Shayan Arman Blog

The Dawn of AGI

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Acceptance of AGI in Academia

A New Mind

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Lessons from the Dawn of the Quantum Age

Arnold on the Value of Hard Work

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I was a bricklayer.

Sharnification

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Conceptual Osmosis

War

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

and other games

On Depression

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

and the nature of things

Half Eaten

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

It had been years since I went to the steakhouse.

Capitalism on Neptune

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Human Laws are not universal - natural laws are.

Pages

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I haven’t written to you in a while friend.

Homeless Man

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

stole my pants

Why Siri Failed - an honest take

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

From a former Apple Engineer

Good Fortune

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Need Responsibility a case study

ai slop

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

and beautiful design

Enterprise

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Double Definition Monday

Responsibility

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A True Head Scratcher

The End of Labour

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

So tonight i shared a post from the wsj where it showed 9-5ers arent getting promotions.

Reflexivity

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The idea that your thoughts and views directly impact the world around you

The Salmon

Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

haifa

Three Dimensions

Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Hunter and his Gimpy Friend

Ew

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

ai in industry, untouchable careers

Virality

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Spikes of Ignorance

Drinking in Japan

Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

What a nice Mother you have

The New New Testament

Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Bank Holidays

Turns

Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Of the Seasons

At the Pool

Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

They call me the Don…

Pause part 1

Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I hate change.

On Business

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

the Early Stages

Outside

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Hey ma I’m going out

Why Universities are Good Part 1

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Generics vs.

The Martian Child

Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

One day my writings will be put together into a book.

Cafe Coding

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I sit and code at coffee shops for so many hours;

Please stop

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

all this winning...

The Happiness Fairy

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

her first tears

A life well lived

Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Im thankful for my life

Rambling

Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I love god

A Definitive Understanding of Human Development

Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

an Ontological Perspective

The Don part 4

Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Have you ever noticed the better looking someone is.

The Wolf

Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The wall:

On Fame

Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Of course.

The Calling

Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

It was May, and spring in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Marcus Aurelius

Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ill never forget the day i picked up your book Marcus

The Diplomat

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I met an American Diplomat last night at an irish bar

A path laid for me

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

One stone at a time…

Definition Friday…

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Tomorrow we’re dropping a new definition

Shame Scores

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Everyone has a shame score

Perfectionists Part 1

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

To all you perfectionists.

Insufferable

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

One time a friend called me insufferable.

My Efforts

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

It brings tears to my eyes, thinking how hard I've worked now for going on 10 years.

My Stalker

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Advices

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

i make so much content.

The Goose

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I almost drove over a goose today

The structure of the universe

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I had a dream last night.

Reverse Inference

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

On training the mind through breath

Conservatives

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

and 18$ lattes

Ontological Victimhood

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

its definition monday

The Mind

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A tibetan monk once told me wise words

Winged Words

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I called my friend Dmitry today

7 Day Girlfriends

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Before my friend luca quit apple (he told me before hand)

The Night Sky

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I had my first intern chat today

Best Friends

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I remember once i saw my friend in school grade 12 i think.

Justin Bieber Part 1

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Be positive!

The Crow

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I was so depressed man.

The New Boxing Gym

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

I found a new boxing gym today

Acronyms

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Take the first letter of every sungle word.

True Diversity

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

If youre tired of “Dual Lips” and “Sabrinas Huha Smells Like Carps”

Esha Bhatti

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Psycholo-G

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

An artist of Life

Stars Misaligned

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Some people have been reaching out to me

2 am coding session

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Staying up late coding until 2 am you really get to know yourself.

GETTING BUSY

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Narcos

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ask yourself this in your own private time

Narcos

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Ask yourself this in your own private time

One Thing

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

When you go to the doctor, you ask for the one thing.

The Doctor

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A brief warning to be careful about who you trust for advice.

Annals of Time

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

When a chatbot made years of reading, writing, and coding feel meaningless, the response was to work harder and create something uniquely human.

Meek

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A night in Mykonos tests the common belief that presenting oneself as humble, meek, and Canadian earns better treatment abroad.

An Immovable Boulder

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Travel in search of human variety leads to the conclusion that humanity stays constant across time and space while only the internal self can change.

Duplicitous Moral Standards

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A broken hiring promise becomes a lesson about the moral standards imposed on ordinary people by institutions that lie, steal, and negotiate ruthlessly.

