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Of Comfort and Disquiet
As disturbing as tales of monsters can be, perhaps they protect us from more troubling truths.
Studies
Working something through over time: essays that develop an idea with care, series in progress, practice in conversation with a tradition.
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Articles of Faith
Untangling what we know from what we take for granted can be a frightening challenge, but deepening our relationship to the truth may be worth the discomfort.
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A little bit of Pollyanna
How deep are we willing to dig to find the good in people?
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Life as a Lab
The best discoveries are often the ones we could never have predicted.
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The Problem of Fairness
How can we know what's fair when our understanding of the word may depend on the hand we've been dealt?
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Hadestown Review: singing how the world could be, in spite of the way it is
What a modern folk opera about Orpheus and Eurydice can teach us about cruelty, care, and the fragile work of hope.
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Entosophy: The Wisdom of Trees
What began as a Grokkist course project grew into asking philosophy’s deepest questions of trees themselves.
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The Politics of Uplift
As we struggle to raise ourselves up, what are we willing to bury in the process?
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The Politics of Canyons
As inexorable as the forces of division may seem, everything a river erodes is deposited somewhere downstream.
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We Have Already Forgotten How Weird This All Is
Can we meet AI’s strangeness with care?
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Habitual change or changing habits
When change is the status quo, how do we know if we're changing for the better?
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The dark side of Liberal education
When choice comes at the cost of community, we may need to reconsider what freedom truly means to us.