TST Column
Fresh ideas for thinkers, creators, and publishers.
It’s free! No ads! No catches!
Exactly what the world needs RIGHT NOW!
The TST Column is a collection of standalone pieces—timeless ideas viewed through the lens of the present. One clear idea each month, built and refined over time through reason, evidence, and lived experience.
Follow On Facebook and Youtube!
Reading Material:
Videos:
Idea of Ideas | Think well.
15 Apr 2026
ARCHIVE:
Confidence.
Belief should not rush ahead of support. A healthy worldview takes public truth seriously, trusts good authorities wisely, and still does the personal work of thinking things through.
Published 6 days ago.
Updated 1 week ago.
Idea of Ideas | Live well.
8 Apr 2026
ARCHIVE:
Personal Belief.
Confidence in ideas increases with alignment with reality — aligning with Popper, probability thinking, and intellectual humility.
Published 2 weeks ago.
Updated 2 weeks ago.
Live well.
1 Apr 2026
ARCHIVE:
Belief.
Beliefs deserve confidence only when they are justified. Truth helps determine degree of confidence in public belief.
Published 3 weeks ago.
Updated 2 weeks ago.
Published 4 weeks ago.
Updated 4 weeks ago.
Worldviews
18 Mar 2026
ARCHIVE:
Worldview.
People do not hold political views equally. Some beliefs sit at the outer rim and can bend when events change. Others sit at the core of identity.
Published 1 month ago.
Updated 1 month ago.
Metaphysics
11 Mar 2026
ARCHIVE:
Metaphysics.
Clear thinking begins by distinguishing the material world from our ideas about it.
Published 1 month ago.
Updated 1 month ago.
Live well.
4 Mar 2026
ARCHIVE:
Science-first Philosophy.
TST Philosophy has two doors. Start with one goal of flourishing and explore the two layers of reality using 3 hammers, 4 traps, and 5 tools. Or, dive into criticle thinking by starting with the Five Thought Tools.
Published 2 months ago.
Updated 3 weeks ago.
Politics
25 Feb 2026
ARCHIVE:
Political Identity.
Understanding another group should be less about a political tribe: it's more about how identity fuses with worldview, why healthy systems require boundaries, and how communication collapses when judgment is outsourced.
Published 2 months ago.
Updated 3 weeks ago.
Epistemology | Philosophy of Science
18 Feb 2026
ARCHIVE:
Models.
Worldviews are models of reality, not reality itself. When they are treated as concrete truth, communication collapses because people stop comparing interpretations and start defending identity.
Published 2 months ago.
Updated 2 months ago.