Why We Need a Formal, Mandatory, and Remunerated “Citizen Lobby”
At the end of the twentieth century, the end of the Cold War suggested that freedom and democracy were the name of the game....
Secrecy, Democracy, Necessity
While transparency has become the constant refrain of democratic politics, executive branch officials consistently seek to insulate their activities from public scrutiny.
A recurrent rationale...
Good Work and Class Conflict
Work, in the words of Karl Marx, is a “means of life” in two senses. It is, first of all, an instrument for human...
Iris Murdoch’s Psychology of Haunting: Fantasy, Ethical Attention, and the Spectral Past
Iris Murdoch’s fiction is filled with the uncanny and the weird: drowned bodies, vampiric presences, telekinetic objects, angelic visitations, prophetic dreams, and adolescent “feyness.”...
Just Fake! Why Generative AI Art is a Myth
The year 2018 was a turning point in the debate about AI art. This was when Christie's offered the Portrait of Edmond de Belamy,...
Why Do I Advocate for the General Use of the Term “So-Called Artificial Intelligence”?
This post was originally published in Kronika: Filozofski magazin as “Zašto predlažem opću upotrebu naziva ‘takozvana umjetna inteligencija’?” It has been translated by the author and...
Harold, Maude, My Dad, and Me
My father’s birthday recently passed. To honor his memory, I decided to rewatch the 1971 cult classic Harold and Maude, which he once told...
Will Pricing Algorithms Spell the End of the Fair Market Price?
I hate haggling. I spent a lot of my life living and working in countries across the Asia-Pacific, where open negotiation for purchases is...
The Humanities Challenge: Expanding the Circle of Philosophy
“Philosophy is, or should be, a kind of magic. It is not an escape from but rather a new window—or many windows—onto our lives....
Dune’s Discomfort with Religion
Every adaptation puts a spin on the source material. Dune: Part One (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), by director Denis Villeneuve, are infused...