BENJAMIN BAS

Dasein is design is a slogan that 2 of my old professors have coined, at least according to them, and which one of them did is not entirely clear as they’re still fighting about it.… Read more

Every time I see a piece of AI “art” it irks me. Something about it feels uncanny, soulless, and cheap. But these are, besides subjective, empty terms. I can not in good faith use this… Read more

A revaluation of negativity within a cult of positivism This work is partly me positing my identity as a philosopher and a designer, not as a synthesis of the two but the identity of the… Read more

In a book I was reading, I came across an interesting concept that I think deserves highlighting. In the book Anti-oculus a philosophy of escape from Acid Horizon the concept of Thermostatic Governance is introduced. … Read more

One day, the gods withdraw. Of their own volition, they withdraw their divinity, which is to say, their presence. They won’t simply leave, they won’t go somewhere else, they’ll withdraw their own presence — they’ll… Read more

Cixous in her work The laugh of the Medusa discusses the concept of feminine writing. I want to explore this idea and how it relates to her use of the concept of flight and the Medusa myth.… Read more

When we think of desire, we often think of a mental state within an individual, I desire this thing or this person. Desire is always something that is lacking in me, something that needs to… Read more

My explanation here will be either incomplete or oversimplified, and I would much rather it be incomplete. What I will try to cover here is the preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit in order to… Read more

A German worker gets a job in Siberia; aware of how all mail will be read by censors, he tells his friends: “Let’s establish a code: if a letter you will get from me is… Read more

Have you ever thought about where the seemingly whimsical term Abracadabra comes from? Abracadabra comes from the Aramaic abera kedabera which would translate into “I create like the word”. This word hits on a common theme in… Read more