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Ibn Gabirol's Theology of Desire: Matter and Method in Jewish Medieval Neoplatonism

Ibn Gabirol's Theology of Desire: Matter and Method in Jewish Medieval Neoplatonism

An exploration of late ancient ethical, philosophical, and spiritual teachings on god, goodness, and the self.

2013

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The Imperfect Politics of Ted Lasso

True change calls on us to ‘believe’ without bravado

4 min readSep 27, 2021

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Do You Weep At Small-Town Parades?

Why synchronized kiddos and Santas on sleighs are amazing

2 min readDec 2, 2022

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Do You Weep At Small-Town Parades?

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Slackjaw

I Have 9 Podcasts — Keep Up, Losers

Why I am better than you due to my high volume of podcasting

2 min readNov 10, 2022

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I Have 9 Podcasts — Keep Up, Losers

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Cronkite, Cyborgs, and the Crisis of Democracy

How social media has made us into something new — like it or not

3 min readOct 5, 2022

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Cronkite, Cyborgs, and the Crisis of Democracy

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Human Parts

Do I Absolutely Need a Penguin Snow Mold? Sure.

Why owning stuff is deeply human — and at times, deeply joyful

5 min readFeb 1, 2022

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Forge

I Just Had an Emotional Breakup—With CVS

How companies play on our heartstrings, and why we should resist.

5 min readJan 3, 2022

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I Just Had an Emotional Breakup—With CVS

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Arts and Political Transformation

What Adam Driver’s love of theater teaches us about hope

5 min readNov 19, 2021

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Arts and Political Transformation

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OneZero

A Lot of Our Closest People Have Turned Cyborg

How technologies of fake intimacy kill real friendships

4 min readNov 10, 2021

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A Lot of Our Closest People Have Turned Cyborg

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Forge

What I Learned About Humans From the Professor Who Hated Me

How recognizing our limits helps us forge new openings

5 min readOct 19, 2021

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What I Learned About Humans From the Professor Who Hated Me

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Digital Diplomacy

Social Media is Turning us into Suffering Cyborgs: On the Problem of Scale in a Time of Strangers

It is no secret that in this era of infinite online connections, many of us are feeling lonelier than ever. Separate from COVID (which…

6 min readOct 18, 2020

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Social Media is Turning us into Suffering Cyborgs: On the Problem of Scale in a Time of Strangers

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Sarah Pessin

Sarah Pessin

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@sarahpessin | sarahpessin.com | professor of philosophy | interfaith chair | University of Denver | Instagram civics_salamander & sarahpessin2020

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