In Hägglund’s reluctance to articulate institutional forms of democratic socialism or a clear path to get there, he actually presents an elusive utopia that we just have to believe in.
Category Archives: The Sophist
Plato’s Nightmare in Maduro’s Venezuela
The specter of an ancient threat to liberty, prosperity, and basic human dignity haunts the Caribbean world today.
Through High Street Gate
An open society invites different people to be part of the discourse. An open society welcomes dissent.
Justifying Nonviolence: A Comparison of King’s Moral and Practical Critiques of Violence
King’s practical arguments against violence are more compelling than his moral arguments because they more effectively demonstrate the weaknesses of violence in the context of the civil rights movement.
E-legal: Law in the Age of Automation
Imagine an omnipotent system that could detect whenever a law was broken, whether on the internet or in real life.
Hilma af Klint 1862-1944
Why has it taken so long—more than an entire century—for af Klint to receive the recognition she deserves?
Rebuilding the Online Acropolis
How do we save online forums from themselves?
An Interview with Francesca Minerva, Co-Founder of The Journal of Controversial Ideas
“Everyone should read the journal until there’s something that’s made them angry, in a sense, there’s something they’ve agreed with, and there’s something they’ve found unexpected.”