Pre Sin

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Pre-sin is the spiritual equivalent of pre-workout: preparation, prayer, and advance disclosure before a night of debauchery.

Many Startups

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Instead of forcing every kind of unstructured data into the same SQL tables, start with the intended use and create useful copies for each use case.

How to Code with AI Agents

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Working well with AI coding agents depends on the model, the guide’s experience, and the management skill to grant a more capable tool greater leeway.

A Friend in Logic

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Late-night coding turns into a stream of posts, and one encouraging message transforms an audience of none into a reason to write even more.

By Bye Nay-Toe

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A definition of propoganda built around non-uniform distribution, globalism, and the gap between true reality and an imposed reality.

Private Wine Tastings in Italy

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Emily offers intimate wine tastings, wine classes, private chef dinners, and a welcoming place to stay in Greve in Chianti.

Proetic

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A wish to repeat past greatness becomes a comic plan for passing success, failure, individuality, and adventure to the next generation.

Random Bird Flight Paths

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Randomness describes a model of behavior across trials, not an absence of causes or an excuse to assign the unknown to everything.

Grandstanding

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Those who judge nonstop coding are challenged to treat their own jobs as inconsequential and see how their bosses respond.

Endearing

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A child’s lack of cultural knowledge feels funny and endearing, while the same innocence in adults can appear repulsive unless balanced by confidence.

Real Growth Baby

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Real growth requires continued summative effort until belief crosses into visible realization instead of repeatedly restarting from the beginning.

Tell her i said what?

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

If trees, restaurants, drinks, and movies can be rated, the narrator asks why human interactions cannot be judged the same way.

The Empty Mall

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The abundance of an economy matters less than the ratio between its output and the purchasing power in your own wallet.

Universal Directional Travel

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Status is presented as directional rather than hierarchical: movement, visits, and attention reveal which entity occupies the higher position.

Loopy Beliefs

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Disbelief prevents action, producing an outcome that then reaffirms the original belief in a self-reinforcing loop.

On Freedom

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The essay argues that people desire personal freedom over family and property first, and political freedom only to protect those affairs.

On Vitamin C

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Public policy matters when it threatens a way of life or consumes private life, but endless clashes of preference produce no endgame.

Growth Rates to Die For

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Exponential growth depends on sustained positive iteration until its multiplication can be experienced, whether or not it is compounding.

Sweet Fruits

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

An uncle’s reminder of mortality becomes a declaration to touch space and eat the sweetest fruits before dying like everyone else.

Sentient

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Treating AI coding agents as if they are sentient changes how a developer thinks, codes, and interacts with the technology.

Three Brothers

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Three brothers walk for six years toward an incredible discovery and decide they would not take back a single part of the journey.

A Mirror

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection may look distorted by a smudge on the mirror, but sometimes the blemish is real and simply went unnoticed.

Three Brothers

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Three brothers walk for six years toward an incredible discovery and decide they would not take back a single part of the journey.

The Discombobulator

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A search for a set of special keys becomes a cosmic simulation of wars, love, creation, destruction, and entire universes.

On Party

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A father asks his impatient son to sit down and hear the secret behind the greatest night of Party he ever had.

Ai will Replace Us

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Efficient Replacement Theory distinguishes direct one-to-one AI replacement from workforce reduction through productivity gains.

The Steak

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A diner orders the steak he cannot afford, choosing a taste of the unknown over everything he already knows.

The Startup Algorithm

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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The News

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Coding and Driving

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

With ChatGpt Codex 5.4 Codaholics anonymous

A Guest

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Eternal Treasures

Forms of the Mind

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

and the Sam Altman Prize

Thy Unholy Neighbour

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

“Please God”

A New Depression

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A study on the behaviors of Man

How Ai Will Replace Us

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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A Consensus Algorithm

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

for the Masses

A Conversation with Gemini on Job Security

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Read through this code, and you will realize that software developers will still be needed (Senior Architects).

On the Unknown

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I met @sama once in Big Sur.

The One Person Billion Dollar Company

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

If you were to design a One-Person Billion Dollar Startup...

The Axe Man

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I was walking home one night, it was quite late.

Manifest Identity

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

i stumbled upon manifestation in new york.

