When we think of evil, the first image that comes to mind is usually not the concept of evil, but an evil thing. This gives insight into what evil is in its essence: something that robs innate goodness from something else. The word for this is called “privation,” the classical philosophical understanding of evil. Evil
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First, a note on my invented word: craxy. Like crayons in a box, some words in English exhibit a variety of shades and colors. Crazy is one of these, attracting synonyms like butterflies to milkweed. Call someone crazy, and we run the gamut from foolish to eccentric to fanatical, and end with psychotic. Consequently, context
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I’ve never used ChatGPT. Nor have I used Claude, Grok, or Gemini. At least, I don’t think I have. Large language models, artificial intelligence, and technologies that use them are spreading so fast that it’s impossible for me to say with certainty that I’ve stayed away from them. But I’m doing my darnedest. The downsides
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In an increasingly digitalized world filled with AI slop, manipulated algorithms, and monetized politics, truth is elusive and reality is questioned. Mistrust in institutions, public figures, and even history has deteriorated to total disbelief, and everyone’s either blackpilled (essentially having a fatalist or nihilist attitude) or a self-labeled conspiracy theorist. Doomers are giving up on
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When I was about seven years old, I begged my parents to let me watch “Hannah Montana,” a favorite among some of my friends. My parents held their firmly negative stance despite my pleas. At a friend’s birthday party, though, the TV was turned on as background noise, and “Hannah Montana” happened to be on
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Sheryl Sandberg has a thing or two to say about tradwives. The vocal feminist and honorary grandmother of the professional girlboss movement issued a stern warning about this movement in an interview with People Magazine last week. “The message that is going out is that in order to be a good wife or a good mother, you
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