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Academic working on the intersection of philosophy, technology, and colonialism.
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Every modern conflict is a struggle between technology and spirit. Technology wins in the short term, spirit wins in the long term.

Sikhs need to build a culture of nuanced discussion more than anything else.

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ਪਿਆ ਵਸਦਾ ਰਹੇ ਝਨਾਂ ਸਾਡਾ... A discussion on India-Pakistan War, 2025 May 7, 2025, at 08:00 AM Pacific Time 8:30 PM, Amritsar Time ਸਾਡੇ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀ ਧਰਤੀ 'ਤੇ ਜੰਗ ਦੇ ਆਸਾਰ ਬਣ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਜੰਗ ਨੇ ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਤਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਿਤ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੀ ਹੈ, ਇਸ ਨਾਲ਼ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਹੋਣਾ ਹੈ।

ਗੋਸ਼ਟੀ ਦੀ ਮਰਿਆਦਾ ਨੂੰ ਬਹਾਲ ਕਰਨਾ ਇਸ ਵੇਲ਼ੇ ਸਿੱਖਾਂ ਦੀ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ।

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My ancestors didn't have therapy. They had: ਖੇਤ, ਪਿੰਡ, ਮੱਝਾਂ, ਖੂਹ, ਸ਼ਸਤਰ ਤੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ।

Elon Musk is America's Rasputin

The ultimate luxury today is a truly quiet life: a quiet living space, friends and family who understand you even when you don't say a word, quiet evening strolls in the woods, and plenty of time to converse with your soul silently. Everything else seems noise. 1/

We are pleased to announce a new course at the Vancouver Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies. Here is the link for more info: vancouverinstitute.net/course-detai...

I am very honoured to have been invited to deliver a talk in memory of Bhai Sandeep Singh (Deep Sidhu). This talk is organized by the York Sikh Students Association. It is happening tomorrow (Sunday) at 12 noon (PST), 3 PM (EST) and Monday at 1:30 AM (AsrST, Amritsar Standard Time).

I am very excited to start my new course ‘Psychoanalysis and Punjabi Culture today. Here is the link for registration: vancouverinstitute.net/course-detai...

A scene from a casual, lunch- break walk. The bliss of living in British Columbia!

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I am offering a new course 'Psychoanalysis and Punjabi Culture' at the Vancouver Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies. The course will begin on 15th January. The classes will take place every Wednesday from 6 PM - 9 PM. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL4h...

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Anthropocene

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Psychoanalysis stands as a monumentally influential intellectual force that profoundly shaped the 20th century and continues to resonate in the 21st. Its impact on Western culture is undeniable, woven into the very fabric of its intellectual heritage.

I am teaching a 13-week online course: Psychoanalysis and Punjabi Culture vancouverinstitute.net/course-detai...

I'm doing a final BOOK GIVEAWAY for my biography of Henri Bergson, Herald of a Restless World. For a chance to win and find out why a philosopher's lectures caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway *share this post and tag someone in the comments*! I'll announce the winner on Monday Dec 23!

The Brothers Karamazov does just that.

"Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you." Harold Bloom

Anyone interested in starting a Heidegger study group?

Why is this unfortunate?

Everyone who seriously pursues writing, and anyone who values thinking, should be deeply offended by, and implacably opposed to, the use of ChatGPT and all other LLMs to generate text for real world uses. There can be no negotiation on this point.

What are you five favourite Western philosophy books? Here are mine: 1. The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays by Martin Heidegger 2. The Present Age by Søren Kierkegaard 3. The Phenomenology of Spirit by Hegel 4. Symposium by Plato 5. Carnival and Cannibal by Jean Baudrillard

Really looking forward to reading this one!

What can a philosopher make of this advice?

If we are really able to see, capitalist dystopia is already all around us.

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