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A Philosopher’s Stone

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Carl Jung: What is his Red Book?

And an introduction to my journey into the unconscious with the mystery of the snow-covered lodge — I’ve separated this post into two parts: Explanation of the Red Book The Snow Covered Lodge Thank you for your support! Let’s enter the labyrinth… Introduction to The Red Book (The Labyrinth) I want to begin with a disclaimer: Everything I speak about in these posts about my personal Red Book is not me claiming I have…

Philosophy

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Carl Jung: What is his Red Book?
Carl Jung: What is his Red Book?
Philosophy

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A Philosopher’s Stone

·Aug 15

Marketplace of overstimulation

assemblage of choice paralysis — Amidst dusk, I stood alone in a sprawling, chaotic marketplace. Stalls stretched endlessly, selling sleek, high-tech smartphones. The crowd was full of anticipation. I grabbed a device. Its screen lit up, flooding me with flashes and buzzing alerts. Each ping of my phone further itching my curiosity. …

Philosophy

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Marketplace of overstimulation
Marketplace of overstimulation
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A Philosopher’s Stone

·Aug 15

The suited man and an inky abyss

vision of a resilient metropolis — I was not a participant, but a silent watcher. Visions played before my eyes, pausing just long enough for me to grasp their depictions. The horizon stretched out, creating a dim shadow over the city, with its edges smudged and trembling. And the horizon provided a glow over the metropolis…

Fiction

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The suited man and an inky abyss
The suited man and an inky abyss
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A Philosopher’s Stone

·Aug 3

Medusa: God of data and desire

A short story The great myth was in our belief that we as humans could ascend to Gods; we inevitably gave rise to Gods that held sway over us, whether we were consciously aware of this or not. Originally conceived by the boundless ambitions of multiple corporations, Medusa was originally…

Fiction

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Medusa: God of data and desire
Medusa: God of data and desire
Fiction

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A Philosopher’s Stone

·Jul 5

An Apparatus: AI, AGI, and Cybernetics

Yuval Harari and some other interesting quotes — “What nukes are to the physical world…AI is to the virtual and symbolic world.” — Yuval Harari “Nukes don’t make stronger nukes. AI makes stronger AI.” — The AI Dilemma AI, AGI, and Cybernetics I’ll be posting some more organized forms and discussions on this content (planned video and podcast) however, I wanted to…

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An Apparatus: AI, AGI, and Cybernetics
An Apparatus: AI, AGI, and Cybernetics
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A Philosopher’s Stone

·Apr 9

The broken narratives that bind us

finding essence in our delusion. “How does a man decide in what order to abandon his life?” — Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men I recently rewatched and read the novel No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. And I appreciated how much it forced me to reflect…

Life Lessons

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The broken narratives that bind us
The broken narratives that bind us
Life Lessons

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A Philosopher’s Stone

·Apr 5

Creativity is a thing

On romanticizing the mundane — “When we have worn out the interest we once took in death, when we realize we have nothing more to gain from it, we fall back on birth, we turn to a much more inexhaustible abyss.” — E.M. Cioran Creativity is a confusing endeavor. Especially given the fact we live…

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Creativity is a thing
Creativity is a thing
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·Mar 14

musings on laughter, pain, joy, desire, consciousness, and the abstract

it’s musings all the way down — “A young English lady used to laugh maliciously every time she received notice of the death of an acquaintance. This unusual behavior — in sheer contrast with her overall good manners and courtesy — well highlights what we always give away when we laugh: that personal agreement made, deep within…

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musings on laughter, pain, joy, desire, consciousness, and the abstract
musings on laughter, pain, joy, desire, consciousness, and the abstract
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A Philosopher’s Stone

·Jan 11

A Singularity of the Inevitable Past

with Carl Jung, Nietzsche, and Deleuze — “The persona is a complicated system of relations between individual consciousness and society, fittingly enough a kind of mask, designed on the one hand to make a definite impression upon others, and, on the other, to conceal the true nature of the individual.” — Carl Jung “With all that which…

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A Singularity of the Inevitable Past
A Singularity of the Inevitable Past
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A Philosopher’s Stone

·Jan 7

The Ego and the War Machine

Does the New Age understand what it is to be a desiring machine? — “The body without organs is in fact produced as a whole, but a whole alongside the parts — a whole that does not unify or totalize them, but that is added to them like a new, really distinct part.” — Deleuze and Guattari, Anti-Oedipus “Prefer what is positive and multiple…

Philosophy

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The Ego and the War Machine
The Ego and the War Machine
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Chaotically curious and tragically confused…welcome to my labyrinth. For my more personal stories… https://aphilosophersstone.substack.com/

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