About
My name is Brad
I’m South African by birth, a qualified attorney by training, and a sentientist by conviction. I write because silence corrodes, and I refuse to be complicit in a culture where conformity is celebrated while truth is treated like contraband.
At the centre of my worldview is a simple but uncompromising principle: morality is objective. It isn’t cultural, it isn’t relative, and it isn’t a matter of opinion. If an action promotes wellbeing and reduces suffering, it is moral. If it causes harm, diminishes autonomy, or multiplies suffering, it is immoral. Everything else — religion, politics, tradition, ideology — is noise layered over that truth.
That’s why I am vegan. Not because I think kale is fashionable, but because no amount of cultural conditioning or culinary nostalgia justifies slitting a throat. That’s why I am an antinatalist. Not because I despise humanity, but because I refuse to romanticise the act of imposing existence on another being who never consented to the gamble of life.
"Agreement is cheap; confrontation builds character."
I reject moral relativism. I reject the hollow extremisms of both left and right. I reject the dogma that silence is virtuous and speech is violence. The world is unravelling precisely because too many intelligent people have traded honesty for comfort.
I am flawed — painfully so. I’ve battled with alcohol, smoking, weight gain, and complacency. I’ve failed myself more often than I care to admit. But I refuse to sugar-coat those failures or outsource my accountability. Growth is ugly, and honesty is sharper than any self-help platitude. If I have anything to offer, it is the proof that you can wrestle with your demons publicly and still stand tall.
I started The Public Server because I believe in the power of conversation — real, unapologetic conversation — to shape individuals and societies. The Server isn’t a cult of personality; it’s a space where ideas are tested, sharpened, and fought over. I don’t want disciples. I want sparring partners.
If you read my work, you won’t always agree with me. Good. Agreement is cheap; confrontation builds character. But I promise you this: I will never write what I don’t believe. And I will never stop demanding more of myself — or of you.
Because in the end, life is too short for dishonesty, and too long to live in silence.