philosophy of science
Capitalist canon
Dear friends,
Did you know that the pain experienced by ocean life suffocated during mass farming for human consumption has
Aidan Cornelius-Bell
I’m a social scientist and activist looking to create systemic change that serves the proletariat. I care about compassion, justice, genuine equity, reciprocity and radical social change.
technology
‘Lean in hard’ is anti-scientific, anti-worker, and bad for our future
Dear friends,
This morning’s headlines included an article titled: “Australia has ‘no alternative’ but to embrace AI and seek
colonialism
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy?
Dear friends,
I have been thinking a lot about the ABC’s federal election coverage. Partly, concerned about how they
media
Tactics, modalities, mechanisms
Dear friends,
Long time no correspondence. I hope you are well.
Broadly speaking we tend to categorise political moments into
politics
Identity, giving a shit and the upcoming federal election
Dear friends,
Today I have some whinges about poverty, ‘Australian’ culture, and some of the deeper socioeconomic possibilities we face
technology
At the nexus of knowledge appropriation and AI
Dear friends,
Today I’d like to share some thoughts around a nexus point between an ongoing colonial capitalist modality
capitalism
You look nice today (or, the ‘values’ of capitalism)
Dear friends,
Last week I shaved my head. Not a foreign experience, but foreign enough that I’m noticing feeling
colonialism
Broken sleep, broken worlds
Dear friends,
You may have observed that I’ve been pondering the nature of our broken worlds, in particular how
poststructuralism
Grand narratives
Dear friends,
Barthes claimed the death of the author in 1967. This claim asked us to reject, or at least
relationality
The shape of (non)existence
Dear friends,
It’s been a minute, and there’s been some significant changes for both mind reader and for
Extremely temporary hiatus
If you're reading this, you may be an extremely avid reader. I am currently taking 7 days of
systems thinking
Navigating plurality in non-dynamic systems (or, ‘dynamism’ and human suffering)
Dear friends,
We are bound in frames of colonial capitalism with systems of static purpose and design. Unless you live
plurality
Plurality Plurality Plurality Plurality REC
Dear friends,
Let’s come to terms with some terms. Sorry, I’m not trying to be cute (that’s
labour process
The labour process, atomisation and social media
Dear friends,
As I grow increasingly concerned about the level of influence Zucc has with his near monopoly on social
class
On class
Dear friends,
Let’s take a voyage together through three understandings of class. This concept is becoming increasingly interesting to
fascism
Autocorrect
Has anyone else noticed that Apple’s iOS keyboard/autocorrect recommendations in the latest iOS no longer autocorrect the word
camaraderie
Happy new year from mind reader
Thank you, reader, for your ongoing support. We’ve read more than 500 bookmarks and 30 dispatches together over 2024.
musk
Musk and the death of democracy
Dear friends,
I am constantly forced to think about Elon Musk and his egomaniacal, loud, and unearned positioning in society
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