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Where will you be?
Slowly things change. Eventually the last light will be snuffed, somehow we will wonder why. Eventually the dust will cease to shift,...
Jake McNairn
Jul 241 min read


Timeless
Everything loses value with time. I ought to amplify the noises that drown out yesterday's thoughts, so today I flood myself with...
Jake McNairn
Jul 181 min read


The Beast
I suffer from the beast. The large, gluttonous monster that eats all energy and motivation.
Jake McNairn
Jul 34 min read


208
I'm sorry darling, I should have known too many years and flights we've flown you called I slept and left you alone the next day then you...
Jake McNairn
Mar 292 min read


Individualism and Evil
I have been reflecting on what the greatest evil is, and if there is one seed from which all other evil grows.
Jake McNairn
Nov 28, 20246 min read


A Fool can learn
There exists three types of fools.
Jake McNairn
Nov 25, 20243 min read


Weep for what is lost; rejoice in that it happened.
Few things make me bleed like wrought iron.
Jake McNairn
Nov 14, 20242 min read


Contradictions and Complications
I pride myself on being a walking contradiction. I embody the antithesis of the values I espouse. My peace lies in complications. I grasp...
Jake McNairn
Nov 12, 20242 min read


On the future
Ultimately the world keeps turning. Despite everything, balance will prevail.
Jake McNairn
Nov 7, 20248 min read


Judgement, or Understanding
A lifetime is the backdrop against which we ask of moral actions, consequences, and study the nature of a fellow human.
Jake McNairn
Oct 15, 20246 min read


A pink shroud
I'm sure the sores do not suit aesthetics, but at present they comprise part of me, and that's not something I'm so eager to hate, nor...
Jake McNairn
Oct 9, 20244 min read


A pixelation of human nature
Suffering invites knowledge to the helm. In excess, it capsizes the boat.
Jake McNairn
Sep 18, 20245 min read


Wandering, wondering
An excerpt from a WIP: How long as she been walking? How long does one ever walk, in the vast expanse of a space beyond...
Jake McNairn
Sep 3, 20246 min read


Drivel
Existing is easy, living is hard. Harder yet is choosing to exit.
Jake McNairn
Aug 26, 20242 min read


Germline gene editing: a foray into transhumanism
Germline gene editing currently poses considerable harms to social justice and equity. For justified use, our society needs to shift from...
Jake McNairn
Jul 20, 20242 min read


Grey
I feel the crushing weight of responsibility, the dread of consistent failure, and the overall ineptitude to turn it all around, to...
Jake McNairn
Feb 14, 20242 min read


Jake McNairn
May 13, 202314 min read


On the moral implications of stagnancy
Except from "0015 WEDNESDAY October 13th, 2021" And here I come to realize, my life of comfortable status-quo is one of my own...
Jake McNairn
Apr 9, 20235 min read
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