Essay · Philosophy
Against the tyranny of goals
A life organised entirely around targets may be a life that is never actually lived.
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Philosophy · Society · Culture · History
Amara Wanjiru
On how we ought to live, and why the question keeps changing shape.
Amara writes about the ethics of ordinary life — the small, unglamorous decisions that turn out to have been the whole argument. She came to essays by way of a philosophy doctorate she never finished and does not regret.
- 5 essays
- Nairobi
- Writing since 2019
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5 in allEssay · Philosophy
What we owe to silence
Noise is the texture of modern life, but clear thought needs the spaces between words.
18 min read
Essay · Society
Strangers by design
How we built environments that quietly make solitude the default condition.
18 min read
Essay · Culture
What translation leaves behind
Every crossing between languages is a small act of loss and quiet invention.
18 min read
Essay · History
The century of the crowd
How the masses stopped being a backdrop and became modern history’s main character.
18 min read
Every question worth asking twice is a question you asked wrong the first time.