One of the worse things about conciseness is wondering whether you deserve it. This pervasive angst is particularly poignant in survivors of plane crashes or war veterans but I think we all suffer from it to a greater or lessor
The End of the World as We Know It
Chronicling the end of creation can be tiresome. Throughout the centuries prognosticators have gamely tried to predict the exact time and manner of our impending destruction with monotonous regularity.
Jewish revolutionary Simon bar Giora held that his revolt against the
Instructions for Existence
It is the height of folly to pontificate to others on how properly to live, and only a fool would presume to do so. With that in mind, lets get started.
All but the most libertine of us embodies at
The Cosmic Jackpot
As higher purposes go, humans seem to have hit the cosmic jackpot. Not only do we have the easiest and most important job in creation, all we have to do is enjoy the view. Should we all then quit our
Net Mirth
One Saturday morning in 2016, Steven Scholz decided to go on a shooting spree inside his own home. “I figured I’d just shoot at random because I had all these guns,” explained Scholz arrested at his newly perforated house in
The Mathematics of Morality
Wiley Brooks, founder of the Breatharian Institute of America claims his soul is so pure he can exist on a diet of nothing but air. No water, no food, just air. Money however is another matter. Brooks markets his spiritual
Lessons of Lobster Sex
We have been interrogating the natural world about the etiquette of existence. Observers seem particularly important to the unfolding of celestial events. Are there any empirical clues found in the evolutionary record on how sentient observers ought to treat each
The Dour Mirth of Greta Thunberg
Mirth is not just fun and games. Just ask Greta Thunberg. In the short span of her planet saving career, the Swedish teenager has unleashed her dour rage at global leaders and become the leading voice for serious action on
The Never-ending Story
Lana Ishkontana was killed by a story. The five year old Palestinian girl was excited to show her family her new holiday dress given to celebrate the the end of Ramadan when an Israeli bomb fell through the ceiling of
Moral Injury and Autonumous Weapons
Military psychologists recently coined the term moral injury to describe the root cause of an epidemic of suicide, depression and substance abuse afflicting returning war veterans. Over 500 vets of Iraq and Afghanistan attempt suicide each month. Twenty-two per day