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Philip K. Dick, the Imbecile, the Visionary

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: Here’s the thing about Philip K. Dick: he was an abysmal writer.  Though they are now far less … more →

Tags: intellectualism, Philip K. Dick, Reading, Science Fiction, writing

The Racism directed at Barack Obama has a rational basis.

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: Exhibit A: Most people are spinning this as some sort of horror story about the dark underbelly of A … more →

Tags: Politics, aristocracy, Current Events, Democrat, McCain, meritocracy, obama, palin, racism

How Scrip can Save us from the coming Depression3 comments

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: My grandfather was an eccentric.  He went to Harvard aged sixteen, later dropping out to pursue his … more →

Tags: technology, China, Currency, Debt, Economics, Scrip, switzerland

The Sunday Reading

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: My favorite article in today’s New York Times is titled “The Rise of the Machines” … more →

Tags: Economics, Finance, fiscal crisis, sunday reading

The Pitchfork 500: Just about as Boring as the Indy 500.

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago:   yawn. Except there are no cars and loud noises to keep ones’ critical reasoning from getting … more →

Tags: Music, Crap, pitchfork 500, Scrooge

Something doesn't add up.1 comment

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: I’ve just finished reading the latest installment the New York Times Reckoning series; This lo … more →

Tags: Economy, subprime

The mid-week read

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: Gerald Early has written an eloquent and thought-provoking piece in the Chronicle about Barack Obama … more →

Tags: intellectualism, Politics, Barack Obama, Reading, African-Americans, racism, racial history, Black History

This just about sums up the American recession mentality:

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: In this NYT Article on the decline in Consumer spending habits: “My view is that when consumers get … more →

Tags: Economics, recession, consumer spending

Actually, I retract my previous statements.

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: Amazon.com is the logical conclusion of Capitalism: Yes, that’s right: Amazon.com has shown ju … more →

Tags: Internet, vapid consumerism, capitalism

A logical conclusion.

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: “The customer is always right.” From this premise comes the downfall of Western secular- … more →

Tags: vapid consumerism, Art, compulsive consumption, function

Graphs on the rise of scientific fascism...2 comments

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: I somehow got diverted to a spate of blog posts on the website “Gene Expression” today.  … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Scientism, Morality, Evolutionary Genetics, Biology, Sciences, Humanities

Against meaning essentialism

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: this post is one of hopefully many that will track my progress in writing my Senior Thesis for my de … more →

Tags: Philosophy, language, Wittgenstein, analytic thought, Cognitive Science

why we need another Mencken.5 comments

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: These past few days, if anything, have proved to me that no other time since the eve of the great de … more →

Tags: Politics, Mencken, aristocracy, meritocracy, 21st Century

on the "bailout"

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: The reactions to this week’s turmoil on Wall St. and the accompanying tumoult on Capital Hill … more →

Tags: Politics, Economy, Government

Words that are no longer allowed because everyone uses them

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: If someone on the internet decides to use a new word of either archaic or obscure origin, it will al … more →

Tags: Internet, language, WorDs, Verbage, Literacy

Couldn't have said it any better myself...

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: Jonathan Lethem has written a great piece for the NYT about The Dark Knight.  I was a little angry w … more →

Tags: Politics, Conrad, Heart of Darkness, The Dark Knight

A little more about my Thesis.

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: Jessica asked me to talk a little more about my thesis topic for my Philosophy major.  I’m one … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Chinese, The West, The East, Linguistics, language, Sapir-Whorf

Heaping more opinion on the surplus...

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: Gotta love the times we’re living in.  As a child, like most of my generation, violence and te … more →

Oh my awesome...

anewnadir wrote 1 year ago: I don’t typically use my blog to post random videos, but this one deserves an exception: [via … more →

Tags: Awesome, Skateboarding, Claremont


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