The book Sublime Object of Ideology (Zizek) and a second volume due soon attempts an interdisciplinary reframing of the theory of everything - working with Quantum Physicists and Material Hegelian/Lacanian philosophy. I am a philosopher who works with theoretical physicists.
Readit Newscuration commented on Confessions of a Theoretical Physicist nautil.us/confessions-of-... · Posted by u/signa11
The source of our acts of freedom leans more heavily towards our unconscious. This is because our consciousness is ruled by social order, economic order, ideology etc. We take facts, advice that fit what our unconscious can use. For example, we never fall in love because of facts/pros/cons, but only realize afterwards that it has happened. It's not so much that advice doesn't work, but rather provocation to think is what works and advice is about surplus enjoyment of the advisor.
curation commented on 'Russia's Google' exits the country tomshardware.com/pc-compo... · Posted by u/belter
It looks like the search engine and search index remains in Russia? That's an interesting choice.
Regardless of how you feel about Russia, having a search index that's not US-controlled (or EU-controlled, not that there are any of those of any real size) is very useful. Yandex has the third(?) largest index of the web proper, and is a great check on the two largest indexes.
The Yandex translate is excellent - especially for the Georgian language vs Google and others.
The failure of language to provide for us a way to precisely say what we mean results in consciousness. (Lacan/Slovenian Troika/McGowan/Benjamin etc)
curation commented on The "uncanny" is the experience of a loss of control ykulbashian.medium.com/th... · Posted by u/background
The most uncanny thing in the world is the observation of our subjectivity in action.
curation commented on Priced out of home ownership bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... · Posted by u/user20180120
Wealth inequality of the Global South has reached the West. Folks will have to live in smaller spaces with more people.
You’re already lifting, so that is a good start.
As you hit 30 and beyond, you absolutely need a stretching/mobility routine. Whether it is yoga, or short 10-15 min rolling/stretching programs (eg “limber 11”) that you can do when you wake up. Things like BJJ and also great for body awareness and getting you moving properly.
In terms of lifting, in my early 30s I transitioned entirely to minimalist kettlebell programs and feel much better than when I was doing heavy barbell work. Plenty of info on the net but a good starting point is to get a 16kg and 24kg kettlebell and start with “simple and sinister” (just swings and getups), and progress through a whole other bunch of minimal programs (2-3 movements eg ROP, DFW), and see what works for you.
I am 51 and have run 10km a day for 28 years. I stretch 1-2 hours per day (yoga/pilates/general stretching) and remain completely pain free.
curation commented on The Tears of a Clown: Probing the comedian's psyche (2008) psychologytoday.com/gb/bl... · Posted by u/rbanffy
Only a Joke Can Save Us - Todd McGowan and incredible and accurate analysis of what comedy is.
curation commented on A Terribly Serious adventure: Philosophy and war at Oxford washingtonpost.com/books/... · Posted by u/pepys
I’ve read the book under review and would recommend it.
Philosophy has always appealed to me but disappointed because it never seems to settle on answers. There’s a bit in the book where Kleene (I think?) is advising young academic philosophers to go into logic instead as at least there they’ll get answers.
Someone in the book describes philosophy’s truth value as less like scientific inquiry and more like poetry done in logical argument. That seemed like a potentially valuable way of looking at it.
The point of philosophy is to ask better questions, specifically questions that do not mystify the problem and thus perpetuate it. It's is not and has never been about answers. - love, a philospher
curation commented on What’s behind the Freud resurgence? chronicle.com/article/the... · Posted by u/pepys
As a critical theorist, Freud was rejected alongside many old white dudes in an understandable reactionary reflex for many decades. One had to turn to Fanon to access thinking about the unconscious. I would argue that currents in philosophy to us Lacan and Freud to read capitalist subjectivity alongside new interpretations of Hegel have shifted the field tremendously, starting with the 1989 work of Zizek Sublime Object of Ideology. Over the decades this work has increased in relevance as a way of understanding a way out of our current predicament.