About
I'm Shane, an observer of the human condition, wrestling with questions that have no clean answers. Influenced by Wittgenstein's investigations into language and meaning, I explore the spaces between what can be said and what can only be shown.
Through philosophical inquiry and lived experience, I examine the stories we tell ourselves about progress, authenticity, and what it means to live meaningfully in an age of performance.
THE PHILOSOPHICAL OBSERVER
“What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence.” Yet here I am, using words to explore their own inadequacy, finding in this paradox not contradiction but invitation—an invitation to discover what lives in the spaces between certainties.
AREAS OF INQUIRY
Language & Reality
How words shape our world and limit our understanding of authentic experience
Social Mythology
Deconstructing the stories we tell ourselves about progress, success, and happiness
Authentic Being
The challenge of genuine existence in performative culture
Everyday Philosophy
Finding profound truth in ordinary experience and mundane rituals
PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES
My thinking is shaped by philosophers who understood that the deepest questions emerge from careful attention to ordinary experience rather than abstract speculation.
Ludwig Wittgenstein's language games and forms of life. Albert Camus' embrace of absurdity and revolt. Simone de Beauvoir's ethics of ambiguity. Marcus Aurelius' practical wisdom. Zen Buddhism's direct pointing toward what cannot be spoken.
WRITING
Through this platform, I explore the intersection of philosophical inquiry and lived experience, examining how ancient wisdom applies to contemporary challenges.
My goal is to create space for deeper conversation about what it means to be human in a world that increasingly rewards performance over presence, optimization over wisdom.
CONNECT
If you're grappling with similar questions, wrestling with the limits of language, or simply seeking deeper conversation about what it means to be human in this strange world, I'd love to hear from you.