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taiwanese grass jelly herb (3.1/5) (cooling, bitter mint sensation that feels light but has an intense climate. apparently, when steeped with agar agar or gelatin, it can thicken into a jelly. however, i would prefer to drink the herb as is.) "And surely you have seen, in the darkness of the most innermost rooms of these huge buildings, to which sunlight never penetrates, how the gold lead of a sliding door or screen will pick up a distant glimmer from the garden, then suddenly send forth an ethereal glow, a faint golden light cast into the enveloping darkness. How in such a dark place, gold draws so much light to itself is a mystery to me. Modern man, in his well-lit house, knows nothing of the beauty of gold, but those who lived in the dark houses of the past were not merely captivated by its beauty, they also knew its practical value, for gold in these dim rooms, must have served the function of a reflector. Were it not for shadows, there would be no beauty." Tanizaki'...
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thoughts on hegel and the simulation

 The "simulation theory" was always bizarre to me-- the idea that our reality may be a computer simulation created from the hands of a more advanced civilization. It's a philosophy that's been redone over and over in science fiction literature for decades but it is hard to refute when reading Hegel's take on cultural evolution. 

The cultural consciousness is always desiring and it will always hunger for form. The Hegelian understanding of culture is rooted in the process of alienation and confrontation from what is different from oneself, what is different from you, and what is different from me. The modern imperative of being cultured should no longer be understood as the free development of personality but as our being in a constant dialogue with the finest values of ourselves and questioning the beyond. There really is no realm in heaven or a transcendental standpoint, but only the actual living world of cultural expression and socio-political association.

Why is it so hard to accept the splendor of our existence without giving reason to fantastical apparitions? 

Personally, I would like to accept the heavy penalties of existing, simply for the sake of existing.











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