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COVID19 and the post-human era

The coronavirus has hastened the post-human era – TechCrunch “In the mid-1970s, Professor Fereidoun M. Esfandiary decided to change his name. From then on he would be legally called “FM-2030.” Conventional names define a person’s past: ancestry, ethnicity, nationality, religion. I am not who I was ten years ago … The name 2030 reflects my…

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The old 光華商場

Excavated many years now but it was nice to see this photo of 光華商場—spent many a fine hour browsing this underground network of semi-legal software shops, manga stores, and used bookstores in the late 90s

EROS AND THANATOS: A Nondualistic Interpretation: The Dynamic of Drives in Personal and Civilizational Development From Freud to Marcuse