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A. Social Media Presence. My involvement is most in-depth on Reddit and YouTube. Shorter-form activity includes X, Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky.

 

Posts focus on public philosophy, and in particular my mission of assisting readers  in  exploring, developing, and implementing their own philosophies. In this context, I am sharing thoughts about two linked aspects of human-centered inquiry: a) Normative Philosophy, the study and application of individual and societal human principles, and b) the Philosophy of Happiness, which deals with the optimization of human existence and thriving. Together, these subjects constitute my main fields of work. They form my contribution in advancing the arcs of German Idealism, Romanticism, and Materialism to their completion. A special interest in this respect is how machine capacitation, including artificial intelligence, affects human norms, welfare, and survival.

 

I also post about Meta-Philosophy, the philosophy of philosophy, particularly criticizing institutional philosophy for its vices, lack of productivity, and failure to engage the public, and discussing consequences and remedies.

 

I try to complement, and in some cases emphasize, the seriousness of these topics with a lighter side. So satire, sarcasm, and other banter are not out of the question.

 

And all this is interspersed with philosophical quotes and poems from my books in the Knowing series, and a few new ones as they come to mind. Look for the emblems below, identifying excerpts regularly streaming from each of the six books:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Philosophy of Happiness Reddit Community (Subreddit) offers discussion of personal philosophy with me and other members. Its foremost advantage is its format, which allows thoughtful written conversation to be available for review and organic growth over time without being flushed away by a stream of ephemeral posts. Please turn to the Community Details, Community Guide, and Community Rules in the side bar of the subreddit, as well as the pinned Welcome note, for a closer overview.

 

The Philosophy of Happiness YouTube Channel provides unique additional interaction opportunities, due to its audiovisual communication and repository capacities, comment section, and growing importance relative to other media and social media sites. For information about Channel contents, see Item 9 of the Resources section.

 

Also note the interaction facilities provided in the Forum and Blog sections of this site.

 

B. "Philosophers on X" List. Despite noticeable attrition and inactivity due to site politics, X still remains with the most numerous and diverse social media membership in and around professional Philosophy. As a service to colleagues and the public at large, I collected an all-inclusive list of these accounts. The "Philosophers on X" list is not only comprehensive by including currently active professional philosophers and aspirants as well as their organizations and publications. It also spans the world to include geographies and cultures outside the US and mainstay Europe, and philosophical work in academic disciplines beyond departmental Philosophy. Its goal is to broaden horizons by pointing where philosophy can be found thriving. My hope is that if X cannot return to former relevance, contact to these accounts can be established elsewhere.

 

Such a list is very much necessary for two reasons: a) Institutional Western Philosophy is still exceedingly racist and supremacist, apart from token exceptions that highlight the prevailing myth of exceptionalism even more. And b) departmental Philosophy is often grotesquely parochial and elitist and thus unaware or unreceptive of philosophical scholarship and foundations in other disciplines.

 

To understand the current landscape and import of Philosophy, one must review, beyond its institutionalization, relevant work in Jurisprudence, other Humanities, and sciences. Jurisprudence, the foundational study of Law, examines the nature, roots, structures, methods, and principles of human normativity. Among other Humanities and sciences, the philosophically most prominent are those undertaking elemental, interdisciplinary, or overarching inquiries, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer and other engineering, biology, medicine, anthropology, linguistics, literature, sociology, politology, economy, ecology, history, futurology, neurology, psychology, architecture, design, and art.

 

The “Philosophers on X” List references this array of sources. It also aims to transcend narrow-mindedness as well as informational and communicative limitations by globally collecting and connecting contributors. And, despite the downturn of X, its timeline still reveals vibrant, diverse, and engaging streams of philosophical consciousness.

 

C. "Practical Philosophy Quotes". This connected but separate X account contains my selection of the most salient and useful quotes for generating a philosophy of life. I accumulated these gems over several decades of Philosophy studies. Many of them are relatively unknown. The same quotes are streaming in my other short-form social networks without being separated.

 

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