Power Is the Product
Toxic organizations are not failing businesses. They are functioning vehicles — built, consciously or not, to serve the ego and power needs of the people who run them. Profit is the cover story.
Business
View businessAI Didn't Take Your Job—Bad Business Did
The next time an expert tells you AI is taking all the jobs, remember this: it's far more likely the economy is struggling and businesses are bleeding out. We'd all rather be told it's about technological advancement than face the reality of poor management and a stagnant economy.
Betting on the Wrong Horse
Executives who can't admit hiring mistakes keep betting on toxic talent, sending a clear message: ego matters more than performance.
Execution
View executionBreaking the Responsiveness Trap
The expectation of instant responsiveness—to emails, texts, calls—has turned most of us into human automatons. The day I replaced my Apple Watch with a mechanical watch, I started breaking that rule. Gradually, deliberately, I reclaimed the mental bandwidth to do actual work.
Let the Work Sell Itself
After watching marketing experts explain the latest growth techniques, I realized I'd rather keep writing genuinely and working on my craft. Consistency trumps any gimmick. If you're patient, you may build a network of peers who truly value your work because they identify with it.
Operate Like a Submarine
Most advice says to announce your goals for accountability. That's wrong. The world doesn't care, envy is real, and sharing invites unnecessary emotional risk. Operate like a submarine—stay below the surface and let results speak later.
Inter-Alia
View Inter aliaThe Super Bowl, Bad Bunny, and What It Means to Be American
Critics called Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance "un-American" because it was in Spanish. They forgot that Spanish has been spoken in what is now the United States since 1513—decades before Jamestown or Plymouth
Searching for Sanctaphrax
Sanctaphrax is the fictional floating city-state in The Edge Chronicles—a fantasy series where it serves as the seat of knowledge and academia. For me, writing is a constant search for Sanctaphrax.
The Friction Problem
Modern platforms reward whatever is most clickable, not whatever is most true. Long-form reading introduces friction that makes quackery harder to sustain.