A friendly jiujitsu match
On combat as the pursuit of wisdom.
Because it was he, because it was myself
On choosing friendships—or not.
Maxim, not algorithm
On friendship as an optimization problem.
Your enemies should disgust you
On agreeing with your friends.
An impossible Venn diagram
Should friends share your values? On friendship beyond values.
When artists don’t try
Must art be political? On the inherently political content of art.
Art’s absurdity
Must art be political? On perpetually political symbols.
A form and content warning
Must art be political? On Francisco de Goya’s The Third of May.
The ragged and the beautiful
Must art be political? On the artist’s apolitical delusion.
Plato’s platitudes
Must art be political? On art and moral purity in today’s world.