A discourse on egoism
Essay: philosophy
a conversation on the morality of selfishness
Against the Desire for Solipsism
Essay: philosophy
on the advantages, and drawbacks of leading a solipsistic lifestyle
BFI Sight & Sound 250
Blog Post: film
the top 250 greatest films of all time published by sight & sound magazine of the british film institute
That Lust Cannot Be Sated
Essay: theology
a moral letter to those who indulge in excessive, and unprincipled lust
Boy, Interrupted
Essay: philosophy
a meditation on interrupted boyhood, the loss of innocence, trauma, modernity, neglect, precocity, and repression
Letter to the Licentious
Essay: literature
a moral letter to those who indulge in excessive, and unprincipled lust
Against High-Functioning Giftedness
Blog Post: psychology
a critique of giftedness, and the implications of high-functioning giftedness on society and individuals
Dialogue on Timed Cognition
Blog Post: psychology
a conversation on the implications of timed cognitive tests and their impact on understanding intelligence
Film Study as Background Noise
Blog Post: film
a thought on studying pre-seen films passively as background noise
Remarks on Measured Intelligence
Blog Post: psychology
a thought on the nature of intelligence and its measurement.
I Learned to Lie by Listening to Clocks (villanelle)
Essay: literature
A villanelle exploring the relationship between time and perception.
Marie Taglioni, the First to Float
Essay: culture
A look at Marie Taglioni's groundbreaking role in dance and performance art.
Magic URLs
Blog Post: website
how I avoid deprecated urls with magic urls, which automatically redirect to the latest version of a page
Automated URL Archiving
Blog Post: technology
how I set up automated archiving of URLs using the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine and other tools
Reply to Mephisto
Essay: philosophy
the devil you don’t know is only a smoke screen for the devil you do
On Being Wounded
Essay: philosophy
Considering what it means to be wounded, physically or emotionally, and how pain shapes perception.
On Learning Serious Things
Essay: psychology
Examining the difference between passive knowledge and transformative learning.
On the Learning of Difficult Things
Essay: psychology
A reflection on the mental and emotional labor of serious study, and why the hard things matter most.
Reflections on Lifelong Study
Essay: psychology
On the virtues, limits, and meaning of dedicating one’s life to continuous learning.
Youtube
Blog Post: technology
a list of all the youtubers I have watched at various points in my life, categorized by content niche
Math I Ought to Know
Blog Post: science
a list of textbooks, workbooks, and some notes on the math you ought to know
Large File Storage
Blog Post: website
Implementation details of large file storage solutions for the website
Random Reading Lists
Blog Post: culture
a list of wishlists, goodreads profiles, and other reading lists I have found snooping around the internet
About Kris
Blog Post: on-myself
Who am I online & what have I done? Contact information; sites I use; computers and software tools; things I’ve worked on; psychological profiles
About This Website
Blog Post: website
Meta page describing krisyotam.com site ideals of stable long-term essays which improve over time; idea sources and writing methodology; metadata definitions; copyright license.
News
Blog Post: culture
rumours, comedies, tragedies, in no particular order
The Waste Land, a Close Reading
Essay: literature
A close reading of T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land', analysis of its structure, themes, and references.
Ulalume, a Close Reading
Essay: literature
A close reading of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Ulalume', exploring its themes, structure, and emotional depth.