Archive - A Chemical Mind

Emperors of Maladies: Augustus

How a kid with chronic illnesses and his best friend conquered Rome and shaped history

May 31 •

Nicholas Kircher

Fathers and Sons

The story of my dad

May 18 •

Nicholas Kircher

This is the kind of stuff we debate in my family

May 7 •

Nicholas Kircher

April 2025

Side-Quest: Thought Experiments with History

An essay on the complexities of morality and righteousness

Apr 16 •

Nicholas Kircher

(Re-Runs) The Legacy of the House of Butterflies

Thomas Midgley, Charles Kettering, and the story of how a few greedy men poisoned the entire human race for generations.

Apr 9 •

Nicholas Kircher

March 2025

A Leap of Faith (personal update)

Creating a SAAS start-up in this economy? What could possibly go wrong?

Mar 22 •

Nicholas Kircher

That one time I was like a phoenix

Death by a thousand job interviews

Mar 10 •

Nicholas Kircher

February 2025

January 2025

[Substack Live] Mind Uploads & Digital Immortality

Watch now | Simulating brains, a discussion with Nicholas Kircher & Tommy Blanchard

Jan 28 •

Nicholas Kircher

and

Tommy Blanchard

1:09:43

Weapons of Chaos

A history of KGB Active Measures: from the JFK Assassination to the anti-vaccine and science-denialist movements

Jan 20 •

Nicholas Kircher

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