PinnedAaron Ross PowellHow Social Media Tricks our Brains — and Destroys our PoliticsSocial media convinces us our small communities are representative of the whole and tells us we’re more right than we really are.Jul 13, 2023Jul 13, 2023
PinnedAaron Ross PowellToward a Healthier Libertarian MovementLibertarianism can have a bright future. But first it needs to break its decades-long alliance with the GOP.Jan 13, 2023Jan 13, 2023
Aaron Ross PowellWhat Buddhism is All AboutA brief overview of what Buddhism is and what it sets out to do.Mar 28Mar 28
Aaron Ross PowellThe Media’s Fake Tech IncompetenceSome thoughts on why journalists pretend Mastodon is impenetrable.Feb 17, 2023Feb 17, 2023
Aaron Ross PowellLiberty Upsets Patterns — and ConservatismConservatism and libertarianism are incompatible because they aim at fundamentally divergent political ends.Jan 16, 2023Jan 16, 2023
Aaron Ross PowellWhy Josh Hawley Hates Your FreedomIt’s no accident Hawley seeks to subvert the republic. It’s always been his goal.Jun 4, 2021Jun 4, 2021
Aaron Ross PowellThe Buddha Thought It Was Okay to Be RichA look at what the Buddha actually said about acquiring and spending wealth.Dec 18, 2020Dec 18, 2020
Aaron Ross PowellCurse of HonorThe first of the new Legend of the Five Rings novels is pretty fun.Nov 6, 2020Nov 6, 2020
Aaron Ross PowellThe Buddhist Insight that Explains Our Broken PoliticsBuddhism’s parable of the two arrows of suffering helps us understand why politics seems so broken and harmful and how we can fix it.Oct 24, 2020Oct 24, 2020
Aaron Ross PowellThe GOP is screwedThey can’t escape Trumpism, but they can’t win with it, either.Oct 20, 2020Oct 20, 2020