Is identity just an Onion, a collection of social roles and digital profiles? If you peel those layers away, is there anything left at the center?
I’d rather be a Peach.
There has to be a solid core that isn't for sale or "optimized" for a profile. To me, "taking the peach" is how we maintain our agency in a world obsessed with our outer layers.
My new essay: https://ronaldraadsen.substack.com/p/ill-take-the-peach-on-the-nature?r=5lwmoo
#Philosophy #Identity #HumanFirst #SlowWeb #Substack
I spent decades looking at ledgers. Now, I'm looking at the ledger of identity.
My latest piece for the relaunch of my Substack explores "The Identity Ledger", bridging corporate management models with Byung-Chul Han and the Zhuangzi to see how we maintain our "profiles" in a digital world.
Most of us learned philosophy as a Western story. A South African philosopher named Mogobe Ramose argues that wasn't an accident. I came across his essay "The Struggle for Reason in Africa" and wrote up my reading of it. If you ever wondered whose voices are missing from the philosophical conversation, this might be worth your time.
https://ronaldraadsen.substack.com/p/outside-the-canon-my-reading-of-ramoses #Philosophy #AfricanPhilosophy #Decolonization #Ubuntu #Epistemology #Humanities #Theology #CriticalThinking
Lakota philosophy refers to money as "Green Frog Skin"—a poignant warning against mistaking a medium of exchange for the life force it represents.
After 40 years in accounting and finance, I see the same pattern in organizational life: a "pleonexia" where the pursuit of more drives out actual meaning.
I’m exploring these intersections of wisdom traditions and modern business.
https://terraphilosophica.substack.com/p/green-frog-skin
#Philosophy #Ethics #Theology #IndigenousWisdom #BusinessEthics
Sri Aurobindo bridged revolutionary politics and spiritual philosophy with a radical idea: the Divine isn't complete until fully expressed on Earth.
New essay on embodied #spirituality, the four stages from seeking to fulfillment, and what this means for everyday ambition.
"What part of the Divine might be clawing its way into existence through your work, your failures, your most ordinary morning?"
#Philosophy #SriAurobindo #IndianPhilosophy #Theology #Contemplation
Meister Eckhart on contemplation vs action:
"What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action."
Short read on why our addiction to productivity might be planting the wrong seeds.
🔗 https://open.substack.com/pub/terraphilosophica/p/the-harvest-depends-on-what-you-plant?r=5lwmoo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false #Philosophy #MeisterEckhart #Contemplation #Productivity #TerraPhilosophica #Theology #Ethics
