May 31

Believe Everything

Something I heard recently is that your brain processes new information by first temporarily believing it and then, if necessary,

2 min read

May 17

Uninterrupted Work

Why exactly do various tasks suffer so much if you're interrupted?

5 min read

May 3

Psychological Debt

In coding there's an idea called "technical debt." The same exists for psychology -- spend now, pay later....

3 min read

Apr 19

Happiness Is Two Scales

The common way to talk about happiness is as a single scale: unhappy at one end, neutral in the middle, happy at the other end. I think that model is wrong.

2 min read

Apr 5

Social

Common Pretense

Nobody is fooled, and nobody is fooled about anyone else's fooled-ness.

2 min read

Mar 22

Social

Personal Export Subsidies

Can the secret to South Korea's economic development also help your teenager?

7 min read

Mar 8

Writing

For And Against Pre-Scheduling Posts

Pre-scheduling posts has a couple of big benefits and a couple of major costs.

4 min read

Feb 22

Writing

Request for Punctuation Marks

We ¿need? more punctuation marks, we need them now

2 min read

Feb 8

Social

Interrupters And Non-Interrupters

The solution is easy and impossible.

3 min read

Jan 25

Writing

Beautiful World Where Are You?

Four people have relationships with each other, and discuss them

7 min read