Derek Beres

Derek Beres

Derek Beres is a freelance writer. Based in Portland, Oregon, he has served in senior editorial positions at a number of tech companies and has years of experience in health, science, and music writing. He is the co-host of the Conspirituality podcast and co-author of Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracies Became a Health Threat.

Democracy is happening like never before, and it's exploiting our deepest fears and failures.
Our ape ancestors might give us insight into the GOP frontrunner's sustained dominance.
A complete refusal to accept basic facts has made a religion of our gun obsession.
Alan Watts recognized that money was only an abstract idea compared to actual wealth. Will we ever learn the same? 
Forensic anthropologist Richard Neave has given us the most accurate portrayal of Jesus to date. This still will not change the ways we misrepresent his identity. 
A big part of our current mess has to do with how little about religion we actually know.