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ABCs of Socialism
- Jul 18, 2018 Notes & Reflections on "Does Human Nature Make Socialism Impossible?" with Adaner Usmani
- Jul 23, 2017 Notes & Reflections on “Why Do Socialists Talk So Much About Workers?” with Vivek Chibber
Luxemburg on Monopolies
- Jul 27, 2022 Addendum: Tariffs, and Regions Favoring their own Capitalists
- Jul 1, 2022 Summary + Marxist Analysis of Market “Disruption”
- Jul 1, 2022 Monopolies Before the Crisis: Monopolies Fetter Economic Efficiency
- Jul 1, 2022 Bourgeois vs Marxist Analyses: the Downfall of the Mid-1900s Monopolies
- Jul 1, 2022 So Do Conglomerates Inevitably Fall Apart, Or What?
- Nov 2, 2021 Rosa Luxemburg, the 2008 Crisis, & the Marxist Approach to Economics as a Science
Marxism
- Nov 28, 2023 Non-Violent Communication is the Marxist Alternative to the Language of Bourgeois Rights
- Oct 3, 2023 Building Proletarian Internationalism
- Sep 22, 2023 One More Thought on Marxist Materialism & Deontology
- Sep 22, 2023 Small Thoughts on Marxist Materialism & Deontology
- Mar 28, 2023 §6 - Conclusion: Socialist Electoral Strategy in the USA
- Mar 28, 2023 §5 - Strategy and Tactics for Socialist Electeds in a Bourgeois State
- Mar 27, 2023 §4 - Strategic Principles for Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §3 - Self-Moderation Pitfalls and Considerations for Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §2 - Structural Limitations on Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §1 - Electoral Strategy for Socialists in the USA
- Jan 3, 2023 Contradiction in the Capitalist Mode of Production
- Aug 30, 2022 Organizing Between Crises: Tenant Union Case Study
- Aug 16, 2022 Defining ‘Material’ and ‘Social’ Relations
- Jul 27, 2022 Addendum: Tariffs, and Regions Favoring their own Capitalists
- Jul 1, 2022 Summary + Marxist Analysis of Market “Disruption”
- Jul 1, 2022 Monopolies Before the Crisis: Monopolies Fetter Economic Efficiency
- Jul 1, 2022 Bourgeois vs Marxist Analyses: the Downfall of the Mid-1900s Monopolies
- Jul 1, 2022 So Do Conglomerates Inevitably Fall Apart, Or What?
- Nov 2, 2021 Rosa Luxemburg, the 2008 Crisis, & the Marxist Approach to Economics as a Science
- Oct 12, 2021 The Most Useful Epigraph I've Encountered
analytic
- Aug 16, 2022 Defining ‘Material’ and ‘Social’ Relations
- Nov 2, 2021 Rosa Luxemburg, the 2008 Crisis, & the Marxist Approach to Economics as a Science
- May 7, 2021 A Sellarsian ‘Self’ & Kantian Sources of Obligations
- Dec 17, 2020 Survival of the Institutional Interests
- Nov 27, 2019 Concepts, Methods, & Heuristics in Proofs and Refutations - Chapter 1, §4
- Nov 14, 2019 The Buck Stops in the Space of Reasons
- Nov 8, 2019 Concepts, Methods, & Heuristics in Proofs and Refutations - Chapter 1, §§1-3
- Nov 2, 2019 Two Ways of Thinking About ‘Meta’-ness
- Oct 18, 2019 An Asymmetry in Is/Ought
- Sep 10, 2019 When Meaning Isn’t Use
- Sep 9, 2019 A Philosophical Joke
- Jun 18, 2019 Fruitful Explication in Philosophical Investigations
- Apr 13, 2019 Simplicity and Sense-Data
- Aug 9, 2017 The Liar's Paradox: A Supertask?
- Jun 26, 2017 Knowledge as a Form of True Belief; Understanding as Forms of Justified Belief
capitalism
- Sep 24, 2024 Acting well after loss, and avoiding self-harming grief
- Sep 24, 2024 Beyond religion and spirituality
- Sep 24, 2024 How we got here
- Oct 31, 2023 The Scariest Thing
- Oct 3, 2023 Building Proletarian Internationalism
- Jan 15, 2023 So About That Rosa Luxemburg Quote On Freedom...
- Jan 3, 2023 Contradiction in the Capitalist Mode of Production
- Sep 18, 2022 “Dignity” is Not Enough. We Need Power.
