Max Weber
1864–1920
“Protestant Ethic — the iron cage of disenchanted rationality.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TDTheoretical Drive8 / 10
- TRTrust in Reason7 / 10
- TETrust in Experience7 / 10
- SRSkeptical Reflex7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Bernard StieglerFORGE
Technics and time — exteriorization of memory shapes the human.
- Nick BostromCARTOGRAPHER
Superintelligence — existential risk from misaligned optimization.
- Toby OrdFORGE
The Precipice — humanity's long future as a moral category.
- Hilary GreavesFORGE
Longtermism — present obligations to vast possible futures.
- Jacques RancièreFORGE
The distribution of the sensible — politics as redistribution of who counts.
- Walter RodneyFORGE
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa — political economy of empire.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Max Weber's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Max Weber or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREMax Weber vs Bernard StieglerOn Mull's map Bernard Stiegler sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