And Found Some Truths Of My Own — What would be a compelling reason to believe that life isn’t random, that we are more than a bunch of particles colliding according to the laws of physics? Or even selfish genes blindly propagating itself? It’s great that we teach science and rationality as tools to navigate reality and discover…

It’s about power — What would you do if a company offered to install a free soda machine in your house? Unlimited soda every hour of every day, never costing you a dime. Sounds pretty cool, right? They don’t even ask for a credit card or any form of payment, they just install it…

And we will bury them with their own confusion — Our enemies shall talk themselves to death, and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail! — Big Brother from the 1984 commercial In the fifty years since Neil Armstrong uttered “one small step for a man, one giant step for mankind”, the American cultural decline has…

How to (really) make the world a better place — “What you do is important, you are making a difference every day!” “Come make an impact at Random Startup #5645!” If you work in Silicon Valley, chances are you’ve heard a version of the above before, usually from recruiters or a pep talk by management. As someone who spent twenty…

How to make sure Trump never happens again — “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket.” — Lyndon B. Johnson LBJ was a man from the South and he knew his fellow Southerners well. While racism has never left this country, it has been…

The Question That Was Ignored All Summer Until It’s Too Late — Learning nothing from 2016, the DNC once again counted on the hatred of Trump to carry the day, while offering nothing of substance for voters. No universal healthcare, no student loan forgiveness, no ban on fracking, no New Green Deal. All summer, the message was simply — get Trump out…

And why it matters — Free will is one of the most cherished beliefs we have about ourselves. We believe we are free to choose our actions at any given moment. Free will seems self evident because it agrees with our first hand experience. …

What I learned from the World of Warcraft — Some people choose to spend their time getting the most amount of gold or the high score, and that’s great, more power to them. But seems to me they are missing out on a lot of what it has to offer. As exciting as things are in the beginning, no…

The fall of Meritocracy — “The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” - The Second Coming Almost exactly one hundred years ago, William Yeats wrote these words in The Second Coming as his pregnant wife lay…