- Aug 16, 2022 Defining ‘Material’ and ‘Social’ Relations
- Aug 12, 2022 Conservative Disinformation vs. Marxist Analysis
- Jul 27, 2022 Addendum: Tariffs, and Regions Favoring their own Capitalists
- Jul 1, 2022 Summary + Marxist Analysis of Market “Disruption”
- Jul 1, 2022 Monopolies Before the Crisis: Monopolies Fetter Economic Efficiency
- Jul 1, 2022 Bourgeois vs Marxist Analyses: the Downfall of the Mid-1900s Monopolies
- Jul 1, 2022 So Do Conglomerates Inevitably Fall Apart, Or What?
- Nov 15, 2021 What a Leftist University Might Look Like: Profit-Oriented vs Socially-Oriented Fields of Study
- Nov 2, 2021 Rosa Luxemburg, the 2008 Crisis, & the Marxist Approach to Economics as a Science
- Oct 12, 2021 The Most Useful Epigraph I've Encountered
- Sep 26, 2020 Three Points About Socialism-As-I-Understand-It
- Jun 29, 2019 Game Theory, the Military Industrial Complex, & Privatization of Public Goods
- Dec 8, 2018 Asymmetries of Information: Intellectual Property & Social Capital
- Jul 18, 2018 Notes & Reflections on "Does Human Nature Make Socialism Impossible?" with Adaner Usmani
- Jul 23, 2017 Notes & Reflections on “Why Do Socialists Talk So Much About Workers?” with Vivek Chibber
criticism
- May 25, 2023 The Idealist Organizer’s Mantra
- Jan 3, 2023 Contradiction in the Capitalist Mode of Production
- Oct 8, 2022 Fascism: The Mass Coordination of Fearful Individualists
- Sep 18, 2022 “Dignity” is Not Enough. We Need Power.
- Jul 1, 2022 Bourgeois vs Marxist Analyses: the Downfall of the Mid-1900s Monopolies
- Jul 1, 2022 So Do Conglomerates Inevitably Fall Apart, Or What?
- Nov 15, 2021 What a Leftist University Might Look Like: Profit-Oriented vs Socially-Oriented Fields of Study
- Nov 15, 2021 A Tale of Conservative University Sociology
- Nov 2, 2021 Rosa Luxemburg, the 2008 Crisis, & the Marxist Approach to Economics as a Science
- May 1, 2021 Lessons From / Criticisms Of: Anarchists and Marxist-Leninists
- Apr 16, 2021 The Deceptive Appeal of Less-Democratic Organizing
- Jul 18, 2018 Notes & Reflections on "Does Human Nature Make Socialism Impossible?" with Adaner Usmani
- Jul 23, 2017 Notes & Reflections on “Why Do Socialists Talk So Much About Workers?” with Vivek Chibber
- Jun 26, 2017 Knowledge as a Form of True Belief; Understanding as Forms of Justified Belief
defense
- Jan 15, 2023 So About That Rosa Luxemburg Quote On Freedom...
epistemology
- Aug 9, 2017 The Liar's Paradox: A Supertask?
- Jun 26, 2017 Knowledge as a Form of True Belief; Understanding as Forms of Justified Belief
ethics
- Nov 28, 2023 Non-Violent Communication is the Marxist Alternative to the Language of Bourgeois Rights
- Sep 22, 2023 One More Thought on Marxist Materialism & Deontology
- Nov 27, 2022 Why ‘Nonviolent Communication’ Seems So Strangely Effective
- Nov 27, 2022 Summarizing ‘Nonviolent Communication’ by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- May 7, 2021 A Sellarsian ‘Self’ & Kantian Sources of Obligations
- Mar 25, 2021 Motivated Reasoning in Ethics
- Sep 26, 2020 Three Points About Socialism-As-I-Understand-It
- Jul 23, 2019 Where to Put My Time and Effort? On Effective Altruism
general audience
- Sep 24, 2024 Acting well after loss, and avoiding self-harming grief
- Sep 24, 2024 Facing loss head on
- Sep 24, 2024 Beyond religion and spirituality
- Sep 24, 2024 How we got here
- Jun 20, 2024 Finding Some Semblance of Meaning, Five Years Ago
- Jun 3, 2024 A Few Quotes That I Return To (Part 3)
- Apr 22, 2024 We (And Our Organizations) Must Read, Reflect, & Write! Part 1
- Oct 3, 2023 Building Proletarian Internationalism
- Sep 22, 2023 One More Thought on Marxist Materialism & Deontology
- May 2, 2023 Putting "Praxis" into Practice
- Feb 4, 2023 Tips for Reading a Bit More
- Jan 15, 2023 So About That Rosa Luxemburg Quote On Freedom...
