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Inheritance, inequality, and the price of birth

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 20:11:02 +0000

Introduction: Hägglund’s critique of time and its limitations
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Martin Hägglund’s This Life got me thinking with its fundamental ethical critique of capitalism. His central thesis: our lifetime is our most precious asset, and yet in the capitalist system it is put to work, controlled by others, exploited. We work more efficiently, more productively—and yet we do not get this time back. It flows into profits, not into freedom.

The end of authenticity – Why products no longer have a soul

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 13:55:27 +0000

An essay on the quiet disappearance of cultural design and the “race to the bottom”

Introduction: When products still told stories
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There was a time when you could tell where a product came from just by looking at it. Italian cars were beautiful, eccentric, often unreliable, but full of charm. Japanese cameras were minimalist, pragmatic, precise. German kitchen appliances were heavy, robust, and functional. Products were ambassadors of origin and attitude. They bore a signature, a cultural semantics, sometimes even an ethic. A toaster could be “German.” A radio could seem Italian. A camera from Japan not only had functions, but also an implicit value proposition.

Freedom Without Choice

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:07:12 +0000

Why moral judgment is possible (and necessary) without free will

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In a world where political outrage, moral sensitivities and mutual recriminations dominate public discourse, the idea that no one is really ‘at fault’ seems radical. No politician, no criminal, no human being – not even Donald Trump. I subscribe to a harsh determinism: the idea that every thought, every feeling, every action is causally produced by preconditions. There is no free will in the metaphysical sense. And that is precisely why it is possible to treat people with deep empathy – without condemning them. But that does not mean we are defenceless.

When understanding isn’t enough: Stoic frustration in an irrational world

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:10:16 +0000

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There are days when I wonder if I am the problem. If it is narcissistic to keep asking myself why so many things around me are so obviously wrong. But the answer is no. It is not arrogance, but a painful attempt to survive in a world that does not understand itself. I understand the causes, the mechanisms, the psychological and social driving forces. And yet I am frustrated. Perhaps even because of this.

Society on IRRGANG.DEV

Inheritance, inequality, and the price of birth

Introduction: Hägglund’s critique of time and its limitations #

The end of authenticity – Why products no longer have a soul

Introduction: When products still told stories #

Freedom Without Choice

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When understanding isn’t enough: Stoic frustration in an irrational world

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Introduction: Hägglund’s critique of time and its limitations
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Introduction: When products still told stories
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