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4 November 2026

Stoic detachment versus the machine metaphor

Stoic philosophy suggests that we should treat life’s outcomes as external material while focusing our judgment on our own performance. This approach encourages us to care deeply about our work without demanding control over the results, effectively separating moral excellence…

3 November 2026

Interrupting the omnicause of luck

Attributing outcomes to an omnicause—a singular, catch-all explanation like luck or divine whim—stifles critical inquiry and masks the mechanics of reality. When you treat events as purely random, you surrender the agency to identify causal patterns, a trap that even…

2 November 2026

Testing your concepts against the friction of reality

Philosophy is not a collection of abstract answers but a tool for testing whether your concepts still function. As technology and social norms evolve, categories that once seemed stable often fail to capture reality. For instance, the definition of death…

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