Genie in a Bottle

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Imagine if I gave you $10,000.

Moments

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

When someone says: “I love my Life”

Et tu, Brute?

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

You suffer as well, my friend?

The Mind and Suicide and Jesus

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

We must protect our Minds and Spirit first and foremost.

Working

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

for the Man

Inverted Living

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

It was on the 20th day of straight partying

Take a Look

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Surface Level:

On Suffering

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Man, is there no difference

On Sand

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

You can do a lot with a little;

On Youth

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and the Power therein

A constant diagnosis

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The issue with a disgnosis

Aha Business!!

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Business Definition:

Tojo's Lesson

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

“Zen Master Tenzen! Good morning.” - the new student beamed as he greeted him.

The Cra

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

For the last few days, I’ve been on the phone with the CRA.

The Weighing Man

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and the Hacker

My Phone Call with the CRA

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

H as in Hell

Kafka?

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

“Sir. Please stop raising your voice.”

Arbitrage

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

How I laughed!

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and things to never ever do

Its Easy Shy!

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The Life of a Poor Man, is quite hilarious.

All is Fire

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

said the Buddha, amongst other things

I meditated for 3 hours

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and this is what I learned

On Lying

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and Incongruence in Forms

Providence

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

This decision i took was regrettable…

Circular Economies

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

And what they produce...

Network Topology - Pool Theory

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 ...

Useless Knowledge

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and the value of knowing

Pain

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

You are not in pain because you are meditating

The Garbage Men

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Everybody wante the goodest baddest deliciousest!

The Garbage Men

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Everybody wante the goodest baddest deliciousest!

The Hill

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

You see that hill over there son?

The Eye

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

“Be careful where you look!” - she yelled

The Garbage Men

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Everybody wante the goodest baddest deliciousest!

The Garbage Men

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Everybody wante the goodest baddest deliciousest!

The Garbage Men

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Everybody wante the goodest baddest deliciousest!

Partner in Crime

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I used to have a partner in crime

Onto-logic

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

for everything

Paths, Journeys, Goals, and...

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

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priced in

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

on markets

Single Step Theory

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

on Madness

Exponential Chain Theory

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

(a favourite)

MONEY

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Knowledge Gaining.

Startups

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and Salary Recouperation

3 Steps to God

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Who cares bro. The winds of time will end us both.

Money 2

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A Post Cursor to Economic Space Theory

Derivative Theory

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

📈 Derivative Theory

Golden Words

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

of Paul Graham

Lucky Lucky Money Money

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Man from the Far East

AI Subcontext Rule

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I'm a Gangster of Code, a Man for the Ages, I will be remembered.

Belief Systems

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and the Don Reawakened

effects

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

my genius is little cared for or noticed

Internet Personalities and Trust Fund Babies

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Why is it that when someone does well, we instantly look to see the route they took.

Opposing Reactions

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and Substitute Teachers

The Global Religion

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I DID THE MATH WRONG

(SUPER SUPER EMBARASSING)

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT

mistake in math in the last post called the Global Religion

The Red Purse

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

You know the purse wasn’t red when he bought it for me.

Been a while

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The mind is spirit

Economy in Five

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

4 3 2 1

On Famy

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and Infamy

2 ways north

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

There are many directions north

Billion Dollar Baby

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

🚀 It’s not that hard to become a billion-dollar company 💸

Summative Action

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Mang!!!

On Business

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Oh friends!

On Death

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The second before you die

Ask God Not

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

for your Measly Dreams

On Production

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

of Thoughts

The Don

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

dreaming of Mykonos

We all want to be Goku

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A 7 Year Old Dreams of Greatness

Loopy Thinkiiiiingggg

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

WEEEOOOOOOOOOWWWW

~The Jumper~

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

And other tales on the Bridge to the other Side of Suicide

On Loan

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Jon: Brothers, why is it that you only call when I am at my lowest?

Mykonos 2026

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Hello all,

Trying your Best

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Isn’t real.

My Daughter did what?

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Don't let her in.

The Shame of Exceptionalism

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

“I want to be the Greatest fighter ever.”

The Mind and Reality

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

And Danish Girls in Byron Bay

On Becoming Exceptional

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and the Fears therein

Through Him;

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I will Live Again

Layering Knowledge

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

How do you play Football?

