essays

here are some articles i've written about (or want to write) various things i really really care about, i care about so much they will be too long for my journal. all these are in an endless cycle of being edited. cause i kind of want to read a ton of stuff in relation to them before they will ever be fully "complete" essays. but having them exist i think will give me a more consistent ideology that hopefully will make me smarter if i do it right..

the role of the arts under marxism [soon]

the pragmaticism of making art and it's purpose in dialetical materialism. on providing social commentary and the neglected mode of persuasion: pathos. on feeling like a privileged bystander.

social media consumption and manufactured consent[soon]

the culture industry, social contact becoming a commodity, parasocial relationships, my love and hate of the internet.

spending my days and why [07.25.24]

on escaping the inevitable march of time and the impossible struggle to live meaningfully. why i choose to do with my time the things i do. on confronting death as a way of constantly improving one's life, the necessity of acknowledging death day-to-day. on confusion in moral navigation.

book reviews

books i've read and my personal interpretations/summaries of them.

4000 weeks - oliver burkeman[soon]

on making the most out of our limited time... approaching productivity not as a way for us to produce more commodities and for companies to further valorize our surplus-labor, but to enrich our lives and make desicions to do the things we love instead of being misled by what distracts us.