Reckoning
Ben BaranLife is beautiful. It's also really hard. Science and ancient wisdom can help.
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Ben Sasse is dying. He deserves our attention.
Two days before Christmas 2025, I opened Facebook and saw this:
Friends-
This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized,...
I wanted you to see this first.
I have two fun bits of news to share, and given that you’re one of my wonderful subscribers, I wanted to share them with you first.
(OK, I did share these items with my wife and parents already, who are “very impressed,” and with my child...
My (and Your) Real Enemy
If it feels to you like society is divided on many important issues, you’re not alone. At least in the United States, some 80% of adults believe that’s true.
And data from December 2025 paints a grim picture of Americans’ outlook on simil...
The Optimists Didn’t Make It
On September 9, 1965, I flew at 500 knots right into a flak trap, at treetop level, in a little A-4 airplane that I suddenly couldn’t steer because it was on fire, its control system shot out. After ejection, I had about 30 seconds to mak...
Agony and Anesthesia
The eradication of suffering. It seems like a noble, worthwhile, and uncontroversial goal.
One could—and many have—built systems of ethical behavior around that goal, and much of what we might consider “human progress” has indeed involved...
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Organizational psychologist, professor, consultant, speaker, rear admiral in the U.S. Navy Reserve. Picker-upper of heavy things. Views do not represent any employers.
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