How an anime series can help us assess the biggest dangers facing us today Many are familiar with the anime show One Punch Man, with its unbeatable protagonist and satirical humor. But there’s one thing in it that could actually be applied to our world, which is its use of…

What does it mean to be truly identical? Someone is pregnant with twins. At birth, the twins are taken blindfolded to separate rooms. Both rooms are identical on the interior; outside, there is a ‘1’ printed on one of the doors and a ‘2’ printed on the other. Once inside…

Humanity, as it stands today, is very similar to a coin that has landed on its side — slowly rolling, wobbling, waiting to land either Heads or Tails Article also available on Mirror Many would agree our species, and even our civilization, is in trouble. Most will point out the pandemic, economic crisis, civil unrest…

Assessing your superpower in the world outside Hunter x Hunter In the Anime show and Manga, Hunter x Hunter, there are many interesting features. Beasts, powerful beings, and other entities. But one I find interesting, and applicable to our world, is the power of Nen.

Building a Means of Exchange from scratch Article also available on Mirror Bitcoin’s in the news again. This surprises many, but it shouldn’t surprise those who have been paying attention. People had been saying Bitcoin was dead for years, that it would never recover, that it was just a fad. The way people talked, you…

What the great Einzige would say about current ethical troubles I put down the paper. Another news story about a medical breakthrough. I knew my friends would already be coming to me to ask excitedly about it. The burden of being the only one of them who understands science and…

Tales from Zorothustra Zoroastrianism is a tale of two opposing forces that must duke it out. For one must perish at the ends of the other, for neither can live while the other survives. On one side, there’s Ahura Mazda and the Masters of the Universe (or, gods). On the…

How religious memes are some of the oldest entities in human history Their [the great apes’] behavior, complex as it is, seems unreflective, concrete, and situation-bound. This is a quote from Merlin Donald, in “Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition”, who examined…

How Monsanto’s Roundup lawsuits are strikingly similar to Henrik Ibsen’s famous play The courts have been ruling against Monsanto in droves, demanding they pay compensation for causing cancer, due to glyphosate in their weedkiller Roundup. People are outraged, farmers are up in arms. And all of this is shockingly similar…