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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

As an Existentialist I’m Always Out of Control

All sense of control is an illusion
except for the control you feel in
letting go of your need for control by
handing it over to God
or to other people
or, most often,
the latter veiled as the former

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Our Fear That AI Will Kill Us Comes From the Truth That We Would Never Die for It, and If It’s as Smart as It’s Cracked Up to Be, Surely It Knows This

One difference between God and A… Is that God tests our faith Because He has faith in us Whereas AI tests our patience Because it is supposed to make lif…
If You Face Your Own Fear, They Will Face Their Own Fear; the Former Is Called Faith, the Latter Is Known as Projection

The question isn’t Are you doing this the right way? Because there’s no right or wrong… To do the right thing The question is
Haiku

It feels like I’m writ– ing an unauthorized au– tobiography
The Truth Hurts Because It Sets You Free and the Truth Is That the Image of Hell as an Inferno of Torment Is a Lie; Hell Is the Most Comfortable Place on Earth

I was voluntold to make myself sca… But scarcely do they realize In pretending to give me a choice They have unwittingly given me an… Truth or dare?
I Am Alone

Mysticism, esoteric knowledge, these are euphemisms for what’s hiding in plain sight: We are not alone
I’d Like to Introduce You to a Friend of Thine

You don’t really know someone until it becomes clear that you don’t really know them
Life Is a Struggle and Woe Betide Anyone for Whom School Comes Easy, for Life Will Be Their First Competent Teacher

The purpose of our education syste… Is to condition us to give the rig… Which, of course Are those that please the authorit… The necessary condition for real l…
Spokesman for a Veneration

Everybody worships something But that something is amiss Hero worship is one thing But heroin’s an abyss Invisible from the One Ring
Your Persona Is the Shell, Your Desire Is the Turtle; Is the Shell Your Shield or Your Cage?

Author your own story By questioning your own authority In order to find out What you are trying to control And if, like me
The Frisson of Violence

Darth Vader. Only you could be so bored.
If You Take People at Their Word It Becomes Much Harder for Them to Take Your Life, but It Also Makes Your Life Much Harder

If people tell you what they plan to do and you don’t believe them it’s because pretending they don’t really mean it
Let’s Make One Thing Perfectly Clear

When your mind is transparent Your body becomes invisible Because once they’ve made certain You’re thinking all the right thou… They’ll never give you another tho…
I’m Torn

Whenever an authority figure says It’s my way or the highway I end up wanting to have it both w…
That Makes Zero Sense

China’s zero-covid policy zeroes in on ideology in order to zero out reality Americans, too, have a zero percen… making justice a total zero
Shame is the New Greed

People used to kill the goose that laid the golden egg because they wanted more gold



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