Shot in the Foot

I seem to have jinxed myself over the last week with a couple of articles I posted. According to Plan was spurred by a series of inconveniences while …

An Argument for Self-Driving Cars

Cruise, Waymo, Pony and Zoox. You’ve probably never heard of these companies. But soon enough, some — perhaps all — will be household names. Self-driving cars, or autonomous …

Writing to Learn

A lot of the writing that I do comes from a place of curiosity. I’ve learned in recent years that writing about a subject tends is the best …

According to Plan

Even the best plans will fall apart at times. Knowing this, we should account for it. We should incorporate some measure of failure into every plan we make. …

Hurricane of Thought

How often do you stop and think about your thoughts? I don’t mean thinking and analyzing one thought or another but thinking about just how many thoughts you …

Musical Taste

Why do we like the music that we do? Why do I like one style and dislike another, while you may feel the exact opposite? I listen to …

Attachment and Suffering

When the Buddha stated that life is suffering, I doubt he meant suffering in the way we understand it today. This suffering, caused by attachment, would be better …

Showing Up

There are so many productivity hacks these days. Focus apps, website blockers, to-do lists, second brains, task blocks… They’re all designed to either make us more productive or …

Texting

I am terrible at returning texts. I’m the guy who will have a conversation with you through text and suddenly ghost your last response. This is not intentional. …