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Agency Without a Self
Argues that rejecting free will and a unified self clarifies rather than undermines agency, meaning, and life design.
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Uncompressed public thinking
Short, plain, unhedged essays on thinking and cognition, civilization, and identity — with poetry, story, and the small crafts of attention: coffee, calendars, kitchens, and code.
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Elasticity of Moral Circles
Human moral circles expand during abundance and security, then contract to immediate community under scarcity and disruption.
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All postsBooks I have read
Personal reading log spanning fiction and nonfiction, organized by genre with works from 1908 to 2026. This list, started in late 2022, is far from complete. I'm sure I've missed some and will again.
Fairness vs. Prosperity Tradeoff
Distinguishes three types of fairness to argue the equity-growth tradeoff only holds for outcome equality, not opportunity or procedure.
Vacation Length Thresholds
Defines minimum days at destination by travel type and an optimal trip length of 23 days based on transit overhead.
Dreams as Translation Loss
Examines the theory that dreams occur outside space and time and waking recall is a lossy translation back into bodily consciousness.
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Essays that say what the rest is trying to do.
Two Epistemic Cycles
Two Latin mottos map epistemic life as inner formation (think, learn, connect, declare) and outer execution (perceive, connect, effect).
Uncompressed Public Thinking
Argues that mid-century thinkers like Feynman and Watts spoke before optimization, reputational risk, and compression eroded public thought.
Old Man by the River
A short story of a father and son fishing, exploring memory, impermanence, and presence through quiet dialogue.
Republic Continuity as Achievement
Argues that the American republic's survival is an active, recurring achievement requiring each generation's recommitment, not inevitable destiny.
HOMO·HOMINIS·ESSE
COGITA·DISCE·NECTE·ENUNTIA
PERCIPE·STRUE·EFFICE
