Archive - Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

Something to Entertain Until it Doesn't

Various aphorisms that might entertain for a while.

Jun 14 •

Surviving Collective Insanity

Collective insanity is never very far away. It's best to be prepared.

Jun 9 •

Superstition Pays

Create a way to get the universe to deliver what you want and make a million.

Jun 7 •

The season of intense competition to show how happy you are.

Jun 6 •

Futility, Eating, and Fucking

The products of civilisation are decoys to take our minds off the obvious.

Jun 5 •

We are physical objects, and we can be squished.

Jun 1 •

Your Emotions Are Not Special

It is quite possible to spend your whole life in an emotional stupor.

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Looked at square-on, life isn't all that pretty, but decoys come to the rescue.

May 24 •

You Did It Deliberately

Crime and punishment.

May 22 •

Beware the person who sees everything as a game to be won.

May 18 •

Our desperate search for meaning and purpose tends to indicate that nature has not endowed us with these things.

May 17 •

External Validation

The need for external validation and approval is slavery.

May 15 •

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