Serdar Yegulalp's Blog, page 8

All Right, Where Was I? (2025 Edition)

New year, new agenda. Time to get back to work.

Lively (And Deadly) Discourse

On giving students not just freedom of speech, but freedom of truth.

Mere Words

On why reading about Zen isn't Zen.

The Envelope Pushers

On dangerous things in our culture, and how they stay dangerous (and don't).

"You Make It To Give It Away"

Paul Schrader on his new movie and a whole lot more besides.

Giving Bad Ideas To Good People

One of the hallmarks of not just intelligence but wisdom is knowing how to handle the intellectual and spiritual goods you've come into contact with.

Because It Was There, Pt 2

A lot of what I consumed as a kid wasn't because it was any good, but only because it was there. Further thoughts in this vein.

Even An Audience Of One

Even an audience of one, if they are touched by the work, is plenty of responsibility to live up to.

High, Low, And Wide

On culture as a palette rather than a hierarchy, Stephen Jay Gold edition.

Cast A Spell

One of the first rules I made for myself in re a future project: come up with the story and its meaning before trying to come up with a magic system.