anna claire
@annaclaire.bsky.social
couching my critiques in greek philosophy with the best of em
anti-nihilism hannah arendt liberal, militant leibnizian optimist
anti-nihilism hannah arendt liberal, militant leibnizian optimist
it’s all in the curatorial presentation
for example, i strategically did not share my list of top stations, which includes not one but two different foo fighters songs and the English version of an anime op, in my post
for example, i strategically did not share my list of top stations, which includes not one but two different foo fighters songs and the English version of an anime op, in my post
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
it’s all in the curatorial presentation
for example, i strategically did not share my list of top stations, which includes not one but two different foo fighters songs and the English version of an anime op, in my post
for example, i strategically did not share my list of top stations, which includes not one but two different foo fighters songs and the English version of an anime op, in my post
asked Claude for a self deprecating joke about my apple music rewind and the model said: "my top genre is avant-garde jazz. i’m going to be alone forever and i deserve it"
December 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
asked Claude for a self deprecating joke about my apple music rewind and the model said: "my top genre is avant-garde jazz. i’m going to be alone forever and i deserve it"
none of these MFs even have a Giftschrank. they think posts are enough to argue against them. like get good
September 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
none of these MFs even have a Giftschrank. they think posts are enough to argue against them. like get good
the only reference to Plato’s Republic in The Technological Republic weaponizes the text to create a false binary: perfect moral purity vs. absolute corruption. classic elite apologetics
September 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
the only reference to Plato’s Republic in The Technological Republic weaponizes the text to create a false binary: perfect moral purity vs. absolute corruption. classic elite apologetics
balaji srinivasan is a special advisor to Chainlink, and he's got a good bit in his book that describes exactly why they want to put everything on the blockchain.
the short version is it's adam tooze's bit about statistics being the driving force of history in Weimar
the short version is it's adam tooze's bit about statistics being the driving force of history in Weimar
August 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
balaji srinivasan is a special advisor to Chainlink, and he's got a good bit in his book that describes exactly why they want to put everything on the blockchain.
the short version is it's adam tooze's bit about statistics being the driving force of history in Weimar
the short version is it's adam tooze's bit about statistics being the driving force of history in Weimar
turns out we needed less polycrisis and more prepared-for-crisis
August 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
turns out we needed less polycrisis and more prepared-for-crisis
here's a good reader of nietzsche talking about bad readings:
"in studying nietzsche, we learn to master completely the
constant inclination to fall prey to the wording of utterances; we are trained to overcome the crudeness of arguing with isolated propositions."
lot of this going around lately!
"in studying nietzsche, we learn to master completely the
constant inclination to fall prey to the wording of utterances; we are trained to overcome the crudeness of arguing with isolated propositions."
lot of this going around lately!
August 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
here's a good reader of nietzsche talking about bad readings:
"in studying nietzsche, we learn to master completely the
constant inclination to fall prey to the wording of utterances; we are trained to overcome the crudeness of arguing with isolated propositions."
lot of this going around lately!
"in studying nietzsche, we learn to master completely the
constant inclination to fall prey to the wording of utterances; we are trained to overcome the crudeness of arguing with isolated propositions."
lot of this going around lately!
graphic design was not that publisher’s passion apparently
August 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
graphic design was not that publisher’s passion apparently
OP: "why did they write about this??"
you: "because it’s important!!"
you: "because it’s important!!"
August 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
OP: "why did they write about this??"
you: "because it’s important!!"
you: "because it’s important!!"
cultural aristocracy is not something we can tell a teleologically direct narrative from one guy to the next about, except through force. nietzsche does not argue that everyone should use force. he argues that one should live as though they could do this without force, simply through living. say yes
July 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
cultural aristocracy is not something we can tell a teleologically direct narrative from one guy to the next about, except through force. nietzsche does not argue that everyone should use force. he argues that one should live as though they could do this without force, simply through living. say yes
the entire section McManus cites here sets up an extended discussion and critique of the Hegelian master-slave dialectic. he removes the paragraph-level citation from his quote (it's 257) and then presents it as Nietzsche advocating for slavery, and it's as disingenuous as the reading he's mad abt
July 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
the entire section McManus cites here sets up an extended discussion and critique of the Hegelian master-slave dialectic. he removes the paragraph-level citation from his quote (it's 257) and then presents it as Nietzsche advocating for slavery, and it's as disingenuous as the reading he's mad abt
me, whenever anyone claims to have "fucked" an AI model:
July 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
me, whenever anyone claims to have "fucked" an AI model:
the Grok companion would be pretty big for her vocaloid software if she's got a good partnerships manager
July 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
the Grok companion would be pretty big for her vocaloid software if she's got a good partnerships manager
straight from the former clarium capital founder's mouth in 2007. the reason they're always going on about Strauss is that they think Strauss tells them Machiavelli said it was okay
July 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
straight from the former clarium capital founder's mouth in 2007. the reason they're always going on about Strauss is that they think Strauss tells them Machiavelli said it was okay
ok but who color balanced all these consecutive texts in the voegelin collected works though
July 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ok but who color balanced all these consecutive texts in the voegelin collected works though
the last man is a woman
July 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
the last man is a woman
i’ve talked about emailing a16z to ask for a job because daniel penny got one before, but in honor of being an arab girl with a college degree, i’ll bring receipts
July 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
i’ve talked about emailing a16z to ask for a job because daniel penny got one before, but in honor of being an arab girl with a college degree, i’ll bring receipts
he just wants to say Hi
June 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
he just wants to say Hi
reading Phaedrus yesterday had me rippin on how funny it is that Socrates' whole schtick is just this meme, and that whatever postmodernity collapses the distinction between "both true and false" and "neither true nor false" position to get out of it. it complicates my feelings about baudrillard
June 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
reading Phaedrus yesterday had me rippin on how funny it is that Socrates' whole schtick is just this meme, and that whatever postmodernity collapses the distinction between "both true and false" and "neither true nor false" position to get out of it. it complicates my feelings about baudrillard
me, reading your posts
June 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
me, reading your posts
one thing that’s confirmed by the new yorker article on yarvin is that State Dept officials do not read their Nietzsche, because this is just not a concept that appears anywhere in his work
June 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
one thing that’s confirmed by the new yorker article on yarvin is that State Dept officials do not read their Nietzsche, because this is just not a concept that appears anywhere in his work
(for anyone interested, here’s the arendt cite)
May 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
(for anyone interested, here’s the arendt cite)
ig it makes sense that hannah arendt would bring the object back into heidegger’s labor argument insofar as the object’s value is derived from its lack of use-value, but you don’t need Beauty to make that argument either, as Kojeve is doing here
May 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
ig it makes sense that hannah arendt would bring the object back into heidegger’s labor argument insofar as the object’s value is derived from its lack of use-value, but you don’t need Beauty to make that argument either, as Kojeve is doing here