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The Self Compass

18 August, 202218 August, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 7 Comments

Four classes of forces shape our selves, which do we think of as the most important? It varies, and if we miss this we have a hard time properly understanding what others are saying. Read more (11 min, 2800 words).

The Political Is Personal

24 May, 20224 May, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 14 Comments

People experience the nature of their wants, needs and desires very differently, and when they generalize the specifics of their own psychology onto everyone else it has a profound effect on their political beliefs. Read more (13 min, 3200 words).

It’s a Book!

20 April, 202226 July, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 6 Comments

In which I announce that I'm going to write a book. Read more (3 min, 700 words).

Toxic Emissions

27 January, 202227 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 2 Comments

We often say things we don't really mean, which is fine as long as what we say doesn't make its way to where it looks like we do mean it. Avoiding that is getting more and more difficult and the consequences are quite serious.
Read more (8 min, 2000 words).

The Woke-up Call: A Review of Cynical Theories

26 October, 202117 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 5 Comments

A long review, with further musings, of "Cynical Theories". Read more (30 min, 7600 words).

Political Capital Flow Management and the Importance of Yutting

24 August, 202117 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 17 Comments

I discuss how you can dismiss, acknowledge, or generalize from the particular to the general, and how this matters for the way political capital is created and accumulated. Read more (11 min, 2800 words).

Cat Couplings Revisited

18 July, 202117 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 9 Comments

I folliow up on "Cat Couplings" from 2019 with a bunch of new examples and further thinking on how and why cat couplings work. Read more (13 min, 3300 words).

Fantasia for Two Voices

17 November, 202017 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 12 Comments

A dialog on how everything is. Read more (6 min, 1600 words).

Turnabout Trash: An Exercise in Lowbrow Cryptonormativism

18 August, 202017 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 11 Comments

I roleplay being a culture warrior in response to something unusually irritating, and decide not to do it again. Read more (15 min, 3800 words).

Picking Apart Eugenics

17 February, 202017 January, 2022 ~ Jnerst ~ 13 Comments

A quick-and-dirty piece on what the hell people mean by "eugenics", promted by the fallout from a tweet by Richard Dawkins.
Read more(7 min, 1700 words).

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