When Work Becomes Everything: Thoughts On Salaryman
Examining how corporate culture consumes identity, through the lens of a documentary about Tokyo's exhausted workers.
Thoughts, essays, and explorations.
Examining how corporate culture consumes identity, through the lens of a documentary about Tokyo's exhausted workers.
Why the most powerful ideas are often the simplest ones, and how restraint leads to clarity in both design and thinking.
A visual essay exploring the quiet temples and hidden gardens of Kyoto in the early morning hours.
How the tools we use shape the thoughts we think, and why the best tools get out of the way.
On developing a sustainable writing practice, the value of showing up daily, and learning to trust the process.
Why internal consistency alone cannot justify our beliefs, and what alternative approaches might work better.
Research on video playback speed, memory, and strategic learning approaches that actually work.
Exploring a paradox in how we understand objects, and how Buddhist philosophy challenges Western metaphysics.
A practical heuristic for deeper thinking before making changes to established systems.
How movements that question norms serve as essential testing grounds for social change.
Reflections on what the UK's lifting of COVID restrictions revealed about collective responsibility and empathy.
Challenging the common misrepresentation of Friedrich Hayek's philosophy regarding welfare and state support.