Finding Meaning

Life-long learning, aided by the giants who have come before, is a (spiritual) practice. Nutritionists advocate for healthy eating and exercise but there is no real regimen for the soul. Yoga and Soulcycle emphasize transcendence through corporeality, but nobody has managed to scale Logos, to create the equivalent for the thoughtful word. Nike... See more

This, I believe, is the great Western truth: that each of us is a completely unique creature and that, if we are ever to give any gift to the world, it will have to come out of our own experience and fulfillment of our own potentialities, not someone else’s

- Joseph Campbell

every human being is a storyteller, that stories are how we seek to understand the meaning of our lives

People are happy enough rich, and people are happy enough poor. But it’s hard to imagine anyone happy without a feeling that their actions have some impact, however small. Even if you’re not going to be remembered by history, you want to be remembered by your barista. The prisoner, though largely robbed of power, is probably happier if he can vex... See more

In some corners of the Internet there’s a fascination with traditionalism, and criticism of the ways the openness and optionality of modernity have left people feeling lost. I’ve always felt like, look, I could never be a traditionalist, because I don’t want to give birth to five kids without anesthesia and spend half of my day cleaning up around... See more