Featured Essays

Featured

The more we have sought to bring nature’s processes under our control, the more we live within a lack of control.

Cultivating Purpose and Discernment in a Computational World

Reflections on how ill-prepared our traditional moralities are for the world in which we live. The speed and spread of computational power is forcing a revaluation of values that we are not equipped to handle.

New Gods for a New Time

The Enlightenment pushed God and gods to the sidelines, but as our time continues to evolve, are we letting them back in?

Greg Laugero 7/5/25 Greg Laugero 7/5/25

Ressentiment Unbound

Nietzsche treated ressentiment as a consolation for a desire for vengeance that is too weak to act. But what happens when it finds itself in power? In this essay, I explore the consequences of empowered ressentiment on the woke left.

Greg Laugero 6/5/25 Greg Laugero 6/5/25

Reading the Iliad: Mênis and the Moral Compass

Descending into Achilles passive mēnis in the Iliad leads to a better understanding of the birth of our democratic moral compass.

Greg Laugero 3/4/25 Greg Laugero 3/4/25

Rejuvenation

Have we lost the power of rejuvenation? For a democracy to work, time needs to be oriented toward progress and continuous renewal.