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This Includes

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Life

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Crafting Religion

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Governance

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Relationships

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Sexuality

**The Pragmatist’s Guide to Crafting Religion**

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A playbook for sculpting cultures that overcome demographic collapse & facilitate long-term human flourishing

By Simone & Malcolm Collins

[http://Pragmatist.Guide](http://pragmatist.guide/)

Copyright © 2022

Omniscion Press

Simone & Malcolm Collins

All rights reserved.

Special Thanks to Our Most Impactful Editors:

**Lillian Tara**

**Ben Hoffman**

Table of Contents

[Warning 2](#_Toc124607301)

[Culture as an Evolutionary Tool 4](#_Toc124607302)

[What Motivated Us to Craft a Novel Culture for Our Kids 11](#_Toc124607303)

[Humanity’s Genetic Shift 20](#_Toc124607304)

[Genocide through Inaction 25](#_Toc124607305)

[Defending Pronatalism 28](#_Toc124607306)

[Culture vs. Religion 29](#_Toc124607307)

[Our Cultural Bias 31](#_Toc124607308)

[Why is Cultural Diversity Important? 43](#_Toc124607309)

[Building The Index: A Cultural Reactor 46](#_Toc124607310)

[The Fundamentals of Culture Crafting 49](#_Toc124607311)

[Cultural Adoption 49](#_Toc124607312)

[Birth Rate 53](#_Toc124607313)

[Cultural Fidelity 53](#_Toc124607314)

[Death Rate 54](#_Toc124607315)

[Types of Cultures 56](#_Toc124607316)

[Hard Cultures 56](#_Toc124607317)

[Examples of Hard Cultures 57](#_Toc124607318)

[Characteristics of Hard Cultures 57](#_Toc124607319)

[Orthodox Speciation 59](#_Toc124607320)

[Soft Cultures 61](#_Toc124607321)

[Examples of Soft Cultures 62](#_Toc124607322)

[Characteristics of Soft Cultures 62](#_Toc124607323)

[Super-Soft Culture 63](#_Toc124607324)

[Characteristics of Super-Soft Culture 64](#_Toc124607325)

[Pop Cultures 70](#_Toc124607326)

[Examples of Pop Cultures 71](#_Toc124607327)

[Characteristics of Pop Cultures 72](#_Toc124607328)

[Evanescent Youth Cultures 74](#_Toc124607329)

[Examples of Evanescent Youth Cultures 75](#_Toc124607330)

[Characteristics of Evanescent Youth Cultures 76](#_Toc124607331)

[Haven Cultures 76](#_Toc124607332)

[Examples of Haven Cultures 77](#_Toc124607333)

[Characteristics of Haven Cultures 77](#_Toc124607334)

[Stable Cultures 78](#_Toc124607335)

[Examples of Stable Cultures 78](#_Toc124607336)

[Characteristics of Stable Cultures 79](#_Toc124607337)

[Cultural Ecosystems 80](#_Toc124607338)

[A Note on Generalities 85](#_Toc124607339)

[Arbitrary Self Denial & Fasting: Hard vs. Soft and Pop Cultures 86](#_Toc124607340)

[The Supervirus 90](#_Toc124607341)

[Characteristics of the Supervirus 91](#_Toc124607342)

[Growth of the Supervirus 97](#_Toc124607343)

[What Makes the Supervirus Dangerous? 101](#_Toc124607344)

[How to Overcome the Supervirus 108](#_Toc124607345)

[“Belief” vs. “belief” 112](#_Toc124607346)

[Ancestor & Descendant Worship 118](#_Toc124607347)

[Life, Death, and Truth 121](#_Toc124607348)

[The Nature of Truth 122](#_Toc124607349)

[Catholic vs. Protestant Standards of Evidence 127](#_Toc124607350)

[The Unique Jewish Standard of Evidence 134](#_Toc124607351)

[How We Understand Truth: Criteria of Authenticity 143](#_Toc124607352)

