Category: philosophical counseling

• May 3, 2019

  Great Mystery #3: At Ry Hojskole

  Overview “Great Mystery #3: At Ry Hojskole” was a live performance held at Ry Hojskole in Denmark on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Program Notes Start listening at 6:35. Locations Ry, Denmark (students) Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (me) The Opening Monologue I’m a philosopher, and tonight’s performance will be philosophical, artistic, and perhaps even a bit mysterious.…
• April 16, 2019

  IEC Podcast: Philosophizing In The Age Of Total Work

  My friend Peter Limberg interviews me on his Intellectual Explorers Club podcast. It’s a beautiful conversation, one well worth listening to. I hope you enjoy.  
• April 8, 2019

  My IHMC Talk: The Brief Story of How Work Took over the World and Made Us Who We Think We Are
• April 2, 2019

  The Great Mystery #2: At The Lunga School

  Since the summer of 2017, I’ve been experimenting off and on with an artistic-philosophical form sometimes called “The Philosopher Is Present” and sometimes called “The Great Mystery” or something else. “The Way of Mystery” may be the current name. A couple of weeks ago, I recorded the latest version of this improvisational piece, this time…
• November 19, 2018

  My Latest Quartz at Work: WeWork and Google Offices are a lot like Exploitative Company Towns of the Past

  The piece begins: At VideoAmp, a software and data platform, CEO Rory McCray “encourages an environment where his employees practically live at the office,” the BBC reported in February 2017. Personal trainers, yoga instruction, meals, and games are all provided at the Santa Monica office, and employees come in early, get “addicted to productivity” and often stay…