Writing

Nonoverlapping Magisteria Notes
Jun 2026
Notes on Luke 13:1-9 Faith & Christian Living
May 2026
Order and Chaos Essays
Dec 2025
Notes from 'Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture' (Harris, 1979) Notes
Dec 2025
Notes from 'The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature' (Pinker, 2016) Notes
Oct 2025
On Catastrophizing Faith & Christian Living
Oct 2025
I believe... Faith & Christian Living
May 2025
Highlights from 'On Colonialism' (Cheta Nwanze, 2023) Notes
May 2025
Behavior and Predictable Environments Essays
May 2025
Notes from 'The death of the public intellectual' (Bea, 2025) Notes
Apr 2025
Notes from 'The Ecstasy of Deep Influence' (Rao, 2025) Notes
Apr 2025
Notes from 'Addiction: A Disorder of Choice' (Heyman, 2009) Notes
Jan 2025
Identity and the mimetic other Notes
Dec 2024
Writing socially multiplies the benefits of isolated writing Notes
Dec 2024
Night seasons and long-term stamina Faith & Christian Living
Dec 2024
Alexander Pope's Dunciad and the information flood Notes
Dec 2024
Temporal shortsightedness is not a function of race or geography Notes
Dec 2024
Notes from 'Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed.' (Scott, 1998) Notes
Dec 2024
Notes from 'The Lessons of History' (Durant & Durant, 1968) Notes
Dec 2024
What LLMs can't know Notes
Nov 2024
Art as Society's Thermometer Essays
Nov 2024
Life in Africa Did Not Start in 1883 Notes
Nov 2024
Geography Is Not Destiny Notes
Nov 2024
Reflections from Steven Johnson's 'The Ghost Map' (2006) and Richard Preston's 'Demon in the Freezer' (2003) Notes
Nov 2024
When the Pope drew... Essays
Nov 2024
Notes from 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' (Kahneman, 2013) Notes
Nov 2024
Expertise and System 1 Thinking Notes
Nov 2024
Notes from 'Tyranny of Small Decisions: Origins, Outcomes and Proposed Solutions' (Bickel & Marsch, 2000) Notes
Nov 2024
The Consequences of Small Distances Essays
Oct 2024
Why are We Ideologically Tribal? Essays
Oct 2024
Is the Jig Up? Essays
Oct 2024
A Recommitment Essays
Oct 2024
You are the only one who has seen life through your own lenses Notes
Aug 2024
Move Fast, Break Things Notes
Jun 2024
Norway and Nigeria Notes
Jun 2024
Notes from Richard Herrnstein's 'Rational choice theory: Necessary but not sufficient' Notes
Jun 2024
The End Point of Personal Development Faith & Christian Living
May 2024
The Blue Zones Argument Notes
May 2024
Notes from Cal Newport's 'Digital Minimalism' Notes
May 2024
Corruption as lower-scale cooperation Notes
May 2024
On citing Western studies without local context Notes
Apr 2024
How art embodies a generation's values Notes
Mar 2024
On African art stolen and displayed in European museums Notes
Mar 2024
Colonial Institutions Were Extractive, Not Inclusive Notes
Mar 2024
The Yoruba wrote too Notes
Mar 2024
Progressive Summarization and Progressive Exposition Notes
Mar 2024
Reserving Seats Is Still First Come, First Serve Notes
Mar 2024
On LLMs and Domain Expertise Notes
Mar 2024
Christianity gets the economics of small choices right Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2024
AI will push schools back to the medieval model Notes
Feb 2024
On the Malaria Vaccine Notes
Jan 2024
Joseph's policy intervention Faith & Christian Living
Nov 2023
Democracy is only nominally democratic in Africa Notes
Oct 2023
Never lose sight of the real people behind abstractions Notes
Oct 2023
Nigeria spends 0.13% of GDP on research and development Notes
Sep 2023
The Fundamental Attribution Error, Illustrated Notes
Sep 2023
Relationism, positionism, and behavioral economics Notes
Sep 2023
Gulliver's Travels is a satire Notes
Sep 2023
An argument can be logically valid and empirically wrong Notes
Sep 2023
