Jessica Zu
@jessicaxzu.bsky.social
scholar of Buddhist studies, jogger, writer, sci-fi fan, meditator
check out this amazing NOTbook about Kabir and the shared consciousness (its relation to the Buddha) newbooksnetwork.com/the-notbook-...
Anand, "The Notbook of Kabir: Thinner than Water, Fiercer than Fire" (India Viking, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
check out this amazing NOTbook about Kabir and the shared consciousness (its relation to the Buddha) newbooksnetwork.com/the-notbook-...
check out this amazing piece about Yogācāra relational metaphysics, tif.ssrc.org/2025/10/01/f...
For all intents and purposes (the ecology)
Technology looms large in the contemporary world, and powerful new tools to extract and generate texts using large language models (LLMs), like ChatGPT, have had a major impact across a...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
check out this amazing piece about Yogācāra relational metaphysics, tif.ssrc.org/2025/10/01/f...
Very proud about this piece, please check it out, tif.ssrc.org/2025/10/15/k...
Karmic pyschopolitics: May the friendliest thrive
Life is precarious, more so for those who live in a neoliberal world. Byung-Chul Han names this lifeworld “the achievement society” and this neoliberal form of precarity “psychopolitics.” As achieveme...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Very proud about this piece, please check it out, tif.ssrc.org/2025/10/15/k...
Please check out this online conference. This is the first time we have scholars on African, Indigenous, Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies together networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
CFP> Process Philosophy in Under-Explored Traditions in Philosophical History: An online Conference, May 19-21, 2026 | H-Net
There are two dominant streams for talking about reality in the history of metaphysical thought – substance and process. These two streams are noticeable in virtually all traditions but the former see...
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October 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Please check out this online conference. This is the first time we have scholars on African, Indigenous, Chinese, and Buddhist philosophies together networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Reposted by Jessica Zu
the exact right question if you ask me
Scoop: a bunch of Hollywood A-listers are pressuring Gavin Newsom to sign legislation regulating AI.
"The question is — can we trust big tech companies to build AI for the public good? And the answer is — no, we can’t.”
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"The question is — can we trust big tech companies to build AI for the public good? And the answer is — no, we can’t.”
www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
Celebrities sign letter pressuring California Gov. Gavin Newsom to regulate AI
“There’s a consensus that after two years, California needs to do something,” said Sunny Gandhi, an AI oversight advocate.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
the exact right question if you ask me
this talk makes me so hopeful, Audrey Tang on pro-social technologies and how to build up our democracy
youtu.be/aXgne-9F7uU?...
youtu.be/aXgne-9F7uU?...
How Pro-Social Technology Is Saving Democracy from ‘Big Tech’ with Audrey Tang | TGS 169
YouTube video by Nate Hagens
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September 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
this talk makes me so hopeful, Audrey Tang on pro-social technologies and how to build up our democracy
youtu.be/aXgne-9F7uU?...
youtu.be/aXgne-9F7uU?...
check out this amazing book talk, youtu.be/mMbtY4ljEMQ?...
Collapse for the 99% | Luke Kemp
YouTube video by Planet: Critical
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September 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
check out this amazing book talk, youtu.be/mMbtY4ljEMQ?...
eco-islam, utsnyc.edu/blog/event/e...
Eco-Islam
When: September 27, 2025 @ 10:00 am – September 28, 2025 @ 6:00 pm Where: Online Course This course will explore environmental stewardship within the Islamic tradition, emphasizing faith-inspi...
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September 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
eco-islam, utsnyc.edu/blog/event/e...
the newest post on "karmic historiography" tif.ssrc.org/2025/09/03/a...
Actualizing the Buddha ancestors: Buddhist historiography for the multiverse
To speak of “systemic” injustice is to acknowledge that large-scale practices and policies may generate inequitable outcomes regardless of the intentions of individuals. This is one rationale behind a...
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September 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
the newest post on "karmic historiography" tif.ssrc.org/2025/09/03/a...
"But no-one ever asks us if we wanted to be ruled over, or if we wanted others to make laws which might threaten, fine or imprison us. We didn’t vote for this situation, it was just the one we were born into, and its origins reveal this wasn't accidental."
