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The Floridization of the World

Florida under Ron DeSantis is not just a symptom of modernity, but a model for how the Western world will look. It demonstrates a paradox: Florida is a state whose power is concentrated in an increasingly populated and economically autarkic manner, politically ruled under centralized domination. But it is not viewed as such. The fault of this has to do largely with how American politics looks in the modern day. There is a fictional divide between the Democratic and Republican party on cultural issues, such as abortion and gun rights, but no real divide on economic or foreign policy issues. Both parties heavily vote for corporate control, and are in turn funded by the same autarkic corporations and media moguls. Both parties heavily support and endorse Ukraine under Zelenski, and Israel’s anti-Hamas coalition and active crusade against the Palestinian state. But because the cultural issues are the main focus of many Americans, despite no real change occurring between Republican and ...

New Years' Book Recommendations: Action Selection

In this post, I will summarize a list of books that I included on my  Amazon list  for beginners interested in the themes of my philosophy, and include some into which I divulged since then and thoroughly enjoyed. Although I admit there may be scholars of a certain predisposition across the Internet and print media who have a more comprehensive list of books that provide a generally helpful perspective on the struggles of ordinary 'modern' life, this is my selection, and I will only include that which I know I can recommend, for it has proven helpful in my own personal ponderings. My two favourite fiction books are currently  Lolita  by Vladimir Nabokov  as well as  Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. I have been a lifetime fan of Nabokov's work and biography, and consider him to be a heavy inspiration to my literary style. Although I consider 'Ada, or Andor' to be one of his more thorough works which can serve his life's career better justice and paint ...

Reflections on 'Paradigm Shift'

My debut novel entitled 'Paradigm Shift' reached the shelves of bookstores in a publishing arrangement with Barnes & Noble roughly thirteen months ago. Judging by the fact it has nearly been a year since this has happened, I have had plenty of time to reflect on the publication. It strikes me as confusing that the book has not yet been reviewed by any professional services or publications with how widespread its influence has become, as I've gotten many people around the world writing to me about my book after an initial few interviews, book fairs and conferences which I had the pleasure to attend shortly after finishing high school, as a then-acclaimed '17 year old author'. It also strikes me as concerning that it only took thirteen months for me to notice just how many inadequacies there were with the book. I have no complaints about the plot, although I greatly and frequently considered releasing a graphic novel, follow-up book, a form of prequel or sequel or...