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Bumble: The Failed Experiment

It began with a good idea, but this bee seems to have lost its way.

May 22, 2023

Bumble: The Failed Experiment

May 22, 2023

Do Scary Stories Really Scare Us?

Fear is often a funny, if not fascinating, thing. Over the years, I’ve said that there seems to be very little that actually scares me…

Oct 13, 2021

Do Scary Stories Really Scare Us?

Oct 13, 2021

Dying to Be Right: Covid, Anti-Vaxxers, and Cognitive Dissonance

“I just always thought it’s never going to happen to us,” Christina Lowe told NBC 7 News in San Diego earlier this month. “We thought the…

Sep 29, 2021

Dying to Be Right: Covid, Anti-Vaxxers, and Cognitive Dissonance

Sep 29, 2021

Good Vibes Only: Our Culture of Toxic Positivity

We live in an age of life coaches, self-help gurus, and Instagram influencers. Even after going through a global pandemic that cost people…

Aug 10, 2021

Good Vibes Only: Our Culture of Toxic Positivity

Aug 10, 2021

How to Read Critically

Once upon a time, I was a young Earth creationist who believed the Bible was the infallible word of God. Admittedly, I shudder somewhat…

Jul 9, 2021

How to Read Critically

Jul 9, 2021

Published in
The Startup

The Value of Talking to Yourself

Recently, I finished reading through Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations for a second time. The first time you read a text, you typically pay the…

Mar 1, 2021

The Value of Talking to Yourself

Mar 1, 2021

Published in
The Shadow

How the GOP War on Big Tech Encourages Censorship

Following the Twitter ban of former president Donald Trump, Republican political figures like Senator Lindsey Graham began almost…

Feb 4, 2021

How the GOP War on Big Tech Encourages Censorship

Feb 4, 2021

Published in
The Startup

Speech Without Consequences Is Not Free Speech

Why speech has consequences and how it can still be free.

Jan 12, 2021

Speech Without Consequences Is Not Free Speech

Jan 12, 2021

Horror Isn’t All About the Scares

Why we enjoy a genre that isn’t always as terrifying as we’d like.

Oct 16, 2020

Horror Isn’t All About the Scares

Oct 16, 2020

Why ‘Breath of the Wild’ is the Perfect Quarantine Game

Warning: This article may contain minor spoilers for those who have yet to play Breath of the Wild.

Aug 13, 2020

Why ‘Breath of the Wild’ is the Perfect Quarantine Game

Aug 13, 2020

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Beyond second thoughts. This page is kept by a writer, reader, musician, and graduate in philosophy and religious studies.

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