“The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity. (One is unable to notice something—because it is always before one’s eyes.)” Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations, §129

Art comes from bears, construction comes from beavers and agriculture comes from bison. The role of animals in the development of culture: aeon.co/essays/did-ani…

“If we think of the world's future, we always mean the place it will get to if it keeps going as we see it going now and it doesn't occur to us that it is not going in a straight line but in a curve & that its direction is constantly changing” Ludwig Wittgenstein: culture & value

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Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

⚜️ The most personal is the most universal. ~ Carl Rogers

Art is sort of dead in the way people conceive of it and this idea of "our era needs more great art" is just a form of nostalgia. We basically need to rethink from first principles what it means to engage in important projects of "creativity".

YouTube 2025 recap: straining to make declarations about my identity from my watching football highlights, philosophy, workout videos, and rap beefs.

Finally getting around to Emily Herring ‘s Henry Bergson bio and it’s wonderful - weaving his ideas with stories of his life. Style feels very congruent with his sense of time as accumulating in and through life - rather than time as an abstract space that life passes through.