Among the 100+ essays I have written, I'm content with some,
disappointed in others, and proud of a few. Fortunately, they do seem to
be trending in the right direction.
The archive below contains all of the essays I have written over the
years. They are arranged by date in reverse chronological order with my
most recent pieces at the top.
| Date |
Title |
| Mar 10, 2020 |
Predicting the Future in an Uncertain World
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| Mar 10, 2020 |
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rationality
|
| Mar 3, 2020 |
What Does It Take to Live a Full Life?
|
| Feb 24, 2020 |
The Three Levers of Productivity
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| Feb 18, 2020 |
The Difference Between Being Alone and Being Lonely
|
| Feb 17, 2020 |
When Thinking Deeply Goes Wrong
|
| Feb 11, 2020 |
Seeing the Invisible Strings That Shape Reality
|
| Feb 10, 2020 |
Networked Reading and Thinking Like a Polymath
|
| Feb 2, 2020 |
The Experience Paradox: Is Life a Game or a Drama?
|
| Jan 27, 2020 |
How Your Thoughts Shape the World
|
| Jan 26, 2020 |
Freedom Is the Opposite of Competition
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| Jan 20, 2020 |
The Case Against Seriousness
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| Jan 17, 2020 |
Everything You Do Can Be Explained by Two Things
|
| Jan 14, 2020 |
The Danger and the Delusion of Empathy
|
| Jan 13, 2020 |
Is Technology Harming Us or Liberating Us?
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| Jan 6, 2020 |
Beyond Insecurity: The Right Kind of Ambition
|
| Dec 20, 2019 |
The Purpose of Life From a First Principle View
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| Dec 16, 2019 |
The Element That Gives Life Meaning
|
| Dec 6, 2019 |
Meditation as Training
|
| Nov 29, 2019 |
Being Rich Without Making Money Your Life
|
| Nov 25, 2019 |
Beat the Competition Without Competing
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| Nov 22, 2019 |
Asynchronicity: The Invisible Force That Shapes You
|
| Nov 18, 2019 |
Dare to Think: On the Futility of Advice
|
| Nov 14, 2019 |
The Myth of Enlightenment
|
| Nov 4, 2019 |
Mystery: The Greatest Advantage in a World of Noise
|
| Nov 1, 2019 |
Taste: The Hidden Driver of Creative Genius
|
| Oct 27, 2019 |
Your Identity Makes the World a Better Place
|
| Oct 25, 2019 |
Novelty: The New Purpose of Life
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| Oct 20, 2019 |
Your Identity Makes the World a Worse Place
|
| Oct 11, 2019 |
A World of Materialized Meaning
|
| Oct 6, 2019 |
The Freedom of Status Independence
|
| Oct 5, 2019 |
Is Happiness the Acceptance or Absence of Suffering?
|
| Sept 29, 2019 |
The Most Important Skill in the 21st Century
|
| Sept 27, 2019 |
The Problem With Habits
|
| Sept 22, 2019 |
Human Relationships and Projecting Aliveness
|
| Sept 19, 2019 |
Becoming a Healthy, Emotionally Mature Adult
|
| Sept 15, 2019 |
Reading Is a Conversation
|
| Sept 13, 2019 |
Why Don't Most People Reach Their Potential?
|
| Sept 13, 2019 |
Why Don't Most People Reach Their Potential?
|
| June 9, 2019 |
The Best Answer to Life's Questions
|
| May 6, 2019 |
What Does It Mean to Be Great?
|
| Apr 28, 2019 |
The Difference Between Wanting and Needing
|
| Apr 21, 2019 |
The Meaning Paradox: Is Life About You or Others?
|
| Feb 1, 2019 |
Synchronicity: Creating Your Own Luck
|
| Jan 21, 2019 |
You Should Treat Life as a Work of Art
|
| Jan 18, 2019 |
The Difference Between Knowledge and Wisdom
|
| Jan 14, 2019 |
What Does It Mean to Be Spiritual? A Rational Answer
|
| Dec 19, 2018 |
The Void and I: A Story About Everything
|
| Nov 25, 2018 |
Why Playfulness Is More Important Than Ever
|
| Nov 23, 2018 |
The Purpose of Life Is Right In Front of You
|
| Nov 18, 2018 |
Isadora Duncan: Expressing Yourself
|
| Nov 18, 2018 |
The Real Reason That People Get Lonely
|
| Nov 12, 2018 |
The Process of Meaning-Making
|
| Nov 4, 2018 |
Developing a Healthy Relationship to Technology
|
| Nov 4, 2018 |
All Goals Are Problematic - Except One
|
| Oct 29, 2018 |
Zeno of Citium: Being Stoic
|
| Oct 28, 2018 |
The Truth Isn't What You Think It Is
|
| Oct 21, 2018 |
Escaping the Two Foes of Happiness
|
| Oct 20, 2018 |
The Two Types of Knowledge
|
| Oct 14, 2018 |
The Relation Between Identity and Violence
|
| Oct 12, 2018 |
You Are Not Who You Say You Are
|
| Sept 29, 2018 |
Making a Dent in the Universe
|
| Sept 23, 2018 |
David Hume: Balanced Skepticism
|
| Sept 15, 2018 |
It's Not What You Know, It's How You Think
|
| Sept 10, 2018 |
The Best Things in Life Are Byproducts
|
| Aug 20, 2018 |
On Being Kind to People You Dislike
|
| Aug 19, 2018 |
The Right Kind of Relationship
|
| Aug 17, 2018 |
Dealing With the Mysterious
|
| Aug 12, 2018 |
Claude Shannon: Attacking a Problem
|
| Aug 6, 2018 |
The Synchronization of Being With Doing
|
| Aug 4, 2018 |
What Does It Take to Bond With Someone?
