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Semantic Apocalypse Now
AI solves language games, not reality.
Dec 6, 2025 • James Taylor Foreman
Marty Supreme & the End of the World War II Consensus
To be one of the greats.
Mar 7 • James Taylor Foreman
What Even Writing Is
To a culture losing the identity of a writer.
Feb 28 • James Taylor Foreman
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Why I am Christian again
Mar 31, 2024 • James Taylor Foreman
The Disenchantment of the Modern World Is a Myth
Jul 13, 2025 • James Taylor Foreman
We Don't Talk About Jordan Peterson
Jan 10 • James Taylor Foreman
Lame Immortality
Nov 22, 2025 • James Taylor Foreman
The New Renaissance Will Be Techno-Rural
Jul 26, 2025 • James Taylor Foreman
The Spiritual-But-Not-Religious Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Sep 2, 2023 • James Taylor Foreman
Existential Dread as Orienting Principle
Beyond a naïve battle between good and evil.
Feb 21 • James Taylor Foreman
The Metaphysics of Upgrading to Paid
A philosophy of sales.
Feb 14 • James Taylor Foreman
MMA Is Fake, Pro Wrestling Is Real
When nothing is sacred, rituals get dumb.
Feb 7 • James Taylor Foreman
“Against” the Machine
A review of Paul Kingsnorth’s book, Against the Machine.
Jan 31 • James Taylor Foreman
A Hall of Mirrors Is Near the Entrance to Anything You Might Become Great At
A metaphysics of madness vs. greatness.
Jan 24 • James Taylor Foreman
When Dogs Lost Their Jobs
A domestication of meaning.
Jan 17 • James Taylor Foreman
We Don't Talk About Jordan Peterson
Why bringing up Jordan Peterson is now low-status.
Jan 10 • James Taylor Foreman
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Reality is narrative and our only job is to make it beautiful.
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