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Parker LaMascus

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Category: Philosophy

True to form, I’m not usually interested in purely theoretical philosophy. But my passion is boundless for the mysteries of self-knowledge and human improvement, and the cultivation of wisdom.

I’m also not interested in drawing arbitrary distinctions between parts of my life, so for me “cultivation of wisdom” takes on many forms. Filter by tag if you’re looking for something specific, but remember it all stems from the love of wisdom.

Philosophy

Lessons from Perambulation

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 by Parker LaMascus

In 2018 I moved to a walkable city. I probably have driven an average of […]

Culture, Philosophy

Masculinity: a manifesto

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 by Parker LaMascus

I. all lions are cats; not all cats are lions So too with males and […]

Philosophy

Haircut Theater & Performed Empathy

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 by Parker LaMascus

I sat on the edge of our bathtub shirtless, covered in shorn locks, and increasingly […]

Philosophy, Science

insights from a conference of graduate researchers funded by the american military

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 by Parker LaMascus

I. The development of Siri, GPS, and duct tape was all funded by the American […]

Culture, Philosophy

Ouroboros and the Pursuit of Happiness

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 by Parker LaMascus

It’s two in the morning. I am bleary-eyed, a little hungry, but alert, all senses […]

Culture, Science

Star Wars and Genre: A Mixing of Categories

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 by Parker LaMascus

One of the things I love about Star Wars is that it is many things […]

Philosophy

Quanta of Wisdom, 11-20

August 10, 2020August 11, 2020 by Parker LaMascus

Time does not travel in a line, but a circle. The only thing greater than […]

Culture, Science

arcana ad mortem 3: The Physics of Star Wars

February 5, 2020April 22, 2021 by Parker LaMascus

In science fiction, more than any other genre, the role of Science is to make […]

Philosophy

“Only a Sith deals in absolutes”: Star Wars as Hermeneutic, Part 4

February 1, 2020February 29, 2020 by Parker LaMascus

When I was in third grade, my Sunday school teachers made an ill-fated attempt to […]

Philosophy

Ten Original(ish) Proverbs

January 20, 2020January 30, 2020 by Parker LaMascus

The wise man knows his nemesis to be // Moral inertia and entropy. No image […]

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