Bad History Lessons with Prof. Jordan Peterson: Police Battalion 101

In May 1960, a team of Israeli Mossad agents kidnapped a man just outside his home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and brought him back to Israel where he would stand trial, be found guilty of genocide, and hanged.

Bill Nye — Not a Philosophical Guy (or why Paul Feyerabend is Important)

On The UBC Scandal

I have to admit that I did not intend to start this blog and have this be the first post, but it seems impossible at the…

A Critical Reading of Ian Bogost’s Alien Phenomenology — Part 01

Heraclitus’ Logos (And How it Powers Your Computer)

The “Haidt” of Controversy (Or Why Freedom of Speech is More Complicated Than We Think)

Freedom of speech is at once an astoundingly simple topic, and a very nuanced one. We all think it’s good — but what…

The Banality of Prejudice (A response to Adrian Chmielarz)

“I am struck again by the fact that as soon as a working man gets an official post in the Trade Union or goes into Labour politics, he becomes middle-class whether he will or no. ie. by fighting against the bourgeoisie he becomes…

Eating People — The Walking Dead and the Contingency of Human Rights

The question has been raised, What two men would do, who lived a solitary life in the wilds and met each other for the first time.

Hobbes, Pufendorf, and Rousseau have given different…

On Mad Max — The Game

The original Mad Max trilogy was several things at once. It was a product of the 80's. It was a source of Australian…