Spirituality
Dukkha and the Logic of Non-Birth
Buddhist analyses of suffering, when followed to their logical conclusions, find a powerful and unexpected resonance with the core tenets of antinatalism.
Editorial · July 1, 2026 · 18 min read
Stoicism as practice and as philosophy. Essays on Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and how a Stoic discipline of attention holds up against contemporary pessimism.
Buddhist analyses of suffering, when followed to their logical conclusions, find a powerful and unexpected resonance with the core tenets of antinatalism.
Rising rates of mental illness and social alienation are not isolated crises but symptoms of a deeper existential predicament, lending weight to the antinatalist critique of procreation.
How the ancient philosophy of Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius holds up under contemporary scrutiny.