About Me

I am an Associate Professor of Applied Philosophy at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. My work investigates the role that technologies play in everyday life. My research is primarily in the areas of political philosophy, philosophy of technology, and existential phenomenology. I am the author of Nihilism (MIT Press 2019), Nihilism and Technology (Rowman Littlefield International 2018), and The Philosophy of War and Exile (Palgrave 2015). My work has been translated into multiple languages and appeared in numerous academic journals as well as in international publications such as The Washington Post, Atlantic, and Aeon.

Me giving a talk on my chapter in the Red Sox and Philosophy book in a bar in New York City

Me and Werner Herzog hanging out in front of the IFC Center in NYC

Me and Cory Doctorow signing books at the How the Light Gets In Festival

Me and Robin James at Nihilism book event at MIT Bookstore

My TEDx talk in Frankfurt, Germany that served as the basis for my Nihilism and Technology book

The first event for my Nihilism and Technology book, a panel at the Philosophy of Human-Technology Relations conference with Shannon Vallor, Rosi Braidotti, and Peter-Paul Verbeek