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Seeds3 posts
Carrying the Red Flag Against the Red Flag: Huang Qifan's Market LogicA technocrat who runs the numbers to the decimal — and still has to borrow someone else's language to say what he means.Some Roads Leave You with Ability or Insight — Most Are Simply WalkedNo road is walked in vain sounds encouraging, but it doesn't survive scrutiny — some roads are simply walked.Think More, Move Less?Thinking a lot is not the problem. Treating it as the precondition for acting is. What you save is a few months; what you lose is the momentum to begin.
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Essays3 posts
The Society of the Spectacle, ExtendedDebord said modern society descends from 'being' to 'having,' then to 'appearing.' Today it is not only the image that has been downgraded, but thinking itself.The Craft of Weaving MeaningBefore asking why 'narrative' has gone sour, go back to a more primitive question: why can't people live without stories? Through three lines — cognitive, psychological, and social — this essay traces where it came from.From the Redemption of Meaning to SubjectivismWhen everything is called a 'narrative,' objective reality is downgraded to linguistic construction. Through the rise and fall of the Western 'narrative turn,' this essay traces where the trend came from in China and where it is heading.