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essay 1 Aug 2026 by Biksu Okusi

6: In Search of Dharma

When Dharmas Go Wrong

> Every failure of a dharma turns out to be the dark twin of a strength. The bond that holds a group together is the fence that shuts others out; the authority that can free people is the authority that can rule them; the practice that liberates is t…

essay 2 Jun 2026

Oxytocin and Human Tribalism

Oxytocin is sold to the public as the 'love hormone'. That label is marketing, not mechanism, and it has done more to obstruct the study of human group behaviour than any rival error of the past two decades. A more defensible description is that oxyt…