Archive - apxhard

June 2025

This Blog has Rebooted

And a book is coming soon

Jun 21 •

January 2023

This Blog is Going into Hibernation

It's been delightful, folks

Jan 20, 2023 •

A Non-Magic Universe is Still Magical

The Absence of Magic is Even More Magical To Me Than Any Magic Ever Could Be

Jan 3, 2023 •

December 2022

Why I Think Materialism is Wrong

Math, Computers, and Consciousness require materialism to perform intellectual contortions

Dec 31, 2022 •

Is the Book of Genesis a Narrative form of Buddhism?

If you eat The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, you'll start clinging to the aggregates and that feels bad, man.

Dec 21, 2022 •

Why Bitcoin is Different from All Other Cryptocurrencies

A common belief that's still taboo in many rationalist circles

Dec 13, 2022 •

Letters with LaulPogan

Letters with another substack author interested in memetic competition

Dec 8, 2022 •

Worldviews are Like Genitals

The analogy runs far deeper than you might think

Dec 2, 2022 •

November 2022

Expanding the Scope of Rationality Turns it Into Religion

Consistently aligning my map with the territory lead to my adopting a bunch of practices that a look a lot like the intersection of most major religious…

Nov 27, 2022 •

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