My Ghost in the Machine
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Philosophy video/audio essays on the world and history of ideas, culture, existentialism, human perception, dreams, the problem of death, and other related topics.
My Ghost in the Machine
2y ago
Why is the topic of death a "no-go-zone" in the Western imagination? What is it about Western culture that makes the Western imagination unable to cope with the problem of death?  ..read more
My Ghost in the Machine
2y ago
We've all heard Nietzsche's declaration. "God is dead and we have killed him". But, what we seldom get to hear is what made Nietzsche arrive at this conclusion ..read more
My Ghost in the Machine
2y ago
Video explores the question "does God exist?" from a traditional Western philosophical and psychoanalytical perspective ..read more
My Ghost in the Machine
2y ago
Essay explores Baudrilliard's nihilistic views from Simulacra and Simulation (1981). This is the essay that's showcased in the original Matrix movie in Neo's copy of Simulacra and Simulation ..read more
My Ghost in the Machine
2y ago
Short audio essay that explores the "philosophical backstory" of the Matrix Franchise and its debt to the French philosopher, Jean Baudrillard ..read more
My Ghost in the Machine
2y ago
Christmas, as a mid-winter celebration, was only introduced into Christianity roughly 300 years after its inception. The early-Christian community did not celebrate Christmas. Nor does Christmas appear, in any shape or form, in the Early-Christian literature ..read more
My Ghost in the Machine
2y ago
Conspiracy theories are on the rise. But, are they the products of flawed reasoning and/or a person's intellectual shortcomings, or are they the expression of much deeper underlying collective traumas ..read more
My Ghost in the Machine
2y ago
The Hebrew God of Genesis is dead. The Hebrew God of Genesis remains dead, and we have killed him" –declared Nietzsche over 120 years ago. Okay. But, what now? What is a culture supposed to do after it has dismantled its central existential meaning script? Well, the masterpiece game NieR: Automata (dubbed the most philosophical game ever made) has a number of interesting ways of approaching this question ..read more
My Ghost in the Machine
2y ago
What is the difference between a person’s sex and their gender? In this video/podcast essay, we look at how NieR: Automata examines the feminist philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir through the Amusement Park Boss (i.e., Simone/Beauvoir ..read more