Julian Gough

So, for the past 10 years, I've been quietly extending Lee Smolin's wonderful old theory of cosmological natural selection. Lately, it's had some huge successes. This @InfiniteL88ps episode is by far the best overview out there. Go watch/listen/read. theeggandtherock.com/p/a-splendid-o…

It's nice to see Blowtorch Theory escaping confinement, and gaining attention in other languages. A very sweet and positive post, auf Deutsche, by the author and journalist Detlef Gürtler...

“The arc of history is long, and it bends toward” *flips through history book* Oh. Oh no. Oh no no no

I had a very enjoyable two-hour conversation with Shane Simonsen, host of the Zero Input Agriculture podcast (which explores "the intersection of evolution, ecology & civilisation"). Mostly cosmological natural selection, but covered a lot of territory. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/jul…

Many people dream of property. Bigger houses, better houses, palaces. Properties with a swimming pool, a cinema, a candy room. Writers dream of a shed in which they can write, uninterrupted. That tells you a lot about writers. And writing.

Nothing in cosmology makes sense except in the light of evolution.

You are loved. You are free. Goodnight.

thisss!!

every human is a dumb lil weirdo - it is impossible, from within the limits of a human bodymind, to NOT be a dumb lil weirdo so the best move is to deeply and fully enjoy exactly the flavor of dumb lil weirdo your bodymind wants to be

I am utterly bewildered by the objections to Jeff Bezos getting married in Venice. Venice is entirely the creation of extravagant merchants pissing away money on ridiculous things! They built palaces on mud flats in a swamp! They stole the corpse of Saint Mark the Evangelist from…