M. E. Ejjbair·Apr 28Jay-Z, the JBP & the Political ImaginaryIn a recent episode of the Joe Budden Podcast, the crew discussed comments made by Jay-Z in his recent interview with GQ. The rapper talked…
M. E. Ejjbair·Apr 17What is a Nation?There is currently, and to some extent perennially, a lot of debate about what makes a nation — or even what gives a nation the right to…
M. E. Ejjbair·Jan 2Severance: Alienation & Bullshit JobsThe great thing about shows like Severance is that they force us to think about our own situation. We do not have the technology to ‘sever’…A response icon1A response icon1
M. E. Ejjbair·Oct 19, 2025Frankenstein: A Cautionary Tale for the Age of AI… (but not in the way you might think)People often compare AI to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, particularly the apocryphal ASI (Artificial Super-Intelligence) which, experts…A response icon1A response icon1
M. E. Ejjbair·Oct 19, 2025Vampiric EnnuiOur interest in vampires, which peaked in the noughties Twilight era, appears to have waned in recent years (Robert Eggers’ critically…
M. E. Ejjbair·Sep 28, 2025Ian McEwan’s ‘What We Can Know’Our time is obsessed with history — not just the past, as thinkers like Simon Reynolds (Retromania) and Mark Fisher (Ghosts of my Life)…
M. E. Ejjbair·Sep 28, 2025Life, an ExperimentIn 1845, a few miles from Concord Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau built a small cabin in the woods where he would live…
M. E. Ejjbair·Aug 30, 2025No, Life isn’t ‘Yours’‘I don’t care what you say anymore, this is my life’A response icon1A response icon1
M. E. Ejjbair·Aug 15, 2025The Intellectual Man-ChildOne of my daughter’s favourite activities is to put something in a box, close it, then open it and take it out. She can happily spend half…
