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Religion as Software Business
As George Carlin said, religion is the biggest scam. “I spent 15 years designing software products and businesses: reducing friction in onboarding, creating viral loops, building new features to increase retention, designing for improved network effects…The more I did it,… Read More »Religion as Software Business
Load-Bearing Walls
History is mor3 complicated and narratives matter. “By the time Pope Urban II preaches the First Crusade at Clermont in 1095, Islamic powers have held two-thirds of formerly Christian territory for more than four hundred years. The immediate trigger is… Read More »Load-Bearing Walls
History Is Running Backwards
Reactionizm is the norm in history. “Today, however, billions of people have lost that faith in progress as a source of meaning and are flocking to its opposite. In the 21st century, traditionalism has emerged as a catalytic school of… Read More »History Is Running Backwards
Fate, Structure, Mimesis
Do we have any say in history? “The self you experience as yourself—the deliberate, choosing, narrating self—is not the primary phenomenon. It is a secondary formation, a surface effect produced by deeper processes. Your desires, your fears, your loves, your… Read More »Fate, Structure, Mimesis
The Technology of the Soul: Ignatian Formation and Its Sources
Usually we deceive ourselves. “We are systematically deceived — not primarily by external temptation but by our own affections, which dress themselves as reasons.” https://tantaman.com/2026-04-06-jesuit-formation.html
The Formation We Admit To
It is all about stories. “The corporation does not wonder whether formation is possible. It has quarterly OKRs around it.” https://tantaman.com/2026-04-06-formation-we-admit-to.html
Is One Book Enough?
Religious people are often contempt with one book. Whole religion lasted for thousands of years just talking about the one book. People even disagree or interpret the same part of the same book differently, but they all think that the… Read More »Is One Book Enough?
Materialism Is Killing You
Being right is not always the best survival strategy. “evolution doesn’t care about truth. It cares about fitness. And a belief system that produces depression, anxiety, declining fertility, and suicidal ideation at unprecedented rates might be worth examining—even if it… Read More »Materialism Is Killing You
From Galilee to Empire: The Institutional Capture of Christianity
You can interpret any text in many ways. “What Paul probably intended as survival advice for a tiny persecuted minority became, once Christianity had power, a blanket authorization for state authority. The text didn’t change. The context did. And suddenly… Read More »From Galilee to Empire: The Institutional Capture of Christianity