cruelty and mercy have at least this one thing in common: neither are just.

1. The dynamic/s of BDSM, particularly the (possibility of the) phenomenon of "topping from the bottom," problematize/s transitivity in interpersonal relations, in part because of the peculiar structures of self-reference involved ( Read more... )

personal identity is the enemy of personal progress.

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we are already responsible for ourselves long before we are able/allowed to take responsibility for ourselves.

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"progress" (of the (hegelian?) historical variety) is defined meaningfully only in hindsight. the work that is worth doing now always appears as a catching-up, as ( ( Read more... )

or, "what you said."

the good is dynamic, in at least this one way: it only occurs in movement across a gap (/lack). a perfect being would be incapable of goodness for just this reason. no gap, no good.

we are all irreperably screwed up--that is to say, capable of goodness, of infinite movements towards the good.

the death of god is a strange loop.