Jonathan Cobb
Anathema and Absolution
We are fallen creatures, and none of us makes it through this life without doing harm to others.
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Jonathan Cobb
- Aug 15
- 22 min
The Smartest Guys in the Room
As our civilization spirals toward self-destruction, our would-be tech saviors are looting everything from under our noses.
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Jonathan Cobb
- Mar 24
- 8 min
The Matter With Neuro-Sophistry
The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist has a fascinating premise - that we as a culture have become overly rationalistic,...
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Jonathan Cobb
- Sep 23, 2021
- 25 min
Logos
A widespread upheaval took place in a remarkable time period known as the Axial Age. In the space of a couple centuries, religious...
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Jonathan Cobb
- Aug 2, 2021
- 24 min
Technics
Technology is so pervasive in our society that it is the primary metric by which we tend to measure other cultures of past and present....
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Jonathan Cobb
- Jul 31, 2021
- 18 min
Consciousness
A type of eschatology has emerged in the modern world that sees hope in the evolution of consciousness. This idea stems from German...
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Jonathan Cobb
- Jul 28, 2021
- 29 min
City and Community
Human beings are social creatures. The species Homo sapiens sapiens survived these past 150,000 years not by strength, stamina, or...
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Jonathan Cobb
- Jun 24, 2021
- 12 min
Genesis
In the beginning was creation. First there was existence created out of nothing, then form out of the formless void, then light and...
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Jonathan Cobb
- Jun 2, 2021
- 6 min
Pedagogical Society
The world today is dominated by capital. The logic of capital accumulation drives all manner of social institutions, including those that...
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Jonathan Cobb
- May 31, 2021
- 6 min
Power and Civilization
One area where I differ from Marxists and much of the left in general is that I believe liberation requires an analysis that goes deeper...
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Jonathan Cobb
- May 27, 2021
- 1 min
Welcome to my blog
So, I'm giving blogging another try. My usual modes of intellectual output are "social media hot take" or "working on a book I never seem...
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Thanks for your interest in Letters from the Eschaton, a blog for hot takes on politics, philosophy, and spirit from the eschaton. For more information, feel free to get in touch and I will get back to you soon!
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