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Mobile deposit reveals something uncomfortable about the innovation industry -- it keeps asking us for a blank check. The post Free checking first appeared on What shall we weird?.

A culture teaches people what to value through the people it rewards. America’s long admiration for clever money-making reveals how dishonesty becomes normal and honesty starts to feel like a…

This is a follow-up to a previous post, In My Misanthropy Era . In 2025, after getting my intellectual rocks off largely at hardcore rationality meetups for the entirety of the 2020s, I went to a…

Sorry I’ve been quiet, life got in the way. I enjoyed Ross’ post entitled “The Search for Joy“, it’s been roughly where my head has been, trying to find a meaning. Life…

Flow is characterised by intense concentration, a reduced awareness of ourselves, and sometimes a changed sense of time. When we're not looking for happiness, sometimes it finds us. The post Why…

There's a mountain peak you've been wanting to go. But going there requires leaving your house, leaving your safe space. You'll be alright if you don't go. The mountain peak was just curiosity. The…

Meditation is a practice of self-awareness: a direct inquiry into how experience is organized before we ever begin to reflect on it. The objective of meditation is to become aware of how your…

Last night, I had to make a screencast for a project I’ve been working on. I find this sort of thing really challenging. I’m not sure whether it’s because I’m self-conscious or because I’m an…

I was reminded of this truth when I read a review of Angela Duckworth’s new book ‘Situated’ which focuses on the impact our environment has on our circumstances and behavior. Some have taken this as…

A reflection the difference between celebrity and genuine literary talent and childhood wounds.

 David Galstyan* “They have assumed the names and gestures of their enemies, but have held on to their own, secret souls; and in this there is a resistance and an overcoming, a long…

And it is fine that they will forever remain closed. There are several moments in your life where you will face rejection. Some will sting, some you will get over fairly quickly and some will be…

I read Anthropic's post about Scion, its new source-control system, and ended up thinking about legal documents, which wasn't where I expected to go with an article about Git or maybe…

A Chapel and Pasta PomodoroWhen I was young, I sought out everything that was new. I made a pilgrimage to see Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp chapel in France. I was so affected by its majesty that I…

Planting a flag for the version of EA I want to promote and grow

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Imagine we lived in a world where there was no social media. In a world where there weren’t people telling you that you have to look a certain way, dress like this, dress like that. Imagine. Wouldn’t…

When we're in the midst of our darkest moments, it's easy to believe things will always be this way. A few reflections on grief, hope, and the possibility of change, from someone navigating some of…

i used to talk a ton. not that i loved the sound of my voice or anything like that. it is just that i truly believed i had a lot to say. as i age, it has turned out i don't really have much to say,…

someone who keeps to themselves and is a little hard to read can seem really interesting from afar. when you don't know much about someone, there's room to imagine all sorts of things about them.…

刚刚看到朋友圈，亲戚说她的儿子最近喜欢一个什么数学相关的玩具还是什么的。 然后另外一个亲戚评论说：喜欢数学好，以后逻辑思维强。 我想，怎么什么都有一个目的呢？对于小孩来说，喜欢玩所谓“益智”玩具和喜欢打游戏其实没区别，就是觉得好玩。 什么事倒推都成立。 假如以后她的小孩长大后数学真的很强，这个玩具肯定就是成就他们的愿意之一吧？ 但是，这玩具一年都卖了多少套啊。 据说朗朗父亲很严，把朗朗练成了。…

Mine does, many times every season. The music has changed over the years (I’m now in my 9th decade: 81 years), naturally, but it’s still an inspiring song! I first hit on this singing body idea one…

Early in our relationship the majority of conversations I had with Leslie were … 1 on 1. Morning breakfasts, walking to the grocery store, coming back to my apartment, making a bowl of pasta.We had…

14 Oct 2026 "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." – Carl Jung Grow (2016), Gosia Much has been written about letting go. We are encouraged to let go of…

I've started to doubt a rule I was taught about abbreviations.The rule is to write the term in full the first time it appears, put the abbreviation in brackets, then use the abbreviation from…

For years I mixed up the emptiness track and the conditionality track, which left me confused and made it hard to talk about my practice. Seeing that they were distinct, and knowing which one I was…

“I’ll be happy when” is a lie, and so is “it’s the journey, not the destination.” Field notes on the horizon - a better way to think about the goals we chase in business and in life. The post…

Dear Reader, For a long time, discussions in the QC community have felt a bit like there are two camps. I used to think this was just the NISQ vs FTQC debate. However, during this year’s IEEE Quantum…

It depends on which wall. Some walls are for protection. Those walls need to be built and maintained for protection. They can be strengthened for greater safety. The walls that need to be broken down…

This is my entry for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival, hosted by Marisabel. To be honest, pages scare me. I mean the empty ones that I have to fill. I want to fill. I would like to fill. I have a…

The pressure to not squander the opportunities in front of you.

You don’t need to over-exert yourself developing deep relationships with everyone you meet — especially as an introvert. Here’s why.

A project can be worth your time without becoming a business, a portfolio piece or your most efficient use of an evening.

ART, n. “The disposition or modification of things by human skill, to answer the purpose intended. In this sense art stands opposed to nature.” Forgive me a fake quote: “I know how…

Introduction This started with two visualizations. In one I turned my inner gaze toward the buzz of atomic and subatomic material which comprises that which could be called ‘my body.’ In…

from Maslow's 1970 preface to the second edition of Motivation and Personality: In Chapter 11 on self-actualization I have removed one source of confusion by confining the concept very definitely to…

Last week’s newsletter began: An out-of-town developer tore a house down at the end of my street and cut down every single tree on the lot. As I watched the big T-Rex excavator claw down the walls, a…

“I think that we’re paralyzed by decisions in everything right now. [For example], I can have any sounding kick drum in the world I want on any track, which means I can spend all day — and any…

during a recent commute i was stopped at a red light when a bohemianly dressed, silver-haired asian woman crossed the street in front of me, talking to her companion in perfect, unaccented english.…

if you cannot handle me when i am being sincere about mundane tasks and my special interests, you do not deserve me when i crack a silly joke i had this thought today, and the more i turned it around…

A technical document, such as a set of instructions or a report, can be grammatically correct and still leave a […] The post Clear technical English is an engineering tool appeared first on…

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AI has made experimentation easier. The distinction between research and innovation helps us see whether an organisation is creating new knowledge or putting a significant change into use.

Are we the bad ones? The digital designers, the programmers, the developers, the user experience professionals and content experts? Did we help design this whole digital world of addiction and…

Be effective first at achieving your purpose. Then be efficient — because there's little joy in making the wrong thing faster. All you've done is reach the wrong place a little sooner.

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This got more ambitious than it was meant to be, once again, and now has to be split up so I can even get part of it out before I write the rest. So I guess I’ll just post the beginning now.…