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Trying not to let the gender essentialism and the use of "evolutionary psychology" – one of the lamest spawns of Evolution theory along with social darwinism, to get in the way of the actual interesting ideas of this book, having a hard time, but I persist.
— Jun 29, 2026 03:55PM
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«Art requires obstruction; pure, limitless freedom is the death of art. An aesthetic is necessary for the creation and experience of art. This aesthetic need not be explicit or articulable, and frequently includes inarticulable elements. But even purely legible rule sets can create much of the aesthetic context that art needs in order to be meaningful»
This book is fascinating...
— Jun 29, 2026 09:22AM
This book is fascinating...
M. J.
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I used to think that this cover was ugly, and I still do, but now that I've learned better, I think it's charming that a book about the ethics of suicide, among other things, has a cover painted by Jack Kevorkian
— Jun 24, 2026 12:57PM