[500 words] It's all about doing your thing (ergon). And doing it well.Flourishing. "Eudaimonia". What your thing is depends on what you are. If you're an animal, it's eating enough food to survive, and growing. If you're a human, it's that, plus talking, thinking (...which, annoyingly, involves listening to other people) and... "creative work" is …
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[1200 words] The darkest thought I've ever thought which I don't consider clinically insane is this. We live in the best possible world.Everything happens for a reason -- and that reason is that everything is for the best. In other words -- it's all part of God's plan. And God is good and wise and …
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[This is an old post, originally published on Blastocyst on March 9, 2014.But it's pretty relevant today, when we're all on the internet together feeling pretty down about collective action and existence itself.] [9600 words] Mount Moon is our Mount Sinai, and the Helix Fossil, our One True Lord and Saviour. Oh, and one more …
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[300 words] Once upon at a time, there were two nerds at a very fancy university studying psychology. Then they took acid and were like "lol, screw this. You nerds wanna continue with all these neurotic details? Fine. We'll just do acid and let the mind reveal itself." One of them kept doing acid, every …
[3000 words] If you don't get what you want, you get sad. If you consistently don't get what you want, you get depressed. Depression is a sort of hibernation of the soul. When physical winter makes the food scarce, certain animals hibernate their bodies. When psycho-social-spiritual winter makes enjoyment scarce, we humans hibernate our minds. …
[200 words] Some people still seem to be worrying about overpopulation. Here are the solutions. Understanding them will help you stop worrying. Women's access to education When you improve women's access to education, the birth rate plummets. Birth rates have plummeted in all industrialized countries. It's why they've had to import people to keep the …
[150 words] It's very simple. You understand what's going on, right? It's the other guy that's an idiot. Well then. How do you talk to someone who doesn't understand something as well as you do? Well, what's the classic example of someone who doesn't understand things very well? I'll just tell you -- it's a …
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[500 words] Two months ago, I wanted this. What I want now is to act as a conduit. I want young people who are called by the spiritual path to become aware of me, and I want to tell them: It's OK! You can do totally do that! If you feel that calling, go! Forget …
[1000 words] It's all very simple, really. I'm sure you would all understand it just fine, if you were to permit yourself to think on it calmly. First off, the biology. The story goes that the point of life is to survive long enough to pass on our genetic code. When you mate with someone …
Continue reading So what’s the deal with all this incest porn?
[300 words] Depends on your taste. If you feel that just hoping someone dies, no matter the circumstances, is morally wrong... then no, it's not OK. But if you feel anything less extreme than that -- then yeah, it's fine. First off, it's natural. If something exists which goes against your values or interests, your …
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