Philosophy
Looking on the Bright Side of the Darkest Times of Life
How a silly song conveys an essential truth.
A Selection of Very Modest Proposals
Remember: they’re just harmless thought-experiments.
Diving into Obscurity: Colin Wilson
The outsider who refused to stay angry but stayed too-often gullible.
The TDS Is Strong in This One
The idea of no free will is the ultimate get out of jail free card for psychopaths and sociopaths. Hell, you can even use it to bitch about Trump without any evidence and end it with ‘… but it’s not his fault’.
Will There Be a Homo Spatialis?
Environmental pressure drives evolution and space is the most extreme environment humans can ever experience.
The Profound Importance of Memory
We are thinking reeds and that is more profoundly important than you might think.
An Obituary for Scott Adams (1957–2026)
Scott Adams taught us that happiness is a choice and a skill. He taught us that the world is more malleable than we think, that you just need to decide it is and then author it.
Reading Marx Is the Best Antidote to Marxism
How Ludwig Mises immediately spotted the bleeding obvious: Marx is full of it.
Peter Thiel Will Give Us Exactly What We Want
All we want is to continue to exist. And the terrible, awful secret of life is that everyone always gets what they want. Palantir has been created to do exactly that.
Yes, Border Control Is Absolutely Moral
Border control is not only moral, it’s absolutely imperative.