bartholomy

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The Moral Disease

Drawing on Foucault, Nietzsche, Arendt, Freud, and many more, this is a study of moral phenomena from the Axial Age philosophical revolutions, to the religious fervor of late antiquity, to the totalitarian movements of the 20th century, to the latest illuminating tales of the “immorality of morality” in our own impotent, absurd, and yet ominous age. Once again, the spirit of skepticism and healthy thinking is tested against the histrionic fictions of the protofascist: we seem bound to repeat our mistakes, but that should not compel the courageous and rational to preemptive silence.

I consider myself fortunate enough to have assembled the necessary pieces to call myself a "cognitive scientist": I’m a psychoanalyst by training, an engineer by necessity, and a meditation teacher by inclination.

I work as a consultant and research engineer in neuroscience and AI.

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