Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 6
So now Nietzsche wants to point out how systematically our cultures and grammar influence our capacity to think philosophically - further undermining the notion of Philosophy as an arbiter of transcen...
2 Jan 26min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum on Landlords and Tenants
I ran into such a perfect example of financialization - stepping in between landlords and tenants for rent payments - I just had to share. I try to be cynical, but I can’t keep up.Sign-up for Wes’s PA...
31 Dec 202510min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 7 - Ethics
The elimination of all measures of worth besides price leaves us lost in a world where, with the removal of price, we have no ability to make judgements whatsoever. This is perhaps the single most deb...
29 Dec 202544min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum on Gaming
A response to some comments about Steam and a note on an interesting quote from Andre Gide.Sign-up for Wes’s PATREON to get your questions answered by Wes!Plus, gain access to course materials, readin...
23 Dec 202514min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 6 - Spotify and the Destruction of Culture
Spotify represents a case study in how the logic of Late Capitalism ramifies throughout our lives in ways that destroys fundamental aspects of our culture. Our love of music is leveraged to destroy th...
22 Dec 202551min
Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 5
So much for Free Will. Herein Nietzsche attacks the whole question of Free Will - not taking a side but simply pointing out the meaninglessness of most of the conversations surrounding free will.Sign-...
19 Dec 202530min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 5 - We Know the Price of Everything, the Value of Nothing - and the Price of Nothing
In an almost Zen Koan kind of way, Late Capitalism increasingly immerses us in a society where we are simultaneously told money is THE most important value but wherein we are no longer able to even de...
15 Dec 202547min
Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 4
Nietzsche rejects Sensualism, Materialism, Metaphysics and any simple understanding of Science with his core concern - an Ethics built on Joy and Vigour derived from a Will to Power that he sees in al...
12 Dec 202531min
