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The Second Great Vanishing

April 27, 2026

Large language models are stripping the halo from knowledge work. A contract review compressed into a single API call, the shell of reverence already cracked. Where does the surplus value flow now? Five predictions, four moves, for those feeling lost.

The Second Great Vanishing

You Don't Have to Smile Much to Be Happy

April 24, 2026

You've been thinking about happiness too thinly. Seligman says there are at least three paths to it—pleasure is only the shallowest. Engagement and meaning are what actually hold a life up.

You Don't Have to Smile Much to Be Happy

The Way You Love at 30 Was Set at 3

April 23, 2026

Anxious, avoidant, secure, fearful. Attachment theory explains why you keep falling apart in love, and why you're not stuck with your childhood.

The Way You Love at 30 Was Set at 3

The 'Reason' You Found Doesn't Actually Exist

April 21, 2026

The commentator says the player must be feeling the pressure now. You think it was the new shoes that broke your record. You decide the date went cold because you said the wrong thing. We can't help looking for causes—but most of the time that 'cause' doesn't exist. It's just math: the good regresses down, the bad regresses up.

The 'Reason' You Found Doesn't Actually Exist

Why Smart People Do Dumb Things

April 16, 2026

A bat and a ball cost 110 dollars total. The bat costs 100 more than the ball. How much is the ball? If you blurted out 10 dollars, you just made the same mistake as over half of Harvard students. From Thinking, Fast and Slow—why being smart and being rational are not the same thing.

Why Smart People Do Dumb Things

Why You Feel Empty After Scrolling Short Videos

April 13, 2026

It's 11 PM and you just wanted to check tomorrow's weather. By the time your phone hits your chest, it's 1:40 AM. What you lose isn't two and a half hours—it's your capacity for deep thought, your patience to sit still, and your ability to do the things that only pay off over the long run.

Why You Feel Empty After Scrolling Short Videos

The "Nice Guy" Isn't Actually Nice

April 9, 2026

That person around you who never says no, never gets angry, and swallows everything—they might not be as nice as they seem. From No More Mr Nice Guy, here's the dark side of the Nice Guy, and how to break free from people-pleasing.

The "Nice Guy" Isn't Actually Nice

The Invisible Contract: You Signed It, but They Never Knew

April 9, 2026

Every time you give, there's a condition attached—one you never said out loud. From No More Mr Nice Guy, here's why invisible contracts never work, and how to break the cycle.

The Invisible Contract: You Signed It, but They Never Knew

Procrastination Isn't Laziness—It's Self-Protection

April 7, 2026

Procrastination isn't a time management problem or a moral failing—it's about how you relate to yourself. Drawing from The Procrastination Equation, here's the psychology behind why we stall, and how to break the equation that keeps us stuck.

Procrastination Isn't Laziness—It's Self-Protection

Two Types of People in AI: Metric Chasers and Structure Thinkers

April 6, 2026

Many problems in the AI industry aren't technical problems—they're systemic structural problems. And most people's way of solving them only reinforces the structure. Inspired by Thinking in Systems, here's the difference between chasing metrics and seeing structure.

Two Types of People in AI: Metric Chasers and Structure Thinkers
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