Philosophy and the notebooks
At heart my dreams are that of a philosopher, and thus often work their way onto the page and wriggle their way sneakily out of my consciousness, when I'm simply trying to breathe and make nice scribbles and here comes some thought to ruin the experience and stop my breath entirely.
From the notebook, Breathe. Then Prompt.
What it means to be alive in a moment when machines are learning to think alongside us. Antifragility, cosmic perspective, consciousness, the long now. Less abstract than it sounds.
Start with these
- Living with Antifragility: How I Build Systems and a Life That Gain from Disorder
Antifragility is not resilience. Resilient things survive disorder; antifragile things gain from it. Here is how I apply Taleb's framework to fifteen years of engineering, the way I build films and books from code, and a ten-day journal cycle run as a stress rhythm.
Where it leads
Everything in Philosophy and the notebooks (39)
Essays (1)
Free Writing (38)
- The Endless Asymptote Mar 2026
- Transmissions and Coherence Mar 2026
- Back at It With Left Mar 2026
- I Am Left Mar 2026
- Writer Forgets the Writing Feb 2026
- Universe Recursing on Universe Feb 2026
- The Eternal Now Feb 2026
- A Race Test for a New Pen Feb 2026
- The Sun Is Winning Feb 2026
- Getting the Sluice Fired Up Feb 2026
- Shot Out of a Cannon Feb 2026
- A Quiet Like This Feb 2026
- Triple Bullseye Jan 2026
- Ghostbusters of the Mind Jan 2026
- Mining Mode Jan 2026
- Skis Cutting Through Powder Jan 2026
- How Much We Have Traveled Jan 2026
- Cosmic Motion and Human Perspective Oct 2025
- Finding Balance in Motion: Poetic Reflections on Travel, Routine, and the Architecture of Existence Jun 2025
- Embracing the Unwritten Future: A Stream-of-Consciousness Meditation on Risk, Creativity, and Self-Discovery May 2025
- Writing as Vessel: Reflections on Thought, Intention, and the Infinite Loop of Creation Apr 2025
- The Steady Work of Freewriting: Flow, Focus, and the Future of Thought Apr 2025
- Mining the Subconscious: Freewriting Through the Fog of Decades, Patterns, and the Slow Unfolding of Human Potential Mar 2025
- Cold Feet, Cosmic Clocks, and the Sun That Rises Even When We Don't Mar 2025
- Writing in the Sun: Thoughts on Place, Flow, and the Search for Light in a Life of Movement Mar 2025
- Hello Beautiful Page: Letting the Pen Drift Freely and the Breath Guide the Hand Feb 2025
- The Weight of Monday and the Wisdom of Birds: A Stream-of-Consciousness Reflection on Creativity and Control Feb 2025
- The Writer’s Sword: On Obsession, Purpose, and the Poetics of Time Jan 2025
- Why Are We Different? A Stream-of-Consciousness Exploration of Human Evolution, Myth, and Memory Jan 2025
- The Freewriting Journal as Anchor: On Energy, Practice, and Processing the World Jan 2025
- Mining the Mind: Freewriting, Creativity, and the Relentless Pursuit of Ideas in the Ocean of Time Jan 2025
- The Flow of Thoughts: Handwriting, Freewriting, and the Comfort of Familiar Voices Jan 2025
- Turning Thought into Ink: A Writer’s Reflection on Craft, Habit, and Creative Flow Jan 2025
- Unlocking Creative Flow: What Happens When You Write Without Stopping? Jan 2025
- Business Insights from Sleepless Nights: Writing as a Tool for Thought and Growth Jan 2025
- The Art of Showing Up: Writing, Work, and Wandering Thoughts in the Flow of Time Jan 2025
- Taming the Paper Tiger: How Writing Helps Process Thought and Unlock Creativity Jan 2025
- Overthinking, Sensitivity, and Finding Perspective: A Reflection on Life’s Bigger Picture (Selbstreflexion und Sensibilität) Jan 2025