A conversation about how conversations happen online, what that means for communities, and why our digital spaces can go so wrong.
Radical ethics and Graeme Wood's misunderstanding of the Buddhist Middle Way
Substack is in trouble, and their recent feature releases are evidence of that.
The simple process by which very intelligent people can end up doubling down on very bad arguments.
A discussion of how arguments that work are really arguments that work for us.
Impermanence, the potential for dissatisfaction, and a profound lack of a fixed, independent self
Assessing the threat of right-wing violence in 2024.
Ethics is a practice, but certain mental habits interfere with it. Overcoming them take effort, but is worth it.
An overview of how to achieve a contented and ethical life through a perspective of non-clinging, non-craving, and harmlessness.
Scott Adams offered a story for why wokeism is on the rise, grounded in evolutionary psychology, but it's just the same old misogyny.
Political tactics matter, and we should discuss them, but we should also be aware of conflicting visions of the good behind liberalism and illiberalism.