New blog post on the philosophy of history. https://statelegitimacy.com/2024/01/24/cause-effect-history-truth/
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The problems at RTE may be symptomatic of a more general decay in the legitimacy of state institutions, where the rules don't hold so fast any more.
https://statelegitimacy.com/2023/06/28/the-legitimacy-of-institutions-and-political-decay
Can we find a synthesis between spirituality and science?
https://statelegitimacy.com/2023/06/17/resurgent-or-synthetic-romanticism/
Can we find a synthesis between spirituality and science?
https://statelegitimacy.com/2023/06/17/resurgent-or-synthetic-romanticism/
Certain events in history stand out, and capture the imagination. Are they really that important, or just shiny reflections of light in a wide river of inevitable temporal flow?
https://statelegitimacy.com/2023/05/24/the-drama-of-revolution/
"What's the biggest number you can imagine?"
"Uhhh..."
"Now double it!"
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/05/17/irelands-dpc-said-to-hit-meta-with-record-privacy-fine-over-us-data-transfers/
"Uhhh..."
"Now double it!"
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/05/17/irelands-dpc-said-to-hit-meta-with-record-privacy-fine-over-us-data-transfers/
Finished the course on Moriarty last night. What struck me I think was the extent to which his ideas were personal, and local. This is no universal philosophy - it's just a man telling a story.
https://statelegitimacy.com/2023/04/11/the-mysticism-and-ecological-sensibility-of-john-moriarty/
Jennifer OuelletteA Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from school libraries. Here’s their full challenge. The parent writes that the book should be considered indecent under Utah’s new book banning law, after seeing the other titles that have been pulled.
“Incest, onanism, bestiality, prostitution, genital mutilation, fellatio, dildos, rape, and even infanticide,” the parent wrote in their request, listing topics they found concerning in the religious text. “You’ll no doubt find that the Bible, under Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-1227, has ‘no serious values for minors’ because it’s pornographic by our new definition.” https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/03/22/utah-parent-says-bible-contains/
A Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from school libraries. Here’s their full challenge.
A Utah parent wants their school district to review the Bible for inappropriate content and possibly remove it, calling it “one of the most sex-ridden books around.”
There's a lot of talk about Irish Unity, and a shared island, and all that. But being a country has changed a lot. So let's think about what a country is for, and what hypocrisies we might be able to shed, as we design a new future. https://statelegitimacy.com/2023/03/19/the-idea-of-ireland/
