Essays

Newcombs Paradox as Information Revelation2026-03-23 · 8 min read
On Inequality, Happiness, and Our Future2023-01-15 · 6 min read
The exploiters of today do not own slaves; they employ and pay them. The exploiters of today do not aim to control the television — they instead put forth appealing new platforms.
In Defense of Digital Words2022-09-01 · 4 min read
This entire piece — a tribute to the power of digital words — is the creation of an artificial intelligence. I wrote a counter-argument prompt. This was its response, verbatim, in 6 seconds.
The Difficulty Is the Point2022-08-25 · 1 min read
How I came to understand struggle as the cornerstone of my identity.
Hopelessness Kills2022-08-25 · 5 min read
From that study we now know that hopelessness can kill. Homelessness is a crisis, and it is a crisis that need not exist.
Who Is God?2022-02-17 · 2 min read
It seems to me at this moment God is a shield, a protection placed unto the minds of humanity.
The White Man's Poverty, Pt. 12022-01-18 · 3 min read
I grapple with the idea of inequality and the many crevices of human organization its various vestiges can creep into.
The Shaky Ivory Tower2022-01-01 · 3 min read
At some point the ill patient was taken advantage of and medical professionals have stepped far over the sick, in pursuit of treating the same man they have left behind.
On Virginity, Money, and Democracy2022-01-01 · 5 min read
Strength with which a matter can afflict someone is contingent on the meaning they have associated with it. Meaning seems to be the ultimate shield and sword alike.
Life Is Maths2022-01-01 · 3 min read
Artem and I distilled life's trajectories down to a singular metaphor that brought us both an enlightenment so brightly visible in his eyes as we uncovered it.
On the Origin of Racialism2021-09-29 · 7 min read
I argue that an early form of modern racism — a pre-racism — was common and prevalent in the Graeco-Roman world, and that this pre-racism gave rise to the beginning of modern racism through the eighteenth century.
On Rhetoric2021-09-29 · 4 min read
Rhetoric is the medium of purpose. It surrounds us at all times, and we cannot live without it.
Gnōthi Sauton2021-09-29 · 3 min read
To know thyself is just as easily understood as a call to become aware of one's limits — a reminder that you are mortal, and far from divine.
The Tolerance Paradox2021-09-17 · 3 min read
The tolerant must not tolerate the intolerant; that is the true test of a democratic society.
Solipsism is the Word I Thought Of2021-01-01 · 4 min read
When you have made house everywhere and nowhere, your only certain home becomes yourself.
An Unfinished Letter to Faris2021-01-01 · 2 min read
For someone who usually knows exactly what they want to say to people, I'll admit I don't know where to begin with you.
What If They're Not Wrong?2020-08-16 · 5 min read
The simple question of 'What if they're not wrong?' has proved to be so immensely powerful I feel as though I could write an entire book on it.
On Policing2020-06-08 · 6 min read
We do not need police as it exists today. The issue is that the average person has a far greater expectation of liberty today.
Tolerance, a Reflection2020-06-04 · 4 min read
I have vague memories of learning about it. The very first time I was taught the word I was made to associate it with a concept I was only somewhat familiar with.
On Utopias2015-03-21 · 6 min read
Utopias are possible but their rarity is mimicked by the rarity of planets hosting life, of which we know only one: Earth.
On Costs, Words, and the Digital Age1970-01-01 · 3 min read