Murder in the Posthuman Age
Six centuries after Gutenberg, the Internet has had a malignant effect on the public mind.
My Lai Memorial
We hold two apparently contradictory beliefs about war.
The Good Apprentice
Real independence of mind can be won only by a sustained process of submission to authority.
AI Isn't Biased Enough
AI sycophancy is calibrated to satisfy a desire that no GLP-1 can moderate.
The Man Who Killed God
by
Ed Simon
Posted on August 25, 2025
Image: Die Wilde Jagd (The Wild Hunt), c. 1889, by Franz von Stuck (1863–1928), Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany; public domain, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
More than even a poet, Nietzsche was a prophet—a jaundiced, nihilistic, and cracked prophet, but a prophet nonetheless.
The Delusion Machine
