How and why modernity failed. All systems of meaning—religious, political, artistic, psychological—began to fall apart. Nihilism seemed the only alternative.| Meaningness
Understanding why nihilism became silly may improve your attitude to life considerably.| Buddhism for Vampires
... about how to think, act, or live well — however much we wish it were so 😢| meaningness.substack.com
Its methods yield mainly wrong or nonsensical conclusions. We can and should do better.| meaningness.substack.com
A glossary of unfamiliar words, and words used in uncommon ways, on this site.| Meta-rationality
GPT is already at the point where the easiest way to reason about it is to use our other-minds cognition.| betterwithout.ai
Open-ended curiosity gives you the freedom to interact with the world without metaphysical presuppositions.| Meaningness
Reconfiguring categories, properties, and relationships is a meta-rational skill—key in scientific revolutions.| Meta-rationality
Meanings come and go; they are not eternally stable—and that is fine.| Meaningness
The many justifications for nihilism rely on a handful of mistaken patterns of reasoning.| Meaningness
“Nihilism is inevitable, but not a problem.” This is mistaken: it makes you miserable and ineffective, and erodes social and cultural capacity.| Meaningness
Zombies play important roles in both Western and Buddhist philosophy of mind.| Buddhism for Vampires
