Before I moved out of Michigan, I tried to connect with other Evolvers (that is, members of the site Evolver.net) in my area. I contacted Alan Scheurman, who leads the Evolver Detroit spore. He had listed EcoZoic Detroit as the spore’s website. The About page at that site is brief: We are a locally focused [...]
Posts under ‘religion’
We Must Give the Void Its Colors
We left Albert Camus as he was dispensing of all the leap-takers — the philosophers who, instead of bearing the weight of existence on their own, found some shortcut to assist them (I’m referring to the previous post, if you missed it). The most frequent of Camus’s targets here was Kierkegaard, who was reportedly a [...]
Mere Indoctrination
About a month ago, I found a copy of Mere Christianity lying around my family’s house and decided to poke through it. I was only vaguely familiar with the work, but I soon learned that it was originally given as a series of radio addresses in England during WWII. The goal was to “educate” people [...]
The Sin of Lifelessness
During grad school I was drawn away from Kerouac, not out of disinterest, but just simply because I was so damn busy. Now that I have some more time and mental energy, I’ve jumped back “on the road.” Every time I read one of his books, I find it simultaneously challenging and rewarding. There are [...]
An Enlightenment Steak, With A Side Of Karma
I just finished listening to the audiobook version of God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens. While the subject material is quite controversial, Hitchens’ approach is not. He focuses much less on vague concepts like faith and belief, and much more on the real-world concerns surrounding religion. Hitchens concedes that he pays respect to all [...]
Civilization Is Sterilization
Today’s lesson comes from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. It is the tale of a future society in which everything is completely controlled through eugenics (i.e. – managing human breeding for a desired outcome), psychological conditioning (so that people’s tastes, desires, and turn-offs are all as the government wants), sexual promiscuity (to keep everyone [...]
