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my notes on continental philosophy/category theory
Last updated: June 1, 2025
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Date: June 1, 2025 at 01:03
This was the title of a Substack article I saw linked in a Discord thread a few days ago. It was presented as "a really good article about how any legitimacy given to suicide harms potentially suicidal people." Someone else called it "moving." I clicked on it with an optimistic attitude.
My opinion quickly soured as I read on...
Date: May 23, 2025 at 21:58
It's become socially acceptable outerwear in university, high school, and even middle school. It's ubiquitous enough to raise zero eyebrows. This is in stark contrast to 20 years ago when it was considered risqué at best and offensive at worst. What does it say that what was once risqué is now neutral?
Does it mean people have become more open? Or does it mean they've become more prurient? Is this a victory for feminism or a loss? What does this all-too-fluid mass adoption signal about the structures that manage and oppress women at large?...
Date: May 15, 2025 at 02:42
There's a story I read recently. A woman detailing how she escaped a life wrapped in poverty and psychological chaos, raised by a paranoid schizophrenic mother, surviving off welfare, scraping through adolescence on a secondhand computer and a $28/mo internet connection she fought tooth and nail for. She learned to program. Built skills. Got a job. Made friends online. Helped a stranger survive a suicide attempt. Got into university. Graduated with a PhD and makes a living doing what she loves.
And at the end of this harrowing, incredibly human story, she leaves us with a single message:...