by orchaeus | Sep 27, 2020 | Status Update
“Far from being restricted to a limited number of pathological cases, as American theoreticians suggest, the double bind—a contradictory double imperative, or rather a whole network of contradictory imperatives—is an extremely common phenomenon. In fact, it is...
by orchaeus | Sep 27, 2020 | Status Update
Salesman: Interested in a new car? Customer: Well, sort of. Salesman: What’s your fancy? Customer: Do you have anything that has, like, all kinds of new and unpredictable ways to crash into things, explode, fall apart, and turn ordinary life into a cascade of...
by orchaeus | Sep 26, 2020 | Status Update
Old language: “What’s going on?” New language: “What’s not going on that we’re pretending is?”
by orchaeus | Sep 26, 2020 | Status Update
It struck me that our concerns are like an inner solar system. They are the ‘lights with gravity’ that draw us into thought, reflection, trance, fear, ecstasy, wonder, learning… or, if inverted, become like terrifying absences or confusions…...
by orchaeus | Sep 26, 2020 | Status Update
So, there’s this »really weird problem with asking public questions on FB. Don’t let’s start with my longstanding position on this platform. Which has, for more than a decade, been one of studious opposition. If we ask each other questions here, and...
