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On Narcissism, Consciousness, and the View From Nowhere
A live conversation on Cartesian dualism, the hard problem of consciousness, and why talking about yourself isn't what you think it is
11 hrs ago • Mike Brock
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Words Are Not Small Things
On Cartesian dualism, Orwellian warning, and the people who think I’m being pedantic
17 hrs ago • Mike Brock
On the Inchoate and Yet Unnamed Department of Truth
Dario Amodei published a statement today. I want to be clear about what it is before I say what it also is.
Feb 27 • Mike Brock
On Gavin Newsom and the Thing That Should Actually Scare You
I want to say something about Gavin Newsom that I know will be unpopular in some quarters, and I don’t care.
Feb 26 • Mike Brock
The Sword Behind the Ballot
On the founding promise and what it costs to keep it
Feb 26 • Mike Brock
The Tribe and the Horizon
On patriotism, cathedrals, and the eternal now
Feb 26 • Mike Brock
The Golden Age is Behind You
On last night’s State of the Union
Feb 25 • Mike Brock
The Itinerant Posture
On the place from which I write
Feb 25 • Mike Brock
On the Meaning of Life
My opinion, anyways
Feb 25 • Mike Brock
The Cathedral and the Compass
On high philosophy and what the academy has quietly abandoned
Feb 24 • Mike Brock
Itinerant in This Place
A follow-up to “The Kingdom Within”
Feb 24 • Mike Brock
The Kingdom Within
On reading the Gospels with fresh eyes, and finding myself bewildered
Feb 23 • Mike Brock
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