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Hate America and feel trapped? Have you considered trying 19th century philosophy?
It’s a core anxiety of our age. In our current global reality, you feel like bad things are happening and there’s nothing you can do about it…but also, you feel like you can’t just stand by and watch. You need to do something, you just don’t know what... This might be an unexpected plot twist, but hear me out. With all of the garbage going on, it’s a great time to familiarize yourself with the first truly American philosophical movement–the Transcendentalists.
Tim Mathis
20 min read


Everything I need to know about New Zealand’s pandemic response I learned in a bar in 2018
A story about the social fabric that made New Zealand strong enough to beat Covid.
Tim Mathis
9 min read


Do you really need to pay attention to the news? In defense of selectively ignoring problems.
Sometimes it's healthy to just ignore the terrible things happening in the world.
Tim Mathis
6 min read


Why do people accept authoritarians? Lessons from the psych unit
I'm not an authoritarian, usually. But I've learned some things on the psych unit that make me worry.
Tim Mathis
11 min read
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