Antelucan

How should we live, given how little we know?

Essays on ethics, the mind, and the examined life, written before the light is quite up. New pieces appear here when they are finished.

All essays

  1. The Lion That Speaks: Can Language Bridge the Gap Between Minds?10 November 2026A philosophical essay exploring whether language can ever bridge the gap between our own experience and the inner lives of others.
  2. The Monkey We Leave Out9 November 2026We remember the three wise monkeys and forget the fourth, and the reason says something uncomfortable about how we think about goodness.