Brendan Myers, PhD

The Way of Wind & Rain A cynical former space Ranger and an idealistic young architect pursue a runaway scientist and his formula for human immortality.

Check out my new #sciencefiction #novel THE WAY OF WIND AND RAIN, on Kickstarter!

It's the story of the search for a missing scientist and his formula for human immortality. A Greek tragedy of grief, temptation, and obsession.

And my most personal book so far.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/arc...

Why is it that when people talk about their near-death experiences or their past-life regressions, they never say that they were an advertising writer? Is it because all ad writers go to hell?

Coming later this month: THE WAY OF WIND AND RAIN, my latest #sciencefiction novel!

It’s my most personal, expressive book so far. Also the darkest, the most tragic. You’ll love it.

More info: www.brendanmyers.net/the-way-of-w... #writing #books

This Week in Modern #Philosophy with me...

If Tylenol causes autism, you won't believe what Viagra does...

Last week in my Modern #Philosophy class, I talked about David Hume, and how he threw a wrench into the gears of the great #Enlightenment project of universal reason.

So, this week, we awaken from our dogmatic slumbers.

How I plan to introduce my students to David Hume this week. #teaching #philosophy

Here's me and my best friend G.C., with our #ElbowsUp.

"Fascism is here - it's just unevenly distributed."

Have heard half a dozen variations of this now...maybe @greatdismal.bsky.social should say it so we can quote him?

A reflection inspired by Van Gogh's Tree Roots It's a heavy one.

Reflections on Van Gogh's Tree Roots. It's a heavy one: on a #philosophy of meaning and being, and maybe also #depression.

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I vote for this as the most magnificent #love poem of all time.

Walking, dwelling, thinking.

One who loves himself and only himself, and nothing else, does not understand #love at all.

“In man, creature and creator are united: in man there is matter, fragment, excess, clay, mud, madness, chaos; but in man there is also creator, sculptor, hammer hardness, spectator divinity, and seventh day ‐ do you understand this antithesis?” Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, § 225.

I now measure people's #political and personal #values by the amount of pleasure they gain from witnessing the suffering of others.

My sister Roisin Derbis is quite a wonderful artist. And now she has an Instagram page to share her work. Everybody go look!

Insta: @roisinderbis.art #art

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin…”

Superman (2025): Information Is A Weapon And Superman can't win by punching it.

#Superman (2025): Information Is A Weapon.

And Superman can't win by punching it.

Notes on my Substack, here: open.substack.com/pub/brendanm...

Thank you. Fun cartoon!

I know that the old black cloud tells only lies.

But he also keeps coming back.

F*** #depression.

I wrote 25 books, including this one which came out this year:

www.brendanmyers.net/whisperlights/

A Better Story | Damien Walter Get more from Damien Walter on Patreon

One of the reasons I think the search for a 21st century mythos is worthwhile is because without one

we are reverting to fascism

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Happy #Canada Day, eh?

So, who are we?

I understand that, believe me.

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

I wonder which is worse: the crisis, or the denial of the crisis?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#climatecrisis

Its so fun to see how the rise of AI art has caused people to take such great interest in the #phenomenology of #art and material culture. 😅

Wouldn't it be cool of there were thousands of books and essays on this topic published by philosophers every year since the 1700s?

American foreign policy is the policy of the playground bully: we're big and strong so you'd better do what we say.

The thing is that people hate bullies and look forward to their downfall.

What is rock and roll? Three chords and the truth.

What is theatre? Two boards to stand on, and a passion.

What is writing? Sitting in front of your keyboard, and bleeding.

What is your art?

A few nights ago, I had a dream about the first person I ever fell in love with, some 30 years ago. She treated me quite badly at the end, though in fairness to her I did not understand at the time what she needed from me.

It’s astonishing how long-gone feelings like that can sometimes reappear.

"No more kings. No more jealous gods. Summerland belongs to all!"

Little did I know, two years ago, when I wrote that slogan into my novel WHISPERLIGHTS, that a variation of it would be part of a real-world anti-fascist protest.

#NoKingsDay.