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The cosmic secrets of godlessness all wrapped up by a fellow with a Ph.D. writing on the internet
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What’s the Fastest Way to Forge an Intergalactic Empire?
What’s the Fastest Way to Forge an Intergalactic Empire?
Technoscientific progress and alt-right resentment
Benjamin Cain
Sep 6
Modernity is Countercultural, So It’s Doomed
Modernity is Countercultural, So It’s Doomed
Secular humanism is fit only for elites who reject the ancient social norms, and elites are always rare
Benjamin Cain
Aug 12
We’re All Ghosts Haunting Our Bodies
We’re All Ghosts Haunting Our Bodies
Why the conscious self is estranged from the physical universe
Benjamin Cain
Aug 5
Warhammer 40k’s Grimdark Challenge to Humanists
Warhammer 40k’s Grimdark Challenge to Humanists
The paradoxical combo of cosmic horror and human progress
Benjamin Cain
Aug 1
Nature’s Creativity Proves the Downfall of Nihilism
Nature’s Creativity Proves the Downfall of Nihilism
How a philosophical overview of science recovers life’s meaning
Benjamin Cain
Jul 29
Big Tech Tribalism Crowds Out Science’s Humanist Ethos
Big Tech Tribalism Crowds Out Science’s Humanist Ethos
The irony of capitalism’s neofeudal impact on society
Benjamin Cain
Jul 23
The Technological Test of Human Pride
The Technological Test of Human Pride
If machines and AI can replace us, liberalism is as phony as ancient religious myths
Benjamin Cain
Jul 22
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Prehistoric Anarchists, Civilized Masters and Slaves, and Alienated Posthumans
Prehistoric Anarchists, Civilized Masters and Slaves, and Alienated Posthumans
The history of our shifting environments
Benjamin Cain
Jul 18
From Eckhart Tolle’s “Power of Now” to the Horror of Nature
From Eckhart Tolle’s “Power of Now” to the Horror of Nature
Pantheism and the artist’s perspective on the perceived world
Benjamin Cain
Jul 17
Psychopathy is the Linchpin of Civilizations
Psychopathy is the Linchpin of Civilizations
The history of how urban environments have sorted us like wild animals
Benjamin Cain
Jul 11
The Quixotic Quest for Cosmic Progress
The Quixotic Quest for Cosmic Progress
Humanist aspirations and the disappointments of history
Benjamin Cain
Jul 8
Trendy Liberals are Too Tribal to Help Us All Progress
Trendy Liberals are Too Tribal to Help Us All Progress
Climate’s impact on culture and the burden of politically correct niceties
Benjamin Cain
Jul 4
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