Naturally Reductive
There are so many ways to be reductive. Reduction is so seductive. It is easy. But rarely does anything work quite that way. There are more factors and interactions at play than you can imagine. But to function, the brain simplifies. There is System 1 and System 2 processes that Daniel Kahneman Humans need both. […]
Read MoreFraming
Framing is the ultimate skill and it happens all the time. Things get framed for us and we also frame things on our own. There is so much information to take in and process all the time that we use frames to help us make sense of things. Just like in photography, the framing can […]
Read MoreImprobability
It doesn’t have to make sense, not all at once anyway. It doesn’t even have to reveal itself slowly. Maybe a few hints are dropped here and there, but who knows if the hints are legit. They could be real. They could be fake. Whatever it is, it is not going to be easy. It […]
Read MoreThe Realization
It hit him like a “bug on a moving car’s windshield.” Fast, hard and splat. The idea was a bit of a mess, but it was also the burst of energy that he needed to power through that particularly monotonous stretch of highway. As usual, the Spotify playlist wasn’t cutting it. How many effing times […]
Read MoreTrue Anonymity
Who says nothing good happens in anonymity? Whoever did say it is a fucking genius though. Anonymity is a fucking illusion. Even on an anonymous chatroom, you are not anonymous. Maybe you’re hiding behind a screen name, but that doesn’t shield you from anything. Even if no one else knows who you are, you can’t really […]
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