Now on Substack
I have finally decided to start a Substack blog, at the invitation of someone who also invited me to create a Society of Epicurus discord server.
I've been considering the appropriateness of the current platforms I use, which I've not reshuffled in a while due to habit and lack of time. In recent months, the company that used to be known as twitter has changed its algorithm and I'm noticing that it suggests, propagates and seeks to normalize false narratives, false equivalences, lies, distortions, anti-democratic ideologies, and other things that I find sometimes deeply worthy of objection. I realize that it is up to us to apply some filter to the content we consume, but we also have the choice of not being involved in a platform--particularly when it has become a danger to our democracy, and when participating in the little bird's platform may give the impression that we approve of its algorithm. Twitter does not do enough to battle disinformation, and I dislike the effects it is having in our democratic values and institutions, and how it irresponsibly adds fuel to our society's polarization.
I will diminish my involvement there. Facebook, on the other hand, offers much more utility for building community and is less impersonal, so its utility still surpasses whatever grievances I may have about it. To be invited to join our virtual Eikas (monthly gathering), you may joing our there.
In the meantime, please feel free to subscribe to , where I hope to write at least one monthly essay. Substack sends content in the form of an email to subscribers.
As always, you can also visit for literary updates, and to continue learning Epicurean philosophy, and becoming an expert in , , Philodemus, and our other sources.
I've been considering the appropriateness of the current platforms I use, which I've not reshuffled in a while due to habit and lack of time. In recent months, the company that used to be known as twitter has changed its algorithm and I'm noticing that it suggests, propagates and seeks to normalize false narratives, false equivalences, lies, distortions, anti-democratic ideologies, and other things that I find sometimes deeply worthy of objection. I realize that it is up to us to apply some filter to the content we consume, but we also have the choice of not being involved in a platform--particularly when it has become a danger to our democracy, and when participating in the little bird's platform may give the impression that we approve of its algorithm. Twitter does not do enough to battle disinformation, and I dislike the effects it is having in our democratic values and institutions, and how it irresponsibly adds fuel to our society's polarization.
I will diminish my involvement there. Facebook, on the other hand, offers much more utility for building community and is less impersonal, so its utility still surpasses whatever grievances I may have about it. To be invited to join our virtual Eikas (monthly gathering), you may joing our there.
In the meantime, please feel free to subscribe to , where I hope to write at least one monthly essay. Substack sends content in the form of an email to subscribers.
As always, you can also visit for literary updates, and to continue learning Epicurean philosophy, and becoming an expert in , , Philodemus, and our other sources.
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