How much of your soul would you trade for more physical life, if the Tradition of the Church says that death is preferable to taking an evil medicine that could cure you? The post The Medical Ethics of St John Chrysostom appeared first on Orthodox Reflections.| Orthodox Reflections
‘This is possibly the single largest design flaw contributing to the bad Nash equilibrium in which … many governments are stuck. Every individual high-functioning competent person knows they can’t make much difference by being one more face in that crowd.’ Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI expert, LessWrong etc. ‘[M]uch of our intellectual elite who think they have […]| Dominic Cummings's Blog
Trump's actions on immigration, fiscal policy, privacy, and war make MAGA Republicans angry. This was always going to be the outcome.| Orthodox Reflections
Millennialism, in all its forms, is the curse of the modern world. The fruits of this heresy are always rotten.| Orthodox Reflections
In a materialistic society, honor goes to those achieving great wealth. Within Orthodox Christianity, exalted are the riches of poverty.| Orthodox Reflections