On Medium: Anxiety and the Condemnation of Foolish Societies

Read on about how the limits of psychiatry are overcome by philosophy and religion, which provide the means of evaluating whole societies, including the self-destructive West.

On Medium: The Triumph of Jewish Comedy Over Monotheistic Brands

An article on making sense of the multiplicity of religions, by contrasting dystopian, monotheistic ones with humbler, less ambitious or satirical religious brands.

On Medium: Writing With Grit Against the Digital Tide

Read on to find the silver lining of late-modern writing’s futility.

On Medium: Beyond the Shibboleth of “Racism”

A politically incorrect analysis of racism and of the hard problem of cultural variety that's ignored by progressives and that should disturb white supremacists.

On Medium: Sex Between Minds: A Human Stamp On Our Animality

Read on about our sexual games of subjugation, the narrowmindedness of intimacy, and the impetus behind the ascetic revulsion towards them. 

This article follows up on "Romanticizing the Crudity of Sex."

On Medium: Buddhism and The Threat of Nihilism

Read on for an article about Buddhist pragmatism and the secular reconstruction of morality, and how the Buddhist's therapeutic coyness with metaphysics flirts with self-defeating nihilism.

On Medium: Mass Hallucination and The Dream of Waking Life

An article on the fictions of conventional wisdom, the fear of transhuman sobriety, and the existential implications of hypnosis.

On Medium: The Tragic Overkilling of George Floyd

My interpretation of the perfect storm that killed George Floyd, including the paranoia, histrionics, militarization, and police humiliation.

On Medium: The Antisocial Implications of Mystical Monism

An article on why we should expect enlightened mystics to be amoral nihilists. If selfishness is based on egoistic illusions, why isn't compassion just as wrongheaded?

On Medium: The Façade of China’s Robotic Wisdom

Read on about the myopia of Chinese prudence and the necessity of nonrational ideals. 

This article follows up on "Why China’s Pragmatism Should Haunt the West."