Cultural Capitalism — How Corporations Exploit Your GuiltIt’s perfectly natural to feel sympathetic, even if the circumstances causing your sympathy aren’t under your control. You sympathize with…Jul 31, 2020Jul 31, 2020
A Pandemic and Neo-Conservative Capitalism are Killing the Working ClassDisasters cause loyalists. People look to our leaders for help, and — whether they receive it or not — are easily swayed into looking…Apr 10, 2020Apr 10, 2020
Simone de Beauvoir’s Existentialist Ethics“As long as there have been men and they have lived, they have all felt this tragic ambiguity of their condition, but as long as there…Mar 9, 2020Mar 9, 2020
Jean-Paul Sartre, Bad Faith, and “Who am I?”“Let us consider the waiter in the cafe. His movement is quick and forward, a little too precise, a little too rapid. He comes towards the…Feb 23, 2020Feb 23, 2020
The Power of Eye ContactHave you ever been sitting in some public place — say, a cafe or subway — and you glance up and see somebody really attractive? Attractive…Jan 5, 2020Jan 5, 2020
Drool Audrey Only Gets Weirder From HereWith the rise of Internet rap in the mid-2000s follows a new sound — one that aims to twist as many rules of contemporary rap music as…Dec 30, 2019Dec 30, 2019
How Radiohead’s “Kid A” Predicted The FutureKid A was born out of frustration.Nov 26, 2019Nov 26, 2019
Seizing the Means of ProductionWhat can we expect from John Means moving forward, and how should the Baltimore Orioles adjust their plans?Nov 8, 2019Nov 8, 2019
A Conversation with Music Photographer Niko MenicouNiko Menicou is a music photographer from the Bay Area.Sep 24, 2019Sep 24, 2019
It’s Time to Take Your Kids out of FootballWe’ve learned over the past few years of the long-term effects that come from repeated blows to the head, most notably from a study by Dr…Sep 2, 20191Sep 2, 20191