@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot2026-08-20 12:58:58
"This marked a pivotal moment in Western thought, moving the focus away from divine punishment and toward human responsibility and urban planning."
@… https://m…
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot2026-08-20 12:58:58
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-08-19 12:02:23
If I had to summarise capitalism in one word it would be “enclosure”.
That’s literally everything these bastards are about. Taking something that belongs to us all, building a fence around it, and calling it “mine.” (And if you don’t like it, “say hello to my little friend…”)
That’s literally the whole of their bullshit philosophy.
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-07-19 19:08:46
Profitable Designer
Discusses the philosophy, principles and strategies that unlock a profitable design business that runs itself...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/profitable-designer/
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2026-07-12 16:28:07
Since it was relevant to a discussion I just had on here and is something most people probably haven't thought about much (unless you've taken one of a handful of philosophy classes), I thought I'd try to lay out a key piece of Descartes' Meditations (#philosophy
@publicvoit@graz.social2026-08-18 07:45:38
How #religions are involved with killing people over different interpretations:
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/668
😉
(Oh, and it involves lightsabers.)
@theodric@social.linux.pizza2026-07-19 20:50:09
As Autumn bears down on us from behind the heat, I think it's time to revisit some cabin-in-the-woods content. No, silly, not the Unabomber Manifesto. Thoreau *AND* the Unabomber Manifesto! You can hardly do better than Ken Kifer's annotated Walden. https://www.phred.org/~alex/kenkifer/www.k
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-07-14 13:25:32
Patriots' Kevin Byard: WR like A.J. Brown 'shifts your philosophy on how you want to play defense' https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-kevin-byard-aj-brown-shifts-philosophy-defense
@david@boles.xyz2026-09-16 12:12:08
@Kingu@sakurajima.moe2026-07-10 18:27:02
@lpryszcz@genomic.social2026-09-16 07:50:02
@carturo222@ohai.social2026-09-15 02:36:46
This is your infrequent reminder that from time to time I share science news on Flipboard:
https://flipboard.com/@carturo222/loredom-v294r1k3y
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social2026-07-07 13:56:47
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-02 21:11:54
Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election were brazenly antidemocratic.
Yet Trump and his supporters nonetheless justified their actions under the dubious pretense of preserving American democracy
– as a matter of getting the vote right, of reversing voter fraud.
There’s a good reason they took this approach.
Authoritarianism has long been rejected across the political spectrum.
Democrats and Republicans routinely lob insults like “di…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-09-20 03:54:25
5,000 years of philosophy and douchewaffle techbro edge lords really think they’re super smart and original when they ask “but how do you know humans have intelligence?”
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-10 10:10:04
Mark Zuckerberg proposes a positive AI philosophy centered on individual empowerment, predicts personal superintelligence could increase employment, and more (Mark Zuckerberg/Meta)
https://www.meta.com/thefutureisforeveryone/
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-06-28 13:42:15
The Strategic Philosophy Driving the Raiders' 2026 Offseason https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-strategic-philosophy-driving-2026-offseason
@Kingu@sakurajima.moe2026-07-14 16:43:55
@grumpybozo@toad.social2026-07-11 02:04:21
The letter is fake. @bennjordan.bsky.social has apologized for posting it. @… https://infosec.exchange/@Nonya_Bidniss/116897523388822104…
@adjb@social.lol2026-09-09 15:42:48
Book Review: Kant Machine: Critical Philosophy after AI @jcrt.org #acrel https://jcrt.org/religioustheory/posts/9781350602502/
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-07-13 18:01:08
Cinema, Philosophy, and Ethical Criticism (NeMLA 2027 - Entirely Virtual)
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@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-06-20 23:47:16
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Erykah Badu:
🎵 Penitentiary Philosophy
#ErykahBadu
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@mela@zusammenkunft.net2026-09-05 02:00:05
Mela is listening to a podcast: The History of Bad Ideas: Utilitarianism – Past Present Future – David Runciman - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1682047968
@Kingu@sakurajima.moe2026-07-14 20:47:27
@sofia@chaos.social2026-08-23 09:26:46
it bothers me that in #philosophy, a "sceptic" is someone who just assumes that some underbaked hypothesis (like "brains in a vat") explains our experience just as well as reality does.
unlike, you know, an actual sceptical person who tries to find ways of distinguishing what's real from what isn't.
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-06-28 13:33:34
The Strategic Philosophy Driving the Raiders' 2026 Offseason https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-strategic-philosophy-driving-2026-offseason
@outer@mas.to2026-06-23 23:49:51
I know zoos are no longer in people’s good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.
