We’re about ten days out from our next Mind Jam , and this one cuts close to the bone. Last session, we explored AI consciousness and...

The way AI is presented bears an uncanny resemblance to the priestly traditions of religion. There is a mysterious, transformative power...

Red or blue? Left or right? Capitalist or Communist? We’re surrounded by choices. But they don’t feel like real choices. They feel like a...

AI writing has a vibe. You know it when you see it. It's smooth, articulate, well-structured—but weirdly generic. Like someone who's very...

A meditation on freedom, groundlessness, and the search for meaning—through scuba diving, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and the wisdom of Eastern thought.

Most people spend time on the first verse of Genesis. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." It’s one of the most...

Gandhi has been softened in memory. We speak of his love, his patience, his devotion to peace—as if these were passive traits, as if he...

At coffee shops, I watch couples lean into whispers— a native language I understand but don’t fluently speak. I’m happy for them. How...

This essay explores the spiritual crisis at the heart of modern liberalism—and why Trump may be less an anomaly, more a symptom. If it...

Hey everyone, I owe you an explanation—and honestly, a big thank you for your support as I've been quietly building something over these...

It’s a quiet Friday evening, and John Mayer's Waiting on the World to Change  just came on. There was a time I loved this song— really ...

They say we dwell in four dimensions— length, breadth, depth, and time. Yet sacred truths transcend mortal boundaries. What if there...

Two weeks ago, I found myself seated at the Stanford India Conference, unsure why I had come. Billed as the largest gathering on the...

Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." I used to love that line. Still do, in some...

In recent months, leading AI companies like Anthropic have begun openly speculating about machine consciousness. Some researchers now...

This Sunday, Dolores Park is hosting one of San Francisco's most iconic and provocative events: the Hunky Jesus contest. It's outrageous,...

If advertisers are the consumers, what does that make us? A quiet betrayal in the Google ad tech ruling reveals how our attention became the product.

"There is a time when silence is betrayal." - Martin Luther King Jr., Beyond Vietnam, 1967 In the long shadow of the Trump presidency, a...

A reflection on Netflix’s Adolescence, Nietzsche, and how schools teach pain when they fail to teach affirmation.

The café shimmered in the corner of Valencia Street like a mirage, suspended somewhere between morning fog and memory. I stepped into the...