Modern Existentialism is the Rejection of Modernity's Extreme Essentialism
Modernity is rejection of the Tao (the "Great Rejection"). Existentialist movements throughout the past 200 years have rejected the rejection . . . and proven wildly popular.
Eric Scheske
Big Market for Composting Worms
Wriggly, voracious Eisenia fetida — red wiggler worms — could be the new livestock for Southern California gardeners ... if only they were easier to find.
The demand for composting worms skyrocketed during the pandemic, when people stuck at home discovered (or rediscovered) the joys of gardening. On top of that, a new
Can Dryland Farming Help Growers Endure Increasing Heatwaves and Drought?
From Modern Farmer
Russell Kirk: The Anti-Modernist Cerberus
The author of The Conservative Mind opposed modernity in at least three ways
Russell Kirk hated modernity.
He rebelled against it his entire life. He hated the automobile, calling it a “modern Jacobin.” He wouldn't allow a TV in his house (though he let a hobo named “Clinton”
Four Quirky Post-WWI Utopians
Utopian irrationalism flourished after World War I. Here's a glimpse at four such reformers.
The Revolt Against Essence
Getting to know the most popular philosophy of the 20th century
The Zen of Littleness: St. Therese's Way
💡This isn't the second part of a 2-part series, but readers might want to read or skim this previous piece before reading this one.
Dogen, the father of the Soto School of Japanese Zen, is arguably the most significant intellectual in the Zen tradition.
As a young man
Why We Will Save California
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In October, HarperCollins published
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This Monk Understands David Foster Wallace
And people who reject the unholy Trinity of Rationalism, Empiricism, and Progressivism.
Orwell Was Right
From free speech to "spheres of influence" to our passion for endless war, we've
become the doublethinkers 1984 predicted. Matt Taibbi
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This weekend I re-read 1984, a book I tend to reach for