Are We Outsourcing Curiosity?
There was a time when a question was a beginning — a wandering through uncertainty. Now we submit questions and receive answers. What happens to curiosity when we outsource the search?
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The Eternal Storm: War and the Philosophy of Human Conflict
An exploration of war through the lens of philosophy — from Heraclitus to Clausewitz, from just war theory to modern pacifism.
The Anxiety of Influence, 2026 Edition
Harold Bloom argued that all writers live in dread of their predecessors. But what happens when the predecessor has read everything? A long essay on originality, voice, and what it now means to make something genuinely yours.
Why I Write — And Why You Should Too
A deep dive into the compulsion to write, drawing on Orwell, Didion, King, Morrison, Rilke, and decades of psychological research — and the case for why every human being, not just writers, should pick up the pen.