The Thinking State

Independent perspectives on power, tech, governance, and political imagination curated by @NoorKamaranomer
Based in Iraq · Writing in English

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The Richest Man in Babylon - https://t.co/1rmaorFfmu

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There is a peculiar violence at the heart of the human story. We are, by most theological accounts, made in the image of God. Formed deliberately, breathed into, crowned with reason and moral weight. Then why do we have a desecration problem?
Read more: https://t.co/WMgcYxzr3d

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Most people who pick up Plato’s Republic expect philosophy. Plato designed Book I as a kind of stress test for every lazy assumption we carry about power, knowledge, and what it even means to live well. Especially justly.

Read the latest from the thinking state (TS) on Book I of the Republic: Why the Fight Over Justice Actually Matters!

https://t.co/620ul2HccV

#therepublic #plato #justice #power #knowledge

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If AI were a woman… Sounds like a delusional probe, doesn’t it? Except it is not.

I asked a few friends to designate a specific female/male gender to AI chatbots. And to your surprise they all said if we were to choose a gender, it would be female. But why?

Want to know what AI said about “if AI was a woman?” Read throughout the essay here: https://t.co/AZWeUi9IWg

#AI #Women #power #intelligence

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To think is to command yourself. But how can one command self without the foundations of thinking and understanding?

Read the latest essay on “The Examined Life is Worth Living” https://t.co/DNwx3XGI4x

#philosophy #life #Socrates #Satre #Epictetus

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Why the United States Military Remains Structurally Dominant - https://t.co/UBjfSEpYOy

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Spartan soldiers gained a reputation for being nearly unstoppable in close combat.

We can see this clearly in the Battle of Thermopylae against the Persian Empire.
Even though they ultimately lost, a small Spartan-led force held off a vastly larger Persian army for days. How did they do it?

Explore the Agoge, the foundation of the Spartan way of life, or way of fighting!

https://t.co/homp0wEC42

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The Treaty of Zuhab in 1639 formalized territorial boundaries between the Ottoman and Safavid empires, yet it did not eliminate the underlying duality.

What emerged was not peace in a definitive sense, but a managed coexistence within a framework of enduring competition.

The photo is Sultan Selim “the Grim” infamous ruler of the Ottoman Empire who fought and won the Battle of Chaldiran against the Safavid and prevented the expansion of Shiaa Islam.

Credit: from the Chehel Souton Pavilion, Isfahan.

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Re-emergence of imperial memory between Turkey and Iran - https://t.co/kwNMo9BUmc

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Al-Farabi’s Virtuous City and Radical Political Thought - https://t.co/etS6qIxi2f

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Invasion: Between Fear and Ambition - https://t.co/fjMUxRszvt

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Understanding the Blonde Beast - https://t.co/x881TadK5z

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The Case Against War - https://t.co/fVfkBfzVQd

[Noor Kamaran @NoorKamaranomer]

I am pleased to launch my personal blog, The Thinking State. Please follow @thestatekurdish

This is a deeply personal endeavor shaped through an intellectual and professional lens, where I explore the ideas that emerge from what I read, write, observe, and think about.

The platform takes form through short essays, alongside live conversations hosted under Thinking in Public on X Spaces, where I engage with the central themes of the blog.

This essay introduces The Thinking State as a space for exploring power, institutions, technology, and political imagination.
Link: https://t.co/7fsrhVzHXx

I welcome and appreciate all feedback and reflections on the platform.

[The Thinking State @thestatekurdish]

What defines women’s relationship to the world? Or can it be defined at all? Check out The Thinking State’s latest article on “Women in Relation to the World”

Link: https://t.co/MGzjV5BEOi

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The Seduction of Power: A Thucydidean Reflection - https://t.co/PVOM333ilT

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Reputation, Networks, and Soft Authority - https://t.co/PahDmnAcMm

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Thinking as a Public Duty - https://t.co/eZjEKAesK7