[Relativism & Justice-Motivated Belief Systems 153](#_Toc124607353)

[Abrahamic Justicle Cultivars 155](#_Toc124607354)

[The Metaphysical Frameworks of Justicles 165](#_Toc124607355)

[The Origins of the Supervirus 168](#_Toc124607356)

[When Can You Lie? 186](#_Toc124607357)

[Permanence, Identity, and Creative Destruction 198](#_Toc124607358)

[To Live Forever? 201](#_Toc124607359)

[Death 207](#_Toc124607360)

[Castes & Which Lives Matter 217](#_Toc124607361)

[Pain and Pacifism 228](#_Toc124607362)

[Theology: Beginnings, Ends, and Metaphysics 234](#_Toc124607363)

[Sentience? 240](#_Toc124607364)

[End Times & Christian Cultures 251](#_Toc124607365)

[The Cosmic Consciousness Illusion 254](#_Toc124607366)

[Intermission 257](#_Toc124607367)

[Morality 266](#_Toc124607368)

[Good and Evil 273](#_Toc124607369)

[A Call for Non-Obvious Designations 273](#_Toc124607370)

[An Example of Non-Obvious Good and Evil 275](#_Toc124607371)

[Cultural Infrastructure 279](#_Toc124607372)

[The House System 279](#_Toc124607373)

[Starting and Managing a House 286](#_Toc124607374)

[Music as a Cultural Tool 288](#_Toc124607375)

[Mechanisms of Cultural Memory 295](#_Toc124607376)

[The Draw of the Sorting Hat 300](#_Toc124607377)

[“If Only We Could Recapture a Feeling of Community” 301](#_Toc124607378)

[Teaching Fundamental Social Skills 302](#_Toc124607379)

[Treating Underlying Causes of Loneliness 304](#_Toc124607380)

[Secret Societies: Rediscovering a Cultural Technology 308](#_Toc124607381)

[How Cultures Deal with Aging 315](#_Toc124607382)

[Retaining Teens Through Rebellion 315](#_Toc124607383)

[Puberty: Gendered Mental Susceptibilities 326](#_Toc124607384)

[Age and Power 337](#_Toc124607385)

[Post-Death Family Engagement 346](#_Toc124607386)

[Cultural Identifiers 348](#_Toc124607387)

[Naming 350](#_Toc124607388)

[Cultural Language 358](#_Toc124607389)

[Family, Dating, & Sex 362](#_Toc124607390)

[LGBT Sexuality 362](#_Toc124607391)

[Cultural Approaches to Sexuality 375](#_Toc124607392)

[Robosexuality 383](#_Toc124607393)

[J. D. Unwin & Sexual Liberation 384](#_Toc124607394)

[Levirate Marriages 385](#_Toc124607395)

[Dating and Partner Finding 386](#_Toc124607396)

[Gender Ratio Crises 394](#_Toc124607397)

[Polyamory 395](#_Toc124607398)

[A Better Solution: The Season 400](#_Toc124607399)

[Who to Marry and Contextualization of Marriage 406](#_Toc124607400)

[Dating for a Corporate Family 409](#_Toc124607401)

[Marriage Contracts 414](#_Toc124607402)

[Gender Roles 417](#_Toc124607403)

[Interfaith Marriage 421](#_Toc124607404)

[Glorification of Motherhood 424](#_Toc124607405)

[Identity and Self 429](#_Toc124607406)

[Genetic Traditions & The Future 432](#_Toc124607407)

[Hard Culture Opposition to Polygenic Risk Score Screening 445](#_Toc124607408)

[Institutional Families (Post-Artificial-Womb Family Units) 449](#_Toc124607409)

[Ecological Niches and Convergent Evolution 456](#_Toc124607410)

[Roles in Multicultural Ecosystems 460](#_Toc124607411)

[The Mystery of Modern Jewish Urban Specialization 469](#_Toc124607412)

