The Jacuzzi Fallacy
"It was worth it because of this nice thing that fell out of it" is not an argument. It's the receipt for a purchase you never compared.
Essays
7 posts
On the Last Human Sports: The Rules of Trolling
There is a leaderboard for everything now. Two games take no machine entry — and one of them has iguanas in it.
You'll Understand When You're Older
the catastrophe you never look up
A Monster Manual
a field guide to your own catastrophes
Call me Cassandra
Three years holding this back. Done holding.
Of Solitary Vice
Most work that feels productive is self-referential, and the small warm room is unlikely to tell you so. An essay on the alchemist's tower, the journals at the foot of the hill, and the visitor whose advice is absorbed, not refused.
This Is the Lucky One
Most decisions you celebrate were wrong, and nothing in your week is going to tell you which ones. An essay on feedback loops, falsification, and the discipline of being made to find out.