@dave Erm.... uhhh.... I'd call this approach 'eclectic'. 😬
"philosophers"
like, most of them are more like political commentators
@dave @neglesaks do we have meaningful thinkers these days
In the realm of philosophy is there really anything left to explore?
@dave @neglesaks @skells Not in it's current paradigm. There are many lessons from modernity we haven't studied yet.
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@admin @dave @neglesaks Zizek and Taleb are the only people who come to mind
i get the sense that a lot of the people who might've been academic philosophers are working in AI, although academic philosphers and philosophers are a different breed in my mind
The co-opting of academia by the left probably hasn't helped with this. It's easy to retreat to a politically non-volatile niche topic to avoid upsetting the wrong people.