Thucydides predicted that future generations would underestimate the power of Sparta. It built no great temples, left no magnificent ruins. Absent any tangible signs of the sway it once held, memor…
Sam Harris and the Myth of Perfectly Rational Thought
The famous proponent of New Atheism is on a crusade against tribalism but seems oblivious to his own version of it.
Togelius: Losing my religion
In spring 2025 I had a crisis of faith. I thought about what the technology I'm helping to create might do to our future, and got scared. M...
Togelius: Losing my religion
In spring 2025 I had a crisis of faith. I thought about what the technology I'm helping to create might do to our future, and got scared. M...
Can Religions Be Reborn? | Over The Mountains to Civilizational Renewal #9
Making God · EmilyGorcenski.com
The millenarianism and manifest destiny of AI and techno-futurism.
For 1,000 years, a cult worshipped the hero of the Odyssey
The Odyssey was far more than entertainment to ancient Greeks. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a cult that revered the Homeric hero on his legendary home island of Ithaca.
When "yang" goes wrong — LessWrong
On the connection between deep atheism and seeking control.
The Final Christian Generation? - Mockingbird
What we can learn from the century that saw the sun set on the “final” pagan generation
Goddess Remembered
This documentary is a salute to 35,000 years of the goddess-worshipping religions of the ancient past. …
Import AI 462: Superpersuasion; self-sustaining AI; paths to ASI
How religious are beliefs in the singularity?
Parmenides: Pre-Socratic Philosophy
The Techno-Religion at the Center of the A.I. Debate
Are those calling to slow down the development of artificial intelligence in a “doomsday cult,” as some critics say? Our reporter explains.
Pluralistic: The Claude Delusion (21 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
One of the less remarked-upon aspects of becoming an atheist is how it changes the way you see a sunset. If you believe in an almighty, omnipresent God, then sunsets are one of God's intentional creations, which means that the beautiful colors refracting through the darkling sky were chosen to produce that effect.
Sᴜɴʀɪsᴇ Oᴀᴛʜ 十 Tʜᴇ Sʏʟʟᴀʙᴜꜱ (ORI) - CC0 on Twitter / X
To suppose that there are parameters within which temporalities will change is to suppose that there is a heavenly hierarchy, all deriving power from the one true God. https://t.co/2PjG8b0z6H— Sᴜɴʀɪsᴇ Oᴀᴛʜ 十 Tʜᴇ Sʏʟʟᴀʙᴜꜱ (ORI) - CC0 (@sunriseoath) July 20, 2026