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  • For Frodo… & For Gondor – The Ranger, The Steward, & The King

    TL;DR: Learning to resist the urge to jump to solve a problem is one of the highest value, yet among the costliest & most difficult-to-imbibe disciplines one can cultivate (personally, professionally, & epistemically). Easter eggs at the end. Frodo needed Strider’s (and many others’) protection from the ring wraiths in his journey. Gondor needed its…

  • Primal Foundations

    Tl:DR: Devotion > Drive > Courage > Discipline > Intellect. And all of these are downstream from a healthy body. I grew up believing that intelligence, and its active application, was the central keystone to a life well lived. As I stepped into the world and encountered its friction, I realized that was only a…

  • Unbracing

    Codex Vitae 2025 I enjoy writing the Codex every year. It sets things in motion for me without requiring my conscious agency. I write it down and the Universe then starts working on those things for me. My own personal agent, with full 40+ years of context window and situational awareness. Writing last year’s Codex…

  • Hanlon’s Guardrail

    We all know Hanlon’s Razor. Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity or incompetence. Regularly practicing it in a disciplined manner is sound behavior. It keeps fundamental attribution error (we judge ourselves by our intent and others by their actions) in check. It encourages us to be curious instead of judging.…

  • Codex Vitae 2024 – Befriend the Minor Notes

    I’ve been working on myself. I’ve been working, but working on myself. – Orry I’m gonna have to science the shit out of this. – Mark Watney Oh nothing, we just shot the shit. He’s, he’s just a really nice guy, we’re gonna get brunch next week. We uh, we actually have a lot in…