Category: Culture

There are so many different temperaments and circumstances among people that I don’t think it makes sense to take any one financial strategy and hold it up as the one, true way. The investments that are available to you are also specific to your country, its laws and institutions, and the time period in which […]

These are brief, scattered, cynical thoughts, but I wanted to write them out. I’ve noticed that people who did really well in school are very quick to defend the educational system, and it’s like, “Yeah, of course you enjoyed it – it worked for you”, whereas many other people had very different experiences and consequently […]

On my second to last day in Nepal, I was reluctantly ferried to a restaurant with a large group of white people and basically trapped in a large room where we waited 2.5 hours for the main meal to be served while generally being sold alcohol and goaded for donations by actors who half-assedly performed […]

I should have been trekking today, but thanks to the ridiculous weather Nepal has been experiencing, I’m sitting in a hotel reflecting on life and stuff (and reading memes). The other day, in Kathmandu, I was hanging out with my porter from the trip I took earlier this year, and as we were browsing around, […]

Several days after writing my first post on this topic, I started thinking about the things I wish I had included, so I figured I would write some of these out. I don’t have an overarching message, really, I’m just going to put these thoughts into sections. Reasons for Questioning Faith So much of searching […]

One of the most controversial topics in the Christian church is evolution. It’s so controversial, in fact, that it’s even talked about less than abortion, and when it is, just like abortion, it is often spoken of with great hostility. But this has been strange for me, and hard at times, because…I’m an evolutionist. I’m […]

Aside from my hiking ambitions, another goal for this year has been to develop some critical software and programming skills, many of which involve aspects of computer security. This has led me down a rabbit-hole of YouTube videos about online privacy, and I have some reflections on the things I’ve learned. First of all, it’s […]

I can’t believe it’s July already, and that means it’s been 1.5 months since I returned from Nepal. I’ve had a lot of time to read some of the books I brought back from there as well as new books that I’ve bought since returning. What fascinates me about Buddhism is its rich textual history. […]

I’m reading a book called “Seven Types of Atheism” and it’s pretty interesting. The central premise is that many of the various atheistic views are actually religious in their approach to “truth” and “progress”, but if this sounds like some Christian apologetics text, it actually isn’t: it’s written by an atheist who seems tired of […]

During late high school and then college years, I went through a deep and sincere struggle with what I believed about the world. I had seen some convincing elements in Christianity, but I was also deeply troubled by literal interpretations of Genesis (among other books like Jonah), various aspects of Christian over-proof (dismissing challenging questions […]