Void

Thinking and feeling this tragic ambivalence that the animal only undergoes.

[GothamChess @GothamChess]

Magnus Carlsen in the next Candidates?

[Void @VoidLr]

< 2016: Pre-political stage
2016-2017: Vaguely leftist
2018: Aristocratic Utilitarian
2019: Centrist
2020: Kantian Libertarian
2021: Anti-woke Leftist
2022: Accelerationist
2023: Anti-political (?)

[Paul Schofield @pschofie79]

A professor once said to me that a good reason to be a professional philosopher is that we're the people who sort of keep philosophy alive in the world. Most will never revolutionize anything. But because of your average professors doing their thing, philosophy persists (1/8)

[Matt McManus @MattPolProf]

Sartre once said that reactionaries insisted on choosing when their words were intended seriously. Today this has progressed to levels of cheap irony and superficiality, where they'll not only go back and forth but insist the frustration felt by their opponents is part of the fun

[Jonathan Birch @birchlse]

If a fictional character says "I am a fictional character" in the fiction, are they saying something true or false?

[darius. @_dariussimpson]

what’s a random line of poetry you say aloud or in ya head from time to time unprovoked?

[Jonas Čeika @Jonas_Ceika]

Some people think that family abolition is a "new left" idea. In truth, not only did Marx and Engels hold this position, the early Bolsheviks did so too. They believed that, with socialism, the family would wither away, and they directed their social policies towards this end.

[Existential Comics (find me on bluesky) @existentialcoms]

Why are ethics questions always like:
"is it ethical to steal bread to feed your starving family?"

And not:
"is it ethical to hoard bread when families are starving?"

[Liam Bright @lastpositivist]

I agree, we should do this

[Lex Fridman @lexfridman]

A bunch of folks mocked me for including "basic" books in my reading list (Orwell, Camus, Hesse, Dostoevsky, etc.)

I picked many books that I love and have re-read multiple times. They are not basic. They are profound.

In 2023, I hope for less mocking and more celebrating.

[Void @VoidLr]

@aguacatedealer @lukemckinney awh that’s cute 😂

[Matt McManus @MattPolProf]

Brilliant stuff; probably the clearest argument I've encountered for extending democratic principles to the workplace and economy as a whole

[Alana Cho @AlanaChoREAL]

What do I have to do to get attention from @btmclive and @Maxwaldo_ 😭

[Void @VoidLr]

@christapeterso 18 gang here- can’t imagine being 37.. that’s so scary 😖

[tania 🪆 @boywaif]

I had a french professor who once said if you just did something like going to the supermarket and experienced it fully without the goggles of habit and catégories you would go crazy with pure sense and joy. I think about it all the time. In a way this is all for him.

[Void @VoidLr]

@atx_ar @Casey I just finished my Chemistry A Levels this year 😂

I do plan to major in it though, it’s an interesting subject. Sadly outside of chemistry most people seem to think: chemical = bad

[Void @VoidLr]

@atx_ar @Casey Yup, so it’s not just what the molecule is made of, but also it’s structure and bonding that determines whether a compound is safe :)