"If you require an authoritarian strongman to manifest your destiny, then that destiny was never yours in the first place.

And if a single authoritarian strongman can destroy an entire order of being, that order was never going to survive anyway."

rhyd.substack.com/p/wildfire-t...

"The problem isn’t just that we cannot easily judge who and what should represent to us an accurate source of knowledge, but also that we don’t even have time to ask ourselves these questions before scrolling on to the next post, the next image, or the next reel."

rhyd.substack.com/p/the-hostil...

"I’ll take the path of actually liking myself, in all the selves it’s been and is and will be, thanks very much."

rhyd.substack.com/p/january-le...

Here are my best essays of 2024.

Includes long-reads on Israel & Identity Politics, demons & schizophrenia, the "left" versus the working class, immigration, the problem of utopian socialism, how the gym changes everything, and more.

rhyd.substack.com/p/my-best-es...

"A garden is a gathering of spirits, of old friends and new, of allies and companions. They are great, thronging crowds of voices whispering, cajoling, and summoning you to the life you summon for them..."

rhyd.substack.com/p/gardens-co...