I found a website that purports that the remaining 4 books in the series are “coming soon.” But it doesn’t indicate a date, and I don’t know if they’re perpetually “coming soon” or if this is still a project being pursued. Anyone know about the status of these books?
Why not submit this as a post on LW?
What's going on? Is this a thing any other people feel? Is there a term for this? Is this some kind of niche asexuality? Am I actually just a regular heterosexual guy that just needs to have good sex to realize how much I actually do want it?
After puzzling over almost an identical experience to what you’ve described, I’ve concluded that human sexuality is an experience for which existing language is woefully unequipped. This is extremely frustrating in some regards, because it seems like a proper label or diagnosis would be the most useful for learning more and connecting with others who share your experience. If you can figure out what’s “wrong”... (read 985 more words →)
Based on your comment, it seems like you are making a value judgement that philosophical tradition > memes & celebrities, and that reinvention is not worthwhile. But I don't see how "reinvention" is a bad thing, nor why philosophical tradition should be valued more than this version using memes & celebrities.
Memes and celebrities are often easier to understand than philosophical essays. If reinvention gets more people exposed to the same (good) thing, then it has more opportunity to spread. Doesn't matter if it's something that's been said before, in my view; this piece is well-written and does a good job propagating these ideas forward, to take root more firmly in the collective unconscious.