8 min read ⌚ Critique of Political Economy They don’t even bother translating the title to make it sound scarier, ha? “Das Kapital” – you have to agree – sounds way more frightening than “Capital,” and “Karl Marx” is a more intimidating author than “Marx and Engels” (the latter sounds as if a corporation, doesn’t it?) […]
Category: Philosophy
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Summary
7 min read ⌚ A Book for All and None Many years before Harari imagined the advent of Homo Deus, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote about Man as the missing link between the Beast and the Overman. And the myth of the eternal return. And the widely misunderstood death of God. There you go – the three main […]
Beyond Good and Evil Summary
9 min read ⌚ “There is no such thing as moral phenomena,” writes Friedrich Nietzsche, “but only a moral interpretation of phenomena.” And in “Beyond Good and Evil” he tries, in his poetic and aphoristic best, to put a question mark over the historical validity of the latter. Who Should Read “Beyond Good and Evil”? […]
Plato at the Googleplex Summary
5 min read ⌚ Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away Plato’s name is still relevant in the modern world. How can an ancient philosopher’s ideas still be applied to everyday life? Who Should Read “Plato at the Googleplex” and Why? “Plato at the Googleplex” is a book about contemporary issues that we encounter in our everyday lives, […]
How to Create a Mind Summary
8 min read ⌚ The Secret of Human Thought Revealed Humans are capable of doing so many things computers will never be, right? Show me a computer capable of thinking, writing symphonies, loving, etc. – and I’ll show you a flying pig. Don’t put your mouth where your money is, says Ray Kurzweil. Because you will […]
Meditations on First Philosophy Summary
5 min read ⌚ How do we know that reality is what we think it is? How do we know that what we see is true? Descartes believes he has the answer to such perennial questions: our ability to think. Who Should Read “Meditations on First Philosophy” and Why? “Meditations on First Philosophy” is a classic, […]
