Archive - Anzalogue

Claude Finds God

✻[Perfect stillness]✻

Published on Asterisk Magazine • Jul 15

Consciousness Catching Its Own Tail

A conversation about predictive processing, insight, and existential threats — to the self and to society.

Published on Asterisk Magazine • Jul 10

The 'Moist' Mind Virus: Why We Hate Wet Sounds

On misophonia and socially transmitted disgust

Published on The Ick • Jul 9

February 2025

The Unbearable Loudness of Chewing

Why do some people find certain sounds intolerable? And why has it taken so long for scientists to get even a preliminary answer?

Published on Asterisk Magazine • Feb 10

January 2025

A Burn Scar at the Edge of the Continent

A love letter to life in the Palisades.

Jan 18 •

December 2024

Five meditation books I read this year

And why they stayed with me.

Dec 21, 2024 •

The GLP-1 discourse needs a little more nuance

Progress is unequal, and sometimes it has trade-offs. We should talk about them more.

Dec 5, 2024 •

November 2024

Cows vs. Chemists: The Health Debates over Plant-Based Meat

Everyone wants to know if plant-based meats are good for you. Despite what you might read, no one has a definitive answer.

Published on Asterisk Magazine • Nov 20, 2024

June 2024

My Week of Magical Thinking

A Jhourney retreat report

Jun 20, 2024 •

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