Archive - Stella Stillwell

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

Why the U.S. won’t tax the rich

And the new story needed to change it

Feb 12 • Stella Stillwell

January 2026

Why not all AI outputs are equal

What your opponents still don't realize about LLMs

Jan 29 • Stella Stillwell

A strange kind of government

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

Jan 15 • Stella Stillwell

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

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

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

Still well after all these years

Stella Stillwell Substack anniversary post

Dec 21, 2025 • Stella Stillwell

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

Missing Step in Moral Landscape

What even Sam Harris hasn’t fully worked out.

Dec 12, 2025 • Stella Stillwell

Worthwantism: A new word inspired by Dennett

And used in a way he’d hate 🙃

Dec 11, 2025 • Stella Stillwell

Compatibilism says yes to determinism, but also that you “only have yourself to blame.” 🤔 Do they mean it?

They say we’re like dominos, doing life deterministically. Yet have no problem saying things like “You could have done otherwise.” Confusing? That’s the…

Dec 9, 2025 • Stella Stillwell

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