Instinct Intelligence
Introduction Observers of modern institutions often describe a pattern that feels familiar and predictable. Programs begin with purpose. They lose focus. They grow. They change direction without admitting it. They then become difficult to cut or even question. Current examples are easy to find. The Space Launch System at NASA continues to absorb funding even... The post Pournelle’s Iron Law: Why…
The most watched political debate format on the internet today is the Jubilee model – one person against twenty opponents, designed to capture viral moments and audience attention with quick, rushed arguments. It looks more like a performance than a debate. By contrast, watch an old episode of Firing Line and what will strike you... The post Honest Intellectual Combat: Buckley, Firing Line, and…
An interactive essay on Robert A. Heinlein s theory of successful revolution, with a light/dark toggle, a reading-progress bar, section navigation, an interactive breakdown of the three conditions for revolt, and editor s notes. Dark Essay · Political Philosophy When Obedience Becomes a Sin Heinlein and the anatomy of a successful revolution — why regimes fall from... The post When Obedience…
In 1974, following the publication of her thesis, Luce Irigaray was effectively excommunicated from Jacques Lacan’s circle and from the École Freudienne de Paris (Freudian School of Paris), the institution where she had trained and which Lacan founded. She was, as one of her commentators puts it, censured for being politically committed, for politicizing psychoanalysis... The post Luce Irigaray,…
Introduction: The Mood of the Land There is a mood that pervades the rural Balkans today, and it is not one that lends itself to the optimistic vocabularies of development policy. It is a mood of quiet depletion, of watching something drain away without being able to name precisely what is being lost. Our villages... The post The Uncanniness of the Harvest: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the…
You’re invited to join the digital book launch on April 9, 2026, from 18:00 to 22:00 CET. If you have a TikTok account, you can comment and submit questions during the TikTok Live. If not, you can join via the link but you won’t be able to interact. To register,... The post Book launch: philosophical novel Memos from the Edge appeared first on The Miskatonian .
“The terror of the future is always grafted onto the desire to experience that terror”. Emil Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born The Landscape, Such As It Is The French Republic has emerged as a dominant political force in the eastern provinces of the European Union — most notably in Romania and Poland. The... The post Darkest Europa: The French Colonization of Eastern Europe appeared first on The…
Alex Priou received a Ph.D. and M.A. in Philosophy from Tulane University, an M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Connecticut. Priou is the author of three books on Plato: Becoming Socrates: Political Philosophy in Plato’s Parmenides (2018), Defending Socrates: Political Philosophy Before the Tribunal... The post Shadows of the Cave…
I m the last person who wants to tell women how to look. For centuries, religions and social norms have dictated images of femininity. Today, new groups join the chorus, performing womanhood as if it’s a costume. Still, I feel it: when I see women with immaculate fake nails, eyelashes that defy gravity, and hairpieces that... The post The Glittered Mask: Epistemic Unease and the Performative…
The Emergence of Metanationals Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy presents a near-future history in which transnational corporations rise to power and assume the roles of sovereign states. The story begins in the mid-2020s and extends to the 22nd century. In this world, traditional nation-states have almost entirely collapsed. Robinson refers to the dominant corporate entities... The post…