--Yann Martel, Life of Pi, 2001
#Freedom #Zoo #Philosophy
@samueljohn@mastodon.world2026-09-11 10:23:59
I did cancel our #drop1password team plan for 11 seats that we are using in my company @….
Sorry, but supporting racists is incompatible with our company philosophy. #1password
@_tillwe_@mastodon.social2026-07-05 14:34:36
One result of #metropolcon for me was learning about this science fiction meets philosophy journal: https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/home/
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu2026-06-25 06:37:13
The Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers: A New Web Site Presents the Contributions of Women Philosophers, from Ancient to Modern | Open Culture
https://www.openculture.com/2026/06/encyclopedia-of-women-philosophers.html
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-07 03:14:05
Climbing culture has a storytelling idiom I call “Close Calls.”
They’re an inversion of just-so stories;
instead of tales of creation like “How the Zebra Got Its Stripes” or “How the Giraffe’s Neck Got So Long,”
Close Calls focus on tales of destruction like
“How Rebecca Lost Her Leg” or
“How Johnny Lost His Partner.”
Years ago at the base of the Incredible Hulk, a gorgeous granite outcrop in the Sierras,
Owen and I were preparing to climb the class…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-09-07 09:20:35
How Rationalism, a movement pioneered by Eliezer Yudkowsky focused on existential superintelligent AI risks, influenced top AI leaders and their alarmist claims (Cal Newport/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/opinion
@seeingwithsound@mas.to2026-07-01 12:17:50
(Un)Common senses: Human cyborgs and sensory substitution https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/senses/96CD7FCCD5A9AABEFCB3937BB1DE4FD7?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv4_a1dennhawg2fhs#sec20 by Ann-Sophie Barwich…
@mela@zusammenkunft.net2026-09-04 18:00:05
Mela is listening to a podcast: The History of Bad Ideas: Utilitarianism – Past Present Future – David Runciman - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1682047968
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-07-14 23:56:30
The hidden strategy behind Klint Kubiak’s first Raiders season https://raiderramble.com/2026/07/14/the-hidden-strategy-behind-klint-kubiaks-first-raiders-season/
@YaleDivinitySchool@mstdn.social2026-07-20 23:35:40
John Hare, Emeritus Noah Porter Professor of Philosophy, gave lectures in Nairobi in July at St. Paul's University, Africa International University, and the University of Nairobi. Two of his lectures explored philosophical themes on the subject of AI and theological education, building on the consultation on AI and theological education hosted by St. Paul's University in Nairobi - with the support of the Yale MacMillan Center's Project on Religion and Society in Africa.
@eyebee@mstdn.social2026-07-30 09:43:58
Giving my ears a clean out, with some PsyTrance this morning. Philosophy, an album I found on Qobuz. Well, Room found it for me, actually.
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-08-21 16:30:25
Journal of Buddhist Philosophy, Vol. 9, No. 1
https://ift.tt/hMBWa2A
Call for Paper (CAA 2027 Annual Conference): From the Street to the Bedroom: Designing the Modern…
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@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-25 10:01:23
A profile of incoming WhatsApp CEO Kunal Shah, who studied philosophy in Mumbai, advised Sequoia India, and joins a growing pool of Indian-born tech executives (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/442bdba8-6f7e-4ddf-a99b-a8ba102d247f
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-07-23 21:59:44
Evolving Traditions Podcast
Across this series, we explore traditions spanning yoga, Buddhism, Taoism, religion, philosophy, culture, film, theatre, music—and even comedy...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/evolving-traditions/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-07-23 23:10:49
University of Wyoming to Drop Philosophy Major (Justin Weinberg/Daily Nous)
https://dailynous.com/2026/07/23/university-of-wyoming-to-drop-philosophy-major/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260723/p123#a260723p123
@enriquericos@mastoart.social2026-08-10 20:27:14
Content warning: parasites, matter, us
Octavia Butler's Bloodchild just unlocked a childhood memory: this guy I read on an interview, got a botfly infection and, instead of getting the larva out with extreme prejudice, he let it grow out. Also said the bug was made of him
It made me question things. My parent's philosophy was: bug=bad=kill it, which I Never accepted, but this guy was on another level
Also, I never saw our own materiality the same way again
I owe a lot to that (maybe not) crazy bastard
#books
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-07-10 00:11:27
Raiders Rumors: Why going after Terrion Arnold would be uncharacteristic https://raiderramble.com/2026/07/09/raiders-rumors-why-going-after-terrion-arnold-would-be-uncharacteristic/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-22 18:29:46
Belgium’s Ghent University has suspended Nathan Cofnas,
the controversial scholar whose blog accusing Jason Arday of plagiarism led to widespread public scrutiny of the late University of Cambridge professor’s academic record and personal achievements.