[The Myth of a Large, Genetic Jewish IQ Advantage 485](#_Toc124607413)

[Gun Ownership and Responsibility of Protection 504](#_Toc124607414)

[Urban vs Rural Approaches to Charity 514](#_Toc124607415)

[Pets & Domesticated Animals 522](#_Toc124607416)

[Dogs, Our Evolutionary Partners 528](#_Toc124607417)

[Emotion and Mental Landscape 531](#_Toc124607418)

[Victimhood, Politicking, and Industry 532](#_Toc124607419)

[A Case Study in Cultural Genotypes vs Phenotypes: American vs. Israeli Haredim 543](#_Toc124607420)

[Locus of Control 546](#_Toc124607421)

[Offense 549](#_Toc124607422)

[Ideal Mental Landscape 552](#_Toc124607423)

[Relation to Pleasure and the Arts 554](#_Toc124607424)

[The Pleasure Pod Filter 560](#_Toc124607425)

[Dealing with Anger 563](#_Toc124607426)

[Dealing with Disgust 566](#_Toc124607427)

[Accidental Cults: MLMs & Life Coaches 568](#_Toc124607428)

[Accidental Cults: The Mental Health Industry 572](#_Toc124607429)

[Accidental Cults: AA 578](#_Toc124607430)

[Religious Psychology 582](#_Toc124607431)

[How Culture Relates to Society 589](#_Toc124607432)

[Cultures and Conservatism 589](#_Toc124607433)

[Immigration and Conservative Values 592](#_Toc124607434)

[Cultural Volume 595](#_Toc124607435)

[Psychedelics & Hallucinogens 598](#_Toc124607436)

[Rituals and Ceremonies 605](#_Toc124607437)

[Medicine and Technology 609](#_Toc124607438)

[Education 612](#_Toc124607439)

[Holidays and Traditions 618](#_Toc124607440)

[Future Day 623](#_Toc124607441)

[Rejection Day 629](#_Toc124607442)

[Lemon Week 634](#_Toc124607443)

[AI Apocalypticism 640](#_Toc124607444)

[What AIs Like to Do for Fun 644](#_Toc124607445)

[Fortress Planet AI 644](#_Toc124607446)

[Deep Thought AI 647](#_Toc124607447)

[Theological AI 648](#_Toc124607448)

[AI Theology 649](#_Toc124607449)

[The Logically Aligned Paperclip Maximizer 652](#_Toc124607450)

[Human Alignment 654](#_Toc124607451)

[Conquering the Future 658](#_Toc124607452)

[The Economic Game Plan 663](#_Toc124607453)

[Long-Term Cultural Goals 666](#_Toc124607454)

[Thanks for Reading! 669](#_Toc124607455)

[Appendix 671](#_Toc124607456)

[Why are Birth Rates Falling? 671](#_Toc124607457)

[Decreased Utility from Children 671](#_Toc124607458)

[Optimization for Happiness & Memetic Shifts 672](#_Toc124607459)

[Dropping Fertility 674](#_Toc124607460)

[Broken Relationship Markets 675](#_Toc124607461)

[The Capitalism Thesis for Birth Rate Decline 677](#_Toc124607462)

[Detroit as a Model for Collapse 678](#_Toc124607463)

[Is an Idiocracy-Style Future Possible? 681](#_Toc124607464)

[Defending Pronatalism 689](#_Toc124607465)

[But … the Environment! 690](#_Toc124607466)

[Only Privileged People Can Have Kids! 695](#_Toc124607467)

[Pronatalism is About Removing Our Reproductive Rights! 697](#_Toc124607468)

[Pronatalism is Racist! 698](#_Toc124607469)

[Forcing a Way of Life on Your Kids is Unethical! 701](#_Toc124607470)

[Think of the Suffering! (Antinatalism & Negative Utilitarianism) 703](#_Toc124607471)

[Calvinist Stereotypes in Media 721](#_Toc124607472)

[On Houses Founded by Sovereign, Childless Individuals 723](#_Toc124607473)