Musings on non-ChatGPT Writing Notes
Aug 2023
Mistrust in Africa Is an Adaptation Notes
Jul 2023
Mimetic Theory and Social Media Notes
Jul 2023
Ecological Rationality in Behavioral Economics Notes
Jun 2023
On Women Teaching in the Church Faith & Christian Living
May 2023
The Three Wills Notes
May 2023
Liberal Education vs. a Liberal Arts Degree Notes
May 2023
Notes from John Staddon's 'The Malign Hand of the Markets' Notes
May 2023
The Beloved Sleep Faith & Christian Living
Apr 2023
Ring of Gyges Notes
Apr 2023
Overhead Aversion Notes
Apr 2023
On MLK Notes
Apr 2023
Whorf's Hypothesis Notes
Mar 2023
Third-order Effects Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2023
Digging for Gold Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2023
Austrian Wills Notes
Mar 2023
Wellsprings of Counsel Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2023
The Theory of Moral Sentiments Notes
Mar 2023
The Drake Treasure Notes
Mar 2023
Contexts for Cooperation Notes
Mar 2023
What stable electricity could do for Nigeria Notes
Mar 2023
Big Tech lobbying through a behavioral economics lens Notes
Mar 2023
The tyranny of small decisions Notes
Mar 2023
The Parable of the Mad Man Notes
Mar 2023
Subtractive Changes Notes
Mar 2023
On Learning at Small Stakes Notes
Mar 2023
Khrushchev's Heckler Notes
Mar 2023
Identity-Based Excellence Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2023
Teleology Notes
Feb 2023
Lindy Effect Notes
Feb 2023
Length of Days Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2023
Inversion Notes
Feb 2023
Friendships as a Health Commodity Notes
Feb 2023
Attorney vs. Judge Notes
Feb 2023
My Research Note-Taking Workflow Notes
Feb 2023
Sacrifice Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2023
Mesmerized Notes
Feb 2023
Mere Exposure Effect Notes
Feb 2023
Ergodic Systems Notes
Feb 2023
The Narcissism of Small Differences Notes
Feb 2023
The Dreyfus Affair Notes
Feb 2023
Descartes' Error Notes
Feb 2023
A Tale of Two Brothers Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2023
Perverse Incentives Notes
Feb 2023
Living without reflecting is like eating without lifting Notes
Feb 2023
The behavioral economics of development Notes
Feb 2023
Self-Help vs. Biographies Notes
Feb 2023
Behavioral economics is about allocation, not just biases Notes
Jan 2023
On Incentives and Rewards Notes
Jan 2023
A War of Words Notes
Jan 2023
Notes from Hall and Nordby's (1973) 'A Primer on Jungian Psychology' Notes
Dec 2022
The Economics of God's Kingdom Faith & Christian Living
Sep 2022
Notes from Jordan Peterson's "Maps of Meaning" (1999) Notes
Jun 2022
Notes from Howard Rachlin's "Science of Self-Control" (2000) Notes
Jun 2022
Some Notes from Greg McKeown's "Essentialism" (2014) Notes
Apr 2022
Calling Evil Good Essays
Jan 2022
Resolving Intra-Psychic Conflicts Essays
Jan 2022
Increasing Shannon's Entropy in Relationships Essays
Aug 2021
Waste is Key Essays
Jul 2021
Thoughts on Correct Meditation Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2021
Opportunity Costs Notes
Jan 2021
Einstein's Equation Notes
Jan 2021
Commanding God Faith & Christian Living
Jan 2021
The Idol of Abstraction Notes
Dec 2020
God's Chastisement Faith & Christian Living
Dec 2020
Cognitive Dissonance Faith & Christian Living
Dec 2020
Polemics Faith & Christian Living
Nov 2020
Networked Net Worth Faith & Christian Living
Nov 2020
A Kingdom of Kings Faith & Christian Living
Nov 2020
Righteousness Accounts Faith & Christian Living
Aug 2020
Identity Faith & Christian Living
Aug 2020
Fundamental Attribution Error Faith & Christian Living
Aug 2020
The Psychological Significance of the Bible Stories: David and Goliath Faith & Christian Living
Aug 2020
How to be the Wisest One in the Room: Maps, Circles, and Axioms Essays
