The sin of willful incompetence
Today’s post is inspired by the novel Atlas Shrugged. Initially, I had wanted to type up a piece about how whenever we use a medium – any medium, be it […]
Imposing structure to find structure
The topics of chaos and order have become of interest to me lately. Or perhaps they’ve always interested me in some form or other and I’m only now finding two […]
Other early childhood memories
This post is a side-note to Everything is a witness statement. I remember being fed baby food from a jar. I remember being fed small squares of bread with jam. […]
Everything is a witness statement
Let me share some memories with you. I remember lying in my crib as a baby, and two heads appearing above me. They were radiating exuberance. A hand reached for […]
The loss of redemption and the judgement of worth
We were watching the documentary Uncle Tom. I don’t remember exactly what the timestamp was, but at one point I said “hold on”. We paused the documentary, something we do […]
How to identify flaws in your own reasoning
How often do you Google for the opposite of your own opinion? Not to pretend to be all holy and saintlike, but I sometimes do. I would love to say […]
Home is not a place
Around 2005, 15 years ago now, I fled the chaos and moved out. I moved 100 kilometres to go live in the city where I was attending university, Eindhoven. Life […]
Don’t fear the deep dive
The subconscious. It’s not something I think we, “modern” man, really know much about. Sure, there are books. But in our social life and in our institutions? Think about it. […]
What is pride?
Recently, I told someone I hold dear that I’m proud of them. I felt it needed to be said. Pride is a word I hardly ever use. It’s a word […]
Why dragons hoard gold
I mentioned to my brother the other day how I enjoyed his “What if”-questions. What if you could master kung fu like in The Matrix. Would you do it? That […]