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“The perfection of character is this — to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without laziness, without pretense.”
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“The human good proves to be activity of soul in accordance with virtue, and if there are several virtues, in accordance with the best and most complete virtue.”
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“Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.”
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“Happily we live, we who possess nothing; feeders on joy shall we be, like the radiant gods.”
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Classic Books
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A Cyborg Manifesto
A philosophical guide to Donna Haraway's A Cyborg Manifesto, exploring the cyborg as political figure, boundary breakdowns, and posthuman feminism.
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Alone Together
A philosophical guide to Sherry Turkle's Alone Together, exploring the robotic moment, the tethered self, and why we expect more from technology and less from each other.
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Library Record 03
Data Feminism
A philosophical guide to Data Feminism by D'Ignazio and Klein, exploring the seven principles of data feminism, power, and the justice of data science.
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Library Record 04
Human Compatible
A philosophical guide to Stuart Russell's Human Compatible, exploring the limits of the standard model of AI, the control problem, and provably beneficial machines.
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Library Record 05
Life 3.0
A philosophical guide to Max Tegmark's Life 3.0, exploring the three stages of life, the control problem, and the futures of artificial intelligence.
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Library Record 06
Questioning Technology
A philosophical guide to Andrew Feenberg's Questioning Technology, exploring critical theory of technology, instrumentalization, and democratic rationalization.
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Latest Wisdom
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Digital
A philosophical exploration of the digital condition: what it means to live in the infosphere, how digital environments shape attention and identity, and the wisdom of being human in a wired world.
Archive entry · Updated 2026-08-17
Wisdom
Humanity
A philosophical exploration of what it means to be human in an age of enhancement, machines, and transformation: the dignity of the human, the question of human nature, and the wisdom of remaining human.
Archive entry · Updated 2026-08-17
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Innovation
A philosophical exploration of innovation: what it means to create something new, the relation between novelty and the good, and the wisdom of innovating without being enslaved by novelty.
Archive entry · Updated 2026-08-17
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Privacy
A philosophical exploration of privacy as a condition of freedom and dignity: the value of the private sphere, the costs of surveillance, and the wisdom of protecting the space of the self.
Archive entry · Updated 2026-08-17
Featured Learning Paths
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Philosophy of Technology & AI Ethics: A Learning Path
A structured learning path through the philosophy of technology and AI ethics — from Heidegger and Ellul to machine ethics, digital humanism, transhumanism, and the future of work.
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Epistemology & Theory of Knowledge: A Learning Path
A structured learning path through epistemology, from classical foundations to contemporary debates about knowledge, justification, and truth.
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Existentialism and the Meaning Crisis
A learning path through existentialism and the meaning crisis: freedom, nihilism, absurdity, anxiety, and the search for meaning from Kierkegaard to Yalom.
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