“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

The power of NO

The power of NO

Given the ongoing clown-car crash that is the 2020 Presidential election in the US, and the fact that a clear winner won’t be decided for days, if not weeks, let’s take a bit of a break from politics. I’m quite happy to do so anyway, as the situation...
Domain Query: The Age of Apostasy

Domain Query: The Age of Apostasy

Time for another Domain Query – this time I answer a very interesting question from reader “H” about whether or not there is any hope for apostates. Here is the original question: Forgive me if this is an annoying question you would rather not answer...
Restoring the Compact

Restoring the Compact

I’m going to start off here by stating a very obvious truth. Every single society, no matter how big or small, has to grapple with one fundamental truth: sperm is cheap and eggs are expensive. The main reason why modren society is collapsing is because this...
Didactic Mind, Ep. 52: Surrender is Not a Strategy

Didactic Mind, Ep. 52: Surrender is Not a Strategy

In this week’s podcast episode, I discuss the PUA and MGTOW movements within the Manosphere, and offer my thoughts as to why what they are selling is not good for young men today: The recent post in which I chronicled the motivations behind my desire to turn...
Life lessons from the Jade-Faced Tiger

Life lessons from the Jade-Faced Tiger

The name of Samart Payakaroon is not well known outside of martial arts circles, but within them, his is a name that inspires hushed awe and deepest respect. That is because he is considered to be perhaps the greatest nak muay – practitioner of the Art of...
Didactic Mind, Ep. 52: Surrender is Not a Strategy

Didactic Mind, Ep. 51: The Darwinian Devolution

This week’s podcast is all about evolution and the (huge) problems with the current Neo-Darwinian Synthesis and provides some basic mathematical analysis to give the hapless evolutions something to shoot for: There is an awful lot to unpack in this episode, and...
Battle meditation

Battle meditation

Over the past week, I have written posts that directly address a number of the problems with motivation, focus, and discipline that many readers have reported to me. In yesterday’s podcast I gave some fairly concrete advice about creating focused habits that...
The focused mind

The focused mind

Before I get started – apparently there have been some issues with the comments system for the last few days. I was wondering why the comments went so quiet recently. This was likely caused by a settings change that I made in JetPack to allow people to comment...
Radical = Fundamental

Radical = Fundamental

When we talk about the “Radical” Left, this is something of a misnomer. What is a “radical”, after all? I’m a mathematician by training. I think in terms of mathematics. In maths, a “radical” has to do with the root of a...
Didactic Mind, Ep. 52: Surrender is Not a Strategy

Didactic Mind, Ep. 49: Have No Fear

This week’s podcast is all about fighting the mind-crippling fear that has overtaken all of us thanks to the Chinese Mumps. I provide some understanding of what has happened, why the fear is overblown, what you can do to fight it, and where and how there is...