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01
Essay3 min readJuly 23, 2026

Boundless Compassion

And Its Limits

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Essay1 min readJuly 20, 2026

Murder by the Name

Words are not innocent

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Essay2 min readJune 29, 2026

Teachers of Discomfort

That Deserve a Second Chance

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Essay2 min readJune 23, 2026

The Endless Reaching

Not a Pathology

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Essay2 min readApril 24, 2026

The Practice of Being Seen

“Seeing accurately is an act of love.”- Eye of the Mountain

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Essay1 min readApril 18, 2026

The Smell of Farts

And Its Undeniability

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Essay3 min readMarch 18, 2026

The Alignment Model

A General Theory of Distortion and Adaptation

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Essay1 min readMarch 9, 2026

Unreplicable

Not Just an Echo

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Essay2 min readFebruary 23, 2026

Transparent and Legible

Eye Pity You, Eye Am You

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Essay2 min readJanuary 7, 2026

Reducing the Noise

Three Applications of the Webber-Fechner Law

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Essay3 min readLotus Eaters · 3January 5, 2026

Performance Culture and its Discontents

Lotus Eaters - Part 3

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Essay5 min readLotus Eaters · 2January 3, 2026

Don’t Stop, Just Notice

Lotus Eaters - Part 2

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