When Work Becomes Everything: Thoughts On Salaryman
Examining how corporate culture consumes identity, through the lens of a documentary about Tokyo's exhausted workers.
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Thoughts, essays, and explorations.
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On Simplicity
Why the most powerful ideas are often the simplest ones, and how restraint leads to clarity in both design and thinking.
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Morning Light in Kyoto
A visual essay exploring the quiet temples and hidden gardens of Kyoto in the early morning hours.
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Tools for Thinking
How the tools we use shape the thoughts we think, and why the best tools get out of the way.
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The Practice of Writing
On developing a sustainable writing practice, the value of showing up daily, and learning to trust the process.
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The Fundamental Problem With Coherentism
Why internal consistency alone cannot justify our beliefs, and what alternative approaches might work better.
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Learning in Double Time, Retention, and Prioritized Studying
Research on video playback speed, memory, and strategic learning approaches that actually work.
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A Problem with Essence in Buddhism
Exploring a paradox in how we understand objects, and how Buddhist philosophy challenges Western metaphysics.
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Using Chesterton's Fence to Enforce Second-Order Thinking
A practical heuristic for deeper thinking before making changes to established systems.
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Counter-Culture as A Necessary Part of Tradition
How movements that question norms serve as essential testing grounds for social change.
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Freedom Day — Unearthing the Moral Character of a Nation
Reflections on what the UK's lifting of COVID restrictions revealed about collective responsibility and empathy.
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Hayek's Case For Social Security
Challenging the common misrepresentation of Friedrich Hayek's philosophy regarding welfare and state support.