Programming

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

When it comes to propoganda

Sides Taken

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Have you ever been broke and homeless.

Iterations

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Two interesting points

Modern Philosophy

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The Good Know the Good

Sinner

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

My friend

Theory of Expressionism

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The theory of expressionism

Heroes

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I don't know anybody else that wakes up everyday,

To Be

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Many people on Earth

On Failure

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A man on his way up is not a failure

On memories

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

How much would you pay to relive a memory?

Nobody

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I know this one is harsh.

On Bad Company

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

And how we all justify our Means

On Sleep

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

How well are you sleeping friend?

The Third Voice

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I believe i found the third voice

On Motivation

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A Conceptual, Theoretical understanding

Globalism

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and the Destruction of Culture

Me on a Walk

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Me on a walk, i have 10 revolutionary ideas.

Slope Change Philosophy

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The Dangers of Comfort

Sam Altman

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Part 2 on Purpose

Starting a Startup

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

and Other Hard things

The Blind

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

imagine giving up at the 90m line.

Purpose and Direction

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I've written a lot this year.

The Good Friend

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The Ultimate Virtue

The Label Maker

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

“So i come home one day right? And the entire house…. You wont believe it”

The Labourer

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Jon! Jon!

On Marketing

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A Reductionist Approach

Random Wednesdays

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

escape the regular

The Artists Life

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

If you are an artist,

Fatal Attraction

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I remember the first girl I was attracted to.

Pre Donald Trump

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I met Donald Trump once in 2013.

Startup Weather

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Spring is Coming

The Conductor

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

“Dear conductor. Please stop… please.”

End Theory

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

I believe that some things being guaranteed near the point of completion

Ontology

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

If i am i am as i am

Perceptions

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

“Im simply thr best!”

Economic Spaces

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

There isnt much to say more…

Exceptionalism

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

And Economic Spaces

Summative

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Growing Without Withdrawals

Vibe Coding

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A Conceptual Understanding

A Conceptual Proof of the Soul and How to Learn a Language

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

“im currently the number 1 philosopher on planet earth” - shayan arman

Heights Unseen

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Friendship

To take a Stand

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

On the Human Spirit

Andrew Tate

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

On Infamy

Andrew Tate and Exceptionalism

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The Bell Curve of Life

Business Class Blues

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Don't ask, don't tell

On Sleep

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

When i was in my early twenties

Blame Games

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

“It’s so perfect Johnny, it just might work!” says the dictator

Core Things

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

If a government were for the people

Habitual

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

All addictive behaviours

Curses

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Why curses work:

Knowledge and Prediction

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on experimentation, novel knowledge, and the predictive power of understanding oneself and the universe.

On Miracles

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A dialogue that defines miracles as unexplained, highly unlikely possibilities that lose their mystique once achieved.

Question Master

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A satirical chat-show dialogue about who controls the questions and how an interview can weaponize the past.

On Cleaning

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Two reflections on the meditative act of cleaning and the consequences of asking for difficult truths.

True Friend

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on friendship, family, and learning to want nothing transactional from the people you love.

Conservative Closed Minded

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A critique of open-mindedness, freedom, cultural conformity, and the contradiction of hating hate.

You scratched it!

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A dialogue between a person and the body that wants a turn at the wheel.

Environmentalism

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A critique of future-focused environmentalism that overlooks visible ecological damage happening now.

The Train of Philosophy

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A philosophical train ride powered by hopes and fears and designed not to reach its destination.

Why not me?

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A note on sustained creative work, philosophy, AI workflows, and asking: why not me?

Dying Twice

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A meditation on letting go, forgiveness, fear, freedom, and refusing to pass harm forward.

On Marx

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A rumination on land ownership, allocation, and need in a non-capitalist system.

The Most Beautiful

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on money’s power to solve problems, distort identity, and compete with the soul.

The Rise of Boogeymen

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A short reflection on instinct, imagined devils, boogeymen, spirits, and religion.

Belief Systems

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A definition of humans as spiritual conceptual beings living across imagined and material realities.

Dreaming with God

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A meditation on asking Spirit to reveal possibilities beyond the limits of personal imagination.

On Suffering

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on suffering, steadfast belief, and the enduring path from pain to glory.

