#58 On the conditions of knowledge
Dear Jamie, Years ago I heard a story (possibly apocryphal) that after the space race the Russian and American space agencies made things unnecessarily complicated and expensive for themselves when
Category: Letters
#57 On the key (and lock) to knowledge
Dear Mat, This is a long letter but I feel we’ve alighted on a fundamental, multifaceted philosophical difference and it’s what I’ve been researching full time for several years so I’ve
#56 On systems and their yardsticks
Dear Jamie, I love snide but every part of your second paragraph tells me you didn’t understand my last letter at all. But the gut/unconscious is a good topic. The
#55 On the unconscious
Dear Mat, Apologies for the lateness but I was on my own European jaunt and was equally if not more appalled by the moribund ivory tower I encountered at an
#54 On surviving for a living
Dear Jamie, In 2009 I went on a trip to Europe. The year before I had read the life-turn-upside-downing 4 Hour Workweek and made a bunch of friends from all
#53 On equipment for living
Dear Mat, One of my favourite formulations of literature — as opposed to myth — is Kenneth Burke’s claim that it is equipment for living. Literature provides us with new perspectives
#52 On reasons for selection
Dear Jamie Damn it man all I wanted was an exact explanation of the hierarchy of value boiled down into a sentence or two. What good are you? I’d like
#51 On quality
Dear Mat, Could there be a cult based on Hamlet? Sure, cults (short lived belief systems) spring up all over the place all the time. But I’m pretty sure it would never become a religion