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Edisi Monday, March 24, 2025
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Consent Factory
Politics needs gimmicks to attract attention. We know it is deceptive, yet we enjoy it.
Edisi Monday, March 17, 2025
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Marxism, Capitalism, Nature
Capitalism and communism both exist in the Promethean fantasy of nature. Jason Moore advocates a new concept: world-ecology.
Edisi Monday, March 10, 2025
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Revolution
Budiman Sudjatmiko’s Anak-Anak Revolusi and Ma Thida’s A-Maze both tell stories about ‘revolution.’ Yet the two authors had very different fates.
Edisi Monday, March 3, 2025
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Unlucky Floors
The numbering system of floors in buildings is often overcomplicated. Do numbers really bring bad luck?
Edisi Monday, February 24, 2025
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A Frugal Lifestyle
Capitalism penetrates our daily lives and forces us to measure many things in monetary terms. It is time to be frugal.
Edisi Monday, February 17, 2025
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The Politics of Eating
Eating is a part of social intimacy. It is the foremost front for politics.
Edisi Monday, February 3, 2025
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Being Late is Good, Sometimes
By becoming a spectator, for just a moment, we are wiser because we distance ourselves from the game. Being late and slow may make humans better.
Edisi Monday, January 27, 2025
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Running, Meditation
Running is meditation. There is a distance we pass in the empty space between our breath, our minds, and the urge to quit.