When we left

When we left, we took with us, the stories of our youth, and though, we may have embellished them or changed a name along the way, I like to think they’re the same–the same as the stories told long ago, under the same...

Solvitur ambulando

To do anything at all, you have to first complete half of it. And then after that, the remaining half, and then…  If we go on like this, it seems if one is to do anything at all, one will encounter an intractable infinity of steps in their way. Rather than...

Blueprint for a rewarding life

Adopt good strategies, and build habits around them. Look for processes that scale well or exhibit decreasing marginal cost e.g. cooking healthy meals at home in bulk Sacrificing a minimal amount of resources to prevent larger, future risks e.g. working out or saving...

Dear Friend

Friend, Please remember that to err and learn something is not an error at all. If you should ever feel inadequate, know that the grandest processes have sculpted and refined your being for billions upon billions of years. The same forces yielding canyons and...

A Dead Man’s Vision

I will die. I write for you, whoever you are. We might be living, together, now, but as time passes, that becomes increasingly unlikely. This writing is for those of you who outlive me and those of you who inherit the earth after my generation’s passing. This is...