Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 04/12/2025That's in part because people weren't inclined to go a read his source inspiration Kojeve. 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Because the whole programme is cherrypicked quotes to get uncritical thinkers to reject something they don't understand. You don't even have to read Derrida's own writings, find some expositors who seem reputable and sympathetic to his projects and read that. 110
Reposted by Eric BrownElizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 17/11/2025In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...eruditorumpress.comOn Incomputable Language: An Essay on AIAn incidental consequence of having written a book on tech-fascism and the so-called rationalist movement is that I find myself periodically queried for my thoughts on artificial intelligence. On the ... 1624987
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 23/11/2025this was great. The point that we don't really know a lot about the brain is an important one that is missed a lot, as well as the role of hormones and embodiement. Treating the brain like a simple machine for thought, independent of all of that I think is sometimes called the Cartesian brain. 010
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 14/11/2025It's that time in the semester www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXAx...youtube.comThe Last Starfighter - Death Blossom (1984)YouTube video by EyesOn1y 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 14/11/2025www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2aq...youtube.comJeff Beck and ZZ Top - Ernie Ford's SIXTEEN TONSYouTube video by Indivo 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Does she have the woodcock for conservation purposes? It can't be pet? 120
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Idly wondering for no good reason (no sarcasm) what Kojeve would have made of Iain Bank's Culture 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 11/11/2025When my students ask me when I'm going to have their papers graded I'm just going to say, "Who's the sacrifice? I'm the sacrifice." 110
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Going to give a talk on global financial systems and power relations tonight. Harrowing, but fun I hope! 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 07/11/2025I don't want to think about what prompted him to develop an interest in Weimar culture 050
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Markets, the central feature of microeconomics and macroeconomics, are a theoretical artifact mostly irrelevant to how the economy of the world works. 011
Reposted by Eric BrownElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/10/2025Trump is pushing private equity and crypto into YOUR 401(k) – putting your retirement savings at risk. These shadowy markets lack strong guardrails to keep your money safe. We can’t let Wall Street gamble with Americans’ hard-earned savings. 27660195
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Either way, I would not make what is a family matter and a matter of conscience a public spectacle. 140
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 31/10/2025I called my mom's best friend Aunt. I think this thing may well be pan-cultural or at least widely common. 110
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 31/10/2025The article should be titled "Drug Dealers take Stand Against Pervasive Corruption" 020
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Gen Z's politics is going to be a convoluted mess like everyone else's. 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Wars of religion typically go well for all involved. 0190
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 30/10/2025People would just find a way to get the car drunk. 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 27/10/2025It's the decadent disdain of the elite for the rest of us. 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Economics in public discourse now means: "What would the Reagan Administration do?" 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Those last three under #2 would be the one of the most economically stimulative and progressive (v. regressive) economic moves they could make 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 26/10/2025ok, roasted chick peas with honey and sesame seed are excellent 130
Reposted by Eric BrownChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/10/2025Well, Fam, just found out our health insurance is jumping from $1700 to over $3000 a month. And we still have to wait till Nov 1 to see more options—when the site will probably crash because everyone will be freaking out at the same time. 708103413388
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Zohran is not ready to make NYC the best city ever. 000
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 26/10/2025If anyone knows her position on the invasion of Ukraine, that would be appreciated 130
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Alien is always good, even if you're familiar with it 000
Reposted by Eric BrownEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Either this ends with some sort of truth and reconciliation process where a very large number of people go to prison for a very long time or we will take a short pause and then start doing it again, but worse. 723173794
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 25/10/2025He's willing to make the necessary sacrifices, are you? 170
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Hephaestus: we should acknowledge that a lot of his disruptive behavior was due to the fact that he was bullied as a child, and that he can speak out on that important issue. 0110
Eric Brown @ericbrown13.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I've been in favor of abolishing the Senate, but not this way. 040
