There’s a question I think most people eventually ask when they come across my interfaith intrepid politics news blog, especially if they stay long enough to notice a pattern that doesn’t quite match what they’re used to online. It’s not a purely partisan space. It’s not a strictly religious commentary space. It’s not filtered intoContinue reading “WHY I RUN MY INTERFAITH INTREPID POLITICS NEWS BLOG AS AN OPEN, MULTI-PERSPECTIVE SPACE”
Tag Archives: Philosophy
We Are Jaime David: A Call for Radical Empathy, Compassion, and Honesty
In the chaos and division of today’s world, it might seem like a strange, even unsettling, thing to say: “We are Jaime David.” After all, this could easily sound like some kind of cultish declaration, a bizarre ideological rallying cry. And yes, it might even remind some of the rhetoric surrounding figures like Charlie Kirk,Continue reading “We Are Jaime David: A Call for Radical Empathy, Compassion, and Honesty”
Philosophy Is the Load-Bearing Wall of Civilization
I am a scientist, a data person, a writer, and an artist, and because I live at the intersection of those worlds, I’ve come to believe something that a lot of people either overlook or actively dismiss, philosophy is the most important field humanity has ever developed. Not the most prestigious, not the most lucrative,Continue reading “Philosophy Is the Load-Bearing Wall of Civilization”
The Cult of Symbols and the Comfort of Meaningless Noise
We live in an age utterly saturated with symbols. Logos, flags, slogans, hashtags, color palettes, buzzwords, acronyms, chants, labels, and ideological shorthand dominate nearly every corner of public life. Everyone is drowning in them. Leftists, progressives, conservatives, liberals, libertarians, anarchists, religious folks, spiritual-but-not-religious folks, centrists, radicals, reactionaries, doomers, optimists, nihilists who swear they are notContinue reading “The Cult of Symbols and the Comfort of Meaningless Noise”
Why the Existence of God Is Irrelevant to Me Now
I’ve reached a point in my life where the question of whether God exists feels largely irrelevant to me. That sentence would have shocked a younger version of myself, both the Catholic kid who was taught that God was the center of everything and the angry atheist teenager who thought disproving God was one ofContinue reading “Why the Existence of God Is Irrelevant to Me Now”
WHAT THE FUCK AM I GOING TO DO ABOUT ALL OF THIS
After all the rage, all the fire, all the calling out, all the anger directed outward at Trump, at Congress, at mayors, at courts, at Russia, at China, at empires sleepwalking through violence, there’s a quieter question that eventually refuses to shut the fuck up. It’s the question that creeps in when the posts areContinue reading “WHAT THE FUCK AM I GOING TO DO ABOUT ALL OF THIS”
The Freedom in Perspective: How Optimistic Nihilism Helps Me Not Sweat the Small Stuff
There’s a strange, liberating clarity that comes from realizing, in the broad cosmic sense, how little of the chaos around us actually matters. Life throws an endless stream of challenges, insults, injustices, annoyances, and absurdities at us, and it can feel overwhelming to assign emotional weight to each one. Optimistic nihilism, at least for me,Continue reading “The Freedom in Perspective: How Optimistic Nihilism Helps Me Not Sweat the Small Stuff”
Defining Our Own Meaning: The Liberating Power of Optimistic Nihilism
Optimistic nihilism is a philosophy that at first glance might seem bleak, a reminder that the universe is indifferent and that traditional notions of inherent meaning are illusions. Yet for those who embrace it, it can be profoundly freeing, a tool for carving out personal significance in a world that otherwise imposes so many rulesContinue reading “Defining Our Own Meaning: The Liberating Power of Optimistic Nihilism”
How Optimistic Nihilism Quietly Mellowed Me Out Over the Years
Over the years, I’ve found that life has a curious way of throwing obstacles, irritations, and plain absurdities at us, sometimes in rapid succession, sometimes in a slow, relentless drip. Some people respond to these moments with anger, frustration, or despair. I used to be one of those people. I would take every inconvenience personally,Continue reading “How Optimistic Nihilism Quietly Mellowed Me Out Over the Years”
Caring Without Cosmic Meaning: How Optimistic Nihilists Still Choose to Care
One of the most common misunderstandings about nihilism is the assumption that it leads inevitably to apathy, cruelty, or emotional emptiness. When people hear the phrase “there is no inherent meaning,” they often translate it as “nothing matters,” and from there conclude that caring is pointless. This misunderstanding becomes even sharper when applied to optimisticContinue reading “Caring Without Cosmic Meaning: How Optimistic Nihilists Still Choose to Care”