- Jan 3, 2023 Contradiction in the Capitalist Mode of Production
- Nov 27, 2022 Summarizing ‘Nonviolent Communication’ by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- Oct 28, 2022 Fascists are Building "Dual Power" in the Social Influence Space
- Oct 8, 2022 Fascism: The Mass Coordination of Fearful Individualists
- Sep 18, 2022 “Dignity” is Not Enough. We Need Power.
- Aug 16, 2022 Defining ‘Material’ and ‘Social’ Relations
- Aug 12, 2022 Conservative Disinformation vs. Marxist Analysis
- Nov 15, 2021 What a Leftist University Might Look Like: Profit-Oriented vs Socially-Oriented Fields of Study
- Nov 15, 2021 A Tale of Conservative University Sociology
- Nov 11, 2021 Recent Readings (Nov 12, 2021)
- Jun 4, 2021 Left Doomerism, After Watching ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’
- Apr 18, 2021 An Illuminating Link Between Philosophy and Science
- Mar 25, 2021 Motivated Reasoning in Ethics
- Feb 11, 2021 Finding Meaning in Paragraph Breaks
- Dec 17, 2020 Survival of the Institutional Interests
- Sep 26, 2020 Three Points About Socialism-As-I-Understand-It
- Dec 30, 2019 Speed (in the Brain, on Social Media, and in Government)
- Sep 9, 2019 A Philosophical Joke
- Jul 23, 2019 Where to Put My Time and Effort? On Effective Altruism
- Jun 29, 2019 Game Theory, the Military Industrial Complex, & Privatization of Public Goods
- Mar 30, 2019 Left Revolution & the Madisonian Model
- Dec 8, 2018 Asymmetries of Information: Intellectual Property & Social Capital
- Jul 18, 2018 Notes & Reflections on "Does Human Nature Make Socialism Impossible?" with Adaner Usmani
- Jan 10, 2018 Consequentialism and War-Crime Trials
- Aug 9, 2017 The Liar's Paradox: A Supertask?
- Jul 23, 2017 Notes & Reflections on “Why Do Socialists Talk So Much About Workers?” with Vivek Chibber
general philosophy
- Jun 20, 2024 Finding Some Semblance of Meaning, Five Years Ago
- Sep 22, 2023 One More Thought on Marxist Materialism & Deontology
- Sep 22, 2023 Small Thoughts on Marxist Materialism & Deontology
- Nov 15, 2021 What a Leftist University Might Look Like: Profit-Oriented vs Socially-Oriented Fields of Study
- Apr 18, 2021 An Illuminating Link Between Philosophy and Science
- Feb 11, 2021 Finding Meaning in Paragraph Breaks
- Jul 23, 2019 Where to Put My Time and Effort? On Effective Altruism
- Dec 8, 2018 Asymmetries of Information: Intellectual Property & Social Capital
- Jul 13, 2018 David Hume on the Foundations of Promises
language
- Nov 28, 2023 Non-Violent Communication is the Marxist Alternative to the Language of Bourgeois Rights
- Feb 11, 2021 Finding Meaning in Paragraph Breaks
- Nov 14, 2019 The Buck Stops in the Space of Reasons
- Oct 18, 2019 An Asymmetry in Is/Ought
- Sep 10, 2019 When Meaning Isn’t Use
- Sep 9, 2019 A Philosophical Joke
- Jun 18, 2019 Fruitful Explication in Philosophical Investigations
- Aug 9, 2017 The Liar's Paradox: A Supertask?
