# screwtape (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover screwtape. Page: Feed: --- ## [Our Obsession With Being ‘Special’ Is Making Us Miserable—And There’s a Cure](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/our-obsession-with-being-special) _2026-08-26 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ A purpose beyond self-aggrandizement leads to the good life ## [The Screwtape Letters, Session 7: Choosing Love Over the Ego’s Scraps](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/the-screwtape-letters-session-7-choosing) _2026-08-22 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ A bitter idol, rather than a symbol of Love, advances Screwtape’s mission. ## [Eat, Pray, Demand: The Selfish Hunt for Self-Gratification](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/eat-pray-demand-the-selfish-hunt) _2026-08-19 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ We must undergo a fundamental revolution in our attitude, shifting our focus from what we can take from life to what life expects from us. ## [The Screwtape Letters, Session 6: Love After the Thrill Fades](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/the-screwtape-letters-session-6-love) _2026-08-15 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ Feelings are not meant to be the control center of our lives. ## [Dr. Fauci, Vasily Grossman, and the Evil of Good Intentions](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/dr-fauci-vasily-grossman-and-the) _2026-08-12 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ Life is not evil, but bureaucracies will be cruel when power is unchecked, and conscience is subordinated to institutional loyalty. ## [The Screwtape Letters, Session 5: The Ego’s War on the Present](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/the-screwtape-letters-session-5-the) _2026-08-08 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ Anticipating future relief is just another delay tactic that sacrifices our current freedom ## [The First Week of August (2026)](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/the-first-week-of-august-2026) _2026-08-05 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ Focus on fully enjoying the tiny slice of experiences you actually do have time for. ## [The Screwtape Letters, Session 4: Drifting and the Life Recovered](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/the-screwtape-letters-session-4-drifting) _2026-08-01 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ "Ten years ago, I turned my face for a moment, and it became my life.” ## [When Science Becomes a State Religion](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/when-science-becomes-a-state-religion) _2026-07-29 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ The Fauci problem was always bigger than Fauci. ## [The Screwtape Letters, Session 3: The Trough Is Where the Work Begins](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/the-screwtape-letters-session-3-the) _2026-07-25 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ Character is not a thing you have and then express; it is a thing you build by repetition, act by act, until the repetition has made a disposition. ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IPiqY3adVehO) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [Hail the Hollow AI Caesar](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/hail-the-hollow-ai-caesar) _2026-07-22 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ No matter how much AI flatters you, it doesn’t care about you. It doesn’t appreciate you or understand you. It never will. ## [The Screwtape Letters, Session 2: Waking Up to Reality](https://mindsetshifts.substack.com/p/the-screwtape-letters-session-2-waking) _2026-07-18 · Barry Brownstein · Mindset Shifts—Essays by Barry Brownstein_ Acceptance of suffering works only on suffering that is actually present.