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 Uri

Apr 5

Common Pretense

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

2 min read Uri

Mar 22

Personal Export Subsidies

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

7 min read Uri

Mar 8

For And Against Pre-Scheduling Posts

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

4 min read Uri

Feb 22

Request for Punctuation Marks

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

2 min read Uri

Feb 8

Interrupters And Non-Interrupters

The solution is easy and impossible.

3 min read Uri

Jan 25

Beautiful World Where Are You?

Four people have relationships with each other, and discuss them

7 min read Uri

Jan 11

The Smartest Person

I used to think I was pretty smart. I have lots of friends who are just as smart as me, and many who are smarter, but always the difference was a difference of degree. Until I met the Smartest Person.

5 min read Uri

Dec 28

Book Recap: Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves To Death

"Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us; Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance." Television has destroyed shared context and turned everything into entertainment.

17 min read Uri

Dec 21

On The Unreasonable Effectiveness Of Messaging Apps In Getting Me To Do Things

What if your to-do list was just messaging yourself things?

5 min read Uri