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fromVulture
1 week ago

Euphoria Recap: Act Like You Deserve It

Euphoria frames Rue’s church moment as a fragile return to warmth after a nihilistic turn driven by corrupting environments.
Television
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"Euphoria" Has Become a Thrilling, Disturbing Horror Show

Euphoria's third season amplifies its extreme portrayal of a nihilistic America, focusing on chaotic relationships rather than traditional character development.
fromApaonline
2 weeks ago

Creation as Cosmic Revelation: AI and the Purpose of Human Existence

My thesis is the creation of AI is not merely the most significant technological event in human history-it is a cosmic revelation. It is the moment at which the universe's purpose becomes most legible to itself. And quantum AI (QAI), by harnessing the fundamental uncertainty woven into the fabric of matter, deepens that revelation in ways we are only beginning to reckon with philosophically.
philosophy
fromQueerty
4 weeks ago

Emails show the depth of Peter Thiel & Jeffrey Epstein's sinister relationship - Queerty

One of the most infamous exchanges between Epstein and Thiel occurred when Britain seceded from the European Union. Epstein predicted that Brexit is 'just the beginning' of a vulture-capitalist dystopia.
US Elections
philosophy
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Are You a Nihilist or Anhedonic?

Nihilism questions inherent meaning, while anhedonia, a depression symptom, may overlap with it, posing risks if misinterpreted as a philosophy.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Move over stoics! Why we should all embrace nihilism and discover what really matters in life | Gemma Parker

I was suspicious, even cynical, about what the world insisted was vital to the life of my unborn child. I was partly sceptical because so much of the advice I was getting was contradictory. But I was also suspicious because I'd spent most of my 20s reading Nietzsche. Nietzsche is not, perhaps, a natural choice for a young mother. But he helps to fuel certain questions about values, and purpose, that are central to questions of care.
philosophy
fromArtforum
3 months ago

Distress Signals

This sprawling installation (or in the New York gallery's parlance, "spatial collage") had transformed the Wooster Street space into a warren of rooms and hallways that resembled a series of stage or film sets, including a "clandestine drug lab," a Chinatown basement store, and a pirate radio station. I gingerly navigated through half-destroyed walls and over uneven floors strewn with detritus, escaping with vivid memories of one of the strangest contemporary art experiences to be had in those years.
Arts
fromFast Company
3 months ago

Why 'nihilist penguin' is the mood of the moment

"One of them caught our eye, the one in the center," Herzog explains as he narrates the documentary. "He would neither go toward the feeding grounds at the edge of the ice, nor return to the colony. Shortly afterward, we saw him heading straight for the mountains, some 70 kilometers away. Doctor Ainslie explained even if he caught him, and brought him back to the colony, he would immediately head right back for the mountains. But, why?"
Film
Film
fromVulture
4 months ago

The Bone Temple May Be the Best Thing Ralph Fiennes Has Ever Done

Ralph Fiennes delivers a multifaceted, essential performance in The Bone Temple that anchors the film's ideas and emotional core.
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

Schopenhauer's Advice to Gifted Children

Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, unfortunately, didn't have much to offer us in his consolations about death, but, more importantly, he succeeded in helping us believe that life was worth living, even if this was somewhat unintended; he was a nihilist through and through. Philosopher David Bather Woods, in his new book Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist, chronicles Schopenhauer's life and thought in a manner resembling a parable.
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fromPsychology Today
9 months ago

Finding Meaning in a Meaningless World

In the 21st century, despite living in a golden age of information and connection, many experience a growing crisis of purpose and an overwhelming sense of loneliness.
Digital life
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fromPitchfork
10 months ago

Wavves: Spun

Wavves' King of the Beach remains influential 15 years later, though recent works reflect a fatigue in Nathan Williams' lyrical themes.
philosophy
fromApaonline
11 months ago

Jacobi, Husserl, and the Guises of Nihilism

Nihilism, coined by Jacobi, critiques philosophy's denial of intrinsic individual capacities, linking this denial to the concept of nothingness.
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