Crafting the perfect AOTY list, next try. 2026 Edition, Pt. 1 Usually, at the end of every year, I stand there with my dick in my hand, but without an AOTY list. Which wouldn't be a big drama for the world, but for me it is. Surprised that
"Amusement under late capitalism is the prolongation of work." Max Horkheimer & Theodor Adorno, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 1944 Gutter Philosophy Platform Capitalism, Neoliberalism, Neo-Feudalism, Oligarchy, call it what you will. This fatal misunderstanding of economics, this war of the rich against everyone else, has turned everything to
"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom." — Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition, 1958 Gutter Philosophy My quote generation machine, the one that feeds the Wisdom Snippets, came up with this Hannah Arendt quote while I was preparing for the Metallica shows in Frankfurt. Yes, I'm
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." — Rumi, 1207–1273 Gutter Philosophy It is mandatory for us to create a value system where we can thrive, refuel on energy, feel free and also connected to people or purposes
"Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs." — Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace Gutter Philosophy I think you have to bleed your heart out on the battlefield at Austerlitz, with a blurry vision of Napoleon riding
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” — Audre Lorde Gutter Philosophy 81 years ago some bloody cowards found an ounce of courage to declare unconditional surrender and thus ended a
Diaries Against Dystopia — Daily Reflection May 7, 2026 “One must have chaos within oneself to give birth to a dancing star.” — Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, 1883 Gutter Philosophy Having chaos within oneself is easy for neurodivergent individuals. But giving birth to a dancing star feels just as hard as
Diaries Against Dystopia — Daily Reflection May 6, 2026 "To rest is not to be idle. It is to begin again from a different place." — Byung-Chul Han Gutter Philosophy Sleep has a tendency to be overrated by health apps and underrated by creatives. (I am not at all
Ballast on the Way to Eudaimonia A Diaries Against Dystopia Essay Series DOMINO Chaos. Although domino stones fall in a certain direction, taking their neighbors down one by one in an ordered manner, chaos is produced. Noise, movement, collapse. At least as long as the cascading continues. Some people make
A Diaries Against Dystopia Essay ROADKILL. I wanna be honest with you. Before brainstorming the title for my diary project, I didn't know much about Axolotls. I still don't. Just that they come from Mexico, and there's a book with the name Axolotl Roadkill,
INK. I have two anchors with me at any given moment. One I have with me since a wonderful summer in 2016, when my love and me got a partner tattoo, a faith hope love motive in the style of Herbert Hoffmann. It was a beautiful day in beautiful Södermalm.