leftism
- Sep 24, 2024 Acting well after loss, and avoiding self-harming grief
- Sep 24, 2024 Facing loss head on
- Sep 24, 2024 How we got here
- Jun 3, 2024 A Few Quotes That I Return To (Part 3)
- Apr 22, 2024 We (And Our Organizations) Must Read, Reflect, & Write! Part 1
- Nov 28, 2023 Non-Violent Communication is the Marxist Alternative to the Language of Bourgeois Rights
- Oct 31, 2023 The Scariest Thing
- Oct 3, 2023 Building Proletarian Internationalism
- Sep 22, 2023 One More Thought on Marxist Materialism & Deontology
- Sep 22, 2023 Small Thoughts on Marxist Materialism & Deontology
- May 25, 2023 The Idealist Organizer’s Mantra
- May 2, 2023 Putting "Praxis" into Practice
- Mar 28, 2023 §5 - Strategy and Tactics for Socialist Electeds in a Bourgeois State
- Mar 27, 2023 §4 - Strategic Principles for Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §3 - Self-Moderation Pitfalls and Considerations for Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §2 - Structural Limitations on Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §1 - Electoral Strategy for Socialists in the USA
- Feb 25, 2023 Las Vegas DSA’s Very Good Statement on Electoral Strategy & Where I Differ
- Jan 15, 2023 So About That Rosa Luxemburg Quote On Freedom...
- Jan 3, 2023 Contradiction in the Capitalist Mode of Production
- Nov 27, 2022 Why ‘Nonviolent Communication’ Seems So Strangely Effective
- Nov 27, 2022 Summarizing ‘Nonviolent Communication’ by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- Oct 28, 2022 Fascists are Building "Dual Power" in the Social Influence Space
- Oct 8, 2022 Fascism: The Mass Coordination of Fearful Individualists
- Sep 18, 2022 “Dignity” is Not Enough. We Need Power.
- Aug 30, 2022 Organizing Between Crises: Tenant Union Case Study
- Aug 16, 2022 Defining ‘Material’ and ‘Social’ Relations
- Aug 12, 2022 Conservative Disinformation vs. Marxist Analysis
- Nov 15, 2021 What a Leftist University Might Look Like: Profit-Oriented vs Socially-Oriented Fields of Study
- Nov 2, 2021 Rosa Luxemburg, the 2008 Crisis, & the Marxist Approach to Economics as a Science
- Oct 14, 2021 A Few Quotes That I Return To (Part 2)
- Jun 5, 2021 A Few Quotes That I Return To
- Jun 4, 2021 Left Doomerism, After Watching ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’
- May 1, 2021 Lessons From / Criticisms Of: Anarchists and Marxist-Leninists
- Apr 16, 2021 The Deceptive Appeal of Less-Democratic Organizing
- Dec 4, 2020 The Non-Hierarchy Trap & The Inflexibility Trap
- Nov 12, 2020 From Spontaneous Movements to Effective Organizing
- Sep 26, 2020 Three Points About Socialism-As-I-Understand-It
- Jul 23, 2019 Where to Put My Time and Effort? On Effective Altruism
- Mar 30, 2019 Left Revolution & the Madisonian Model
- Dec 8, 2018 Asymmetries of Information: Intellectual Property & Social Capital
- Jul 18, 2018 Notes & Reflections on "Does Human Nature Make Socialism Impossible?" with Adaner Usmani
- Jul 23, 2017 Notes & Reflections on “Why Do Socialists Talk So Much About Workers?” with Vivek Chibber
liberalism
- Mar 28, 2023 §6 - Conclusion: Socialist Electoral Strategy in the USA
- Nov 15, 2021 A Tale of Conservative University Sociology
- Dec 30, 2019 Speed (in the Brain, on Social Media, and in Government)
meta-ethics
- Sep 24, 2024 Facing loss head on
- Sep 24, 2024 Beyond religion and spirituality
- Nov 28, 2023 Non-Violent Communication is the Marxist Alternative to the Language of Bourgeois Rights
- May 7, 2021 A Sellarsian ‘Self’ & Kantian Sources of Obligations
- Nov 2, 2019 Two Ways of Thinking About ‘Meta’-ness
- Oct 18, 2019 An Asymmetry in Is/Ought
- Jul 13, 2018 David Hume on the Foundations of Promises
metaphysics
- Jun 18, 2019 Fruitful Explication in Philosophical Investigations
- Apr 13, 2019 Simplicity and Sense-Data
on fascism
- Oct 28, 2022 Fascists are Building "Dual Power" in the Social Influence Space
- Oct 8, 2022 Fascism: The Mass Coordination of Fearful Individualists
organizing
- Apr 22, 2024 We (And Our Organizations) Must Read, Reflect, & Write! Part 1
- Oct 3, 2023 Building Proletarian Internationalism
- May 25, 2023 The Idealist Organizer’s Mantra
- May 2, 2023 Putting "Praxis" into Practice
- Mar 28, 2023 §6 - Conclusion: Socialist Electoral Strategy in the USA
- Mar 28, 2023 §5 - Strategy and Tactics for Socialist Electeds in a Bourgeois State
- Mar 27, 2023 §4 - Strategic Principles for Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §3 - Self-Moderation Pitfalls and Considerations for Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §2 - Structural Limitations on Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §1 - Electoral Strategy for Socialists in the USA
- Feb 25, 2023 Las Vegas DSA’s Very Good Statement on Electoral Strategy & Where I Differ
- Jan 15, 2023 So About That Rosa Luxemburg Quote On Freedom...
