OnlySky
Rational thought for irrational times. Shape a future based on reality, compassion, and secular courage
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Mary T Luthenauer
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The pendulum always swings, until it doesn't

Have we finally reached a moment when American politics will not swing back?

Phil Zuckerman
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The happiest nations on Earth are strongly secular

This correlation has staying power.

Jonathan Kassel
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MAGA and the questionable judgment of history

Even on the rosy assumption that this era ends, we will never see the return to relative consensus that was once possible.

Adam Lee
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How can we get a warning to the distant future?

Can we design warnings that last as long as the mortal dangers we create?

Adam Lee
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The coming dark age of stupidity

The future is not so bright.

Dale McGowan
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Dissent and the power of two

The urge to conform is enormous. The presence of one other dissenter is often all it takes to resist.

Becky Garrison
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Are we at the end of a narcissism epidemic?

Is the future less self-centered?

Adam Lee
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A survival bunker for civilization

In the event of a catastrophic agricultural plague, a vault of seeds slumbering in Arctic permafrost could bring us back from the brink.

Tom Krattenmaker
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When it’s hell on the surface, it’s time to go deep

The perspective is out there.

Shawn Hardin
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Severance and the divided American self

The analogy to our societal fracture cuts to the bone.

Adam Lee
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Suffering is optional

Those with the power to address the problem on a meaningful scale have other priorities.

Dale McGowan
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The standing artillery of Atlanta

Most US cities have their house of cards. This is ours.