Topic

Consciousness & Self-Identity

A collection of 36 issues

Still Want to Take Life Seriously?

In a universe where we're less than a blink in time — where stars won't notice our silence or our screams — what’s the point of it all? And yet… we create, we ache, we love. This is not despair. This is defiance. Read on, if you’ve ever questioned your place in it all...

Freedom in the Hands That Hold Invisible Strings

What if the strings that guide you aren’t chains, but the source of your deepest rhythm? Let's trace the illusion of free will, the seduction of control, and the quiet strength found in embracing the hands that move us unseen...

The Cost of Cognition : The Energy, Capital, and Ethics of Running Synthetic Minds

We did not simply create minds; we created hunger, thirst, and debt in the fabric of existence itself. The question is no longer whether machines can think, but whether we can afford their thinking. Isn't it? Let's dive in...

Between Becoming and Unbecoming : Life's Three Movements

Life unfolds as a cyclic symphony — first we learn, then we become, and finally, we unbecome. In shedding all that we are not, we uncover what we truly are. Let’s explore the neuroscience, philosophy, and poetry of these arcs…

Life, a Subset of Non-Life : The Absurdity of Consciousness

What if life isn’t the opposite of death, but a strange subset of non-life — consciousness just matter’s prank on itself? Let's dive into the absurdity of awareness, emergence, and meaning, where the universe doesn’t care — and yet, we persist...

A Reflective Journey Through Time, Entropy, and Causality

Time isn’t what it seems. Physics suggests past, present, and future exist simultaneously, yet we experience a relentless flow. Entropy fuels this illusion, causality anchors reality, and quantum uncertainty blurs fate. Do we shape time, or are we mere travelers in a fixed continuum?

A Paradoxical Eden : Utopia, Meaning, and the Unfinished Human Condition

If all of humanity’s problems — war, disease, poverty, even death — were solved, would we thrive or stagnate? Without struggle, does meaning dissolve? Would we evolve into something post-human, or reintroduce conflict just to feel alive? A paradoxical utopia awaits. Read on...

The Enduring Alchemy of Wonder

Why do we chase marvels, indulge in dreams, and embrace grand illusions — even in an age of reason? Let’s uncover the neuroscience, philosophy, and cultural forces that keep us enchanted by the extraordinary, revealing how wonder shapes both our delusions and our greatest achievements.