Anitra Pavlico is an attorney and writer based in New York. She serves on the board of a non-profit organization that assists asylum-seekers in the United States. Anitra has worked for non-profit human rights and press freedom groups in New York. She has also worked as a copy editor at an English-language newspaper in Bangkok. Anitra blogs about Stoicism at AStoicRemedy.com. She lives with her husband, son, and cats. Email: apavlico [at] gmail.com
by Anitra Pavlico In a recent study, data scientists based in Japan found that classical music over the past several centuries has followed laws of evolution. How can non-living cultural expression adhere to these rules? Evolution is an “algorithmic process applied to populations of individuals.” [1] Individuals vary, and certain individuals’ traits are passed on…
by Anitra Pavlico I have been a practicing Stoic for a few years now, with lulls here and there. Stoicism provides a compelling framework for living in a purposeful and ethical way. The question in my mind is, is it perhaps a little too compelling? In other words, not much fun? One obvious response is…
by Anitra Pavlico I recently read Simone Weil for the first time after having come across numerous references to her over the past year. I broke down and bought Waiting for God despite the intimidating and frankly confusing title. I was not disappointed. One of her essays in particular, “Reflections on the Right Use of…
by Anitra Pavlico In April, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted favorably on a bill aimed at protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by the President without good cause. Some Republican senators doubted the legality of the bill, based on a one-judge dissent in a U.S. Supreme Court case decided in 1988, Morrison…