Philosophy on Ulveon's Thoughts

The Andon cord: Mechanisms and good intentions

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Good intentions are usually assumed. Generally, everyone understands that most people act on good intentions, and out of good faith. Many social behaviours are “unwritten contracts” rather than established in law because it’s understood that most people will abide by these contracts. But when good intentions aren’t sufficient, mechanisms are necessary.

Meritocracy: The lie that built modern Western society

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:06:00 +0100

Most of the modern West is built around the idea of meritocracy. Because of how influential Christianism has been in Europe, and later America, this can be traced back to Abrahamic traditions. Many societies nowadays revolve around “hardened individuals”, “self-made men”, and individual financial success. Admittedly, this behaviour motivates people to give their best, as you condition them to believe their efforts have a measurable impact on their future life, by which more effort translates into a better, more comfortable life. And for sure, there’s a component of effort and hard work in everyone’s future.

Retribution or Reintegration: Let's talk about prisons

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 21:39:57 +0100

Plenty has been written about European prisons focused on restorative justice and reintegration. Still, there’s insufficient discourse on the implications and interactions between these two very different approaches to justice and order, which is the topic of this post.

Fascism is coming

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:34:09 +0100

And it won’t be pretty. We have collectively learned nothing from Hitler’s rise to power. And it is just happening all over again, through the same institutions that we thought were set up to resist the next fascist takeover.