Geeks Bearing Gifts: An Argument Against Transhumanism
A friend and I were watching a TED talk on the subject of aging. The speaker was Aubrey de Grey, a British biologist who proposed a simple but fascinating new…
On Wolves, Sheep, and Sheepdogs
Fool, prate not to me about covenants! There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other through…
#Dadbod is Poison
In case you hadn't heard, "Dad bod" is the word. Major publications like Slate, the Atlantic, GQ, and Business Insider have all had their say on the matter in the last…
Victim-Blaming
After attempting to defend their poster-campaign designed to prevent rape and sexual assault, the Sussex Police Department eventually caved-in and apologized, saying they would "forshorten this particular part of the campaign." The…
Too Much Manliness
C&P Maxim #1: The beginning of all sophistry is the redefinition of words. An ongoing conversation about the merits of manliness has been meandering about Western academia and media fronts…