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  1. Some_porcupine

    Agora reads: Capitalism Realism by k-punk (Mark Fisher)

    https://archive.org/details/capitalist-realism-is-there-no-alternative/mode/2up
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    • Thread
    • capitalism capitalist realism critical theory cyber capitalism escapism future that never was late-stage capitalism mark fisher noscap nostalgia rosy nostalgia
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: /lit/ - Literature
  2. nsequeira119

    DLE And How To Approximate Reality

    I'm not sure I've ever written about DLE before, but I figured this would be a good place to write up a basic introductory guide- what DLE is, how I discovered it, and why I now use it as a guiding philosophy in all fields. DLE stands for "Direct Life Experience," and I present it as an...
  3. nakadashi

    Is it even ethical to have children?

    It seems that at any given point in history the following holds true: world's fucked up, man. No matter what year it is, there is always a reason for which to abstain from having kids, not to mention most people with kids had them for the same reason most people buy pets, that is, an impulsive...
    • nakadashi
    • Thread
    • afraid brain control critical theory demoralization double standards everything-crisis generation y high standards kids on internet manchild moral panic morality postmodernism raised online(?) responsibility self-aware selfish series on cancelled futures spoiled urges control
    • Replies: 168
    • Forum: Philosophy, & Paranormal
  4. manpaint

    Social media and "the true state of reality"

    From what I have seen on the Internet, it seems that people that didn't grow up with social media tend to have a more positive opinion regarding life in general. Americans tend to date the start of the current "dark age" as the day 9/11 happened, but as a Canadian who grew up in a post 9/11...
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    • boring new reality critical theory critical thinking criticism opposition positivity post-truth reality raised online(?) reality social influence social ingeneering social media social political tptb weird reality world you were raised in (for) no longer exists
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: General Discussion