The Don

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A dialogue about trust, discipline, and realizing that the path itself is the destination.

Rule Breakers

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A concise thought on breaking external rules as a path toward breaking internal ones.

Twisted Thinking

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A two-line reflection on how two people become parts of each other’s lives.

On Equality

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on money, self-concept, and the fundamental equality between people.

On Me

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A personal reflection on giving up easy money, embracing hard work, and pursuing growth beyond relaxation.

The Drinker

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A warning about alcohol, circular dependencies, and choosing the energy to recover and address life’s problems.

The shape of things

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on how immersion in a place can reshape a person’s appearance, speech, habits, and identity.

Abra Cadabra bitches!

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A thought experiment connecting awareness, time, miracles, and manifestation through Zen, Jesus, and ontological reasoning.

An Athlete of Life

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on discipline, endurance, and what it means to be an athlete of life.

Friendly Magician

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A candid reflection on friendship, hardship, logic, and a coming exploration of manifesting through the teachings of Jesus.

Inflation

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A blunt three-line take on inflation, prices, and personal finances.

On Folding Sheets

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A playful dialogue about folding, releasing, and discovering Zen in a process that never ends.

The Most Gracious

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on addiction as escape from one’s current state, and on meditation, awareness, wisdom, and freedom.

Wisdom

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A concise argument connecting education to wisdom and wisdom to what is most valuable.

Aphorisms

Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A playful set of aphorisms about grounding philosophy in truth, recognizing abundance, and cultivating self-belief.

My Cousin

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A thought experiment about a cousin who delivers terrible news every morning, and what that says about watching the news.

The Champ

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The story of a champion for only one day, and why a fleeting victory became a lasting lesson about consistency and legacy.

El Vicco

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A darkly comic exchange about sin, salvation, the Mafia, and a man the Italians call El Vicco.

an Even further discussion on Virtue

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on differentiating through hard work and cultivated virtues rather than assumptions of innate superiority or inferiority.

On Desire

Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A brief encounter at business school that turns a frustrating question into an inquiry about why we desire at all.

Courage to Venture

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A case for focusing on the opportunity in entrepreneurship rather than the fear, limits, and uncertainty of venturing out.

Now is as good a time as …

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A recurring reminder that today is as good a time as any to live simply, kindly, generously, and well.

On Philosophy

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A rough-edged reflection on philosophy, understanding, and why love, compassion, and goodness become precious through the search for them.

On Awakening

Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on awakening, the drive behind movement, and finding change through stillness, acceptance, and observation.

All is Observance

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on observing without resistance, allowing experience to unfold, and becoming fully present.

On Wealth

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Advice for young people who acquire wealth quickly: protect the nervous system, restrain pleasure, and preserve an appetite for life.

The Funniest Shit

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A beachside story about ambition, an extraordinary rescue dog from India, and an unexpected glimpse of enlightenment and Zen.

Is it worth it?

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A dialogue about happiness, dependence on circumstance, mortality, Zen, and finding a brief reprieve in the present moment.

Specifically What?

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on how the quality and availability of component technologies shape product design, from batteries and laptops to AI workflows.

The TRUTH!

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A brief reflection on aging, health, consequences, and the realization that we are responsible for our lives.

The End of Labour

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A workplace dialogue about AI agents, automation, and why every technology that promises to eliminate work eventually becomes work itself.

Da Club

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

When the drinks stop pouring and the music stops, the question is whether the people around you will still be there.

On Language

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Language is composed of pieces, including the positional descriptions illustrated by a line in Italian about an airplane above the roofs.

Nearology

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Nearology sells the promise of a productive mine nearby, because exploring before the IPO might reveal there is nothing there at all.

The Pillars

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A student fixates on the mysterious Pillars while her guidance counselor urges her to focus on herself and what she truly wants.

Mykonos

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A glassy Mykonos sea makes resting ships appear to sit on land, inviting the feeling that anything—even walking on water—is possible.

Empires with Umpires

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The postwar world order moved conflict to the peripheries, where the game theory of taking one bite can quickly turn political pressure into total defeat.

On Belief Systems

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Belief systems shape what we consume and pursue, but our values remain within our control when we question whose goals our choices actually serve.

To Serve

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Every business serves its customers, and the quality of that service is expressed through promises kept, rapid iteration, and visible improvements.

