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MODERN SOCIETY

After the Bell

I pretend to understand compound interest while drowning in financial decisions no curriculum ever covered.

Nov 12, 2025 6 min
MODERN SOCIETY

Learning Without Grades

The Wikipedia rabbit hole awaits. The curiosity calls. The learning without grades begins.

Nov 12, 2025 6 min
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Pro-Living, Not Anti-Aging

The anti-aging industry sells war against time. What if anti-aging is the wrong goal? Choose pro-living over anti-aging...

Nov 8, 2025 6 min
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Made of Glass and Steel

We are simultaneously made of glass and steel. My collarbone is healed now. Stronger at the break point,...

Nov 8, 2025 6 min
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The Wisdom of Ignorance

Wisdom can become a prison built from accumulated disappointment. The truth lives between youthful ignorance and experienced wisdom....

Nov 8, 2025 7 min
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The Death of the Linear Career

We’re nostalgic for career stability our economy no longer provides. My father’s ladder became my lattice; my son...

Nov 8, 2025 7 min
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The Stubborn Search

The Art of Meaning-Making in an Indifferent Universe Every morning I wake up looking for signs that today...

Nov 4, 2025 2 min
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The Golden Age That Never Was

We mistake the music of our youth for the youth we experienced while hearing it. The feeling that...

Oct 31, 2025 6 min