analects noun, pl

/ˈan.ə.lɛkts/

a collection of ideas, extracts, or teachings.

Absit Omnia

stuff On things to be worried about

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analects under the categories btrmt. believes in, as set out in the manifesto

analects organised according to the fundamental questions of philosophy

sequences of articles gathered around a more focused idea

  • it's not social media, life is just worse 18 Apr 2026 [audio + edited transcript] Social media isn’t the disease. It’s the symptom you can see. The sad kids on TikTok are there because they’re sad, not sad because they’re...
  • hydraulic despotism 21 Feb 2026 [audio + edited transcript] You’re not coerced by malice. You’re coerced by convenience. Control the flow, control the people: the most discredited theory in political...
  • hydraulic despotism 1 Dec 2025 [article] Control the water, control the people. Today’s water is energy, social media, infrastructure. We’re coerced through convenience, not malice....
  • why do people kill themselves? 16 Aug 2024 [article] Suicide is the interaction between personal despair and the failure of communities to provide reasons to live. We can’t answer Camus’ “one t...
  • the value of violence 9 Aug 2024 [article] The utility of violence isn’t in the violence itself, but only in the threat of it. It creates immediate behaviour change, but only for so l...
  • it's not social media, life is just worse 2 Aug 2024 [article] Social media use probably isn’t the problem. Social media use is probably just the most obvious manifestation of lots of problems. And in fa...
  • the loneliness epidemic 20 Sep 2020 [article]
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