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The Civilization of Pleasure

By Milan Ji • September 8, 2026

Every generation seems to discover a new reason to worry about the direction of civilization. Today, we worry about declining birth rates, the retreat from traditional family values, economic insecurity, social fragmentation, loneliness, and the apparent unwillingness of younger people to make the sacrifices that previous generations considered ordinary. We worry that ambition has weakened,...

The Wages of Life: Navigating the Neurochemical Economy

Humans tell stories of empire, power, and destiny. We frame our ambitions as a search for love, security, or the service of God and nation. Yet beneath these lofty ideals lies a more practical transaction: we are biological traders, relentlessly negotiating for our next payout of dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins. Every goal we set […]

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Trading Marginal Value, Sovereignty, and Automatons

Human beings have birthrights and entitlements, unlike any other living creature. In democratic and free market nations, we have private property rights, the right to vote, the right to life, the freedom of speech, the freedom of movement, the freedom to work and pursue happiness. We have freedoms and liberties given to us by "default". […]

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Introduction to the Theory of Money Part 1

Money and currency is our medium for the exchange of goods and services. In the US, we use dollars. It is printed and regulated by the US Government. It is divisible, scarce, durable, portable, difficult to counterfeit, universally accepted, and stable. The value of a nation’s currency is correlated to its scarcity and wide acceptability. […]

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Pillar 01: Time and Youth

The Irreplaceable Currency and the Vanishing Light of Youth King or slave, the tax is paid. Time, in its indomitable nature, underlies all of life. It is the invisible backdrop upon which every event unfolds, the medium through which consciousness is experienced and existence becomes real. Every thought, every decision, every achievement, every regret, every […]

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Evolving DNA, Life, Instinct and Ancient Voices

There is a tolerance for life on Earth to proliferate, evolve, and multiply.  The partiality for living things to stay alive is its primary imperitive, its number one self programmed instruction set. ...

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