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Currently
1984
A bleak vision of total surveillance, and the language a state uses to keep it intact.
01 / 03
Episteme
Knowledge — writings & essays
What makes a modern man
Identity becomes opt-in, and most men are still waiting for someone to answer the question for them.
Read essayBuild your life around what you need, not what you want
Needs are a floor. Wants are a compass. Organize your life around what actually holds.
Read essayPerfection is the killer of speed, unless it's the 911
Most things don't deserve your best work. Knowing which ones do is the whole skill.
Read essayDeath = Complacency
Comfort kills slowly enough that you don't notice it's killing you.
Read essayWaffle is how you get rich
A short detour through Belgium, then the lesson that gets it backwards on purpose.
Read essaySurrounded by Idiots
If you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.
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Theoria
Contemplation — literature & reading
A record of texts that have occupied my attention — some finished, some ongoing, some merely intended. Each one a small commitment.
02 / 07
Read
Brave New World
A society engineered for happiness so complete that meaning has no place left to live.
03 / 07
Read
Metamorphosis
A man wakes up as an insect, and watches his family's love quietly turn into duty.
04 / 07
Read
Zero to One
Building something new is harder, and worth more, than copying what already works.
05 / 07
Read
Purpose and Profit
A field guide for turning what you actually care about into work that pays.
06 / 07
Read
Mythos
The Greek myths retold with wit, irreverence, and a surprising amount of heart.
07 / 07
Read
Angel
An insider's honest take on what early-stage investing actually looks like up close.
03 / 03
Pragma
Affairs — what occupies me now
The present tense. What I am building, thinking about, or moving through at this particular moment in time.
01 / 03
Building
Describe something you are currently working on — a project, a habit, a discipline.
The act of building is the act of committing. Every choice made excludes a thousand others. That exclusion is the work.
02 / 03
Thinking About
A question or idea that keeps returning. Something unresolved that you find yourself circling.
Some questions are not meant to be answered. They are meant to be lived with — companions rather than problems.
03 / 03
Lately
A small observation from recent life. Something noticed, something changed, something begun.
To notice is already to begin understanding. Most of life passes unobserved.