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Male kind’s illusion. International marraige. Korean women’s illusions and irresponsibilty.
This is a good article, but honestly, the question it brings foremost to my mind is whether it’s possible to create pop music that isn’t sexual fantasy. I think the answer might be no.
Sun Tzu and the Concubine Army
The Grand Historian Ssu-ma Ch’ien gives the following biography of Sun Tzu: Sun Tzu was a native of the Ch’i State. His “Art of War” made him famous and earned the attention of Ho Lu, King of Wu. Ho Lu said to him “I have carefully read your 13 chapters. May I test your theory […]
Inner Beauty
What a beautiful article by a Korean feminist. It’s nice to get different perspectives on what we usually think of as a strictly Western thing.
Part One – Dr. McN, Professor CL and the Niceness Trap
Where does leadership come from? I’d like to start this series by telling you about the best and worst teachers I ever had. This is partly because I feel the story is interesting, partly because I want to recognize and thank the previously mentioned best teacher and partly because this will work better if we […]
Power and Persuation
Query: Of what importance is goodness in the weak? The righteously ineffectual fall like all the rest. in reply “Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.” – Nicollo Machiavelli Query: The most useless of our philosophers are fond of saying ‘great men are almost […]
Break Time, A Love Letter to Yoon-mi on her birthday.
Annyeong Jaggi, I’m on break. You know how humid it gets in Geumsan. I’d love to shower but I’ve got to visit the security office. The security ajeoshi smokes and he’s old and he wants my foreigner card. He wears anti-tanning arm protectors so his skin won’t get dark. This is ridiculous – his skin […]
Using the Internet to Diagnose Myself Via the Notoriously Precise Science of Dream Analysis
I recently realized that I’m living a repressed, empty life of debauchery, gluttony and uncontrollable bellybutton lint. As such, I’ve abandoned all my “intellectual” pursuits in order to immerse myself in the new age. No more philosophy. Plato is dead to me. Science holds no more charm. You can no longer lead me astray with […]
Anti-Asian Article From 1900
This is a challenge for my readers – an intellectual exercise. Regardless of whether you are pro-immigrant or not, and regardless of where you are from, I’d invite you to try and make an anti-immigrant argument that doesn’t follow the form of this hilariously dated and super racist article from the height of the Yellow […]
How I Loved Justice and Hated Humanity and Why it Made Me Miserable
Growing up, I was kind of a golden boy. My teachers thought I was smart and respectful. Strangers complimented me for being honest and polite. Friends thought I would be a big success. I had a family I could – and did – brag about. Society liked me and I liked society back. We had […]
Murrietta the Moral Fights Corporate Greed, Part 1
Murrietta the Moral has a problem. Her boss, Maurine the Mercenary, wants to develop the idyllic Bullseyesian tribe’s land for Capitalism Berry farming. She thinks that by cozying up to corporations, she can increase the province’s tax revenues and help out under-funded schools. Oh, the naivete. The corporate exploitation of indigenous peoples’s resources has always […]
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