When Work Becomes Everything: Thoughts On Salaryman Examining how corporate culture consumes identity, through the lens of a documentary about Tokyo's exhausted workers. January 20, 2025 1 mention philosophy is assigned as a topic for this article
On Simplicity Why the most powerful ideas are often the simplest ones, and how restraint leads to clarity in both design and thinking. December 15, 2024 1 mention philosophy is assigned as a topic for this article
The Fundamental Problem With Coherentism Why internal consistency alone cannot justify our beliefs, and what alternative approaches might work better. March 30, 2022 2 mentions philosophy is assigned as a topic for this article …"True". In a recent post on Fake Naus, Michael Huemer, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, explores this idea in more detail, taking…
A Problem with Essence in Buddhism Exploring a paradox in how we understand objects, and how Buddhist philosophy challenges Western metaphysics. October 17, 2021 2 mentions philosophy is assigned as a topic for this article …seen) obviously limited. Semantics can only get us so far. The Western philosophy toolkit of categories and definitions may be precisely what obscures understanding here.
Using Chesterton's Fence to Enforce Second-Order Thinking A practical heuristic for deeper thinking before making changes to established systems. July 23, 2021 1 mention philosophy is assigned as a topic for this article
Counter-Culture as A Necessary Part of Tradition How movements that question norms serve as essential testing grounds for social change. July 23, 2021 1 mention philosophy is assigned as a topic for this article
Hayek's Case For Social Security Challenging the common misrepresentation of Friedrich Hayek's philosophy regarding welfare and state support. July 12, 2021 3 mentions philosophy is assigned as a topic for this article A growing number of people misrepresent Hayek's philosophy as synonymous with the neo-liberalism we see growing around us. This reading… …Reading primary sources rather than summaries of summaries reveals a more nuanced philosophy than partisans on either side admit. The same applies to understanding traditions…