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A Poem of Persistence Observing the nature of your mind, skillfully filling your mind with intimate experience, being consciousness, is a...
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- Jun 15, 2022
- 1 min
I am always thinking of me, myself, and I
The Persistent Mental Model I Call Me Our most prevalent mental model is our sense of self, our thought of psychological continuity, the...
- Jun 9, 2022
- 1 min
The Wrong-Side of the Bed
Grumpy? Begin again... Today I woke up on the proverbial wrong side of the bed. Yesterday too, if I’m being honest. Frustrated. Behind...
- May 12, 2022
- 2 min
On the Inside, Looking Out
Perspective on perspective taking We are forever on the inside looking out. This is one of the first things impressed upon us by the...
- May 10, 2022
- 2 min
Coins and Gems
How do you value life? Imagine life was a video game, how would you score it? There would likely be some sort of extrinsic value—the coin...
- May 5, 2022
- 1 min
Love and Life's Illusions
A Brief Journey to Love Without Grasping The existence of love in our lives is one of our greatest aspirations. It comes in so many...
- May 4, 2022
- 1 min
Conjecture. Criticism
The greatest, most unbiased knowledge of our existence and our passage through it comes from this two-step alliteration of the scientific...
- Apr 29, 2022
- 1 min
The Formlessness of Consciousness
In meditation, we are told to make space, that we are boundless awareness, that we have no head, or that any sensations in the body are...
- Apr 25, 2022
- 3 min
What is Ordinary, Illuminated
An examined life for everyone. Substack newsletter on philosophy, mindfulness, and physics.
- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min
Spiritual Media Podcast
I recently interviewed with Matt Welsh of the Spiritual Media Podcast and covered Meaning in the Multiverse: A Skeptic's Guide to a...
- Feb 21, 2021
- 3 min
The Inner Universe
If you asked, “what does consciousness look like?” one answer is a faded black & purple scene similar to the cosmic background radiation.
- Feb 14, 2021
- 5 min
Love Lost and Found
Isn’t a planet in peril, 1% of world’s population forcibly displaced, and the renewed rise of authoritarianism a crisis of love & meaning?
- Feb 11, 2021
- 5 min
A Review of "A Glitch in the Matrix"
For as long as humans have been casting shadows on walls, we have wondered “what is real?” and “what is just a shadow of reality?”
- Dec 29, 2020
- 9 min
Excerpt: Meaning in the Multiverse
An excerpt from the first chapter of "Meaning in the Multiverse: A Skeptic's Guide to a Loving Cosmos." Presale now & on shelves 2/12/2021.
- Oct 18, 2020
- 3 min
Subtitle: The Pluckiest Piece of Writing
A subtitle offers a glimpse of the content and character of a book. "A Skeptic’s Guide to a Loving Cosmos" is the subtitle for my new book.
- Oct 7, 2020
- 3 min
On Writing
In the 4 years it took me to write “Meaning in the Multiverse,"I learned a lot about organizing thoughts, researching, and self-motivation.
- Sep 25, 2020
- 4 min
The Case for a Computational Universe
What do you think the universe is made of? What can explain not only what you see, but also the fact that it is described by math and logic?
- Aug 26, 2020
- 5 min
Refugees Lighting the Path
Refugees living among us have even more to share than grit and smarts. They act as a mirror to our humanity & offer a perspective on fear.
- Aug 14, 2020
- 2 min
The Great Influenza: Book Review
"The Great Influenza" is a testament to the bravery of medical pros, the grit of scientists, and how we miss society when it disappears.
- Aug 12, 2020
- 3 min
Bottleneck:Why Looming Existential Crisis are Even Worse Than They Seem
Today's existential crisis are gonna feel worse since failing to solve them eliminates humankind’s opportunity at a truly mesmerizing future
- Aug 8, 2020
- 2 min
Is Consciousness an Innie or an Outie?
Do we experience consciousness as a field, as a network, from outside our selves?
- May 20, 2020
- 12 min
The Pandemic's Life Lessons
Coming to terms with our fears and discovering what dying has to teach us about life.
- May 14, 2020
- 7 min
What is Ordinary, Illuminated?
Appreciation of our ordinary conscious experience. The illumination that takes place in every present moment, no matter how typical.
- Apr 23, 2020
- 7 min
A Futurist’s Predictions of Where Current Trends and Forces are Taking Us
Can we tell the historic nature or implications of this once-in-a-century health crisis coupled with a once-in-a-century economic crisis?
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