PinnedMichael ShammasinSocrates CaféIs Life Meaningless?On Searching for Meaning in a Meaningless WorldMay 30, 20165May 30, 20165
PinnedMichael ShammasinSocrates CaféOn Truth, the Internet, Christianity, & Turning ThirtyIn original Christianity — that messier but more truthful Christianity that existed before the authorities trimmed it down into something…Aug 7, 20212Aug 7, 20212
PinnedMichael ShammasA Free Man in PrisonFor years the wise man had wandered through the desert. For years he had fled false justice so that he could know true justice. Yet now…Sep 30, 2019Sep 30, 2019
Michael ShammasinAmateur Book ReviewsHow to Stop Being a Slave to FreedomAnd why meaning comes from commitment, not freedomSep 21, 20211Sep 21, 20211
Michael ShammasWhat a 19th Century Expedition to Antarctica Can Teach Us About Mentally Recovering from Covid-19Humans have mental needs: a sense of security, purpose, company, relatedness, autonomy, exercise, sunlight.Jun 10, 20211Jun 10, 20211
Michael ShammasinSocrates CaféAfter Covid-19 Ends: Here’s How to Reconnect in a Society Connected by Disconnection.A dead philosopher, a modern scientist, and my dog have the same (sage) advice.Apr 25, 20212Apr 25, 20212
Michael ShammasinThe LabyrinthThe Enlightenment’s Dark Fallacy: On the Dangers of Unregulated Scientific ProgressSome Enlightenment thinkers equated scientific progress with political and moral progress. They were wrong.Feb 10, 20214Feb 10, 20214