|
| July 29, 2018 |
The Life of Our Symbolic Self
|
| July 27, 2018 |
The Identity Trap: Being Less Wrong
|
| July 22, 2018 |
Isaac Asimov: Becoming Educated
|
| July 20, 2018 |
The Work Required to Understand the Obvious
|
| July 15, 2018 |
The Pillars of a Creative Life
|
| July 13, 2018 |
The Simple Art of Not Being Miserable
|
| July 9, 2018 |
What's the Purpose of Traveling?
|
| July 8, 2018 |
Bertrand Russell: In Praise of Idleness
|
| June 24, 2018 |
Hannah Arendt: Building Knowledge
|
| June 22, 2018 |
In Defense of Being Irrational
|
| June 18, 2018 |
The Bullshit Stories We Tell Ourselves
|
| June 15, 2018 |
The Most Important Skill Nobody Taught You
|
| June 8, 2018 |
There Are Two Ways to Read — One Is Useless
|
| June 3, 2018 |
Bob Dylan: Reinventing Yourself
|
| May 31, 2018 |
Designing the Best Possible Future
|
| May 13, 2018 |
The Transformation of Suffering
|
| May 11, 2018 |
The Only Real Way to Acquire Wisdom
|
| May 6, 2018 |
Walt Disney: Being an Artisan
|
| Apr 27, 2018 |
The Subtle Art of Connecting With Anyone
|
| Mar 4, 2018 |
A Strategy for Maximizing Agency
|
| Mar 1, 2018 |
The Future Belongs to Polymaths
|
| Feb 25, 2018 |
Pale Blue Dot
|
| Feb 18, 2018 |
Leonardo da Vinci: Endless Curiosity
|
| Feb 13, 2018 |
The Rules of Effectiveness
|
| Feb 8, 2018 |
The Perils of Achievement
|
| Jan 24, 2018 |
The Shaper Effect: Balancing Opposites
|
| Jan 21, 2018 |
A Different View of Mindfulness
|
| Jan 11, 2018 |
Be So Interesting You Can't Be Ignored
|
| Jan 7, 2018 |
Ernest Hemingway: Deliberate Practice
|
| Jan 4, 2018 |
Your Accomplishments Don't Matter
|
| Dec 17, 2017 |
A Guide for Thriving in a Fast World
|
| Dec 3, 2017 |
Seneca: Fighting Procrastination
|
| Nov 26, 2017 |
The Principles for Creating a Good Life
|
| Nov 23, 2017 |
The Underutilized Power of Questions
|
| Nov 19, 2017 |
Aristotle: The Right Kind of Friendship
|
| Nov 16, 2017 |
Getting Anything You Want
|
| Nov 13, 2017 |
Bruce Lee: Thinking Independently
|
| Nov 5, 2017 |
The Art of Successful Communication
|
| Oct 29, 2017 |
The Idea of Work Is Wrong
|
| Oct 24, 2017 |
Epictetus: Avoiding Misery
|
| Oct 23, 2017 |
Friedrich Nietzsche: Finding Meaning
|
| Oct 16, 2017 |
The Process Behind Breakout Results
|
| Oct 2, 2017 |
Amelia Earhart: Defying Boundaries
|
| Sept 25, 2017 |
The Key Forces That Shape Your Reality
|
| Sept 18, 2017 |
The Art of Creating Purpose
|
| Sept 11, 2017 |
Shakespeare: The Power of Imagination
|
| Sept 4, 2017 |
The Power of Decision Frameworks
|
| Aug 28, 2017 |
Life Is About Solving Hard Problems
|
| Aug 10, 2017 |
The Purpose of Life Isn't to Be Happy
|
| Aug 7, 2017 |
The Luckiest Man on Earth
|
| July 24, 2017 |
The Principles of a Life Strategy
|
| July 17, 2017 |
Teddy Roosevelt's Arena
|
| July 10, 2017 |
Marcus Aurelius: Thinking Clearly
|
| June 26, 2017 |
Stand Out in a Noisy World
|
| June 18, 2017 |
Pablo Picasso: Harnessing Willpower
|
| June 5, 2017 |
Steal Ideas from Other People
|
| May 11, 2017 |
The Purpose of Life Is to Be a Nobody
|
| May 8, 2017 |
Elon Musk: Sustaining Motivation
|
| April 17, 2017 |
A Chess Player: Creating a Strategy
|
| April 11, 2017 |
Succeed in Life Without Compromise
|
| April 2, 2017 |
Enjoy Every Sandwich
|
| March 26, 2017 |
J.K. Rowling: Dealing with Failure
|
| March 12, 2017 |
The Art of Goal Achievement
|
| February 24, 2017 |
Albert Einstein: Mastering Creativity
|
| February 24, 2017 |
Design a Lucky Life
|