The Weight We Choose
Responsibility is not a cage but a frame: the weight we consciously choose to carry shapes character, gives freedom direction, and turns endurance into purpose.
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From first principles to practice.
Daily vs Weekly Market Closes: Mechanics, Gaps, and Why They Matter
The “close” is a mechanism, not just a timestamp. This essay explains how daily and weekly closes differ in auction/settlement, liquidity, and halt structure—why that creates gaps, and how those gaps behave across futures, FX, and crypto.
Reflections on Gratitude
A quiet meditation on the ordinary abundance—warm water, clean clothes, bread and eggs, a roof, work, and care—that hides in plain sight, and on gratitude as the ground of desire rather than its denial.
Descartes, Jung, and the Anatomy of the Inner World
A critical comparison of Descartes’ rational foundationalism and Jung’s depth psychology—with Anthony Gottlieb’s skepticism as counterpoint—arguing for an integrated practice of self-knowledge that reunites clarity and depth.
The Margin of Error: Precision, Uncertainty, and the Reliability of Data
Measurement is never perfect. This essay explores how systematic and random errors shape what we can know, why replication and calibration matter, and how humility restores meaning to precision.
Purity of Intent: The Line That Holds
Intention is the unseen vector of action. This essay explores how motive shapes judgment, why outcomes alone mislead, and the daily practices—proportion, transparency, consent, and repair—that make good intent legible.
The Living Archive of Language: Etymology, Perception, and the Future Tongue
Language is not a fixed code but a living archive—shaped by etymology, environment, and attention—through which perception evolves and the world is made speakable.
Living With Filters: Perception, Color, and Belief
Perception is not raw reality but a construction shaped by biology, memory, and belief. From the science of color to the mysteries of synesthesia, this essay explores how our worldview frames what we see, hear, and know.
From Wonder to Natural Philosophy
Before physics was an equation, it was a question. This essay traces its roots—from myth and wonder to natural philosophy—as humanity’s first attempt to read the book of nature.
Foundations Before Towers: On First Principles, Lemmas, and the Architecture of Thought
Beneath every grand theory lies a quiet lattice of first principles and lemmas. This essay explores the bedrock and bridges of reasoning—and why inhabiting a school’s foundations matters more than memorising its slogans.