Tag: zombie culture

Absurdity Beyond All Expectations—Read My Latest on Splice Today . . .

Michael Davis

Read it here: https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/william-barr-and-the-subversion-of-justice

Surpassing Meritocracy: the Artist’s Way

Michael Davis

There are many different paths to greatness, not just the ones most commonly identified by conformist culture.  As long as your basic needs are met, where you put your energy—how you pursue excellence—is completely your business.  Realizing this can be difficult and gradual. It seems true, even if we admit that discourses (value systems) will… Continue reading Surpassing Meritocracy: the Artist’s Way

The Heat Death of a Wandering Star

Michael Davis

A fortune teller in Northern California looked at my palm and said, “You’re going to lead an unnaturally long life.”  Then she slid my money back across the table and added, “I feel bad for you.”  This was in 2008 or 2009.  My memory of the year is less distinct than the mournful expression on… Continue reading The Heat Death of a Wandering Star

Read my latest on Splice Today . . .

Michael Davis

Read it here: https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/attacked-on-the-street

Goop?

Michael Davis

I love Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop media franchise-festival-website-train wreck-tent revival-circus because it's so bad, so transparent, so cynical, so marketed to the sad and the gullible, that it's good.  It fails so spectacularly that it inadvertently succeeds at being something else: not just more disingenuous commerce beneath a layer of new age double-talk, but, like Gwyneth herself, a… Continue reading Goop?

STEM, Scientism, and the Decline of the Humanities – my latest on Splice Today

Michael Davis

Read it here: https://www.splicetoday.com/on-campus/stem-scientism-and-the-decline-of-the-humanities