PinnedInSocrates CafébyMichael Shammas·May 30, 2016Is Life Meaningless?On Searching for Meaning in a Meaningless WorldA response icon7A response icon7
PinnedInthe CafebyMichael Shammas·Oct 28, 2019Turning to SpringShort FictionA response icon1A response icon1
PinnedInWriters GuildbyMichael Shammas·Sep 30, 2019A Free Man in PrisonFor years the wise man had wandered through the desert. For years he had fled false justice so that he could know true justice. Yet now…
Michael Shammas·Sep 21, 2021How to Stop Being a Slave to FreedomAnd why meaning comes from commitment, not freedomA response icon1A response icon1
InSocrates CafébyMichael Shammas·Aug 7, 2021On Truth, the Internet, Christianity, & Turning ThirtyIn original Christianity — that messier but more truthful Christianity that existed before the authorities trimmed it down into something…A response icon2A response icon2
InWriters GuildbyMichael Shammas·Jun 10, 2021What a 19th Century Expedition to Antarctica Can Teach Us About Mentally Recovering from Covid-19Humans have mental needs: a sense of security, purpose, company, relatedness, autonomy, exercise, sunlight.A response icon1A response icon1
InSocrates CafébyMichael Shammas·Apr 25, 2021After Covid-19 Ends: Here’s How to Reconnect in a Society Connected by Disconnection.A dead philosopher, a modern scientist, and my dog have the same (sage) advice.A response icon2A response icon2
InThe LabyrinthbyMichael Shammas·Feb 10, 2021The Enlightenment’s Dark Fallacy: On the Dangers of Unregulated Scientific ProgressSome Enlightenment thinkers equated scientific progress with political and moral progress. They were wrong.A response icon4A response icon4
InA Bit of GeniusbyMichael Shammas·Jan 30, 2021Returning to Life in 2021: A Path Back for the TraumatizedHow To Rediscover Your SoulA response icon2A response icon2
