Algorithmic Dehumanization
John and Mary didn't speak to each other as they drove home from the store. The icy silence wasn't animosity -- at least, not with each other. But it almost…
Courtesy of Boris D. Ogñenovich
Living on Autopilot: Internet Use and Depersonalization-derealization Syndrome
"You know how you sometimes feel like you're on autopilot?" "Sure. If I'm really sleep-deprived anyway." "I feel like that a lot." Recently, my 28-year-old friend, whom I will call…
Spare Thoughts on “Joker:” Identity, Sanity, and Evil
[Spoilers] My first reaction to Joker was to its qualities as a story -- specifically as a Greek tragedy. This, I think, is the primary and best face of the…
Amazon Book-Banning
I once got into an argument with another student at college about the effect of free speech on minorities. Her position was that without some sort of protection, a majority…
A Few Words About Mormonism
A number of more significant posts about religion I've made in the past year relating to Anwei, identity, and the various problems with Christianity, revolve around the conflict between identity…
America’s Ironic Identity
Originally published at The Revolutionary Conservative. Everyone seems to realize that America is coming apart, that the political and cultural divides are widening, and that the trajectory does not look…
God vs. Judith: The Emotive Problem of Evil
Pastor Robert Houghton got a look at "Judith" by A Perfect Circle three weeks ago, and his reaction-video has gone somewhat viral -- amassing 283,000 views, 5,900 likes, and over 6,000 comments…
On Pragmatic Christianity
It's becoming common in politically-right circles to hear that the West won't be revivified without Christianity. Vox Day has variously argued that the West itself is composed of three parts…
New: Letter to Anwei
Update: Now out in paperback. It's finally out! About two weeks after I'd hoped to release it, but my editor is top-quality, and my writing was not up to standard…
Identity and the Problem with Christianity
Originally published on Counter-Currents: Whenever we accept certain axioms as true, we bar ourselves from accepting certain conclusions which contradict the axioms. For example, if we accept the axioms that…