What then?

What then?

Are We Awake Enough To Dream?
Self-destruction, TE Lawrence, Mbuti, dreams, and hard times.
Jul 7 • Sam Alaimo

June 2026

If America Will Make It Another 250 Years, It Must Remember How To Suffer
Frogmen, modern meaninglessness, and extraordinary aliveness.
Jun 30 • Sam Alaimo
The Cure For Unlimited Choices Is... To Do Something
Rules in life. Choosing to live. Creativity. Nature. Socrates.
Jun 23 • Sam Alaimo
What A Crow Warrior Can Teach Us About Academic Tyranny
Two-Leggings first scalp. Intellectual utopianists. No one's slave.
Jun 16 • Sam Alaimo
Unquenchable Curiosity As a Way of Life
Special Operations, Nazi's, meditation, and flowers
Jun 9 • Sam Alaimo
Seeing Ents and Meaning on a Stalk in an Orchard
Bringing wildness to domestication
Jun 2 • Sam Alaimo

May 2026

How to Find Awe In Everything
Carson. Sauna. Aristotle. Spiders. Dreams. Figs.
May 26 • Sam Alaimo
What a Winters Training Can Teach Us About Meaning
Enemies. Epictetus. Fiction. Aging well.
May 19 • Sam Alaimo
Why We Should Laugh At Hell
NYC subways. Optimization. Physical training. Used books
May 12 • Sam Alaimo
Why We Should Listen to the Voice of Dog
How our mutts make us (more) human
May 5 • Sam Alaimo

April 2026

Why We Grow From Pain, Loss, and Cutting Away
SEAL training, autoimmunity, figs, and temples
Apr 28 • Sam Alaimo
A Course Correction For What Then?
Welcome back.
Apr 21 • Sam Alaimo
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