Blog How to Talk Yourself into Defending Nonsense The simple process by which very intelligent people can end up doubling down on very bad arguments.
Blog Living Well Means Recognizing Three Facts of Our Existence Impermanence, the potential for dissatisfaction, and a profound lack of a fixed, independent self
Blog This is the Good Life An overview of how to achieve a contented and ethical life through a perspective of non-clinging, non-craving, and harmlessness.
Blog Scott Adams, "Scientific" Misogyny, and Roland Barthes's Mythology Scott Adams offered a story for why wokeism is on the rise, grounded in evolutionary psychology, but it's just the same old misogyny.
Blog A Conflict of Visions Political tactics matter, and we should discuss them, but we should also be aware of conflicting visions of the good behind liberalism and illiberalism.
Blog Trumpists and Social Dishonesty republished a good number of transcripts of my ReImagining Liberty episodes, has released its first major survey of Americans' populist views. It's well worth your time to read, with a ton of interesting findings beyond the core takeaway of "full-blown populists comprising about 10.3% of
Blog Justice and the Status Quo A short discussion of not letting our present-minded biases blind us to just how much better the world could be.
Blog If Your Faith Makes You a Bigot, It's Time to Question Your Faith Some more likely possibilities to consider before accepting that God belives it's wrong to be LGBT.
Blog No, Midjourney (and other AI) Is Not Stealing Your Work The argument that AI image generators steal from artists would mean that all artists are thieves.
