Spider Blankets, How Science Met Buddhism, and Toxic Masculinity
Hello SW readers!
What I’ve Been Writing
Spinoza In Plan English pt 10b: God Acts Without Purpose
What if God acts with no purpose? Is this a terrifying, or a liberating idea?
What I’ve Been Reading
A long trailer for a documentary about the stunning discoveries that happened with one of the first clinical studies of Tibetan Buddhist meditators.
A provocative discussion of the recent focus on discouraging “toxic masculinity.”
And of course: spider blankets.
AOBAG
A piece I wrote four years ago that is still relevant:
The Real Threat to the Jewish Community Is Climate Change
(The Forward, April 2017).
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