In Pluribus, Enlightenment Mostly Sucks

The fascinating dharma of Apple TV's most-streamed show

Dec 16 • Jay Michaelson

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The Age of Antinomianism

Defying the law in the name of something greater

Dec 10 • Jay Michaelson

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Ghosts in the Machine

What’s unnerving about AI isn’t how it’s unlike us, but how it's like us.

Dec 3 • Jay Michaelson

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November 2025

Universalizing Personal Experience into Cultural Critique

Your personal solution to the Meaning Crisis is not the objectively right solution for everyone.

Nov 26 • Jay Michaelson

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3 ½ Things You Haven't Yet Read About the Epstein Files

Including the truth of QAnon, the essence of immorality, and a newly infamous act of fellatio.

Nov 19 • Jay Michaelson

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Religion with a lower-case r

A great remedy for the meaning crisis that few people seem to want.

Nov 13 • Jay Michaelson

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Spiritual Lessons of the 2025 Election

Including epistemic humility, complex seeing, multivalence, and engaged equanimity

Nov 7 • Jay Michaelson

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October 2025

How to Deal with all this Anger

Rage defines our moment, and righteous indignation can be motivating. But what about when our anger becomes destructive or debilitating?

Oct 30 • Jay Michaelson

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The Real America is Not About Blood and Soil

Ethnonationalist Garbage vs. Six Flags Great Adventure

Oct 22 • Jay Michaelson

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How Did We Get Here?

What led us to a world in which pastors get pepper-sprayed in the face?

Oct 14 • Jay Michaelson

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Are We All Conspiracy Theorists Now?

When questioning the right-wing conspiracy theory about a left-wing conspiracy sounds a lot like a conspiracy theory.

Oct 6 • Jay Michaelson

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September 2025

Yom Kippur and Nonduality

Forgiveness, in a nondual perspective, is about seeing clearly. Everyone is doing the best they can — if they could do better, they would.

Sep 29 • Jay Michaelson

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