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  The Silicon Tower: Will the Architect Strike Twice? In the early chapters of our collective story, humanity had a single language and a si...

  God’s Tax, Man’s Luxury: The Sacred Business of Plunder Humanity has always excelled at creating the "Middleman for the Divine."...

  The Divine Restraining Order: The Biological Utility of Sacred Fear In the evolutionary theater of human behavior, social control has alwa...

  The Dopamine Trap: Why the City Always Wins The great anxiety of the modern West is often framed as a "clash of civilizations," ...

  The New Gods of the Assembly Line: Communism as a Religion We often think of religions as institutions involving bearded men in robes and ...

  The Ledger of Souls: Why the "Sidian" is the State’s Ultimate Trap In the rigid hierarchy of the Ming Dynasty, the "white l...

The Thriller: The Marrow of Deceit The fluorescent lights of the Zurich slaughterhouse hummed like a low-frequency ritual. Inspector Elias V...

  God, Faith, and the Infinite: Ten Questions About Belief When people talk about God, heaven, and miracles, they are also asking what it me...

  The Meat We Eat: A Bloody Menu of Human Justification If humanity were put on trial by the animal kingdom, our defense would be a chaotic ...

  The Paradox of the Pig: Cultural Rejection or Biological Misunderstanding? The pig is perhaps the most paradoxical animal in human history...

  What's The Deal With Wedding Entrance Fees? I’ve been watching the news, reading the papers, and I’ve got to ask: what’s with these we...