Whither the West?

Dear Readers, Whitherthewest has relocated to substack as it a much more robust environment for sharing, commenting, and learning.

Examining the History between Science and Christianity During my early adulthood I was a zealous New Atheist, and as such believed wholeheartedly in a message that was central to the NA movement: that Christianity had been a parasite on Western civilizati…

This post is based on a true story from my wife’s family.

The fundamental shift in Western legitimacy A simple theory could explain the fundamental shift in Western politics in recent years.

And where it is leading I have recently been contemplating the question of whether there can be said to be aesthetic (or artistic) “progress”, or whether changes from era to era are a kind of “random walk” in response to changing tastes and attitudes from…

Obituary of one of the oldest human values – I was recently reading the book version of Disney’s Mulan to my four-year-old son when he asked me what “honor” was.

The murder of Brian Thompson is a morally and emotionally challenging event.

Update: please see the update note after the guide image for some additional arguments and refutations.

Natalism, the belief in the need for higher birthrates, is increasingly a topic of concern for various thinkers and prognosticators (Robin Hanson, Tyler Cowen, Zvi Moskowitz, and Elon Musk among many others).

Tyler Cowen recently posted on Marginal Revolution the question “How Important is the ‘scientific method’?”