- Sep 18, 2022 “Dignity” is Not Enough. We Need Power.
- Sep 4, 2022 A Pitfall to Avoid in Mass Line Organizing
- Aug 30, 2022 Organizing Between Crises: Tenant Union Case Study
- May 1, 2021 Lessons From / Criticisms Of: Anarchists and Marxist-Leninists
- Apr 16, 2021 The Deceptive Appeal of Less-Democratic Organizing
- Apr 15, 2021 Why Horizontal? Why Democratic?
- Dec 4, 2020 The Non-Hierarchy Trap & The Inflexibility Trap
- Nov 12, 2020 From Spontaneous Movements to Effective Organizing
organizing audience
- Apr 22, 2024 We (And Our Organizations) Must Read, Reflect, & Write! Part 1
- Oct 31, 2023 The Scariest Thing
- Oct 3, 2023 Building Proletarian Internationalism
- May 25, 2023 The Idealist Organizer’s Mantra
- May 2, 2023 Putting "Praxis" into Practice
- Mar 28, 2023 §6 - Conclusion: Socialist Electoral Strategy in the USA
- Mar 28, 2023 §5 - Strategy and Tactics for Socialist Electeds in a Bourgeois State
- Mar 27, 2023 §4 - Strategic Principles for Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §3 - Self-Moderation Pitfalls and Considerations for Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §2 - Structural Limitations on Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §1 - Electoral Strategy for Socialists in the USA
- Feb 25, 2023 Las Vegas DSA’s Very Good Statement on Electoral Strategy & Where I Differ
- Sep 18, 2022 “Dignity” is Not Enough. We Need Power.
- Sep 4, 2022 A Pitfall to Avoid in Mass Line Organizing
- Aug 30, 2022 Organizing Between Crises: Tenant Union Case Study
- Aug 16, 2022 Defining ‘Material’ and ‘Social’ Relations
- Oct 12, 2021 The Most Useful Epigraph I've Encountered
- May 1, 2021 Lessons From / Criticisms Of: Anarchists and Marxist-Leninists
- Apr 16, 2021 The Deceptive Appeal of Less-Democratic Organizing
- Apr 15, 2021 Why Horizontal? Why Democratic?
- Dec 17, 2020 Survival of the Institutional Interests
- Dec 4, 2020 The Non-Hierarchy Trap & The Inflexibility Trap
- Nov 12, 2020 From Spontaneous Movements to Effective Organizing
philosophy audience
- Nov 27, 2022 Why ‘Nonviolent Communication’ Seems So Strangely Effective
- Aug 16, 2022 Defining ‘Material’ and ‘Social’ Relations
- Oct 12, 2021 The Most Useful Epigraph I've Encountered
- May 7, 2021 A Sellarsian ‘Self’ & Kantian Sources of Obligations
- Dec 17, 2020 Survival of the Institutional Interests
- Nov 27, 2019 Concepts, Methods, & Heuristics in Proofs and Refutations - Chapter 1, §4
- Nov 8, 2019 Concepts, Methods, & Heuristics in Proofs and Refutations - Chapter 1, §§1-3
- Oct 18, 2019 An Asymmetry in Is/Ought
- Jun 18, 2019 Fruitful Explication in Philosophical Investigations
- Jul 13, 2018 David Hume on the Foundations of Promises
- Aug 9, 2017 The Liar's Paradox: A Supertask?
