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Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6687-4647

Stupidity, Idiocy and the Problem of Evil: art after genocide, part III

Stupidity, Idiocy and the Problem of Evil: art after genocide, part III

Deleuze makes a nice distinction between stupidity and idiocy. Stupidity is not thinking. It is the enemy of philosophy; or philosophy its, since philosophy's task is to combat stupidity. Stupidity is not thinking in so far as stupidity doesn't think for itself, so it can appear

⑦ How Cinema Has Changed Our Minds

⑦ How Cinema Has Changed Our Minds

or, How Recording Moving Images Has Changed Our Minds Indirectly, I've heard a reader ask, Where's he heading with these philosophers he's talking about? and, because it's gratifying to be read, I am answering the question. The philosophers I have been writing

Sunday Lunch, Al Batha البطحاء & environs

Sunday Lunch, Al Batha البطحاء & environs

0:00 /0:37 1× includes one of the oldest submunicipalities of Riyadh, where I popped out of the metro station at Al-Bathaa (pronounced, 'al-bot-ha'): to be rebuilt out of mudbrick or breezeblock. . . ? I was heading to the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Grand Mosque wanting to see how

putting on the ريتز & JAX

putting on the ريتز & JAX

0:00 /0:39 1× it had been a palace. A family were having a Halloween party as we entered, the best costume, a redhead dressed in a realistic pumpkin. Which brings to mind an episode not photographed. The opportunity arose to visit Riyadh's Saudi German Hospital for

art after genocide, part II

art after genocide, part II

Simon Bennett, director, writes in his valedictory for Tom Stoppard, recently deceased, He gave us some good shit to sink our teeth into. –⁠Facebook post, 30.11.2025 The New York Times obituary is equally a travesty: A voracious reader but otherwise remarkably undereducated ... He didn't go to

Gertrude Stein, Mother of AI {- X² + Laurie Anderson = links resource}

Gertrude Stein, Mother of AI {- X² + Laurie Anderson = links resource}

X² ~90% complete compiled from best available sources Big thanks to all who contributed! *** = missing, no recording at all Intro: Ordo Amoris - The Order Of Love Rome/R2 https://www.facebook.com/.../pcb.../1504921594068414 Rome/ARTE https://www.facebook.com/.../pcb.../1902522350475999 We've Got Four Big Clocks

Minus Theatre Riyadh: a visionary project seeking expressions of interest

Minus Theatre Riyadh: a visionary project seeking expressions of interest

The concept for this visionary architectural project is laid out below. Please respond with expressions of interest by email here. Integrated Architectural Concept for the Minus Theatre (Riyadh) Based on Ando’s Minamidera → Lalibela’s St. George → Yazd Wind-Catchers (with the Minus Theatre philosophical requirements fully preserved)* 1. Conceptual Core: