Essays on politics, books, drama, film, work and how to live.

Slacking as Self-Care

Why do we suddenly all wear jeans now?

Project Management is better in Docs

You cannot simply 'change your beliefs' to become successful.

Two Concepts of Freedom

Story Structure is simpler than you think.

Aristotle's Politics Books 2 & 3

Aristotle’s Politics, Book 1

I watched (nearly) all of Paul Thomas Anderson’s films and this is what I learned

Why RFK Jr. Might Be Right About the Wrong Thing

Useful is a better concept than true

Companies need better Cultures not Better Data

[Book Review] The Twilight of Democracy.

There will still be heartbreak in Utopia.

Opportunity costs us dearly.

[Book review] Liberalism and its Discontents, Francis Fukuyama

Like a prayer...

Is Hamlet incapable of action, or What is Dramatic Action anyway?

Hamlet is NOT a whiny loser.

Book Review: Evenings and Weekends, Oisín McKenna

What's up the Queer Novel(TM)?

The incoherence of Centrist politics.

There is never going to be a Government of National Unity. Stop trying to make it happen.

19 Things I know.

I know less than Sasha

Alex Garland’s Civil War is about the Ethics of War Journalism

And it fucking sucks.

Energiewende or Energieselbstmord?

Madness and Civilisation II

The Great Confinement + The Insane

Some collected notes on how to what to look for in a therapist.

You (probably) have all the agency you need.

Get to the Point! Making your words count as an Engineer.

Madness and Civilisation - An Exegesis.

The Preface and Stultifera Navis

5 things I fail to consistently do but which have made me more slightly more productive

There is always the possibility of salvation.

How I made depression work for me.

So, you're creatively blocked.

The trauma plot is a problem play, and the problem is it's boring.

Things I liked in July 2022

Failure is not a stage on the path to success.

How to Think like a Roman Emperor, or What's Wrong with Stoicism.

Notes on Budapest

How I made GTD work for me, and how maybe you can too.

What learning to draw taught me.

Don't let your strengths rob your life of fun.

Artists should foster processes instead of building systems

You don't have to love yourself to live the life you want.

A meditation on travel through the medium of some Pizzas I’ve eaten.

On Personal Responsibility.

The Problem with Zettelkasten

Book review: 7 types of Atheism.

On Wastmen

The virtues of indolence.

The only way to do it is to do it.

Radicalisation is easier than you think

You can't improve yourself away