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The Managed Man
A much needed update to George Carlin's 'Modern Man'.
May 20
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When Rationalism Loses the World: Dawkins, Peterson, and the Flattening of Reality
Why a flattened civilization starts mistaking simulation for spirit
May 6
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April 2026
Starfield: When Scale Replaces Meaning
How a game built on mystery and transcendence ends by emptying both
Apr 23
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Nobody Is Going to Stop Generative AI
Creative abundance does not eliminate hierarchy, significance, or judgment.
Apr 16
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You do not have to become one thing
Why “you can just do things” is more radical than people think
Apr 10
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Anakin Skywalker Was Never Meant to Be Stable
On imbalance, emotional force, and why the Chosen One was born to break the system that created him.
Apr 8
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How I Read Fictional Worlds
On Method, Structure, and Meaning
Apr 2
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February 2026
Star Wars Isn’t Your Political Allegory
It’s myth, and adults forgot how to read it
Feb 24
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Elden Ring and the Collapse of Sacred Architecture
On the Shattering, competing metaphysics, and why the game refuses to comfort you.
Feb 19
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Six Faces of Fear
The Mythic Functions of Fear in Fiction
Feb 13
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The Age of Disorientation (Part V)
When disorientation scales, institutions compensate—and the missing axis becomes impossible to ignore.
Feb 9
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The Age of Disorientation (Part IV)
When structure disappears, the psyche compensates—and modern life quietly trains those compensations into the norm.
Feb 3
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