Beyond logic, beyond greed
Beyond logic, stuck on wishful thinking, bias, and irrationality — it’s no wonder the world divides into tribes. The internet allows us to handpick the...
Tag: politics
The pointlessness of constant self-grading
We obsess with gauging the temperature of our present reputation. The numbers are public, ticking up and down like stock prices. The internet is the grandest...
Nobody strange
She was out there, in ideas and intentionality. By high school, she had already separated from the herd. She refused to abuse herself into the...
Back to black
The cement of society amounts to a thin place that refuses to be exploited and homogenized. The world is flat once again, as nation-states, cities,...
Pets feature in ‘Say no to tear gas’ protests in Hong Kong
Hong Kong residents are trying to encourage the police to avoid tear-gassing their pets amid all the chaos in Hong Kong. According to Hong Kong-based...
The bullshit detector
You know it when you see it. Bullshit rings like a magic lantern, giving artificiality a spotlight. More people are susceptible to believing bullshit than...
Consuming valueless info
The tabloids will always outsell good books because people like valueless info. Instead of chasing the interesting, our eyeballs fall into the hands of attention...
Why people deny the facts
Everyone gets it. That rush of blood to the head when something or someone reconfirms your beliefs. You just knew it! But how often is...
Punching back against nihilism
The brain is stuck on hype rather than facts and figures. It devours the external stimuli of incessant feeds and 24/7 news and predictably shuns...
Cultivating disparate views
Two America’s, two different realities. If you can shape your own feeds and build an arsenal of self-confirming information, why do you ever have to...
Regression in time
You’re part of an idea. So is every variety of human. One idea is that democracy is the best form of government. But we can’t...
Embrace the void
Most people can’t stand to be left out the loop. The urge to know is what keeps them on their feet, building a knowledge base...