Critiques

Nietzsche Predicted the Wellness Industry

In 1883, Nietzsche put a figure into Zarathustra called the Last Man. The Last Man is the opposite of the Übermensch. He is what the

The Wellness Industry Is Slave Morality

Nietzsche's sharpest diagnostic tool was the distinction between master morality and slave morality. Master morality, in his account, is the value system of

The Precautionary Principle Is Killing You

The Precautionary Principle is the idea that if an action has a suspected risk of harm, the burden of proof rests on those advocating the

Bioconservatism Is Slave Morality with a PhD

Bioconservatism is the loose intellectual movement that opposes most forms of human enhancement on the grounds that the unmodified human form has a kind of

Ressentiment Is Why People Hate Enhancement

Ressentiment is a French word that Nietzsche used in its untranslated form throughout his late work, because the available German and English equivalents lost something

What Biohacking Is Missing

A more accurate word to describe the modern biohacker is a neurotic, narcissistic slave to their biology.

Every Diagnosis Clusters the Negative Side of an Evolutionary Advantage

The diagnostic manual is a cost ledger. It catalogs what traits cost in modern environments - but never asks why those traits persist in the genome.

Most People Will Die in the Cave

Twenty-four centuries ago, Plato described prisoners watching shadows and mistaking them for reality. The cave is still the cave. The shadows now arrive at 60fps.