Archive - The Metaphor

Harry Potter and the Dark Lord of the Third Reich

The creation myth of modernity.

Oct 17, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

September 2024

The Religious Impulse to Return to the '90s

Sacred and profane time.

Sep 24, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

Please Protect Wisdom from Midwits

An immune response against growing spiritual parasites.

Sep 23, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

How to Talk Normal and Good

We are cave people.

Sep 20, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

The Sea Mammal Theory of Writing

Fish out of water... and then back in again.

Sep 19, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

Creativity Hurts

Nobody wants to hear it. Welp... here ya' go.

Sep 18, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

The Classics in the Swamps

Poor people and old books.

Sep 17, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

It's Just a Dream

How to use dreams to become wise.

Sep 16, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

Wide-Awakes, Presidential Debates, and Radical Centrists

Is politics pointless theater or a necessary evil?

Sep 13, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

The Territory Is Not the Map

Or, “Petty and Pedantic and Unreal”

Sep 12, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

AI Will Write the World’s Greatest Novel and it Won’t Matter

The duty for writers to write is heavier than ever.

Sep 11, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

How to Make it as a Doomsday Prophet

Yuval Noah Harari meditates for 2 hours a day, as to not get too "blinded" by human "fictions."

Sep 10, 2024 •

James Taylor Foreman

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