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.
news and politics The Metaphysics of Humiliation Relations of domination and humiliation are at the heart of reactionary politics; metaphysics explains further.
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.
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.
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.
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.
news and politics Why Fascists Love Cancer and Hate Volunteerism Examples show how the far-right's map-metaphysics explains choices that seem incomprehensible.
news and politics Rapture vs. Regeneration Reality through the lens of Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor's "Rise of End Times Fascism."
news and politics Fighting For Reality, For Real Our assumptions about reality define the boundaries of what we think is possible, and reality is anti-fascist.
news and politics We're In a Winnable Fight Over Reality Distinguishing the map from the territory is one of the best practical tools we have against fascism.
