Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 7
Nietzsche emphasizes the difficulties we will encounter as we attempt to abandon morals and see the world as it is -free from natural laws and order and subject only to the interplay of power. If noth...
9 Jan 20min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum - Strikes at The Louvre
An example of what it means to think with VALUES as opposed to FINANCE. Not saying the workers are correct, though I agree with them, but that their arguments are coming from an entirely different val...
7 Jan 13min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 8 - Governments (Part 1)
Democratic governments are globally unpopular and part of the reason is the bind the Late Capitalist logic places them in. Growth and investment GOOD we should do MORE so everything keeps getting BETT...
5 Jan 47min
Reading Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" - Ep. 6
So now Nietzsche wants to point out how systematically our cultures and grammar influence our capacity to think philosophically - further undermining the notion of Philosophy as an arbiter of transcen...
2 Jan 26min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum on Landlords and Tenants
I ran into such a perfect example of financialization - stepping in between landlords and tenants for rent payments - I just had to share. I try to be cynical, but I can’t keep up.Sign-up for Wes’s PA...
31 Des 202510min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 7 - Ethics
The elimination of all measures of worth besides price leaves us lost in a world where, with the removal of price, we have no ability to make judgements whatsoever. This is perhaps the single most deb...
29 Des 202544min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide - Addendum on Gaming
A response to some comments about Steam and a note on an interesting quote from Andre Gide.Sign-up for Wes’s PATREON to get your questions answered by Wes!Plus, gain access to course materials, readin...
23 Des 202514min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 6 - Spotify and the Destruction of Culture
Spotify represents a case study in how the logic of Late Capitalism ramifies throughout our lives in ways that destroys fundamental aspects of our culture. Our love of music is leveraged to destroy th...
22 Des 202551min
