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  • Recycling is for Peasants

    Ordinary people are pressured to adopt eco-friendly practices while the wealthy continue harmful habits, such as using private jets. This creates two moral realities: one for the elite, who face no consequences, and another for the average citizen, who bears the burden of guilt and regulation.

  • Life is Your Fault – Navigating Freedom

    We all want to be free, and most of us believe that we are. The question of whether we truly are free or entirely determined is one of the oldest debates in philosophy. And as we set out to examine the forces of biology, genetics and society, it becomes harder to deny that many aspects…

  • Stoicism or Emotional Suppression? How Extreme Stoicism Becomes Toxic

    Stoicism has long been celebrated as a philosophy which helps those who practice it overcome life’s hardships. And though I don’t suggest we reject stoicism entirely, I argue that hidden beneath the surface of its austerity is a logic that, if carried to its extreme, starts to resemble the phenomenon of “toxic positivity”—the denial of…

  • The Train of Thought: a metaphor | Philosophy Shorts

    The passage reflects on life as a fleeting journey, likened to a train ride where moments and encounters vanish too quickly. The narrative explores themes of uncertainty, the passage of time, and the stories shared among passengers, revealing that while we seek understanding, we often remain strangers to one another and our true destinations.

  • Is the world meaningless — or do we just want it to be?

    Is the world meaningless–or do we just want it to be? How do our beliefs and confirmation biases shape the philosophical theories we choose to believe in?