Thomas Hamelryck
Lecturer and researcher in bioinformatics with interests in René Girard and mimetic theory who contributes academic and Girardian perspectives during the roundtable.
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Jun 11, 2021 • 1h 59min
Strange Attractor Roundtable Ep 3: The Philosophy of Cool
Thomas Hamelryck, a bioinformatics lecturer with an interest in René Girard, brings academic and mimetic theory angles. Alex Ebert, multiplatinum songwriter turned philosopher, discusses cool as attentional strategy. They debate attention math, occlusion and status, shamanic sovereignty versus individualism, media eternalization, normcore recuperation and how cool survives or collapses over time.
