Heavily Meditated or Heavily Educated? Why Feeling Better Isn’t Enough
Meditation can calm the mind—but clarity is the real prize. From biohacking to brainwaves, this is a look at what happens when feeling better isn’t enough.
James Croall
You Can Handle the Truth
“The advanced atheist… understands the world as it is—an infinitely cold universe of protons and electrons. To the advanced Christian, God’s will is just as cold and his justice just as inexorable.”
—Curtis Yarvin, You Can’t Handle the Truth
A small but influential current calling itself the
Why Governments Aren’t Startups and Souls Aren’t Employees (Part 2)
From Metrics to Meaning
This is the real work of governance—not control, but cultivation. Not obedience, but individuation. A healthy state doesn’t scale authority—it maximizes the potential of its people. It doesn’t treat minds as liabilities to manage, but as engines to develop. Not just bodies
Why Governments Aren’t Startups and Souls Aren’t Employees (Part 1)
This weekend, I had the pleasure of watching the San Francisco Mime Troupe perform in the sunny Dolores Park. I’ve seen them before, but I’d forgotten how radical, witty, and intelligently provocative their work is! Their latest show offered a biting local satire of the city’s—and
Psychedelics, Neuroscience, and Decoding the Mathematics of the Soul
Bicycle Day, and the Question It Doesn’t Ask
Dan Brown’s "Secret of Secrets" and the Hidden Mathematical Truth of Reality
Dan Brown has a talent for introducing his millions of readers to hidden knowledge, secret societies, and revolutionary ideas, weaving them into high-stakes thrillers that leave us readers wondering how much of the fiction is actually real. His newest book, Secret of Secrets, is set to release soon, and I’
The language of thought
What is a thought, anyway? Science suggests thoughts are electrochemical reactions produced in the brain, arising from both external and internal stimuli—sensory inputs, emotions, memories, and even physiological states. Meanwhile, Eastern mystics see thoughts as transient fluctuations, illusions that bind us to the material world, clouding deeper understanding. Yet