The Joyous Struggle

Moloch walks into a bar...

Five gratuitous jokes, with footnotes.

Feb 4 • Jonathan Rowson

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January 2026

Are we a cow standing on one leg?

Kali Yuga, Absent Gods, Satyagraha, and the surprising intimacy of geological time

Jan 30 • Jonathan Rowson

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6

8

The Opposite of Transformative is Intelligible

Davos, Hyper-agency, and responsibility for the power to create context.

Jan 16 • Jonathan Rowson

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18

10

December 2025

The Birth of Wisdom over Power

Three kinds of Christmas, and the case for setting fire to a beard

Dec 17, 2025 • Jonathan Rowson

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8

3

A Nation is a Soul

On feeling surprisingly inspired by St. Andrew's Day.

Dec 1, 2025 • Jonathan Rowson

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11

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November 2025

Attention is a Melting Iceberg

A short musing on modernity's impact on space and time, and what follows.

Nov 28, 2025 • Jonathan Rowson

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7

10

Have you found your axe yet?

A brief thought on prejudice.

Nov 18, 2025 • Jonathan Rowson

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5

3

The fly can escape when it realises it is the spider

A short musing on being trapped in culture, and the sticky business of non duality.

Nov 7, 2025 • Jonathan Rowson

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6

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Too much metatheory will kill you, just as sure as none at all.

On the danger of buying a pet shop shop shop

Nov 3, 2025 • Jonathan Rowson

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10

9

October 2025

Learning as If Life Depended on It

When understanding is a matter of existential concern.

Oct 22, 2025 • Jonathan Rowson

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7

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September 2025

The Fox, the Forest, and the Frogs

On meaning without cause, a powerful stranger, and singing in the rain.

Sep 30, 2025 • Jonathan Rowson

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4

July 2025

Listen for the drumming on the other side

On bearing witness to the birth of Naduve.

Jul 16, 2025 • Jonathan Rowson

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