Category: Culture and Society
Well, well, well…look who’s so interested in *culture* and *society* all of a sudden…
Seriously though, this is the archive of all the posts in the Culture & Society category. Snoop around – who knows? maybe you’ll find something interesting.
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It All Frays Apart
doomer’s guide part 3 It All Frays Apart One thing that gets lost a lot these days is that Societal collapses take time & it’s not going to collapse in any sort of uniform way – and while the general…
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2020, or Year 1 of the Collapse
doomer’s guide part 2 2020, or year 1 of the collapse ahhh… who doesn’t look back at 2020 with a certain nostalgic fondness? me and millions upon millions of others, that’s who. In this section, I situate my own personal…
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Cue The Music
doomer’s guide part 1 Cue The Music! full disclosure: I have not been handling the end of the world very well at all. “a doomer’s guide to getting right with the apocalypse” began as a way to analyze my way…
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In Defense Of Democratic Art
Aesthetics & Worldviews Full disclosure: there’s a good chance I’ll end up talking about art and/or aesthetics quite a bit in this column, because it is something I like to talk about. So, in this lil what-have-you I’m just gonna…
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Poco A Poco (Little By Little)
Little By Little: A Way of Being in the World Literally “little by little” – a simple enough saying, but like everything else…context, context, context. In my experience, this is one of the most Mexican sayings there is. And again,…
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Some (Hopefully Coherent) Thoughts On Authenticity and Integrity
Authenticity & Integrity Okay, so these are two terms that I see thrown around a lot, and honestly the way they are usually used (and even a lot of their uncommon usages tbh) kinda suck donkey butt. And the reason…
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Why There Are No Doomers In Mexico
La Esperanza Mexicana First off, I haven’t done a freakin poll, the title is a rhetorical device to bring your attention to the fact that doomerism (or more accurately defeatism in general) just didn’t take root there like it did…
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Why Won’t You Debate Me, Bro?: A Brief Foray Into Context And Meaning
Context And Meaning: First Context, Always Context… Okay, so I’m gonna try to keep this short, so I can use it to reference back to when the topic comes up. And this one certainly comes up. A lot. I’d say…
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A Doomer’s Guide to Getting Right with the Apocalypse
Cue The Music doomer’s guide part 1 Cue The Music! full disclosure: I have not been handling the end of the world very well at all. “a doomer’s guide to getting right with the apocalypse” began as a way to…
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![Tropical beach at sunset. There is a silhouette of a youth pointing toward the sky. The Words The Beautiful & The Doomed" are in large blue letters. "by Nathaniel Murphy" is in black script above the youth]()
Column: The Beautiful & The Doomed – The Why’s What’s & Wherefor’s
So there’s a good chance that if you found your way here then you are both beautiful and doomed. In fact, I’m one hundred percent sure about one of them, and sorry honey but I’m only pretty sure that you’re…
