The Motley Cow
Mark C.E. Peterson, PhDPhilosophical provocations in the Epoch of the Digital Herd: philosophy, mythology, religion, and nature.
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Jesus is too woke, sure…. but Plato?
“You boys are too WOKE. Get lost.”
Hi everyone,
Have you noticed how often we’ve started saying things like “you just can’t make this stuff up?” I mean, Vonnegut or Tom Robbins or maybe Hunter Thompson could make this stuff up but, the re...
Bron Taylor arrives on Substack.
Hey everyone!
Very happy to welcome Bron Taylor to substack. Those of you in the religion/nature/culture orbit probably already know or have seen Bron’s work. He’s the cutting edge in this field. Go look and subscribe!
Bron Taylor
P...
Memewhile: some diversion for May '26
Quite a bit simmering on the backburners but, in the memewhile: a recent assortment.
And some useful troll repellants:
And, some useful troll repellant.
And here we are.
If you’ve enjoyed the hijinx here at the Motley Cow please commen...
Herd compliance: algorithm addiction.
Hi everyone,
I thought I’d finish up these musings on Herd Compliance with the sneakiest one we have to deal with, a mode of enforcing compliance you can’t alway detect: online algorithms. There are a couple of levels of sneakiness here....
Well, holy smokes. 200 Subscribers.
Many thousand thanks folks!
But what in the world would Zarathustra say?
And here we are.
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philosopher, gadfly, poet, cook, writing along the watermargins of religion, nature, mythology, and culture. also: ukuleles & taijiquan
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