core posts The Most Important Lesson of Modern Mathematics (Without Doing Any) Math is more weird, fun, and useful when it incorporates process-relational understandings of reality.
reading recs Recent-ish Reads, November 6, 2025 More writing on interdependence, diversity, context relevance, and open futures that we co-create together.
core posts The Pocket Compass that Points to a Livable Future A new book validates the map-territory framework and points the way out of our mega-crises.
reading recs Recent-ish Reads, October 7, 2025 This link roundup touches on AI, shame (complimentary), political line-drawing, and dirt. Enjoy!
news and politics Bravery in Defense of Reality Knowing how reality works solidifies the ground on which to defend it from fascists.
reading recs Recent-ish Reads, August 29, 2025 Our reactionary moment is so fierce because our process-relational interdependence is so clear.
cognition We Perceive (Partly) What We Expect Getting human cognition less wrong with predictive processing and neurodiversity.
reading recs Recent-ish Reads, August 2, 2025 For your reading pleasure, and my joy that some brilliant people agree with me, a few more illustrations of basic comparative metaphysics.
news and politics The Catastrophically Stupid Metaphysics of Climate Deniers Trump proposed scrapping EPA's authority to regulate climate pollution, based on a core map-territory mistake.
everyday practice It's Really Not Hard The two basic directions of understanding things are within any willing person's grasp, even that of a child.
news and politics The Metaphysics of Humiliation Relations of domination and humiliation are at the heart of reactionary politics; metaphysics explains further.
reading recs Recent-ish Reads, July 12, 2025 Process-relational politics, brains, and Making Earth Healthy Again: more articles that prove this blog's point.
news and politics Relational Knowing to Pierce Echo Chambers Echo chambers are worse than epistemic bubbles. The difference is key to understanding today's politics.
Recent-ish Reads, June 23, 2025 Capitalism, AI brain rot, and fascist weirdos... I promise these reads/listens/watches are good.
news and politics Fascists' Crumbling Tower All the History happening exemplifies the importance of the implicit ways we think about things in general.
social sciences Transforming Economics in a Time of Global Crises A game-changing article clarifies ways to go beyond extractive capitalism to a reality-based economy.
reading recs Recent-ish Reads, June 6, 2025 More fun instances of basic map-versus-terrain comparative metaphysics: birthday week edition!
religion and culture Here It Is, Your Moment of Zen Buddhist process-relationality, and where basic comparative metaphysics meets religion in general.
everyday practice Top Tips - Part II What we should let through our information screens and how we should put it together.
everyday practice Top Tips for Navigating a Garbage-Fire Info Environment It is rough out there for anyone trying to be reality-based. Basic comparative metaphysics can help.
reading recs Recent-ish Reads (and Listens), May 21, 2025 More process-relationality out in the wild! Mostly on one big topic this round: Power to Make the World Better I was honored to be on a conference panel a few years ago with the amazing Steph Speirs, the Solstice co-founder interviewed here on ways to redesign a better world. I
philosophy Philosophical Plumbing and Practical Examples We are always already bringing metaphysical frameworks to bear on our thought and action.
biology Real Process Biology Subject matter experts have got my back on process-relational metaphysics.
reading recs Recent-ish Reads, May 8, 2025 A few more curated gooders for you on process-relational reality.
cognition Less Wrong = More Right (Brain Hemisphere?) Directions of seeing reality correspond to halves of our brains. Maps to the left, terrain to the right.
