“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.”

Didactic Mind, Ep 114: “And Forgive Us Our Debts”

Didactic Mind, Ep 114: “And Forgive Us Our Debts”

The Didactic Mind podcast is finally BACK with a new episode! This one is all about the importance of debt forgiveness, from both a moral and economic perspective, as it is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for ensuring investment in genuinely...
“We are the Dead. Short days ago…”

“We are the Dead. Short days ago…”

Seeing as this is the 105th anniversary of the Armistice that ended the Great War, and seeing as we are now already deep into World War III (or IV, if you believe – with, in my view, good reason – that the Cold War was the third one), it is worth...
Didactic Mind, Ep 114: “And Forgive Us Our Debts”

Didactic Mind, Ep 113: Weapons of Maths Destruction

This one originated from a question sent to me by LRFotS MK, who is also a Telegram channel subscriber, about a program done on The Duran with Alex from Reporterfy. The program in question was a most excellent Q&A session between the THREE Alexes – they are...
The visionary of Valdai

The visionary of Valdai

If ever you want to understand how and why the West seems to be losing on every front, all you have to do is to watch the leaders of the Western bloc’s geopolitical rivals, when they speak in public. We had one such opportunity this week, when the Neo-Tsar held...
Thoughts and pictures from Mordor

Thoughts and pictures from Mordor

As I have mentioned a few times, I got back from a two-week trip to Russia and Central Asia recently. It was a fantastic trip, involving stays in Moscow, Dagestan, and Kyrgyzstan, and plenty of walking, driving, and hiking around some of the most amazing natural...
Didactic Mind, Ep 114: “And Forgive Us Our Debts”

Didactic Mind, Ep 112: The Itchy Red Blanket

This episode of Didactic Mind is all about the misguided and very foolish return of Stalinism as an in-vogue political and social philosophy. This all came about because of the recent appearance by one Jackson Hinkle on Piers Morgan’s show (Lord,...
Competence is necessary but not sufficient

Competence is necessary but not sufficient

As noted earlier this week in the Great Mondaydact Browser Slayer, the long read of the week was an excellent bit of analysis on the decline, fall, and collapse of the Western world by Gaius Baltar, featured at Larry Johnson’s SONAR21 blog. As Mr. Baltar pointed...
Thot in the shell

Thot in the shell

A bit over a year ago, I wrote about the story of one Diana Deets, aka Coconut Kitty, who was (in)famous for posting pictures of herself on her Instaham account with VERY heavy filtering that made her look about half her true age. Sadly, the woman behind that account...
Not the years in his life, but the life in his years

Not the years in his life, but the life in his years

Everyone’s favourite resident philosopher and Christian psychopath (yes, really), Tha Dizzle, recently put out a long video responding to the trolls who were stupid and/or crazy enough to attempt to harass him over the recent death of his son, Reid Wood. It is...