Constructive Criticism

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Aug 29, 2023
Book release: “The Elementary Concepts of Historical Materialism”
The cover Announcing a release of an English translation of Marta Harnecker’s Los conceptos fundamentales del materialismo histórico, or The Elementary Concepts of Historical Materialism in English.…
Aug 27, 2023
“Parametricity” is now “It’s Dusk Somewhere”
For many years this blog was called Parametricity. I am no longer that interested in type theory, so I am renaming the blog to reflect its new content, which is mostly Marxism.…
Aug 10, 2023
Walking Past the Apocalypse: The Material Roots of Anti-Human Philosophy in 2020s San Francisco
Most of us are familiar with the potential discomfort of passing a person begging on the street. Some stop and give some money or food, some stop to say they don’t have cash, most try to avoid eye-contact and walk past.…
Aug 4, 2023
Poem for eternity and the social nature of the human
My words are not mine and yours are not yours And neither were Shakespeare’s so don’t worry Echos Or reverberations…
Jul 26, 2023
First thoughts on ‘Mute Compulsion’
Mute compulsion is a very nice book. So far I’ve read the first few chapters and found it to have one the most accurate and sophisticated description of Marxism I’ve seen written in a single place.…