Digital culture is unmooring us from material reality.

Why Progress isn’t Feminist Mary Harrington 3.1.2023

She'd say, "Jamie, in this life, if you're torn between two decisions, always choose the new memory. Carpe Diem my boy, carpe diem!" One of the earliest steps in Joe Campbell's model is the Call to Adventure.

Always choose the new memory Jamie Wheal 9.19.2023

Less than perfectly rational isn’t stupid.

The radical idea that people aren't stupid: OR, the toilet spoke and I understood the truth Adam Mastroianni 1.24.2023

True mastery is surrender to mystery. We can make the world a more meaningful place not by seeking to maximize impact, but by holding and creating space for something that is not of ourselves.

10 Contrarian Ideas Inspired by Heidegger Zohar Atkins 8.21.2023

his father gave him a life lesson. There are three kinds of people in this world, his father said: sheep, wolves and sheepdogs. Wolves prey on the flock. Sheepdogs defend the flock.

How MAGA Corrupts the Culture of the White Working Class David French 10.5.2023

The best things in life require a leap of faith, and can’t be gamed. The way to defeat the prisoner’s dilemma is to be the courageous one.

Committing to Commitment: Overcoming Self-Sabotage at the Altar in Emor Zohar Atkins 5.5.2023

The rabbis minimized distraction and focused on the uplifting, if modest idea that “The Divine Presence goes into Exile with us.”

The Metaphysics of Antisemitism Zohar Atkins 10.10.2023

Centralization doesn’t drive down costs, so much as it externalizes the problems off the balance sheet. It zeroes out our obligations to others.

How egg politics failed Britain Mary Harrington 5.9.2023

The entanglement of mass and space-time creates what we think of as objective reality. The entanglement of narratives and archetypes (or stories and minds) creates what we think of as subjective reality. ... a kind of reality that exists between the other two, bridging them? Something we can call computational reality? Perhaps modern AI is allowing... See more