Monthly Archives: April 2019

Slavoj Zizek Vs Jordan Peterson: An Assessment

Posted on April 27, 2019 by David Roman

I wrote a preview for this debate weeks ago, so here’s my (I suppose) informed assessment of how it went. Spoilers: it went very much like I expected but, of course, not exactly in the same manner. I anticipated three … Continue reading →

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La escatología musulmana en la Divina Comedia

Posted on April 26, 2019 by David Roman

Leyendo “Lo que Europa debe al Islam de España” (1999), de Juan Vernet, encontré un largo comentario sobre este libro-discurso que presentó Miguel Asín Palacios en 1919 con ocasión de su entrada en la Real Academia de la Lengua Española. … Continue reading →

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The Downsides of a World Government (2)

Posted on April 24, 2019 by David Roman

(The first part is here) Ancient China offers an excellent example of an ossified system that lost all capacity to innovate and adapt: after the Qin and then the Han dynasties unified the countries just before the start of the … Continue reading →

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Grandes Exitos de Juan Negrín

Posted on April 20, 2019 by David Roman

Planteo esta entrada más bien en el espíritu de los discos de “grandes éxitos” de cantantes o grupos musicales, Los Chunguitos, Bertín Osborne, etc, que como una descripción detallada de grandes éxitos políticos o vitales de Juan Negrín. Aunque supongo … Continue reading →

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The Downsides of a World Government (1)

Posted on April 9, 2019 by David Roman

Sometime ago, the brilliant Robin Hanson posted a thought-provoking piece about a clearly unintended consequence of a world ruled by a single government: a rising likelihood of human extinction via collective suicide. This needs some explaining but not much. Hanson’s … Continue reading →

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