Going Alone

Students handing out flyers on the campus quad at Humboldt State University In 1988 my friends Eric and John invented a religion. They did this as a point of utility, as we needed something to print on a flyer we planned to distribute as part of a sociology experiment. The boys produced the whole thing one night over coffee at Denny’s. I was impressed with their work, which included a creation story to explain our existence, a moral code to prescribe how to live, and a very i

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This video came after it dawned on me some time ago that my distrust of faith was really grounded in a desire to avoid the utilization of emotions in deciding matters of truth. Faith, like art (and music it seems) often appeal to subjectively perceived inclinations which guide us to some amazing places. The thing I sometimes call The Path of Wildness relies on the same thing and I find the experience of yielding to such guidance quite useful and instructive. However, like my

“Hi Kurt, my name is Saeed and im Arab Muslim, i didnt check your whole channel videos im fairly new to the channel and i realized that your atheist and your showing me something new i never thought about like the difficulty atheist people face within themselves, my question is have you ever looked into religions such Christianity. Judaism. Islam and such and whats your thought about religions in general. thank you for your posts and good luck sir.” The Path of Wildness is ea

The Path of Wildness is easy to find The course of a stream Leaves blown in the wind A beast’s track through the brush And the direction of our first inclination The Path of Wildness is an answer and response to a prescribed way of life which may leave some individuals with a sense that their living is little more than a series of pre-determined, step-like episodes between birth and death. The stages of living between these events: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenthoo

The Path of Wildness is easy to find The course of a stream Leaves blown in the wind A beast’s track through the brush And the direction of our first inclination The Path of Wildness is an answer and response to a prescribed way of life which may leave some individuals with a sense that their living is little more than a series of pre-determined, step-like episodes between birth and death. The stages of living between these events: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenthoo

The Path of Wildness is easy to find The course of a stream Leaves blown in the wind A beast’s track through the brush And the direction of our first inclination The Path of Wildness is an answer and response to a prescribed way of life which may leave some individuals with a sense that their living is little more than a series of pre-determined, step-like episodes between birth and death. The stages of living between these events: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenthoo

The Path of Wildness is easy to find The course of a stream Leaves blown in the wind A beast’s track through the brush And the direction of our first inclination The Path of Wildness is an answer and response to a prescribed way of life which may leave some individuals with a sense that their living is little more than a series of pre-determined, step-like episodes between birth and death. The stages of living between these events: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, parenthoo

Hello XXXX, Thank you for writing. Your message means more to me than you might know as videos like “Life without purpose” are still rather difficult for me to make due to the negative reactions I sometimes receive from strangers, family and friends. Nevertheless, I make these videos for precisely the purpose illustrated in your message, as there seem to be a good number of people like you and I who, for the most part, live our lives alone and without much connection with oth

Creating meaning and purpose from an indifferent universe. Here’s the snippet and link from my friend David’s email which inspired this video response: “This article on Steven Hawking’s recent comments on the possibilities of an afterlife remind me of many things you have said: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/24/stephen-hawking-brains-copied-life-after-death_n_3977682.html. It’s an interesting postulate, but I still think there’s something missing in the paradigm. . . t