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Darren Allen
Personal blog · expressiveegg.orgphilosophypolitics
Darren Allen writes darren allen, a personal blog at expressiveegg.org about philosophy and politics. Since 2016, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 51 times, most often “The Myth of Mental Illness: The Shizophrenic and the Psychocrat”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (7) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Darren Allen's essays for critiques of institutions, schooling, and the Guardian's commercial status, plus pieces like Four Kinds of Dystopia and the Apocalypedia. Commenters cite them as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 7 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Website & Blog of Darren Allen; Squid defender, philosopher & author of 33 Myths of the System, Self & Unself and The Apocalypedia
Most-linked posts?
- The Myth of Mental Illness: The Shizophrenic and the Psychocrat2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-03-07
- Civilisation is Collapsing: Evidence2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-10-01
- The Five System Filters: How the System Automatically Selects for Subservience2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-04-28
- Don’t Take This the Wrong Way: Freedom of Speech, Offence, Newspeak and Tokenism2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-05-27
- The Guardian is the voice of the Establishment2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-02-08
What Hacker News says?
The Scott Trust is not a non-profit. See https://expressiveegg.org/2017/02/07/guardian-bothering/ and https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2015-03-03/hsbc-and-the-s...
Comment linking /2017/02/07/guardian-bothering/
on “Guardian records first operating profit since 1998”Submitted Four Kinds of Dystopia as a story · 272 points
HN discussionIf you believe they are a trust (they're not), you should read this https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2015-03-03/hsbc-and-the-s... and this https://expressiveegg.org/2017/02/07/guardian-bothering/
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on “US efforts to jail Assange for espionage are a grave threat to a free media”Submitted A Brief History of Philosophy in the East and West as a story · 63 points
HN discussionI like the authors writing style. He describes himself in these 100 interesting points here: http://expressiveegg.org/2016/06/01/100-things-about-me/
Comment linking /2016/06/01/100-things-about-me/
on “Four Kinds of Dystopia”Submitted A Peanut History of Art as a story · 26 points
HN discussionFor those interested in understanding the reference here, I found this useful: https://expressiveegg.org/2017/01/03/four-kinds-dystopia/
Comment linking /2017/01/03/four-kinds-dystopia/
on “People Who Do Not Exist Invade Facebook”Submitted The Myth of Education as a story · 17 points
HN discussionIt's nice to move away from commercial journalism, I agree. But the Guardian is very much commercial journalism. See http://expressiveegg.org/2017/02/07/guardian-bothering/ and https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2015-03-03/hsbc-and-the-s...
Comment linking /2017/02/07/guardian-bothering/
on “Source for theguardian.com”Submitted A Brief History of God as a story · 13 points
HN discussionThe Gatto essays are remarkably concise and convincing. I'm very sympathetic to that critic. relatedly, Ivan Illich "Deschool Society" [0] is another author that wrote in depth on this subject with similar incisive critiques. also, Darren Allen writes on the institutional nature of modern society [1] and the way we are conditioned to become subservient to its structures [2]. all of this begins in elementary school a…
Comment linking /2016/10/09/5-system-filters/
on “Teachers must ditch 'neuromyth' of learning styles, say scientists”Submitted The Myth of Truth: How the System Automatically Excludes Truth as a story · 5 points
HN discussionLove it. If you need more inspiration I can highly recommend Darren Allen's Apocalypedia too: https://expressiveegg.org/portfolio/apocalypedia/
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on “Epic corporate jargon alternatives”Submitted Four Kinds of Dystopia as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted News Speak and Newspeak: How to Suppress Consciousness with Language as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reality: The Ultimate Video Game as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Anarchism at the End of the World as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Myth of Meaning: How the System Filters Out Reality as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The ten stages of romantic love as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 5 Things to Do Before You Die: A Poster for the Alienated Work- or Living-Space as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Tao of Gender: Feminism, feminishism, complementarity, sexism and love as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Civilisation is Collapsing: Evidence as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Reaction of the Left to Lockdown – Darren Allen as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Are a Bastard: That, how and why you are, and what you can do about it as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sun of Schopenhauer: Transcendental Idealism for Insane Beginners as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Brief History of Mass Theft: Primitive Accumulation 101 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Apocalypedia: A Utupian Guide to Mind, Society, Gender, Impro and Ego as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Does Bureaucracy Exist? Here’s Why… as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Good is it to be [with] You? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Myth of Mental Illness: The Shizophrenic and the Psychocrat as a story · 2 points
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