[K vs. r Selection in Cultivars’ Birth Rates 724](#_Toc124607474)

[Cultural Amenities 725](#_Toc124607475)

[Tragedy as a Source of Opportunity 727](#_Toc124607476)

[The Immortality of a Vision 729](#_Toc124607477)

[Cultural Conceptions of Time 733](#_Toc124607478)

[Cultural Infrastructure 734](#_Toc124607479)

[Cultural Rivalries 738](#_Toc124607480)

[Life Stages 739](#_Toc124607481)

[Stage 1: 0-13 (Up to Adolescence): 740](#_Toc124607482)

[Stage 2: 14-18 (Up to Legal Adulthood) 741](#_Toc124607483)

[Stage 3: 19-30 (Young Adulthood) 745](#_Toc124607484)

[Stage 4: 30-50 (Adulthood) 747](#_Toc124607485)

[Stage 5: 50+ (Seniority) 750](#_Toc124607486)

[Stage Transition Celebrations 752](#_Toc124607487)

[Childhood 754](#_Toc124607488)

[Approaches to Play and Authority in Childhood 755](#_Toc124607489)

[Approaches to Sexuality and Death in Childhood 759](#_Toc124607490)

[Approaches to Creating Interesting Adults 760](#_Toc124607491)

[Cultural Motivators 762](#_Toc124607492)

[Honor Sources and Codes 774](#_Toc124607493)

[An Honor Code Sample: House Collins’ Honor Code 775](#_Toc124607494)

[The Math of DNA Editing 782](#_Toc124607495)

[But Surely the Problem will Fix Itself: Behavioral Sinks 786](#_Toc124607496)

[Alternate History Jews: Samaritans 792](#_Toc124607497)

[The Jewish Cabal Theory 796](#_Toc124607498)

[Geographic Flexibility 798](#_Toc124607499)

[Emotional Instability 800](#_Toc124607500)

[Addictions 802](#_Toc124607501)

[Hofstede’s Other Cultural Dimensions 804](#_Toc124607502)

[Power Distance 805](#_Toc124607503)

[Uncertainty Avoidance 809](#_Toc124607504)

[Long-Term vs Short-Term Orientation 812](#_Toc124607505)

[Relation to Government 813](#_Toc124607506)

This book is dedicated to “radiant beings who shall succeed us on the earth.” As Winwood Reade wrote in 1872:

“You blessed ones who shall inherit that future age of which we can only dream; you pure and radiant beings who shall succeed us on the earth; when you turn back your eyes on us poor savages, grubbing in the ground for our daily bread, eating flesh and blood, dwelling in vile bodies which degrade us every day to a level with the beasts, tortured by pains, and by animal propensities, buried in gloomy superstitions, ignorant of Nature which yet holds us in her bonds; when you read of us in books, when you think of what we are, and compare us with yourselves, remember that it is to us you owe the foundation of your happiness and grandeur, to us who now in our libraries and laboratories and star-towers and dissecting-rooms and work-shops are preparing the materials of the human growth. And as for ourselves, if we are sometimes inclined to regret that our lot is cast in these unhappy days, let us remember how much more fortunate we are than those who lived before us a few centuries ago. The working man enjoys more luxuries to-day than did the King of England in the Anglo-Saxon times; and at his command are intellectual delights, which but a little while ago the most learned in the land could not obtain. All this we owe to the labors of other men. Let us therefore remember them with gratitude; let us follow their glorious example by adding something new to the knowledge of mankind; let us pay to the future the debt which we owe to the past.

All men indeed cannot be poets, inventors, or philanthropists; but all men can join in that gigantic and god-like work, the progress of creation. Whoever improves his own nature improves the universe of which he is a part. He who strives to subdue his evil passions—vile remnants of the old four-footed life—and who cultivates the social affections: he who endeavors to better his condition, and to make his children wiser and happier than himself; whatever may be his motives, he will not have lived in vain.”