Stephen Daniel Okita's Blog https://stephenokita.com Thoughts on philosophy, technology, and life from Stephen Daniel Okita en-us Copyright 2026 Stephen Okita Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:16:19 GMT Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:16:19 GMT 60 me@stephenokita.com (Stephen Okita) Philosophy/Technology https://stephenokita.com/blog/Radical%20Transliteration Radical Transliteration https://stephenokita.com/blog/Radical%20Transliteration Radical Transliteration

Radical Transliteration

My philological answer to YC's "Please tell us about a time you most successfully hacked some (non-computer) system to your advantage"

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Review of King's Letter from Birmingham Jail

Three stars for the prose, immeasurable stars for the substance; a long read on direct action, unjust laws and the order-keepers

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Review of Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation

My good reads review of the female version of American Psycho

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Review of Bernays' Propaganda

A pretty short examination of the opposing moral-phenomenological views interpreting the spectacle

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Review of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

A character and moral examination of Tolstoy's "first novel"

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Mapping CVEs Over Time

A stacked view of CVE counts by year and CVSS rating range, with a year-to-date snapshot and a naive annualized projection for 2026.

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]]> Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Security Computer Science Data https://stephenokita.com/blog/Review%20of%20Russell's%20History%20of%20Western%20Philosophy Review of Russell's History of Western Philosophy https://stephenokita.com/blog/Review%20of%20Russell's%20History%20of%20Western%20Philosophy Review of Russell's History of Western Philosophy

Review of Russell's History of Western Philosophy

Russell is too obsessed with being correct to be right.

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Review of Byung-Chul Han's 山寨

What a great mind this man has; some semi-scattered thoughts on the book

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]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Book Review Philosophy Chinese Philosophy Aesthetics Critical Theory Culture https://stephenokita.com/blog/Review%20of%20Christelow's%20Five%20Little%20Monkeys Review of Christelow's Five Little Monkeys https://stephenokita.com/blog/Review%20of%20Christelow's%20Five%20Little%20Monkeys Review of Christelow's Five Little Monkeys

Review of Christelow's Five Little Monkeys

This is a very serious review

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]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Book Review Philosophy Satire Literature Nietzsche https://stephenokita.com/blog/Critque%20of%20the%20Philosophy%20of%20Right Critique of Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right https://stephenokita.com/blog/Critque%20of%20the%20Philosophy%20of%20Right Critique of Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right

Critique of Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right

Pretty much what the title says.

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]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Hegel Book Review Kant Epistemology Philosophy Phenomenology Transcendental Idealism Spinoza Dialectics https://stephenokita.com/blog/Bondsman Freedom in Bondage and Oppression https://stephenokita.com/blog/Bondsman Freedom in Bondage and Oppression

Freedom in Bondage and Oppression

A class essay on the lord and bondsman, a moral formal version of Gooning through Desire kinda.

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Machina ex Deus

A presentation on the existential risk of Gen AI

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Gooning Through Desire

A silly reflection on the self, through Hegel, Arendt and the Buddha. All told through the metaphor of masturbation

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]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Philosophy Epistemology Phenomenology Transcendental Idealism ;) https://stephenokita.com/blog/Review%20of%20Smith's%20Berkeley%20and%20the%20New%20Deal Review of Smith's Berkeley and the New Deal https://stephenokita.com/blog/Review%20of%20Smith's%20Berkeley%20and%20the%20New%20Deal

Review of Smith's Berkeley and the New Deal

Some cool things I found waiting for my gf's wisdom teeth to be taken out

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What Makes Sisyphus Happy

A little reflection on mental health, this will never be fully done but for now it's here.

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Review of Barnett's Tito

One of the most badass men of the contemporary age

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The harmonies of darkness

This is about Nocturnes. I really wanted to write about music and write poetry. This guy at a party last night told me about Field and I have spent the morning devouring his work. These are my reflections.

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Review of Russell's In Praise of Idleness

This work constitutes my love in the love-hate relationship I have with Russell

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The Echo in the Machine

An essay on AGI for CogSci 100.

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CRITIQUE UNBOUND?

Scitzos email I have redacted and edited a little in exploring why and maybe how we need to make the language of critique universal. I never sent this email for good reason, I sent it to my friend and decided to never publish it, but here it is!

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