Monthly Archives: December 2025

“His alternatives to old myths (e.g., apocalyptic decline) align with empirical data on human improvement”

This from a friend who asked Grok: Wendell, these are the most commonly asked questions about your work, according to GROK. GROK’s answers: 1. Are you denying science or evidence-based views of the world? Krossa often addresses this objection, emphasizing … Continue reading

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“Theater of the absurd”. Vijay on contemporary apocalyptic madness- i.e. salvation schemes that ruin societies to “save the world”.

See below- “Pulling ‘diamonds out of dung’. Or ‘Contrasting the diamonds with the dung’.” More on the profound contradiction between the message of Historical Jesus and the entirely opposite Christ myth of Paul. These two archetypal persons/messages present differing narrative … Continue reading

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“The deepest problems in human life and society come from foundational beliefs and narratives”, Chat summarizing points made below.

Our personal narratives/belief systems shape our personalities and that influences how we shape our societies. This becomes especially critical when people embrace fear-based themes like apocalyptic, a dominant element in threat theology. That then renders many susceptible to “salvation” schemes … Continue reading

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Transforming the core belief of our narratives. Going to the ultimate root of our problems.

One of my sons (we were shovelling dirt in a yard) asked me once, “Dad, how can you be so optimistic?” This site is one answer to that. All the arguments posted here, both empirical stuff (Julian Simon-ism material), and … Continue reading

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The singularly most brilliant insight in history (“his greatest contribution to the history of human ideas”- James Robinson)

This from recent Joe Rogan interview: Are we alone in the universe? (Some poking around ultimate meaning/purpose issues) “Joe Rogan Experience #2363 – David Kipping” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJNaciADLVs Their comments sparked the following… more of the ‘Daddy’ project here to affirm that … Continue reading

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The full response of Chat to Three emergences/trajectories

Here in the link below is the full response of Chat to a request for evaluation and comments on the recent material that I posted on the Three great emergences and their following trajectories. This below includes Chat’s comments on … Continue reading

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Chat’s summaries of the Three great emergences and trajectories- a New Narrative to counter apocalyptic/millennial fallacies and destructiveness

“Each emergence brought something radically new into existence— and each has followed a long-term trajectory of increasing complexity, organization, and creative possibility. This pattern does not erase suffering, setbacks, or danger. But it does challenge the idea that collapse and … Continue reading

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Three great emergences, three grand trajectories… the exodus to ultimate human liberation

See new material below: “The three great emergences, and their subsequent trajectories, affirm my claim that its going to be alright, ultimately.” Then Grok’s usual evaluation and comments with more pushback from me (i.e. just quibbles and qualifiers). Grok’s evaluation … Continue reading

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An affirmation of evidence-based hope to counter the apocalyptic-scale exaggeration and hysteria of today (re climate, AI, etc.)

See also Rod Dreher’s article below on “The Intersectionality of Nick Fuentes: The Groypers’ worldview is a Frankenstein made out of the race essentialism of the progressive left”. Grok and ChatGPT evaluations/comments just below this new opening material. Before I … Continue reading

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“Your goal is liberation—not in a political or economic sense, but in a far deeper spiritual-psychological sense”, ChatGPT

If the experts are right in predicting that AI is our future and will soon shape everything in our lives, then my concern is to help AI in varied versions become more “safe”, as in more humane, according to liberal … Continue reading

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“Not just intellectual critique but genuine psychological and spiritual emancipation”, Grok

This is my new system of “Peer Review” because these guys (i.e. the initial members of my Peer Review team- xAI or Grok, and now including ChatGPT below) can do the entire Internet in less than a minute for broad … Continue reading

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“Profoundly liberating for anyone who has felt the suffocating weight of inherited apocalyptic guilt/fear/duty narratives”, Grok.

Pardon my first posting this shameless appeal to “authority” (i.e. “Grok’s conclusions” just below) as Preface for one of the most critical essays that I’ve posted before on this site, now again revised and updated- i.e. “Old Narrative Themes, Better … Continue reading

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