An Article of the Modern Survival Guide A few years ago I was having a conversation with a friend of mine, and it went something like this: “What if a gigantic asteroid was heading right for Earth? Suppose we could build an ark-type spacecraft to save a good portion of the human species, along with samples of…

An Article of the Modern Survival Guide You’re reading the Modern Survival Guide, a long-running blog that I’m writing to keep track of all the things I think that people need to know about living in, and surviving, the modern world. …

An Article of the Modern Survival Guide Mark Twain famously said, “Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.” Hi, you’re reading the Modern Survival Guide, and today we’re talking about an issue that probably just needs to be said out loud more often: some people’s opinions are not worth a…

An Article of the Modern Survival Guide You’re reading the Modern Survival Guide, a long-running blog where I (a random person on the internet) ramble on about concepts, tips, tricks, and plans to help you get through life in this crazy world. Today we’re talking about a concept that should have you questioning everything. Put simply, you…

An Article of the Modern Survival Guide You’re reading the Modern Survival Guide, a long-running blog that covers things you need to know about the modern world. One of those things, and indeed an increasingly relevant one, is that we have an exceedingly complex understanding of “fairness” in the modern world. …

An Article of the Modern Survival Guide You’re reading the Modern Survival Guide, a long-running blog that discusses things we need to know to survive in an increasingly complex world. This article is part of a mini-series I’ve been writing about the national crises that currently face the US. So far we’ve covered political instability, the failure…

An Article of the Modern Survival Guide Hi, you’re reading the Modern Survival Guide! This is a long-running blog that tries to keep track of things that you, the modern person, might need to know about living in our crazy, chaotic, baffling modern world. And hoo boy. Have we got a doozy today. For the last few…

An Article of the Modern Survival Guide Hi, and welcome to the Modern Survival Guide, a long-running blog about things you need to know to survive the modern world. …

An Article of the Modern Survival Guide You’re reading the Modern Survival Guide, a long-running blog that I’ve been writing to cover things that we all need to know to survive and thrive in the modern world. In the US, where I live, survival is an increasingly important topic. We have a large number of national crises…