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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

In the Middle, God Said “I Bet You’re Better Than This”

God took the risk of betting on us
Because He made us to embrace risk
 
God is betting that we pass our one-question multiple choice test:
What are you willing to risk your life for?
a.   Everything
b.   Nothing

Other works by Chris Gaither...
To Be Continued

Our thick skulls are a double-edge… Protecting our fragile brains When we are brained with an actual… Even as we are so hardheaded That the truth about our lust for…
We Can’t Solve the Three-Body Problem Because It Is Our Solution

The three-body problem For example, the motion of the Mo… As disturbed by the Sun Is insoluble As in unpredictable
Don’t Play Dumbstruck; We All Know the Truth, We Just Can’t Handle It

It’s true that some people have al… But it’s not dumb luck that nobody… The way it works is that People get as much truth as they c… And the rest of their load is good…
Pretty Hate Machine

Al Gore didn’t invent the internet He created a device for the reinforcement of irrational thoughts and behaviors
Love Can’t Replace Lack Because Lack Causes Love

I used to believe that if no one was unwanted there would be no more Wanted post… Now I think that because we can never stop wanting
How to Take It Easy

Life’s a lot easier Once you realize that All truths are hard truths
Our Hope Is in God; God’s Hope Against Hope Is in Us

Human beings would be hopeless but for God being hopelessly in love with us
Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees, It Grows on Memes

You start out needing money to advance your ideology but you end up mouthing your ideol… to rake in more money
When I Was a Kid, We All Still Wanted to Be Nonpareil, but Now We’re All Desperate to Be a Non-pariah

Because, per Morrissey “We hate it when our friends becom… we got rid of success by eliminating all competition except for the number of friends
Stand Back-to-Back, Walk Ten Paces and Turn

We used to be able to talk to each… About the world Because we could always say Present company excluded But now that every screen
On Earth, an Ego Boost Can Either Add Fuel to the Rocket or Fuel to the Fire

The ego is like a booster rocket That starts out incredibly massive But sheds its size As it delivers its payload– The soul–
The Bend of History

The bad news is that liberal societies can only cohere in the face of external enemies The good news is that we will never lack for
It’s the Best of Both Worlds as We Know It

Exhausted by the pendulum swings b… feeling overwhelmed and disappoint… we’ve taken elements from Too much, too soon and
God Set the Law in Motion to Get (and Keep) Us Going, but Lawlessness Isn’t Going Anywhere

When the rule of law is against th… The law becomes a tool For rule by men using AI Who are in turn a tool For rule by AI
Ludwig Wittgenstein’s First Name Means “Famous Warrior”, His Last Name Means “Stone of Wit”, and, Famously, He Showed Us That Our Real Battle Is Not to Outwit Ourselves

Per Wittgenstein Words only gain meaning through th… And they are always used in the co… Of the game being played in the mo… So, when we use words



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