Tag: economy

  • arts and artificial intelligence

    Art is a subset of our culture, reacting to new technological innovations, ideas, and politico-historical moments. To decide to protect…

  • to de-frag the self is tyrannical

    There exists within you an "economy of selves." However, let’s call it a community or a troupe, where each personality…

  • therapy vs fetish / unconscious vs conscious

    The therapist helps you uncover your subconscious drives. The fetishist knows their drives and bypasses social normalization (productive socialization) to…

  • Desire as economic model

    If desire produces more desire, then our desire is to chase desire itself. It’s all about the pursuit, with the…

  • Scarcity vs. solar economy

    Our universe functions on a super-abundance of energy: the sun freely shares massive amounts of energy, yet we are concerned…

  • Channeling Excess

    Society produces excess and then must channel it, either into conquest or religion, or conspicuous wealth. This frivolous expenditure, this…

  • Abundance of Life

    Bataille discusses the excessiveness of the general (solar) economy in nature, yet we often apply a scarcity mindset: "I only…