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How much news is too much news?
Navigating our temporarily optional dystopia.
Jul 9 • 
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Good News about the Big, Beautiful Bill
Normal people hate it.
Jul 1 • 
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What Makes Us Cruel or Kind?
A question I have wrestled with for thirty years and completely failed to answer.
Jun 26 • 
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The Most Important Sentence Donald Trump Has Ever Said
Feb 19 • Jay Michaelson
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The Messiah of Nihilism
Jan 25, 2024 • Jay Michaelson
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The Fight for the Rule of Law is On
Feb 5 • Jay Michaelson
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A Surprising Inauguration Day Emotion
Jan 20 • Jay Michaelson
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A Surprising Inauguration Day Emotion
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Try to see Trump as his voters see him
Nov 6, 2024 • Jay Michaelson
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Waiting for Midnight: A Quasi-Optimistic Take
Mar 28 • Jay Michaelson
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How Meditation Helped Me in the Hospital (And After)
Actually, those years of practice really made a difference.
Jun 18 • 
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How Meditation Helped Me in the Hospital (And After)
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Reflections after maybe almost dying
I'm a little surprised to be here.
Jun 11 • 
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No, I’m Not F—ing Inured to This!
When an authoritarian's minions deny the legitimacy of judges, it's not the same old Trump bullshit.
Jun 4 • 
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No, I’m Not F—ing Inured to This!
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Waiting for Midnight: A Quasi-Optimistic Take
Things are yet not as bad as they need to be. But we're getting there.
Mar 28 • 
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Letter to a Trump-Supporting Technologist
Why the costs of Trump outweigh the benefits
Mar 20 • 
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Lucy Pulls the Football Away Again
Why Americans keep falling for moral spectacle and economic betrayal
Feb 27 • 
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The Most Important Sentence Donald Trump Has Ever Said
The Three Phases of Constitutional Crisis, and How to Prepare for Them
Feb 19 • 
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Taking Psychedelic Spiritualities (More) Seriously
The release of a long-awaited study on psychedelics and religion ought to prompt new questions, not old cliches.
May 23 • 
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Taking Psychedelic Spiritualities (More) Seriously
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The Religious Functions of Psychedelics
A dispatch from the first-ever conference on psychedelics and monotheistic traditions
Mar 14 • 
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Psychedelics and Judaism: New Skin for the Old Ceremony
Did my ancient Hebrew ancestors use psychotropic substances? Probably not, but the grammar of the visionary experience is similar.
Dec 12, 2024 • 
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Psychedelics and Judaism: New Skin for the Old Ceremony
The Coming Pivot in Psychedelic Medicine
Our society may soon switch from having too little access to psychedelics to having too much.
Dec 3, 2024 • 
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The Coming Pivot in Psychedelic Medicine

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Right Now, It's Like This
A short phrase that brings relief.
Mar 4 • 
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Check In on Your Elephant
Hey there, how are you doing?
Dec 23, 2024 • 
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Meditation and Psychedelics: Between Mental Health and Spiritual Awakening
On the occasionally divergent goals of personal happiness, collective change, and spiritual realization. (A news-diet safe post.)
Nov 27, 2024 • 
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How to Survive the Next Week
If you're not feeling anxious, you're probably not paying attention.. Here are some suggestions from our journalist-rabbi-meditation teacher in…
Oct 29, 2024 • 
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What will my kid's world be like?
AI, Climate Shock, Extreme Politics, and Other Baffling Points of Inflection
Jan 6 • 
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What will my kid's world be like?
Denying Ourselves to Death
Is human nature up to the challenges of the 21st century? I'm not sure.
Oct 8, 2024 • 
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Denying Ourselves to Death
Nationalist Fictions, in Europe and America
When people are feeling devalued or adrift, their instincts can be exploited by the powerful.
Jul 25, 2024 • 
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The Battleground
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Antisemitism has been confusing for 2,500 years
It's not just you. It's the imbrication of multiple threads of identity.
Dec 14, 2023 • 
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Antisemitism has been confusing for 2,500 years

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