What Won't Change The World
Why Political Parties & Voting Doesn’t Work
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August 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"But no-one ever asks us if we wanted to be ruled over, or if we wanted others to make laws which might threaten, fine or imprison us. We didn’t vote for this situation, it was just the one we were born into, and its origins reveal this wasn't accidental."
check out my belated interview with Rima Vesely-Flad on her 2022 book, newbooksnetwork.com/black-buddhi...
Rima Vesely-Flad, "Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation" (NYU Press, 2022) - New Books Network
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August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
check out my belated interview with Rima Vesely-Flad on her 2022 book, newbooksnetwork.com/black-buddhi...
American Karma! tif.ssrc.org/2025/08/06/k...
Karmic historiography
A lawyer friend explained it to me this way: Since the 1980s, lawyers with specialized expertise and exclusive relationships—especially those involved in high-stakes deals like mergers and acquisition...
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August 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
American Karma! tif.ssrc.org/2025/08/06/k...
Check out my NBN interview with Alexus McLeod on his new book on Martial arts and myth-making, newbooksnetwork.com/myth-and-ide...
Alexus McLeod, "Myth and Identity in the Martial Arts: Creating the Dragon" (Lexington Books, 2025) - New Books Network
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July 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Check out my NBN interview with Alexus McLeod on his new book on Martial arts and myth-making, newbooksnetwork.com/myth-and-ide...
a juneteenth reading list aarweb.org/news/junetee...
Juneteenth Reading List - AAR
Some Suggested Titles from AAR's Reading Religion Reading Religion is an openly accessible book review website published by the American Academy of Religion. The site provides up-to-date coverage of s...
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June 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
a juneteenth reading list aarweb.org/news/junetee...
true wisdom, contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
Engaging our Imagination with Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding | Contending Modernities
How does one get from religion-based peacebuilding practices that maintain existent orders of domination to peacebuilding practices that challenge and potentially transcend orders of domination?
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June 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
true wisdom, contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-m...
this new story needs courage, contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-curre...
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza | Contending Modernities
Jews must now tell a new story to answer the horrors that a Jewish country has perpetrated, argues Peter Beinart.
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June 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
this new story needs courage, contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-curre...
check out my interview with Brook Ziporyn on his new book, Mystical Atheism, newbooksnetwork.com/experiments-...
Brook Ziporyn, "Experiments in Mystical Atheism: Godless Epiphanies from Daoism to Spinoza and Beyond" (U Chicago Press, 2024) - New Books Network
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June 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
check out my interview with Brook Ziporyn on his new book, Mystical Atheism, newbooksnetwork.com/experiments-...
"Gaza is not an isolated atrocity, it is a mirror. It reflects, with devastating clarity, what the ruling class is willing to inflict on any population deemed disposable."
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Revolution in the Wings: Breaking the Spell of Empire
Gaza, Global Capitalism, and the Sacred Duty of Collective Liberation
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June 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"Gaza is not an isolated atrocity, it is a mirror. It reflects, with devastating clarity, what the ruling class is willing to inflict on any population deemed disposable."
thanissara.substack.com/p/revolution...
thanissara.substack.com/p/revolution...
cheers, nuns ordain monks! as it should have been! www.buddhistdoor.net/news/ven-cha...
Ven. Chao-hwei Leads Historic Ordination in Taiwan, Sparking Debate on Monastic Gender Equality - Buddhistdoor Global
The respected Taiwanese Buddhist monastic Ven. Shih Chao-hwei led a historic ordination in Taiwan when bhikshunis ordained male lay practitioner Deng Rong.
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May 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
cheers, nuns ordain monks! as it should have been! www.buddhistdoor.net/news/ven-cha...
check out NBN interview about my book! newbooksnetwork.com/just-awakening
Jessica X. Zu, "Just Awakening: Yogācāra Social Philosophy in Modern China" (Columbia UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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May 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
check out NBN interview about my book! newbooksnetwork.com/just-awakening
so lovely! game plan!
Video is an excellent summary
Please watch and call your reps
No matter what state you live in, please touch base with your senator
Thanks! 🙏🏻
Please watch and call your reps
No matter what state you live in, please touch base with your senator
Thanks! 🙏🏻
1/4 Must-watch: The GOP’s backstabbing budget bill passed the House—but the Senate is a different beast. This is a marathon not a sprint. Chess, not checkers. This week, your senators are home. CALL. LEAVE VOICEMAILS. Let them come back to D.C. buried under angry messages from we, thepeople. ☎️🔥
May 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
so lovely! game plan!