Heirs to the Wreckage
Trying to make sense of reality.
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For us it seems rather self-explanatory what Nazis are, what they have come to mean, how they are the symbol for universal evil amidst our species. Yet what history seems to have forgotten is that prior to the liberation of the concentration camps, the Nuremberg trials, and the grisly evidence displayed to the public, the…
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In the only creative writing course I ever took in college, I found myself in constant conflict with the professor on the nature of writing. He staunchly believed good writing should extract intrigue and thematic value from the benign, quiet moments of life. I, on the other hand, have always been a proponent of fantasy…
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The most common misconception of Atheism is that we are nihilists. Oftentimes, when conversing with others, my attempts to deny that I am devoid of any spirituality lead to them replying, “Ah, then you’re agnostic, why didn’t you say so?”, as if that remotely changes anything about my beliefs. I never said anything about not…
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I’ve been thinking a lot about the phenomenon of childhood recently. I was comfortable in many respects shedding the skin of a child, or at least trying to. I even went so far as to inflate my intellectual side to brush aside the parts of me that are still very much juvenile and inexperienced with…
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I haven’t been posting much recently. Perhaps I’m running out of steam. Or I’m just going through a period of my life where I wonder if I’m sure of anything, or whether I truly have anything to say on a weekly basis. But then again, that’s the paradox of anybody who writes. We all want…
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There’s something so alluring about fiction, because it integrates that fundamentally human instinct to narrate. Every day that we live we’re simultaneously and retroactively telling ourselves a narrative. It’s necessary, because in order for life to make sense we need to cognitively micromanage it. Our memories are selective, our biases are always operative, and more…
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The main tool we use to regulate the misdeeds of corporations is the boycott. It sometimes works to great effect, there is no example more illustrative of this than the recent reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel (after Disney lost $3.8 billion from canceled subscriptions). It works, but grows less effective everyday: there are less products that…
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The Columbia River Basin has long been host to an array of dams that infringe upon the way of life of the Indigenous Tribes that depend on the river. Such dams, constructed through government or private contract, produce a host of effects that typically go unnoticed by government forces. Unique in certain contexts, but it…
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Freedom can only be truly realized through constraint, which means it is one of the most elusive and incomprehensive phenomena we can encounter. In its purest form, we all desire it, feel its absence and cherish the rare moments when it is present. Perhaps even our most impulsive and instinctual actions channel freedom in its…
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I absolutely despise the phrase “There are children in Africa”, or “There are starving children in Africa”. It’s a tired out cliche at this point, “there are people in Africa dying so eat your food”, “people in Africa would die to be where you are right now”. Does this not seem a rather offensive characterization…
Heirs to the Wreckage 