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.·5 min read·Jul 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.·15 min read·Jan 13, 2023----
Aaron Ross PowellWhat Buddhism is All AboutA brief overview of what Buddhism is and what it sets out to do.·3 min read·Mar 28, 2024----
Aaron Ross PowellThe Media’s Fake Tech IncompetenceSome thoughts on why journalists pretend Mastodon is impenetrable.·3 min read·Feb 17, 2023----
Aaron Ross PowellLiberty Upsets Patterns — and ConservatismConservatism and libertarianism are incompatible because they aim at fundamentally divergent political ends.8 min read·Jan 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.·4 min read·Jun 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.·7 min read·Dec 18, 2020----
Aaron Ross PowellCurse of HonorThe first of the new Legend of the Five Rings novels is pretty fun.2 min read·Nov 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.·7 min read·Oct 24, 2020----
Aaron Ross PowellThe GOP is screwedThey can’t escape Trumpism, but they can’t win with it, either.·2 min read·Oct 20, 2020----
