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Category Archive: Ideas

Pokemon Go, Augmented Reality and the Future of Technology

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In 1974, the philosopher Robert Nozick came up with the idea of an ‘experience machine’, a thought experiment […]

Joshua Krook October 1, 2015 Ideas, Philosophy, Video Games

On Advertising and the Loss of Free Will

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In his treatise on free will, philosopher Sam Harris claims that if an act is formulated in our […]

Joshua Krook September 9, 2015 Ideas, Philosophy

How Physical Proximity (and Social Psychology): Can Prevent Racism, Sexism and Discrimination in Our Society

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In previous centuries divisions of society were mended and band-aided by communal meeting areas: Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and […]

Joshua Krook April 29, 2015 Discrimination, Ideas, Philosophy

The Media, Moral Rage and Moral Condemnation

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Reading the letters of old writers and poets from previous centuries, you get the sense that they knew […]

Joshua Krook April 28, 2015 Ideas

Why Does Society Divide Itself Into Smaller Categories of People Over Time? (In-Group and Out-Group Formation)

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We are born without prejudice. Ask a baby if he hates any particular person and he will stare […]

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Joshua Krook April 13, 2015 Discrimination, Ideas, Philosophy

How to Combat Schadenfreude, or Enjoying The Pain of Others

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Due to evolution, when our enemy is hurt, we celebrate. When our enemy is killed, we chant in […]

Joshua Krook April 10, 2015 Discrimination, Ideas, Philosophy

Cezanne’s Writings and Finding Meaning in Nature

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It’s becoming increasingly difficult as time progresses for humanity to have any connection to nature. And almost to […]

Joshua Krook February 11, 2015 Books, Ideas

An Entitlement Complex, or Gen Y’s Quest for Meaning?

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In the late 1950s, Frederick Herzberg conducted surveys on what we now term “The Greatest Generation,” those who […]

Joshua Krook December 10, 2014 Ideas, Philosophy, Politics

How to Find Meaning in Work

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The argument for perspective has won. No longer can we question what is wrong with life, the world […]

Joshua Krook July 12, 2014 Ideas, Philosophy

Book Excerpt: On Empathy

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It is a simple matter to rank the empathy we feel for those around us. Consider the following: […]

Joshua Krook July 7, 2014 Discrimination, Ideas, Philosophy

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