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the metaphor james taylor foreman substack the metaphor subscribe sign in home podcast notes american archetypes archive leaderboard about america is coolness the drive to be cool is the foundational contradiction of american consciousness once you notice it you ll see it everywhere aug 22 james taylor foreman 32 1 5 technology is over there are social clues at least that the exponential curve is going sigmoid aug 18 james taylor foreman 277 47 64 batman of the philosophy department g k chesterton threatening to murder nihilists and why modern philosophy is so badly written aug 15 james taylor foreman 34 17 11 most popular view all the disenchantment of the modern world is a myth jul 13 2025 james taylor foreman 2 096 193 533 why i am christian again mar 31 2024 james taylor foreman 1 615 205 432 we don t talk about jordan peterson jan 10 james taylor foreman 1 033 312 161 we know you re using ai jun 13 james taylor foreman 1 270 320 284 there is a house in new orleans mar 21 james taylor foreman 507 85 73 choosing penelope oct 24 2025 james taylor foreman 86 12 27 latest top discussions the uni context is not new it s the concept of privacy that s pretty new aug 11 james taylor foreman 38 5 9 essay is a better format than book when in doubt read more essays and short stories aug 8 james taylor foreman 28 2 9 you probably cannot wield ai but let s not pretend we re not all trying to aug 4 james taylor foreman 157 46 30 therapy speak kills romance eros can t endure us talking to each other like that aug 1 james taylor foreman 51 4 7 or live long enough to see yourself become the villain on nolan s many trojan horses jul 25 james taylor foreman 141 12 22 why the new right still can t beat hollywood i asked jonathan pageau and mary harrington why we can t tell better stories yet their answer missed something important jul 18 james taylor foreman 111 54 28 microplastics are bullshit the stubborn sacramentality of ordinary objects jul 11 james taylor foreman 258 46 54 what happens when you stop reading a global oral sensorium machine jul 4 james taylor foreman 59 8 11 a very simple introduction to re enchantment with a joke jun 27 james taylor foreman 94 18 12 see all the metaphor reality is narrative and our only job is to make it beautiful subscribe recommendations view all 8 sherry ning sherry ning chisel chisel the map is mostly water simon sarris the honest broker ted gioia after progress e j larow blog medium 10k followers commission work linkedin the metaphor subscribe about archive recommendations sitemap 2026 james taylor foreman privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts