Stella Stillwell

Nobody can morally deserve anything. (And why we still want to make them hurt.)

No one deserves pain from outside the causal order. That doesn’t mean revenge is doing nothing. What's it mean to get payback when God leaves the room.

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May 2026

The Gaza Context War

What a ruined phone call taught me about Israel, journalism, dead children, antisemitism, and the moral violence of leaving things out.

May 20 • Stella Stillwell

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February 2026

Some people really don’t care how they look.

Why lack of fashion statement is not always itself a statement. That totalizing reflex is a mass delusion.

Feb 22 • Stella Stillwell

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Why the U.S. won’t tax the rich

And the new story needed to change it

Feb 12 • Stella Stillwell

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January 2026

Why not all AI outputs are equal

What your opponents still don't realize about LLMs

Jan 29 • Stella Stillwell

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A strange kind of government

Just a shower thought, not the actual main essay which is forthcoming. (I hope.)

Jan 15 • Stella Stillwell

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A little informal snapshot on what matters. (Ontologically.)

A HUGE amount of the “free will” debate is messing with or avoiding altogether what “me” in fact is.

Jan 10 • Stella Stillwell

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December 2025

Why mandatory work is quietly being allowed to become a cult.

We’ve got work to do. I’m done waiting for others to say it. I know this will polarize and I don’t give a fuck. Join me or fight me. Either way, I love…

Dec 30, 2025 • Stella Stillwell

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Hitting a wall on the free will debate and the black box of intuition.

ANOTHER free will related post but I need to get this off my desk by end of year.

Dec 25, 2025 • Stella Stillwell

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Still well after all these years

Stella Stillwell Substack anniversary post

Dec 21, 2025 • Stella Stillwell

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I’m either right or delusional and why I’m ok with either one.

Something snapped into place this week.

Dec 15, 2025 • Stella Stillwell

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Missing Step in Moral Landscape

What even Sam Harris hasn’t fully worked out.

Dec 12, 2025 • Stella Stillwell

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