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Scientific studies have shown that when times are good, people act bad. Morality becomes an afterthought in times of peace and plenitude, perhaps because bad behavior often pays off when the world is otherwise stable.[…]

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A Philosopher Talks About The Good Place

December 7, 2017December 5, 2017 Chris SunamiHumor

I’ve been remiss in my role as a pop-culture philosopher in being a late-comer to the the show “The Good Place,” one of the most high-profile, pop-culture oriented pieces of media to ever make a[…]

Reconstructivist Art: American Born Chinese

November 30, 2017November 30, 2017 Chris SunamiComics and Graphic Novels

Repost Reconstructivist Art: American Born Chinese is a critically acclaimed graphic novel by Asian American writer/illustrator Gene Yang, which centers around what at first seem like three very different narratives. The first is a superhero-themed[…]

Top 5 Epic Rap Battles of History

November 9, 2017November 10, 2017 Chris SunamiBest

Back before Thug Notes or Drunk History, Epic Rap Battles first brought the distinctive Millennial high-culture/pop-culture blend to YouTube with their vision of what it would like if some of the great names of history[…]

Does Jay-Z’s 4:44 Live Up to Beyonce’s Lemonade?

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

Following the artistic leap forward represented by his wife’s album, Lemonade, it was a necessity for Sean “Jay-Z” Carter, AKA “Mr. Beyonce,” to respond with something that could reasonably be placed next to it on[…]

Context is Everything: This is Us

October 5, 2017October 4, 2017 Chris SunamiHistory

In honor of Season Two’s recent premiere, please enjoy this repost: One of the least understood impacts of technology on modernity is the way it alters context, and the way that, in turn, shapes how[…]

Reconstructivist Art: The Princess Bride

September 25, 2017September 27, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

to reawaken a sense of the Real in a world where everything has been demonstrated to be an illusion

Alt Classical: Cover Tunes

September 14, 2017September 13, 2017 Chris Sunamialt-classical

Nothing Else Matters – Apocalyptica (Metallica) Repost from 2014 When I was a child, my parents listened almost exclusively to classical music –it was years before I realized their radio could tune in other stations! […]

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The Mysterious Disappearance of the Strangely Beautiful Woman

August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 Chris SunamiLiterature

Please enjoy this repost of an affectionate parody of one of my most favorite authors, Haruki Murakami I was in the bathtub, playing with my rubber duck, when the phone rang. It rang exactly five[…]

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Morality is Back: Goodness (and Diversity) in Popular Culture

A Philosopher Talks About The Good Place

Reconstructivist Art: American Born Chinese

Top 5 Epic Rap Battles of History

Does Jay-Z’s 4:44 Live Up to Beyonce’s Lemonade?

Context is Everything: This is Us

Reconstructivist Art: The Princess Bride

Alt Classical: Cover Tunes

The Mysterious Disappearance of the Strangely Beautiful Woman