My Ghost in the Machine

Why is the topic of death a "no-go-zone" in the Western imagination? What is it about Western culture that makes the Western imagination unable to cope with the problem of death?

We've all heard Nietzsche's declaration. "God is dead and we have killed him". But, what we seldom get to hear is what made Nietzsche arrive at this conclusion.

This Video/audio essay explores the question of whether “God” exists or not, from a traditional Western philosophical and psychoanalytical perspective.

Essay explores Baudrilliard's nihilistic views from Simulacra and Simulation (1981). This is the essay that's showcased in the original Matrix movie in Neo's copy of Simulacra and Simulation.

Short audio essay that explores the "philosophical backstory" of the Matrix Franchise and its debt to the French philosopher, Jean Baudrillard.

Christmas, as a mid-winter celebration, was only introduced into Christianity roughly 300 years after its inception. The early-Christian community did not celebrate Christmas. Nor does Christmas appear, in any shape or form, in the Early-Christian literature.

My Ghost in the Machine Philosophy Audio Essays Podcast

Conspiracy theories are on the rise. But, are they the products of flawed reasoning and/or a person's intellectual shortcomings, or are they the expression of much deeper underlying collective traumas?

The Hebrew God of Genesis is dead. The Hebrew God of Genesis remains dead, and we have killed him" –declared Nietzsche over 120 years ago. Okay. But, what now? What is a culture supposed to do after it has dismantled its central existential meaning script? Well, the masterpiece game NieR: Automata (dubbed the most philosophical game ever made) has a number of interesting ways of approaching this question.

What is the difference between a person’s sex and their gender? In this video/podcast essay, we look at how NieR: Automata examines the feminist philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir through the Amusement Park Boss (i.e., Simone/Beauvoir).