PhilosophistryRationality comes more often from an aesthetic impulse than from a moral oneRational thinking, at its core, is an aesthetic exercise — not a moral, practical, or logical one. Nazi and Enlightenment thinkers alike…Nov 8, 2019Nov 8, 2019
PhilosophistryWhy Future Shock Hasn’t Happened YetWe’ve Cultivated Future ResilienceNov 7, 2019Nov 7, 2019
PhilosophistryIs birth control canceled out by birth un-control?The advent of birth control is balanced by the proliferation of birth un-control, such as alcohol, hard drugs, and skydiving. Perhaps…Nov 2, 2019Nov 2, 2019
PhilosophistryWhy does every generation think the next one is doomed?You can predict how every generation will be perceived by taking a random annoying trait of adolescence and blowing it out of proportion…Nov 1, 2019Nov 1, 2019
PhilosophistryThe Case for Doing Acid in the 1960sIn the 1960s, psychedelics seemed equally likely to become to be the secret to happiness or a complete sham. There wasn’t any experimental…Nov 1, 2019Nov 1, 2019
PhilosophistryHow pleasure affects everything we doLife is pleasure. Even something as simple as picking up a glass of water is pleasurable on some level. Having the thought, “I want water”…Oct 31, 2019Oct 31, 2019
PhilosophistryAlcohol is the best predictor of sexThere are many pieces of sexcraft engineered in humans that, upon examination, seem superfluous or irrelevant. Consider the flares that…Oct 20, 2019Oct 20, 2019