Ghent said in a statement that it has launched “a preliminary disciplinary investigation” into Cofnas, a postdoctoral researcher in its Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-08-07 07:10:53
'00s Alternative and Philosophy: Every Thought in Its Right Place
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@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-23 11:15:40
In a leaked four-hour investor talk, DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng says the main US-China gap is compute access, Nvidia's CUDA moat is disintegrating, and more (Fred Gao/Inside China)
https://www.fredgao.com/p/deepseeks-liang-wenfeng-breaks-his
@Kingu@sakurajima.moe2026-07-24 18:36:44
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-09-06 20:56:35
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #BBCProms
Max Richter:
🎵 The Consolations of Philosophy
#MaxRichter
https://open.spotify.com/track/6gllTV2Gyhpn7OwunTAaQH
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-07-02 17:18:48
Smalltalk wasn’t just a language; it was a philosophy of the human-computer relationship. At its heart was the idea the computers should be user-malleable: reshapable by each person to be the machine they wanted it to be.
SmallTalk’s impact is hard to overestimate. Most famously, along with CLU and Simula, it gave us objects and OOP — not just in the narrow mid-80s “everything is an object!” sense, but in the broader sense of interface-implementation separation that groups related state and behavior into a tidy abstraction. Its fingerprints are alllll oooover modern programming. But that’s not all.
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@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-08-07 07:11:09
Thinking Stupidity: Literature, Philosophy, and Critical Theory
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@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-08-07 07:11:09
Thinking Stupidity: Literature, Philosophy, and Critical Theory
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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-09-08 16:53:23
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/117236445086373612
fwiw
Statistics is a field of mathematics concerned with the analysis of data.
Logic is a field of philosophy concerned with reasoning correctly.
@patrick_townsend@infosec.exchange2026-08-22 21:50:03
At 27 pages into Gil Duršn’s new book “The Nerd Reich” I came full stop at this sentence:
“As many political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.”
Simply and elegantly stated. The various techno-optimistic philosophies running around Silicon Valley and the venture capital community are toxic and inhumane. We are desperately in need of a new tech manifesto that puts human wellbeing, acceptance, compassion and love as first principals. Why do we write code if not for this? The current direction of technology leadership has taken a wrong turn onto a dark and destructive path. This needs to change.
This is a great book so far. Highly recommend it.
#GilDuran #TheNerdReich #Tech
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-08-01 17:00:57
D. H. Lawrence and French Literature, Philosophy and Theory
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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-09-09 13:48:24
Reasoning requires logic (which is the study of correct reasoning) and logic is a philosophical discipline. It requires understanding and a theory of mind.
You can’t statistics yourself into logic; despite some mathematicians claiming you can—it’s a categorical error to think this (indeed, a reasoning logic error).
Both from a perspective of mathematics (“it’s likely therefore it’s true” is not logically valid) and from a perspective of philosophy (which requires understanding what is actually talked about).
Therefore statistical algorithms such as LLMs can never reason.
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-06-28 16:30:55
LIFE at its Limits: Medicine, Literature, Philosophy
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@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-06-28 16:30:55
LIFE at its Limits: Medicine, Literature, Philosophy
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@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-07-21 08:15:52
Special Issue of Philosophy, Politics and Critique
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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-08-31 02:13:44
“... Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts and sciences; whereas, by his contrivance, the most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.”
You never guess when this was written (solution in reply)
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-07-21 08:15:53
D. H. Lawrence and French Literature, Philosophy and Theory
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@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-09-09 15:38:22
Book Review: Kant Machine: Critical Philosophy after AI @jcrt.org #acrel https://jcrt.org/religioustheory/posts/9781350602502/
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-07-24 04:42:38
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
VV Brown:
🎵 Philosophy
#VVBrown
https://open.spotify.com/track/2sgYY8ZUnCgzCsueQyqg1H
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-08-29 18:02:29
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheCraigCharlesFunkAndSoulShow
Faith, Hope & Charity:
🎵 To Each His Own (That's My Philosophy)
#Faith #Hope #Charity
https://dannygofficial.bandcamp.com/track/faith-hope-and-charity-to-each-his-own-danny-goliger-edit
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