The Horror of Being a Singularity
The amorality of Buddhist enlightenment
The Far Future Humanist
Expert philosophizing on whether secular humanism can serve as a viable mythos for a technologically empowered species like ours.
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Buddhism and the Threat of Nihilism
Buddhist pragmatism and the secular reconstruction of morality
The Incoherence of Manliness
Debating who’s manly is a fool’s errand
My New Album: Celestial Trips
Teaming up with Suno to set my lyrics to music
Cultural Ironies and Men’s Expendability
We overcompensate for nature’s unequal expectations for us
What is Civilization’s Impact on Manliness?
Stone Age nomads, workaholics, and posthuman outcasts
Hanzi Freinacht and the Apocalypse of Modern Enlightenment
Reckoning with the pseudoproblems of metamodernists
From the Age of Reason to Postmodern Sophistry
We awoke from the “modern” dream
Modernity Secularizes the Axial Age’s Moral Absolutes
The varieties of progress from apocalyptic judgments to technoscientific advances
The Clash Between Ancient and Modern Sages
Tranquility vs alienation, stagnation vs progress
Religion’s Coverups of Civilization’s Spiritual Purpose
The awe-inspiring, existential stakes of mundane tasks
What is Life’s Cosmic Role?
Are we slaves to nature’s evolution or bridges to an unnatural order?
The Farcical Battle Over Religious and Atheistic Death Counts
Tribalism, humanist morality, and the comparison of religious and secular dangers
The Fool’s Gold of AI Artistry
Lessons from producing my third music album, “Strata”
The Pragmatic Case for Atheism
There’s a godless foundation for civility
Should We Shun a God who Hides from Us?
The Christian conundrum of the world’s many religions
The Terrifying Bridge Between Modernity and the Muslim World
Cosmic horror and monotheism’s reconciliation with science
H.P. Lovecraft’s Satirical Takedown of Islam
The unconditional surrender to God is dystopian
The Bible and Quran are Proto-Lovecraftian Satires
Yet Jews are the only monotheists who have understood the prophets’ critique of religion
Jesus’s Resurrection Can’t Possibly be Historically Proven
The apologist’s red herrings and the deeper matter of historical reasoning
The Sad Confusions in William Lane Craig’s Case for Christianity
When an atheist needs to teach an apologist how explanations and myths work
Vagaries of Deep Time
Check out my second music album on YouTube
The Deeper Reason Why Skeptics Should Scoff at Christian Miracles
Authentic religion and the crassness of Christian literalism
Atheists Should Welcome Christianity’s Secret Lesson
Organized Christianity prospered because the world is absurd
Can Digital Content Still be Precious?
The "remixes" of my first album are out on YouTube