The myth of ascent would have us think that medical technology has largely conquered the great viral epidemic diseases that once held humanity in thrall.
From Opinion to Belief to Knowing
Needless to say, I had been expecting a very different treatment—something involving ice and anti-inflammatory drugs. In fact I’d had a very similar injury at a cross-country meet in college.
Needless to say, I had been expecting a very different treatment—something involving ice and anti-inflammatory drugs. In fact I’d had a very similar injury at a cross-country meet in college.
The Multicellular Metahuman
During the Age of the Machine, physiologists attempting to understand the human body assumed that something so complex must possess an orchestrating force, a command-and-control center issuing instructions to the cells.
During the Age of the Machine, physiologists attempting to understand the human body assumed that something so complex must possess an orchestrating force, a command-and-control center issuing instructions to the cells.
Grades: A Gun to Your Head
How could we make the students learn?
How could we make the students learn?
Human Nature Denied
One of the key themes in The Ascent of Humanity is the program of control.
One of the key themes in The Ascent of Humanity is the program of control.
The Great Robbery
Allied to idealism is its interior reflection: a sense of our own individual magnificence.
Allied to idealism is its interior reflection: a sense of our own individual magnificence.
Humanity Grows Up
We have taken a monstrously wrong turn with symbolic culture and division of labor, from a place of enchantment, understanding and wholeness to the absence we find at the heart of the doctrine of progress.
We have taken a monstrously wrong turn with symbolic culture and division of labor, from a place of enchantment, understanding and wholeness to the absence we find at the heart of the doctrine of progress.
Don’t Should on Us
The urgency of the planetary crisis has not penetrated into popular consciousness.
The urgency of the planetary crisis has not penetrated into popular consciousness.
Security and Fate
Why do we feel so insecure?
Why do we feel so insecure?
Old-Fashioned, Healthy, Lacto-Fermented Soft Drinks: The Real “Real Thing”
My brother John and I share a hobby of brewing lacto-fermented sodas--root beers and ginger ales--which we share among family and friends and occasionally sell at health food conventions.
My brother John and I share a hobby of brewing lacto-fermented sodas–root beers and ginger ales–which we share among family and friends and occasionally sell at health food conventions.
The Ethics of Eating Meat
Most vegetarians I know are not primarily motivated by nutrition.
Most vegetarians I know are not primarily motivated by nutrition.
Thrive: The Story Is Wrong but the Spirit Is Right
This answer might serve to give expression to feelings of rage, hate, grief, and indignation that otherwise, in a world where the wrongness is so ubiquitous as to seem woven into the fabric of reality itself, would turn inward.
This answer might serve to give expression to feelings of rage, hate, grief, and indignation that otherwise, in a world where the wrongness is so ubiquitous as to seem woven into the fabric of reality itself, would turn inward.
Gift Economics and Reunion in the Digital Age
Reality Sandwich is facing financial difficulties that threaten its continued publication.
Reality Sandwich is facing financial difficulties that threaten its continued publication.
Soul Families
A main theme of The Ascent of Humanity is an Age of Reunion that is to follow the Age of Separation whose end we are witnessing today. In this transition, the converging crises of the planet are the birth pangs.
A main theme of The Ascent of Humanity is an Age of Reunion that is to follow the Age of Separation whose end we are witnessing today. In this transition, the converging crises of the planet are the birth pangs.
The Waters of Heterodoxy
One would think that after two hundred or more years of modern chemistry, something as fundamental and seemingly simple as water would be thoroughly understood by now.
One would think that after two hundred or more years of modern chemistry, something as fundamental and seemingly simple as water would be thoroughly understood by now.
Making the Universe Great Again
The aesthetic shortcomings of Avengers: Endgame reflect disturbing trends in politics and society. Worse, the film is a propaganda and indoctrination vehicle for those trends.
The aesthetic shortcomings of Avengers: Endgame reflect disturbing trends in politics and society. Worse, the film is a propaganda and indoctrination vehicle for those trends.