Generating the Absurd

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Human attention continuously creates reality, giving individuals the power to reject absurdity and build lives around philosophy, family, land, and meaningful work.

On Addiction

Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Addiction offers pleasure while producing harmful outcomes, dependence, rising pain, and a life increasingly narrowed around the drug itself.

Sign Here Please

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Modern life demands signatures for homes, cars, allegiance, and nearly everything else in a world of KafkaEsque bureaucracy.

Quantum Coders

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

One of Google’s earliest engineers offered new developers a simple piece of advice: code a lot.

Divergence

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

As people age along different paths, the growing divergence in family, wealth, and success can reshape how they connect with one another.

Lost in Translation

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Ancient texts can lose context across time, but a modern reading of Psalm 55 finds shared strength in God, the universe, and other people.

The Ugly Duckling

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Other people’s judgments are often relative to themselves, and accepting their unsolicited beliefs can derail our own actions.

Who is The Father of Silicon Valley?

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Apple arborist Dave Muffly connects modern Silicon Valley with the orchards and natural abundance that existed before its technology boom.

On Sickness

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Treating symptoms is only one part of medicine; wider attention to causes can reveal better paths through physical and mental illness.

The Apple of my Eye

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A playful conversation with an apple asks whether love belongs to visible qualities, personality, good origins, or something deeper.

Tell me again

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A conversation about loving a whole person and recognizing the virtues and features available within us all.

Czech Pilsner

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Great products keep their promises so consistently that advertising only needs to remind people how good they already are.

Tell me one thing to rule your life.

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A nail in a tree becomes a way to think about attachment, dopamine, habitual pathways, and addiction.

Give give give

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Build what you can sell, release it, learn from it, improve it, and keep giving customers more than they expected.

Little by little

Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Small improvements rarely satisfy in the short term, but consistent work allows little gains to compound into something large.

The Beginning

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

At the beginning of entrepreneurship, founders trade unpaid time for probability—a chance whose controllability may resemble choosing lottery numbers.

!Ontological Man!

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Problems, debts, hate, and even bodies require continual generation; seeing them as acts of becoming reveals their cost and impermanence.

Listening part 2

Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Stan cultivates listening until he hears people, animals, and the world clearly—and discovers a planet less appealing than promised.

On listening

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The first step on the long road to humility is listening more than we speak, emptying our minds, and suspending judgment.

On Thinking

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Problems and thoughts never end, but repeatedly rehearsing the same problem is worrying—not productive thinking—and the mind also needs rest.

Very truly, what is the problem?

Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The mind can create pain while trying to solve pain, and repeated highs can make their absence feel increasingly like a problem.

A Bottle of Wine for the Table

Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A celebratory dinner conversation turns toward the shared low that can follow drinking in both happiness and sadness.

A latte please

Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Ordering a coffee reveals the thousands of learned actions handled beneath conscious awareness—and how much of life may be driven from the backseat.

Given

Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A dialogue asks whether character, wisdom, reason, position, and wealth are earned—or whether, in the end, all of them are given.

Invest in Yourself

Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The hard questions used to evaluate a startup can also be turned inward, revealing where our own work and lives need deeper examination.

Warren Buffett

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Warren Buffett’s strategy of making only a few important investments encourages deeper research, patience, and fewer costly mistakes.

The illusion of choice

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Choice is not the same as having meaningful options, especially when what is technically available is not realistically available to you.

Tariff Wars; and Email Inboxes

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Running Zero Inbox challenged assumptions about who buys software and revealed why open, curious American consumers matter to businesses around the world.

(Ad) Zero Inbox Email Cleaner and Manager at ZeroInbox.ai

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

What makes Zero Inbox different? A simple approach to cleaning and managing email so customers can reach inbox zero.

On the River

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Floating along a river becomes a meditation on choosing and charting one’s own course.

Your Lucky Week

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT

If a likely event has not happened yet, each passing week can bring its probability closer—making the moment you want to quit the moment your chances may be highest.

Pain, Pleasure, and Redemption

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Pain and pleasure move in cycles: a high gives way to pain, redemption recognizes that the high did not last, and rest returns the nervous system toward equilibrium.

What is love?

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Love, anxiety, depression, and happiness are presented as states the mind and body continually produce rather than fixed things a person possesses.

