Reading Time: 5 minutes There’s a darkness in human beings—or at least, in some human beings—that manifests as a senseless urge to destroy just for the sake of destruction. From cutting down defenseless trees to killing innocent civilians, it’s the motivation behind so many acts of evil.
Adam Lee
DAYLIGHT ATHEISM—Adam Lee is an atheist author and speaker from New York City. His previously published books include "Daylight Atheism," "Meta: On God, the Big Questions, and the Just City," and most recently "Commonwealth: A Novel of Utopia." He has published editorials for NBC News, Political Research Associates, The Guardian, Salon, and AlterNet. Connect with him on Mastodon at https://universeodon.com/@daylightatheism
Posted inTechnology
Technology won’t save us—but it does give us choices
Reading Time: 4 minutes The best point that techno-optimists make is that a bigger pie is easier to divide up, without having to argue over who gets what.
Posted inTechnology
The blind, dangerous enthusiasm of a ‘Techno-Optimist’
Reading Time: 9 minutes Billionaire Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto makes the case that technology is a pure blessing, that more is always better, and it shouldn’t be regulated or held back by anyone or anything. Here’s a skeptical counterpoint.
Posted inThe Secular
The nones aren’t going anywhere
Reading Time: 5 minutes Christian apologists are celebrating the supposed collapse of the atheist movement—but all that’s really happening is that a few formerly high-profile atheists have turned against recent developments in moral progress. They’re getting left behind, but the nonreligious population continues to grow and religion continues to dwindle and decline.
Posted inWar and Peace
An ouroboros of hate: How religion makes peace impossible
Reading Time: 5 minutes The latest outbreak of violence in the Middle East shows why religion makes peace impossible. Israel and Hamas are in a fundamentalist deadlock, neither able to triumph, but neither willing to concede.
Posted inSex & Gender
Your soul doesn’t have junk in the trunk
Reading Time: 6 minutes In the name of upholding ancient gender norms, Christian apologists are willing to throw out all of modern science.
Posted inFree Expression
The next frontier of book bans: Seahorses and talking crayons
Reading Time: 5 minutes Conservative parents demanding the banning of books and the censorship of schools have a worldview as fragile as glass. They can’t even tolerate the idea of children hearing that they might not be who or what society tells them they are.
Posted inPolitics
No more gerontocracy
Reading Time: 6 minutes America’s extremely elderly politicians have had their day in the sun. They should step back and let the young start making decisions that will shape the future they’ll have to live in.
Posted inPolitics
Biden makes history on the picket line
Reading Time: 3 minutes I never expected to write these words, but Joe Biden is the most transformative Democratic president of my lifetime.
Posted inWar and Peace
Vladimir Putin’s holy war
Reading Time: 6 minutes Putin has enlisted the Russian Orthodox Church to justify his war on Ukraine as a crusade sanctioned by God, and the head of the church, Patriarch Kirill, has been only too happy to assist.