Month: August 2016

• August 23, 2016

  Philosophy and Linguistic Tyranny

  Philosophy is no match for linguistic violence. Aggressive assertion bordering on the ad hominem can only elicit meditative silence or, egged on into heedless reaction, mad rhetorical venom. Philosophy not only cannot compete but also dies when language gets armed, and armed language cannot be disarmed by the probing question. Moral probity and great earnestness, both taking shape…
• August 9, 2016

  The Future of Play

  In which I argue [here’s the link] on LinkedIn against two conceptions of work–work as drudgery and “meaningful work”–and then go on to propose that play should take precedence over work. The argument on play (human beings as homo ludens) needs, in the future, to be extended considerably to order to bring out its supreme value…