# We Need More Sins (Sins = Rules that Make Your Life Better)

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Podcast: [Based Camp | Simone & Malcolm Collins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/based-camp-simone-malcolm-collins-6378161)
Published: 2026-06-10T12:00:39+00:00
Episode link: https://basedcamppodcast.substack.com/p/we-need-more-sins-sins-rules-that
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## Resource

In this Based Camp episode, Simone and Malcolm Collins explore an expanded framework for personal morality and “modern sins” designed to maximize mental health, personal efficacy, and long-term human flourishing. Framed through a Christian and Techno-Puritan lens, they discuss how biblical morality has iteratively improved over time and why we need updated rules for today’s world. Topics include: avoiding busywork and performative suffering, rejecting pride and status signaling, the dangers of inaction and moral absolutism, self-flagellation, empty words, corrupted mercy, and living with aplomb. They emphasize consequentialist ethics focused on future human (and post-human) flourishing through science, technology, and disciplined living. A practical guide to building a better life, overcoming common traps, and aligning daily actions with higher purpose. Applicable to Christians, secular listeners, and anyone seeking a high-agency value system. Techno-Puritan Sins, Summarized Sin, per Techno-Puritanism, is any pattern of behavior—mental, emotional, or practical—that wastes your capacity or undermines long-term flourishing for yourself or humanity. All Techno-Puritan sins are derived from a single principle: * Maximize long-term human flourishing and effectiveness * Minimize: * Wasted effort * Short-term thinking * Self-indulgent or performative behavior 1. Acting from social expectation (performative living) It is sinful to: * Do things just because they’re expected (e.g., ceremonies, reunions). * Especially when they don’t align with your goals or values. Why? Obligation without purpose is wasted life energy. 2. Pride as social comparison (“proving others wrong”) It is sinful to motivate yourself primarily by: * Showing others you’re better than them. * Seeking validat…

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