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The Case For Post-Religious Virtue Cultivation Hey all, this publication is now moving to substack. Read the newest article over there. You may need to add stegdrew@substack.com to your contacts. Make sure to do that if you wish to keep reading. People who have paid generously for my writing still had emails go into their spam, and I value your readership tremendously, so take that short step if you wish to stay in touch. That linked article was sent out a few minutes before this, so if you…

Greetings! Per reader request, audio editions and video content are now available for those looking to engage more deeply. Support monthly via Patreon for audio newsletters, vids, and priority access during Q&A with guests. OG readers may recall patreon in the past with video demos. This piece is part of a series. Catch the previous in case you missed it. This time we dive into… Presence Based EDC + Product Rec Quandaries + Exciting Update EDC kits, or every day carry kits, litter the…

Welcome welcome, this is the fourth piece in a series about revamping our relationship with our phones and The Pull. The priors: Making It Your Own With Your Phone, Your Intent v. Your Phone’s Intent, and Intermittent Fasting, Digital Edition The trajectory continues… TL;DR- don’t just digital fast and ponder your digital life, check in around your digital fasting and digital life, repeatedly. Presence Maximalism is a journey. Self Inquiry and Smart Phone Diagnostics Just one in twenty…

Sawubona, fam! Sometimes combing digital archives surfaces a gem that pokes me right in the feels. Last week I real-ized it’s been over half a decade since I began writing on the web with a cadence. The cadence has shifted, as have the platforms. I can’t link to that first letter, it’s gone, stored only on email servers! Revue hosted, then twitter bought them, then Elon bought twitter. That “view online” link from five years ago now points to a Thai gambling website. Perhaps Derek Sivers was…

Greetings fam! We had another beautiful gathering at The Holistic Brotherhood recently. Here’s the recording in case you missed it. This piece breaks it down. Humpty Dumpty Sits on a Floor: Workshopping An Affinity For Infinity Practicing open source epistemology is a fancy way of being selfish. When I engage with presenters and workshops, I don’t just want to know what they know. I want to know why and how they have reached their conclusions. Where are they blocked? Where are they exploring…

Welcome to readers new and old! This nookie is of the detoxification variety. Let’s dive in… Detoxing From Education Eventually I learned how to play the game. But by the time I finished high school, much of my curious, rebellious spirit had been drained. My bio teacher was a disengaged drunk, routinely late to school. He was fired by my senior year. My math teacher just repeated herself and increased the volume. As a young teen I didn’t know how to cope, so I stopped giving a shit. I…

Sawubona, fam! Writing changed my life. It connected me with a long lost roommate after twenty-plus years, nurturing a friendship. A random twitter lady with a PhD sent me money thanks to writing on astrology. I still haven’t met her, but was moved by how moved she was. Writing from a coffeeshop in Brazil connected me with someone making a “country on the internet.” Writing has shown me how sloppy my thinking can be. How what I thought was clear may be clear to me, but not to you. Writing has…

Sawubona, fam! Welcome to readers new and bold, today we dive into tales of old, age like Methusaleh, or just fools gold? This missive began years ago focused on curated biohacking widgets, and over the years has taken turns into holisitc health, psychonautics, philosophy, trauma work, and other oddities. However, the core theme remains, WHO ARE WE? To explore together, schedule a free Immortality Inquiry As part of that quest-I-on, I’ve stumbled into the world of pranic living, immortality,…