The Nuclear Umbrella

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A nuclear umbrella is not a shield but a promise of retaliation, raising the question of what Canada must be willing to do to preserve its sovereignty.

Umbrellas Part 2

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

If another ally extended its nuclear umbrella over Canada, the logic of deterrence could force friends to point weapons at friends.

petri dish economics

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A petri dish becomes a compact model of economic life: abundance gives way to scarcity, productivity, austerity, political control, and war over finite resources.

Never have you ever

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

When pressure sends the mind into overdrive, treating our thoughts like soldiers who must work with us can keep inner resistance from aiding the problem.

Where is God's place?

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A meditation on why judgment, moral authority, natural consequences, and universal laws leave a conceptual place for God.

Who is Satoshi

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A proposed filter for identifying Satoshi Nakamoto uses academic background, geography, age, publication history, and linguistic analysis to narrow the field.

I ask you only one thing...

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Honesty begins with understanding our own intentions, because self-deception makes it impossible to explain—or predict—how we arrived where we are.

How to catch a thief

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Finding one culprit among billions is a filtering problem: apply known facts one by one until the search space narrows to the smallest possible set of suspects.

People don't appreciate this enough

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Computers turn sequences of logical conditions into answers, and their programmability makes one machine capable of representing countless specialized machines.

The Difference

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The universe may appear cruel because its rules are relentlessly fair, while our judgment changes depending on which side of their consequences we occupy.

On Upward Mobility

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Capital is difficult to access from the bottom, but knowledge—and until recently, software—offers a low-cost path toward upward mobility and creating value.

On Meaning and Identity

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Consumer culture binds identity to work and consumption, raising the question of whether a self built from careers and purchases can ever be lasting.

The Depth of your Education

Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Consumerism's lessons run deep, but questioning materialism can reopen the possibility of connection, purpose, and value beyond status and possessions.

The Line

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Waiting in line may eventually deliver what was promised, but stepping away risks a place for the chance to discover something else.

On Infinity

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A playful cosmological argument that infinite nothingness may make more sense than infinite stuff, leaving room for universes that borrow existence from the void.

On Language

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Language describes what exists and what could exist, giving writers and other symbolic thinkers the power to shape immaterial forms before they become real.

On Suffering

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A short meditation on suffering as the hell reached by leaving heaven and refusing the path that a good life requires.

Double Taxation

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A night out can tax both money and next-day production, unless the right kind of party restores more energy than it consumes.

.. / ..-. .. --. ..- .-. . -.. / .. - / --- ..- -

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on small followings, creative freedom, and a proposed mental search function that turns envisioned states into iterative action.

2 Trees

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Two trees trade gossip, wonder about distant worlds, drink in the sun, and contemplate the strange limits of a rooted life.

On Life

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

An inquiry into life's largest questions and the uneasy relationship between material needs, immaterial meaning, love, and delusion.

On Work

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Work becomes life-building when hardship gives labor meaning, while consumption and addiction determine how much labor a chosen life demands.

The Party

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Fourteen days of parties and Greek heat become an experiment in how the mind separates, labels, and finds patterns in the world.

On Creationism

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Karma reframed as step-creation: every act and thought participates in the universe's ongoing creation and has consequences in the present moment.

Intrepid, to the Stars

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A mathematical breakdown of the one-person unicorn, from valuation and monthly revenue to the AI agents needed to make the economics possible.

Art of the Deal

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A friend's path through acting, wrestling, and drawing reveals art as disciplined mastery, freedom from outcomes, and the essence shared by every craft.

The End of Email

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The evolution of Zero Inbox from an early custom model to a faster, cheaper era when AI can manage overflowing email for us.

Genetics as a Novel

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A compact thought experiment about gaining agency over our genes and writing the book of life alongside nature.

Theory of Similarities

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

When two people or two sides look the same, force, action, and responsibility become the differences that decide the outcome.

The Hidden Variable

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

From the First Mover to hidden variables, a philosophical tour of causality, physics, prediction, and the forces that make the universe move.

Jahiliyyah

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on ignorance, awakening, and the visions that can wake a person from the unexamined paths of youth.

One Yellow Card

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A founder's argument for using one strategic yellow card: breaking accepted rules is often how startups escape crowded paths and create something different.

