Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 16: Conclusion
Nietzsche is not just presenting a series of arguments, he is modelling a very different approach to thinking and understanding our world than we usually encounter. To conclude our read-along, I refle...
13 Mar 34min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 17 - Conclusion 1 "Cheerios"
A reflection on the global structure of Late Capitalism encapsulated in Cheerios as an example that can help us understand the nature of the world we inhabit. I also cover the unanswerable question, “...
9 Mar 56min
Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 15
The final section finds Nietzsche in usual form attacking the notion of ‘levelling’ and ‘universal good’ and ‘Equality’. HIs driving force, following on Will to Power, is the pursuit of individual ide...
6 Mar 32min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum - Keurig
Okay, I couldn’t help myself. Keurig is such a perfect example of how this entire orientation towards the world is destructive of more or less all the greatness and joy in life that I pause here to re...
4 Mar 23min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 16 - Reorientation
As long as we keep the values of Late Capitalism we will be trapped within and reproduce the problems associated with our current system. To reorient ourselves within our world we need to articulate f...
2 Mar 51min
Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 14 (Will To Power)
I pause for a moment to review the central concept for Nietzsche - the Will to Power - how it differs from the concept of will deployed by Schopenhauer and how it utterly reframes the debate around fr...
27 Feb 23min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 15 - Health?
Following on from the Unaskable Question, is the notion of how our health is intimately linked with our physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing. However, the logic of Late Capitalism, which we...
23 Feb 53min
Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 13
Nietzsche reminds us that pain does not, in fact, correlate with truth. And while these chapters are a little confusing, he repeats his observation that all philosophy is derived from the philosopher’...
20 Feb 29min
