Newsletter: August 2026

If soccer is an art, it’s a popular art, more like the Beatles than Anton Webern. During the World Cup, a large part of the world is united in humming the same tune.

Newsletter: June 2025

When engaging with a fictional story, we can happily imagine worlds that are factually very different from our own. Science fiction, fantasy, utopian and dystopian fiction: all of these present no significant hurdle to the imagination. But we seem to strongly resist imagining worlds that are morally very different from our own.

[Reflections] The Aesthetics of People’s Behaviour

Although I have my misanthropic moods, I mostly really like people, and a significant part of that liking involves aesthetic appreciation.

[Reflections] On Art and Religious Experience

Saying you love art but have no interest in religion is like saying you love EDM but have no interest in dancing.