On Negotiation

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Negotiation begins with personal leverage, then turns on information, real-time valuation, and finding terms that work for both sides.

The Greatest Cover Letter of all Time

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A cover letter to Airbnb's Brian Chesky tracing a first journey to New York, an early Airbnb stay, and a lifelong love of travel.

In the End: Equality

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A brief reflection on how every life and every moment may appear equally beautiful when seen from the end.

Its Easy

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

What is hard to find and create can be easy to lose, yet confidence remains possible even when circumstances are not controllable.

Korea (internet is incredible)

Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A first walk through Korea reveals technology and internet speeds so fast that there suddenly seems to be time for everything.

On Change

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Change can only happen in the present, but altering the mind's hard-won consistency requires care and attention.

Selling your iPhone to God

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A playful philosophical comparison between selling a soul for present fame and trading present material value for eternity.

Shaking Hands with Kings

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Benjamin Franklin's promise that diligence leads to kingship is reflected through Elon Musk, Mahabad, and a golden dollar.

a b c's

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A profane troll tests the patience and hospitality of a family of badgers during their long-awaited winter Guestgiving.

What a mess

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A messy room becomes a comic crisis of fate, debt, responsibility, and a desperate search for someone else to solve it.

Princep, August, Apex

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A distressed patient asks a professor for a miraculous cure from fate and arrives eager to receive the promised answer.

Alive and Wed; Un-Reasonably Dead;

Sat, 14 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A darkly comic encounter with a dead cat becomes a meditation on chance, cruelty, and the reversals of life.

Emergent Properties

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A philosophical look at life as an emergent property, the divide between matter and meaning, and the idea of a first mover.

What we are most concerned with

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Why death transforms ordinary people into philosophers—and why the deeper question may be how life appeared at all.

On Values

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

An exploration of values, education, religion, and the paths people use to define and pursue the Good.

On Emergence

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT

From particles spreading through a vacuum to wildlife appearing at Apple Park, a meditation on how new systems emerge.

On Creation

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Creation is not a single moment of complete knowledge, but a process in which each step reveals the next.

Minor Deviations

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

How the mind notices change against its own internal norm—and how thoughts can disturb a settled nervous system.

The little things

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A short reflection on how the defeats that feel enormous in the moment become small across the scale of a life.

Odysseus

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

The sirens of ancient fiction are still calling us through phones, casinos, habits, and impulses.

The Unsettled Mind

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A personal reflection on restlessness, trauma, and the body’s search for equilibrium.

The Value of Value

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on writing, perception, and what gives two otherwise identical things radically different value.

On Meditation

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Meditation exposes the wandering mind so we can understand it and cultivate a better inner guide.

Inter-Conceptual Travel

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Strength, comparison, testing, and the external challenges that reveal who we are.

The Two Layers of the Universe

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A meditation on creators, choosers, automatons, consciousness, and what people call God.

Who did it?

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Responsibility, blame, karma, and what it means to own the future we help create.

On Running

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A night run in Thailand becomes a test of confidence, endurance, and the limits we place on ourselves.

On Definitions

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

How habits accumulate into identity, and how small actions gradually define who we become.

Are Solo Entrepreneurs Atheletes

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Solo entrepreneurship is not athletics, but it demands focus, endurance, and an appetite for risk.

On Fear and Opportunity

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Leaving Apple, entrepreneurship, daily choices, and the fear of becoming someone new.

Brands are

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A good brand is a promise kept repeatedly.

The Art of Selling

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A conversation about selling before the product is finished—and the button that keeps getting in the way.

Camino - Santiago?

Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

What the Camino de Santiago reveals about destinations, journeys, and the experiences between them.

On Canada and Democracy

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A personal reflection on Canada’s decline, democracy, and the responsibility of voters.

Thaly.AI will help Sales People sell more.

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Thaly.AI helps salespeople sell more with AI agents.

The way of things

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on how difficult technologies become commonplace, then obscure again.

Starting a Billion Dollar Company

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Why building at billion-dollar scale may demand nearly the same effort while creating far more leverage.

Freedom from

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Productivity, passive income, religion, and the recurring promise of freedom from suffering.

Coming soon

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

This is Shayan’s Substack.

The Economics of Tourism

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A reflection on tourist economies, local knowledge, brands, and the value of familiarity.