HeyJaredThe Existential Pulse
The Existential Pulse is a philosophy blog that explores topics I don't often have the opportunity to address. I publish whenever I like.
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In conversation with Andi and Greg from the Stoic Heart. (opens the original)
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As I start a new venture, I have decided to practice my conversational skills. Here , and I talk about their new work I decided to agree with Andi that radio is supreme. Also, nobody really wants to stare at my face for over two hours. So I have made this a radio-style show available in the new modern ‘podcast’ format.Also, fair warning that this is the first time I have done anything like this (regular readers will know that I am not one for preparing anything for Substack; I just do it), and I
Death and Grief part 2 (opens the original)
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Remember the talk I gave at a community centre? Here is part 2 of that:Right, so welcome back, guys; nice to see that you all returned to hear more of this excellent discussion. Er, we left it at death, didn’t we? Specifically, we were gearing towards what death actually is. We said death isn't simply the body stopping - like a kind of mechanical cessation - and there seems to be something about the loss of the person: the loss of the person as someone who is conscious, aware, remembers things,
Digital life (opens the original)
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Images! Videos! media! Oh my…(sorry George Takei) But really. We as a culture have become obsessed with images - the simulacra of Baudrillard, The cave according to Plato, Digimodernism according to Alan Kirby, and technological realism according to me.But why has this gone under analysed for so long? Well, it hasn’t because it is like a niche interest - like a Packers fan at a Golf tournament - however, it clearly is not at the forefront of everyone’s mind and that is the digital panopticon whe
A few useful bits and pieces (opens the original)
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After my survey’s went out and were met with uncontrollable success, I now have a better idea of what people are after. To my surprise, many of you wanted some suggestions for music, films, books, and the like. Well, I like to keep a paying audience happy, so here are some things I have enjoyed lately:Most Played SongsAmon Amarth - Eight Legs of Thunder… Read more
Reflections of a first-gen philosopher part 4 (opens the original)
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Once again, it is time to hear the thoughts of me as I write them out in a continuous movement - like a goddamn orchestra - without much in the way of a care or a worry about what you think about it. We talk a lot about AI, don’t we? It’s either the death of thinking or the next best tool for it. But let us look at one of the most recent clauses used by… Read more
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