Archive - Talking To Myself

The Reality of Abstraction

Are you enterprising or contemplative?

Apr 26, 2024 •

February 2024

Book Review: The Siren Call Of Hungry Ghosts

Some thoughts on the paranormal

Feb 14, 2024 •

January 2024

A meditation on Hobbits and flat worlds

Jan 28, 2024 •

September 2023

Nostalgia and Mortality

A little home-brewed phenomenology

Sep 12, 2023 •

July 2023

The Very Smart People Are Dumb

Everybody does stupid stuff. Not just you or your family or your friends. People — including big, important, credentialed people with lots of money and…

Jul 29, 2023 •

Book Fridays: Mao, The Unknown Story

In psychology, there is a thing called a personality disorder.

Jul 21, 2023 •

Paradox Of Connection

Someone once asked me, on another website: How has online communication changed the way we interact with others, and what are some of the benefits and…

Jul 15, 2023 •

Book Fridays: Orthodoxy And The Religion Of The Future

I have a soft spot for ascetics.

Jul 14, 2023 •

There is more than one kind

Jul 10, 2023 •

June 2023

The Meaning Of Life

The meaning of life is preparing to die. You want to die well. It’s the last thing you’ll ever do, so don’t screw it up. But dying well requires living…

Jun 24, 2023 •

Review: Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer

It's a good thing that I have friends who read, because if I didn't, I would probably never read any fiction at all.

Jun 21, 2023 •

April 2023

I generally respond to criticism by ignoring it.

Apr 24, 2023 •

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