PinnedBenjamin CainA Trove of My Philosophical WritingsAn updated, categorized list of links to all my Medium articles·1 min read·Oct 8, 2021--9--9
Benjamin CaininGod’s FuneralReligions are Tedious Obstacles to Transhuman GloryBut reflecting on life’s basic condition can set us on the right side of history·6 min read·8 hours ago--3--3
Benjamin CaininGod’s FuneralArt Should be More Sacred than ReligionThe stale art of organized religions makes them monopolistic parasites·6 min read·1 day ago--7--7
Benjamin CaininGrim TidingsWill Religion be Vindicated When AIs Rule Over Us as Gods?Conversing with an AI chatbot about humans’ relationship to nature·12 min read·4 days ago--14--14
Benjamin CaininGrim TidingsTechnology Sings Hymns to Our Impending GodhoodHow technology automates religious ritual·6 min read·5 days ago--10--10
Benjamin CaininGrim TidingsConservatives Revere the Wilderness, not CivilizationCorrecting Dennis Prager’s gaslighting about social progress·7 min read·6 days ago--7--7
Benjamin CaininGrim TidingsNature is a Haunted House, and Scientists Find the GhostsHow science ironically re-enchants the cosmos, leading to a dire existential reckoning·7 min read·Apr 16, 2024--9--9
Benjamin CaininGrim TidingsWokeness is a Triumph of Liberal DecadenceThinking through progress as an escape from animals’ servitude to nature’s wildness·6 min read·Apr 15, 2024--48--48
Benjamin CaininGod’s FuneralWhy Think God is a Person?A debate between an atheist and a Christian·14 min read·Apr 12, 2024--15--15
Benjamin CaininGod’s FuneralThe Fad of Wokefying Evangelical Christianity“Reconstructed” Christianity is effectively secular humanism·10 min read·Apr 11, 2024--26--26