- Jul 23, 2017 Notes & Reflections on “Why Do Socialists Talk So Much About Workers?” with Vivek Chibber
- Jun 26, 2017 Knowledge as a Form of True Belief; Understanding as Forms of Justified Belief
philosophy of mathematics
- Nov 27, 2019 Concepts, Methods, & Heuristics in Proofs and Refutations - Chapter 1, §4
- Nov 8, 2019 Concepts, Methods, & Heuristics in Proofs and Refutations - Chapter 1, §§1-3
proletarian grief/healing
- Sep 24, 2024 Acting well after loss, and avoiding self-harming grief
- Sep 24, 2024 Facing loss head on
- Sep 24, 2024 Beyond religion and spirituality
- Sep 24, 2024 How we got here
semantics
- Feb 11, 2021 Finding Meaning in Paragraph Breaks
- Nov 14, 2019 The Buck Stops in the Space of Reasons
- Sep 10, 2019 When Meaning Isn’t Use
- Aug 9, 2017 The Liar's Paradox: A Supertask?
stray thoughts
- Jun 20, 2024 Finding Some Semblance of Meaning, Five Years Ago
- Jun 3, 2024 A Few Quotes That I Return To (Part 3)
- Apr 22, 2024 We (And Our Organizations) Must Read, Reflect, & Write! Part 1
- Nov 28, 2023 Non-Violent Communication is the Marxist Alternative to the Language of Bourgeois Rights
- Oct 31, 2023 The Scariest Thing
- Oct 3, 2023 Building Proletarian Internationalism
- Sep 22, 2023 One More Thought on Marxist Materialism & Deontology
- Sep 22, 2023 Small Thoughts on Marxist Materialism & Deontology
- May 25, 2023 The Idealist Organizer’s Mantra
- Feb 4, 2023 Tips for Reading a Bit More
- Oct 28, 2022 Fascists are Building "Dual Power" in the Social Influence Space
- Sep 18, 2022 “Dignity” is Not Enough. We Need Power.
- Sep 4, 2022 A Pitfall to Avoid in Mass Line Organizing
- Aug 30, 2022 Organizing Between Crises: Tenant Union Case Study
- Jul 27, 2022 Addendum: Tariffs, and Regions Favoring their own Capitalists
- Jul 1, 2022 Monopolies Before the Crisis: Monopolies Fetter Economic Efficiency
- Nov 15, 2021 What a Leftist University Might Look Like: Profit-Oriented vs Socially-Oriented Fields of Study
- Nov 15, 2021 A Tale of Conservative University Sociology
- Nov 11, 2021 Recent Readings (Nov 12, 2021)
- Nov 2, 2021 Rosa Luxemburg, the 2008 Crisis, & the Marxist Approach to Economics as a Science
- Oct 14, 2021 A Few Quotes That I Return To (Part 2)
- Oct 12, 2021 The Most Useful Epigraph I've Encountered
- Jun 5, 2021 A Few Quotes That I Return To
- Jun 4, 2021 Left Doomerism, After Watching ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’
- May 1, 2021 Lessons From / Criticisms Of: Anarchists and Marxist-Leninists
- Apr 18, 2021 An Illuminating Link Between Philosophy and Science
- Mar 25, 2021 Motivated Reasoning in Ethics
- Feb 11, 2021 Finding Meaning in Paragraph Breaks
- Dec 30, 2019 Speed (in the Brain, on Social Media, and in Government)
summary
- Feb 25, 2023 Las Vegas DSA’s Very Good Statement on Electoral Strategy & Where I Differ
- Jan 15, 2023 So About That Rosa Luxemburg Quote On Freedom...
- Jan 3, 2023 Contradiction in the Capitalist Mode of Production
- Nov 27, 2022 Summarizing ‘Nonviolent Communication’ by Marshall B. Rosenberg
- Oct 28, 2022 Fascists are Building "Dual Power" in the Social Influence Space
- Aug 16, 2022 Defining ‘Material’ and ‘Social’ Relations
- Jul 1, 2022 Summary + Marxist Analysis of Market “Disruption”
- Jul 1, 2022 So Do Conglomerates Inevitably Fall Apart, Or What?
