groups hungry for meaning
Hello and welcome to another instalment of The Living Philosophy. [...]
Why Humanity is Special – de Chardin and the Birth of the Noosphere
And de Chardin's Evolutionary Singularity — the Omega Point
Teilhard de Chardin was a philosophical bridge builder. His [...]
Thomas Sowell – A Conflict of Visions
The Constrained and Unconstrained Visions
At the core of every moral code there is a [...]
Humanity Isn’t Cancerous; We’re Bacterial
And why what makes us special is our only hope for survival
“Growth for the sake of growth is the philosophy [...]
Moth vs Flame: Reason, Instinct and Humanity’s Struggle to Survive
Why moths fly into flames and what it has to do with the end of humanity
Scientists, philosophers and children have long been mesmerised by the [...]
Is Buddhism a Philosophy or a Religion?
Why Buddhism is a religion and why some people want to argue that it isn't
You’ll often hear it said that Buddhism isn’t a religion, [...]
Ecstasis & Catharsis: The Makers of Meaning
The Ancient Greek terms that point the two ways to transformation
Philosophy is born of the marriage of two Greek words, [...]