What is the universe without human consciousness? Strangely, not much! Or so I argue! 

We prefer machines to people and mechanical precision to messy human qualities. What is this but our love of death over life! Or so argue Byung-Chul Han and Erich Fromm! 

Aristotle and Kant argue for two very different ethical outlooks. I definitely prefer one to the other! 

We live in an age increasingly dominated by black and white thinking. When we leave no room for the complexity and ambiguity of reality, the outcome is going to be perilous. 

The French philosopher Montaigne made the exploration of selfhood the most important thing in his life. How does his project compare to today's version of self-fashioning? 

Beneath today's trend of optimizing everything lies some deep philosophical and existential problems. 

Ahead of their age, awaiting ours: Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche!

Our growing distrust of expertise and of universities is terminally stupid. We will all pay the price. 

Abstract time and space sever our ties to place, rhythm, and responsibility! Or so argues the philosopher and ecologist, David Abram! 

When religion becomes shallow it's no longer truly religion. Many philosophers have warned us of this, of religion being reduced to self-serving functions.