- Oct 12, 2021 The Most Useful Epigraph I've Encountered
- Dec 17, 2020 Survival of the Institutional Interests
- Sep 26, 2020 Three Points About Socialism-As-I-Understand-It
- Dec 30, 2019 Speed (in the Brain, on Social Media, and in Government)
- Nov 27, 2019 Concepts, Methods, & Heuristics in Proofs and Refutations - Chapter 1, §4
- Nov 14, 2019 The Buck Stops in the Space of Reasons
- Nov 8, 2019 Concepts, Methods, & Heuristics in Proofs and Refutations - Chapter 1, §§1-3
- Jun 29, 2019 Game Theory, the Military Industrial Complex, & Privatization of Public Goods
- Jun 18, 2019 Fruitful Explication in Philosophical Investigations
- Apr 13, 2019 Simplicity and Sense-Data
- Mar 30, 2019 Left Revolution & the Madisonian Model
- Jul 18, 2018 Notes & Reflections on "Does Human Nature Make Socialism Impossible?" with Adaner Usmani
- Jul 13, 2018 David Hume on the Foundations of Promises
- Jan 10, 2018 Consequentialism and War-Crime Trials
- Aug 9, 2017 The Liar's Paradox: A Supertask?
- Jul 23, 2017 Notes & Reflections on “Why Do Socialists Talk So Much About Workers?” with Vivek Chibber
- Jun 26, 2017 Knowledge as a Form of True Belief; Understanding as Forms of Justified Belief
synthesis
- Sep 24, 2024 Acting well after loss, and avoiding self-harming grief
- Sep 24, 2024 Facing loss head on
- Sep 24, 2024 Beyond religion and spirituality
- Apr 22, 2024 We (And Our Organizations) Must Read, Reflect, & Write! Part 1
- Oct 31, 2023 The Scariest Thing
- May 2, 2023 Putting "Praxis" into Practice
- Mar 28, 2023 §6 - Conclusion: Socialist Electoral Strategy in the USA
- Mar 28, 2023 §5 - Strategy and Tactics for Socialist Electeds in a Bourgeois State
- Mar 27, 2023 §4 - Strategic Principles for Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §3 - Self-Moderation Pitfalls and Considerations for Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §2 - Structural Limitations on Socialist Electeds
- Mar 27, 2023 §1 - Electoral Strategy for Socialists in the USA
- Feb 25, 2023 Las Vegas DSA’s Very Good Statement on Electoral Strategy & Where I Differ
- Jan 3, 2023 Contradiction in the Capitalist Mode of Production
- Nov 27, 2022 Why ‘Nonviolent Communication’ Seems So Strangely Effective
- Jul 1, 2022 Summary + Marxist Analysis of Market “Disruption”
- Nov 15, 2021 What a Leftist University Might Look Like: Profit-Oriented vs Socially-Oriented Fields of Study
- May 7, 2021 A Sellarsian ‘Self’ & Kantian Sources of Obligations
- Apr 15, 2021 Why Horizontal? Why Democratic?
- Mar 25, 2021 Motivated Reasoning in Ethics
- Dec 17, 2020 Survival of the Institutional Interests
- Dec 4, 2020 The Non-Hierarchy Trap & The Inflexibility Trap
- Nov 12, 2020 From Spontaneous Movements to Effective Organizing
- Dec 30, 2019 Speed (in the Brain, on Social Media, and in Government)
- Nov 2, 2019 Two Ways of Thinking About ‘Meta’-ness
- Oct 18, 2019 An Asymmetry in Is/Ought
- Sep 10, 2019 When Meaning Isn’t Use
- Jul 23, 2019 Where to Put My Time and Effort? On Effective Altruism
- Jun 18, 2019 Fruitful Explication in Philosophical Investigations
- Apr 13, 2019 Simplicity and Sense-Data
- Mar 30, 2019 Left Revolution & the Madisonian Model
- Dec 8, 2018 Asymmetries of Information: Intellectual Property & Social Capital
- Jan 10, 2018 Consequentialism and War-Crime Trials
- Jun 26, 2017 Knowledge as a Form of True Belief; Understanding as Forms of Justified Belief
thinking tools
- Sep 24, 2024 Facing loss head on
- Apr 22, 2024 We (And Our Organizations) Must Read, Reflect, & Write! Part 1
- May 2, 2023 Putting "Praxis" into Practice
- Mar 27, 2023 §2 - Structural Limitations on Socialist Electeds
- Sep 4, 2022 A Pitfall to Avoid in Mass Line Organizing
- Aug 30, 2022 Organizing Between Crises: Tenant Union Case Study
- Aug 12, 2022 Conservative Disinformation vs. Marxist Analysis
- Apr 18, 2021 An Illuminating Link Between Philosophy and Science
- Apr 15, 2021 Why Horizontal? Why Democratic?
- Mar 25, 2021 Motivated Reasoning in Ethics
- Dec 17, 2020 Survival of the Institutional Interests