Oct 26

It Exists Because You're Like That

If you were different, it would be different too

2 min read

Oct 3

Social

Forgiving Friends' Exes

Is it your job as the friend to be a little bit mad at them?

3 min read

Sep 7

Social

Easier Questions

Sometimes you have to come at things sideways.

3 min read

Aug 25

Social

Believe Experiences, Not Explanations

Experiences and explanations are separate things, and we have better reasons to think people understand their own experiences than that they reached the right explanations for those expereiences.

3 min read

Aug 12

Writing

Loud & Wrong

Bourdain Statements: saying a false thing loudly to provoke other people to correct you.

2 min read

Aug 4

Social

Should Have Kissed Her

Maybe you should have, but people's expressed regrets have nothing to do with it.

3 min read

Jul 19

Everyday Meditation Objects

You can meditate on coffee cup lids, it's legal and no-one can stop you

1 min read

Jul 5

Social

Pushing Bundles Of Thoughts Out Your Mouth

On some level, the entire problem of communication is the difficulty of pushing complex bundles of inter-related thoughts through your mouth.

3 min read

Jun 23

University as a Service

American Universities sell an ongoing service that alumni receive for the rest of their lives, co-creating the good with other people who've paid a costly signal of their commitment to it.

2 min read

Jun 15

The Longer It Takes, The Longer-Longer It Takes

So many things takes longer than they should, but longer-taking things take longer-longer

3 min read