Pinned“Call me Trim Tab” — An index of my writing“I have gathered a posy of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” — Michel de Montaigne Since I started using Twitter, I have created a library of over 25,000 articles, talks, thoughts and ideas on subjects ranging from cognitive science, developmental psychology…20 min read20 min read
Sep 29, 2022Post scriptum (2022, week 38) — Taking a break from writing“Insight cannot be taken back. You cannot return to the moment you were in before.” — Hilary Mantel, in ‘Wolf Hall’ Taking a break from writing Since I started writing in 2016, I have stopped and revived my weekly curations of things that had made me pause and think several times. It’s time again for…1 min read1 min read
Sep 17, 2022Post scriptum (2022, week 36-37) — Rethinking intelligence, Jena and our sense of self, and philanthrocapitalismPost scriptum is a weekly curation of my tweets. It is, in the words of the 16th-century French essayist and philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, “a posy of other men’s flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” In this week’s Post scriptum: For a better understanding…Zeitgeist17 min readZeitgeist17 min read
Sep 11, 2022Post scriptum (2022, week 35) — Rules for standing out, how disruptions happen, and the problem of today’s technologistsPost scriptum is a weekly curation of my tweets. It is, in the words of the 16th-century French essayist and philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, “a posy of other men’s flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” In this week’s Post scriptum: Leibniz’s rules for standing…Zeitgeist23 min readZeitgeist23 min read
Aug 26, 2022Post scriptum (2022, week 34) — The case for/against ‘longtermism,’ preparing for tomorrow’s moral norms, and what Big History missesPost scriptum is a weekly curation of my tweets. It is, in the words of the 16th-century French essayist and philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, “a posy of other men’s flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” In this week’s Post scriptum, the first after a…Zeitgeist25 min readZeitgeist25 min read
Aug 23, 2022Post scriptum (2022, week 32–33) — Summer edition #3Post scriptum is a weekly curation of my tweets. It is, in the words of the 16th-century French essayist and philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, “a posy of other men’s flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” This is the last of three abbreviated Summer editions…Zeitgeist16 min readZeitgeist16 min read
Aug 22, 2022Post scriptum (2022, week 30–31) — Summer edition #2Post scriptum is a weekly curation of my tweets. It is, in the words of the 16th-century French essayist and philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, “a posy of other men’s flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” This is the second of three abbreviated Summer editions…Zeitgeist16 min readZeitgeist16 min read
Jul 25, 2022Post scriptum (2022, week 28-29) — Summer edition #1Post scriptum is a weekly curation of my tweets. It is, in the words of the 16th-century French essayist and philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, “a posy of other men’s flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” This is the first of three abbreviated Summer editions…Zeitgeist18 min readZeitgeist18 min read
Jul 12, 2022Post scriptum (2022, week 27) — Ideology has poisoned the West, the comeback of Leibnizian optimism, and why do we obey rules?Post scriptum is a weekly curation of my tweets. It is, in the words of the 16th-century French essayist and philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, “a posy of other men’s flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” In this week’s Post scriptum: We are living through…Zeitgeist23 min readZeitgeist23 min read
Jul 4, 2022Post scriptum (2022, week 26) — The attack of the civilization-state, Amazon’s distribution fetishism, and ‘who am I?’ in the context of my workPost scriptum is a weekly curation of my tweets. It is, in the words of the 16th-century French essayist and philosopher, Michel de Montaigne, “a posy of other men’s flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.” In this week’s Post scriptum: The problem with Western…Zeitgeist22 min readZeitgeist22 min read
