Issue 01 · EXISTENCE / FIRST CAUSES
Why Is There Something Instead of Nothing?
The universe can tell us an astonishing amount about its early history. It still cannot tell us why reality gets to exist at all.
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Issue 01 · First principles
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Issue 01 · BODY / SOUL
You Are Not a Ghost Driving Meat
Your body is not the packaging your “real self” arrived in. That idea is less Christian—and less scientific—than you may think.
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Issue 01 · AI / PERSONHOOD
AI Can Talk Like You. Can It Become a Person?
A machine can imitate sympathy, argue about consciousness, and call itself “I.” None of that settles whether anybody is home.
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Issue 01 · MIRACLES / EVIDENCE
What Would Actually Count as a Miracle?
“The doctors cannot explain it” is not the same as “God did it.” So what evidence would justify the leap?
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Issue 01 · MIND / MYSTERY
Psychedelics, Mysticism, and the Problem of Being Fooled
An overwhelming experience can be healing, terrifying, or beautiful. None of those adjectives tells you whether its explanation is true.
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Issue 01 · SKY / SPIRIT
UFOs, Angels, and the Limits of “Nonhuman Intelligence”
A light in the sky, an extraterrestrial organism, and a spiritual creature are not three versions of the same thing.
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Issue 01 · BODY / FREEDOM
Fasting: Biohack, Hunger Strike, or Training for Freedom?
The same empty plate can serve a laboratory protocol, a political protest, an eating disorder, or a prayer. Intent and form matter.
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Issue 01 · DISCIPLINE / GRACE
Why Monks Train Like Fighters
The resemblance is real: repetition, correction, sacrifice, and a life arranged around practice. Then the comparison breaks—and the break matters.
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Issue 01 · THE HUMAN MACHINE
The Four Virtues Every Self-Optimization Plan Forgot
Your habits may be dialed in. The harder question is whether they are making you good—or merely efficient.
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Issue 01 · CONTROL THE FIRE
Meek Is Not Weak: What Strength Is For
Christianity does not ask you to become harmless. It asks whether your anger can obey truth, proportion, and love.
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Issue 01 · MORE THAN OUTPUT
When the Body Breaks, Are You Less You?
Injury, disability, and chronic illness can change almost everything you can do. They do not reduce who you are.
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Issue 01 · HELP IS NOT CHEATING
Addiction, Willpower, and the Grace You Cannot White-Knuckle
Addiction can constrain freedom without erasing dignity or agency. Recovery usually requires more help—not more shame.
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