BRAINWASHED - Culture 01: Tragedy of Culture – Georg Simmel (2)

BRAINWASHED - Culture 01

Tragedy of Culture – Georg Simmel (2)

     Culture makes us happy. Civilization makes our lives worthy and valuable. At least, a creator aims to create more joy for life all the time.

     However, Georg Simmel (1858–1918) points out the tension between “objective culture” and “subjective culture” in modern society.

     The vast accumulation of products, technology, and knowledge produced by society grows too large and too complex, and overwhelms the ability of individuals to internalize and utilize these developments for our own self-development. 

BRAINWASHED - Dystopia 02: The Mathematical Romance – “Flatland” [Related Post]

BRAINWASHED - Dystopia 02

The Mathematical Romance – “Flatland” [Related Post]

“Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” (Remastered & Illustrated) (1884) by Edwin Abbott

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     The BEST and ONLY mathematical romance ever. But also a comical and poignantly cynical critique of Victorian society. “Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” (1884) by Edwin Abbott also challenges our narrow fixed ideas and prejudices through various dimensions.

BRAINWASHED - Mode 01: Philosophy of Fashion - Georg Simmel (1) [Related Post]

BRAINWASHED - Mode 01

Philosophy of Fashion - Georg Simmel (1) [Related Post]

     Georg Simmel (1858–1918) defines ‘fashion’ as a social form balancing the tension between individual differentiation and social imitation. It acts as a non-cumulative change mechanism, allowing individuals to conform to a group while distinguishing themselves from others. 

     Through fashion, you can belong to a society, and at the same time, express your unique personality.

BRAINWASHED - Soviet Mentality 01: Soviet Mentality – the Negative Legacy

BRAINWASHED - Soviet Mentality 01

Soviet Mentality – the Negative Legacy

     As a Russian speaker, I have maintained friendships and relationships with people from the former Soviet Union (the USSR) for decades. Actually, I’m NOW writing this post in Kyiv, Ukraine, in the middle of the ongoing war.

     Of course, there exist millions of people with millions of personalities in each nation ALL over the World. So I should refrain from concluding a specific nation’s personality as the one. Having said that, no one can deny the fact that there are specific archetypal inclinations of the personality in a specific country, even in a region, a state, a city, or a community, reflecting their unique history and traditions.

BRAINWASHED - Algorithms 01: The Big-Brother Algorithm – X (formerly Twitter)

BRAINWASHED - Algorithms 01

The Big-Brother Algorithm – X (formerly Twitter)

     I loved and enjoyed Twitter for over a decade. But it's a shame the X (formerly Twitter) is NO longer Twitter in fact. The X algorithm is a malicious Big Brother to watch and control public opinion as they like. 

BRAINWASHED - Dystopia 01: The Future of Humankind – H. G. Wells (1)

BRAINWASHED - Dystopia 01

The Future of Humankind – H. G. Wells (1)

“The Time Machine” (Oxford World's Classics) (1895) by H. G. Wells

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     Surprisingly, H. G. Wells (1866–1946) wrote this monumental, very impressive science fiction at the end of the 19th century (1895). It's yet a decade earlier than Albert Einstein (1879–1955) published the special relativity in 1905, and then the general relativity in 1915.

BRAINWASHED - Bushido 01: Bushido Philosophy of Death [Related Post]

BRAINWASHED - Bushido 01

Bushido Philosophy of Death [Related Post]

“Bushido means to die.” — This is the famous declaration at the beginning of the book “Hagakure (葉隠; meaning ‘Hidden by Leaves’).” The “Hagakure” is one of the few books systematically expounding the Samurai’s code of conduct, written by a Samurai, Tsunetomo Yamamoto (山本 常朝; 1659-1719) in the Edo period as a spiritual and practical guidebook for Samurai.

Having said that, a Samurai was NOT mandated to give up his Life easily in vain. If so, a Samurai didn’t need to carry two Katanas (刀; Samurai swords) on his waist all the time to protect his own Life. Everyone, including you and me, is destined to die somehow at a moment in our lifetime, even though NO one knows When the end will come. NO human has ever lived without dying over millions of years without exception. So it’s the most important, How to die, and What for to die at any time when we MUST die anyhow.