Wednesday, February 25, 2026

On Medium: Pragmatic Morality and the Buddha’s Nihilism

Read on about how the Noble Eightfold Path is a tool you throw away when you’re awakened, so nirvana is a nihilistic mental condition.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Medium Articles

The following is a clickable reading list that maps out this blog’s more recent articles, the ones I've been posting on Medium, and this list will be updated as I add new ones. I’ve tried to arrange the readings in a logical order so that the more general, central, or background readings come before the others in each category. The older articles can be found here.


On Medium: Trumpian Evil Is More Seductive than Democratic Lameness

Here's an article about why we seek political apocalypse and tire of routine mediocrities.

On Medium: The Wallflower Niche

Read on about an analogy that shows how people are anomalies in the animal kingdom.

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

On Medium: The Top 3 Prizes in Nature’s Dangerous Game

Read on to compare the coping strategies for rational alienation, which are sex, civilized distractions, and artistic spirituality.

On Medium: Are Religions More Helpful than Godless Cultures?

Read on to weigh the pragmatic, moral, and aesthetic comparisons of worldviews to determine whether religious cultures are better than irreligious ones.