August 2025

The Problem With AI-Assisted Writing

Writing is supposed to be difficult.

Aug 25 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

3

May 2025

Truth Is Not Mere Coherence

On Iain McGilchrist’s “The Master and His Emissary”

May 23 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

2

February 2025

How to Ruin Your Civilization

Charlie Munger on ignorant legislatures and the morality of the cash register

Feb 17 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

3

January 2025

Beyond the Limits of Human Reason

On Benjamín Labatut’s “The MANIAC”

Jan 23 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

2

December 2024

The Tragic Philosophy of the Intelligence Age

On Oswald Spengler's "Man and Technics"

Dec 18, 2024 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

3

September 2024

To Be the Best, a Government Must Be First of All Possible

Two ideas that can help predict the future of a society

Sep 25, 2024 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

3

Only Power Restrains Power

On James Burnham’s “The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom”

Sep 2, 2024 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

1

April 2024

Evil Is Nothing

A philosopher sentenced to a gruesome death wrestles with the nature of good and evil. On Boethius’ “Consolation of Philosophy.”

Apr 19, 2024 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

1

March 2024

There Are No Dangerous Thoughts, Thinking Itself Is Dangerous

Hannah Arendt on the difference between intellect and reason

Mar 7, 2024 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

5

2

February 2024

And Then Good Deeds Are Your Enemies

On Machiavelli's "The Prince"

Feb 1, 2024 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

2

January 2024

The True Meaning of Crime and Punishment

“Am I a trembling wretch, or do I have the right?”

Jan 19, 2024 • 

Dmitry Fadeyev

2