# Reading the Zeitgeist

Understand what’s really happening in culture—and what it means for you—through insights rooted in science, philosophy, and theology from Paul Anleitner.

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## [Avengers Looks like AI, and That’s a Good Thing.](https://paulanleitner.substack.com/p/avengers-looks-like-ai-and-thats)

_2026-08-19 · Paul Anleitner_

What comes next as technology changes the way we tell stories?

## [Why We're Obsessed with the Apocalypse](https://paulanleitner.substack.com/p/why-were-obsessed-with-the-apocalypse)

_2026-08-10 · Paul Anleitner_

and why that might actually save us...

## [The Man Who Killed Superman](https://paulanleitner.substack.com/p/the-man-who-killed-superman)

_2026-07-31 · Paul Anleitner_

In Based on a True Story (which came out on July 14th!), I have a chapter entitled “The Death of Superman.” It’s one of my favorite chapters in the book.

## [The Odyssey: Character Development is a Christian Invention\*](https://paulanleitner.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-character-development)

_2026-07-21 · Paul Anleitner_

Why Nolan’s Odyssey is more St. Augustine than Homer

## [The Odyssey Missed](https://paulanleitner.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-missed)

_2026-07-17 · Paul Anleitner_

My full review of Nolan’s latest epic

## [Based on a True Story: The Prologue](https://paulanleitner.substack.com/p/based-on-a-true-story-the-prologue)

_2026-07-14 · Paul Anleitner_

Today is book-release day for Based on a True Story. Here's the opening "Prologue."

## [How One Man Changed Culture by Telling a Better Story](https://paulanleitner.substack.com/p/how-one-man-changed-culture-by-telling)

_2026-07-01 · Paul Anleitner_

The true story of how Sylvester Stallone "vibe shifted" an entire culture, and why the time is right for it to happen again...

## [Are You Experiencing a “Second Naivety”?](https://paulanleitner.substack.com/p/the-journey-to-the-second-naivety)

_2026-06-25 · Paul Anleitner_

Or Why the Midwit Meme is Actually About You and Me

## [It's 1999 Again.](https://paulanleitner.substack.com/p/its-1999-again)

_2026-06-11 · Paul Anleitner_

What if something went wrong in culture in 1999, and we’re getting sent back to the future to undo it?

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## [Living in Myth: Passing the Threshold](https://paulanleitner.substack.com/p/living-in-myth-passing-the-threshold)

_2026-05-28 · Paul Anleitner_

Part II of a series.