365 Days Writing Challenge – Checkpoint Three
Three months of daily writing. Quarter-year into the commitment. The difficulty shifted from starting to [...]
Hacking Humans
Humans run on predictable code—cognitive biases, emotional triggers, social conditioning. Understanding the exploits means defending [...]
Monday Moving Forward – Take A Different Route To Work
Different routes disrupt autopilot thinking. Novel paths activate attention. Monday variation prevents routine from becoming [...]
Choosing Your Own Hallucinations
Reality is subjective interpretation. Everyone hallucinates their version. The choice isn't whether to hallucinate—it's which [...]
Playing Around With NFT – But For Books
NFTs for visual art exploded. Books remain untokenized. Experimenting with literary NFTs—ownership, scarcity, royalties for [...]
The Subtle Dance Of Reality Insertion Points
Reality changes at insertion points—moments when small actions redirect trajectories. Most people miss them. Awareness [...]
Information Myopia, Or How To Screw Up By Ignorance
Narrow information intake creates blind spots. Myopic views produce confident errors. Expanding sources corrects distortions [...]
The “High Five”-ification Of Social Media, And How It Slowly Kills It
Social media devolved into performative support. Shallow affirmations replace genuine engagement. High-five culture kills depth, [...]
Learning To Play The Guitar – 7 Months After
Seven months in. Fingers hurt less, progress shows more. Guitar reveals truth—consistent practice beats occasional [...]
Monday Moving Forward – Detach From The Reward
Chasing rewards hijacks process. Detachment from outcomes improves performance. Monday starts better when success isn't [...]
A History Of Weirdness: From Websites To Apps, And Then To Smart Contracts
Websites seemed weird until normal. Apps seemed weird until normal. Smart contracts seem weird now—pattern [...]
Her, The Movie, And A Flat Line In An ER Room
Her explores AI relationships. The flat line metaphor—when emotional connection dies, nothing revives it. Love [...]
The Psychology Of Toilet Paper
Toilet paper hoarding revealed mass psychology. Panic spreads faster than reason. The toilet paper crisis [...]
Me, Cyborg
Smartphones extend brains, glasses extend eyes, pacemakers extend hearts. We're already cyborgs—the integration happened gradually [...]
Sapiens, Neanderthal And The Potential Covid-19 Split / Switch
Species split when environments diverge. COVID responses could divide humanity—lockdown compliers versus freedom seekers. Evolution [...]
Being “As Happy As A Child” Is Overrated
Childhood happiness comes from ignorance. Adults who know too much can't return to naive joy. [...]
Monday Moving Forward – Plan It On Sunday Evening
Sunday planning creates Monday clarity. The shift from weekend to workweek needs transition ritual. Planning [...]
Relationships Automation
Relationships automate through templates and scripts. Birthday messages, holiday greetings, perfunctory check-ins—all automated. Convenience kills [...]
Opportunity Cost Versus Cognitive Overload
Every yes costs opportunity. But evaluating everything costs cognition. The balance—systematic filters that save mental [...]
How Fast Are You Waking Up?
Waking speed determines day quality. Slow wakers drag grogginess hours. Fast wakers claim morning immediately. [...]
You’re A Social Media Influencer? Expect To Be Deplatformed
Platform dependence creates vulnerability. Algorithms change, policies shift, bans happen arbitrarily. Influencers build on rented [...]
Value Signaling And Other Modern Monsters
Value signaling broadcasts virtue without action. Modern monsters—performative allyship, virtue displays, ideology badges—cost nothing, accomplish [...]
Facts, Signals And Truthfulness
Facts exist, signals point at them, truthfulness interprets both. The relationship between objective reality and [...]
Monday Moving Forward – Finish At Least One Task In The First Two Hours
First completion creates momentum. Early wins set Monday's tone. Finish something small before noon—the day [...]
How Magic Thinking Can Make You An Easy Prey To Manipulation
Magical thinking skips causality for desired outcomes. The gap between wish and reality creates vulnerability. [...]
How Would You Explain an iPhone To A Dog?
The smartphone. This tiny object that has become so entrenched with our lives that we [...]
The Big Reset Already Happened – It’s Called “The Internet”
The internet reset everything—commerce, communication, community, power structures. Waiting for another reset misses that we're [...]
How Breakable Is Bitcoin? A Scenario
Bitcoin breaks through network attacks, government coordination, or cryptographic failure. The scenarios exist—probability remains debatable. [...]
My (First) Audition As A Guitar Player
First audition reveals gap between practice room and performance pressure. Fingers that worked perfectly alone [...]
Anxious Attachment – 3 Ways To Manage It
Anxious attachment creates relationship chaos through fear of abandonment. Three management strategies—awareness, communication, self-soothing—reduce attachment-driven [...]
Monday Moving Forward – Limit To 3 Main Tasks
Three tasks maximum for Monday. More creates diffusion. Less creates underwhelm. Three balances ambition with [...]