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  • Altered states

    If we watch ourselves, we discover there is a different person for every switch of mood. – Marie-Louise Von Franz You know what makes every problem more of a problem? Anxiety. The problem is,…

  • That’s it

    I don’t always know what an elegant design solution should look like. If I did, my job would be very easy. I also struggle to articulate what I’m looking for. When I look at…

  • Outlets

    The modern person can’t get enough energy. Our phones, computers and cars constantly need plugging in. All that technology is worthless without a charger cable. We treat our bodies like big electronic devices too.…

  • The Expert Eye

    “Tactics flow from a superior position.” — Bobby Fischer We can’t really know what reality is. The best we can do is to get to know our experience of it, and use other means…

  • Tsundoku

    If I look around my apartment, I can find twenty or more books that I’ve never opened. Some were bought recently, others have been lying around for years. The Japanese have a name for…

  • Ordinary destiny

    Fight for your country — that is the best, the only omen! – The Iliad Watch me explain this idea on YouTube We are introduced to the realm of choice and consequence by our…

  • Tool builders

    A computer is… the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with. – Steve Jobs Beware brand-new time-sucking beta-rollout crap. – Bruce Sterling Right now everyone I know at my job at a…

  • Here we go again

    One does one’s thinking before one knows what one is to think about. – Julian Jaynes Blindly listening Most of us think in some form and mixture of words and pictures. And a good…

  • Milquetoast

    To serve a mania is detestable and undignified – Carl Jung Give up the fight, give up control and live – The Odyssey (2026) How did I get through a difficult Vipassana retreat? I had gone…