The Algernon Project

Brief Aesthetic Notes on Some Comparative Reading

Or: Women with guns and King of the Hill

Feb 2 • Daniel Golliher

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December 2025

Applications are Open for Foundations of the Liberal Arts, Cohort 2

Bring yourself back to books, memorization, and recitation, and the physical patterns of thinking that these create // Cohort 2 starts January 22, apply…

Dec 29, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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"Seeing" the World

Actually seeing what's right in front of you // the role of the arts in the academy

Dec 11, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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November 2025

The Observe/Consume Dichotomy

Observe the algorithm, do not consume it

Nov 1, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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September 2025

The Operational Virtue of Integrity

While “lack of integrity” is often used as a phrase of scolding or condemnation, I often mean it in a purely descriptive sense: a wholeness is not…

Sep 21, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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Books are not fungible

Different kinds of books are necessary to maintain a regular, skilled reading habit. Not just "important books."

Sep 20, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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What Are the Liberal Arts?

Three principles // seven arts in classic form // as opposed to what other arts // what do modern "liberal arts" colleges teach? // the second-dose…

Sep 18, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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August 2025

Applications are Open for Foundations of the Liberal Arts, Cohort 1

Break your phone addiction, gain the ability to read books at will, cultivate a beautiful mind and character, and more. Cohort 1 starts September 18…

Aug 20, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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The Decline and Fall of the Humanities?

There are two conversations happening right now: one about the value and nature of the humanities, and one about what AI and phones are doing to…

Aug 16, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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Historical Comments on the Baby Boom and Modern Fertility Rates

A response to what I'm sure what just a rhetorical prompt by Derek Thompson

Aug 3, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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The Algernon Project

Rigorous liberal arts for the 21st century, or at least the mid-late 2020s.

Aug 3, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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July 2025

Lessons in History from Mercy Otis Warren

What can we pull from the introduction and chapter one of her 1805 book, "History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution"?

Jul 30, 2025 • Daniel Golliher

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