These are essays from the wayback machine. The topics are varied. Some are about business, but mostly rumination on current events and whatever caught my attention at the time.
N+1
How many fountain pens are the right number to own? Seems like a silly, first-world kind of question. The inside joke with pen collectors is,
Rolling on a River
The Mississippi River is approximately 2,340 miles long. Or is it? One problem is agreeing on where it starts. A common answer is Lake Itasca
Our Models (Easily) go Haywire When our Chemistry Rages.
Decisions we think daft in the cold light of day make perfect sense when we’re sexually aroused or angry. The same is true when we
We (Easily) Assume the Future Will be Like the Past
We take the same route to work every day without thought, and usually, it works just fine. We do this because of a specific mental
We (Easily) See Patterns Where There Aren’t Any
Our mental models help us until they don’t. Then they’re “thinking traps.” We see patterns and make meaning where there are none. When we describe
We (Easily) Focus on the Wrong Things
Our mental models help us until they don’t. Then they’re “thinking traps.” We live overstimulated lives, which we attempt to process through a working memory