Author: David Abram

  • On Deep Ethics

    On Deep Ethics

    Although “ethics” is commonly equated with a set of rules or principles for right conduct, deep ethics has more to do with a simple humility toward others – an attentive openness not just toward other persons but toward the inexhaustible otherness of the manifold beings that compose this earthly world. When we consider the palpable…

  • Magic and the Machine: Notes on Technology and Animism in an Age of Ecological Wipeout

    Magic and the Machine: Notes on Technology and Animism in an Age of Ecological Wipeout

    A hallmark of the puzzling era we’re now living through is a remarkable juxtaposition of two apparently contrary trends. In many social circles, there exists a buoyant sense of possibility, an upbeat and expectant optimism with regard to the near and long-term future. Yet in other societal spheres, a spreading despondency weighs folks down whenever…