Jul 2020
On Paper and Education Notes
Jun 2020
Deliberate Practice Notes
Jun 2020
Consistency Faith & Christian Living
Jun 2020
The Zidane Effect, Kairos, and, Alternative Histories Notes
May 2020
Whorf's Hypothesis Notes
May 2020
Waiting Faith & Christian Living
May 2020
Influencers Notes
May 2020
The Lion Tamer Notes
May 2020
Prospect Theory Faith & Christian Living
May 2020
Length of Days Faith & Christian Living
May 2020
Overconfidence in Judgment Notes
Apr 2020
Observing Patterns Faith & Christian Living
Apr 2020
Inversion Notes
Apr 2020
The Lindy Effect Notes
Apr 2020
Keystone Predators Notes
Apr 2020
Intelligence Officers Faith & Christian Living
Apr 2020
Developing an Understanding of the Times: The Curious Case of General Sani Abacha Essays
Apr 2020
Risk Assessment and Framing Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2020
Kingdom Economics Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2020
Being Interpreters Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2020
The Law of Exuberance: Abundant Potential is Always Bubbling Within You! Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2020
Revisiting History Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2020
Hedonic Consequences of Social Comparison Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2020
Behavior Repertoires Notes
Mar 2020
The Chinese Language and Behavior Notes
Mar 2020
On MLK Notes
Mar 2020
Digging for Gold Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2020
The Kanisza Triangle: Why There's Much Food in the Tillage of the Poor Notes
Feb 2020
Helplessness is Learned: When You Feel Your Life Spinning Out of Control Notes
Feb 2020
The Reason You're Not Getting Anything Out of Books Notes
Feb 2020
Things We Do Because of the Difficulty of Thought Essays
Jan 2020
The Battle of Dunkirk and the Power in the Law of Cognizance Faith & Christian Living
Jan 2020
What I Learned from a Bad Driving Habit Notes
Dec 2019
Gaining Clarity for Rational Decision Making: The Quality Decisions Accelerator (QDA) Notes
Dec 2019
The Adullam Ring: Outsourcing Decision-Making for Better Outcomes Notes
Dec 2019
Defeat Delay Discounting Like David Blaine to Act in Your Best Interests Notes
Nov 2019
Sometimes It's Okay to Pull the Plug!: The Curious Case of Sunk Costs Notes
Nov 2019
Opportunity Costs: A Simple Tweak that Will Improve Your Decision Making by 95% Notes
Nov 2019
My Reaction to Trevor Noah's "Why Is the Alt-Right So Angry?" Notes
Nov 2019
The Valley is Crowded, Here's How To Climb To the Top Notes
Oct 2019
Growth Without Tears: How Anybody Can Catalyze Growth by 350% Notes
Jul 2019
Understanding the Strategy Behind Molding Your Life in Pursuit of Mastery Notes
Jun 2019
How Good Ideas Are Effortlessly Created: The Olajuwon Dream Shake Notes
May 2019
7 Irrefutable Laws of Potential Crystallization: Get Results Like Clockwork Faith & Christian Living
Apr 2019
The Aggregation of Marginal Gains and John Obidi: A Case Study Notes
Mar 2019
World of Walls: 5 Lessons Walls Can Teach You About Self-Control Notes
Mar 2019
Think Like Men, Act Like Lions: 5 Lessons Lions Can Teach You About Life Notes
Mar 2019
Reflective Thinking: Seeing Life One Frame At A Time Notes
Feb 2019
Laboring To Rest: How Systems Make Goals a Waste of Time Essays
Feb 2019
The Myth of Quitting: When Quitting Is A Good Idea Essays
Jan 2019
Identity-Based Motivation: The Problem Isn't Habit, It's Identity! Notes
Jan 2019
Why I Deactivated My Main Facebook Account Notes
Jan 2019
Plucking Out Your Right Eye: Strategies For Handling Toxic Relationships Notes
Jan 2019
The Anti-Fear Kit: How To Eliminate Fear Without Faking It Faith & Christian Living
Dec 2018
Wisdom Shouts: How Good Ideas Are Effortlessly Created With Remarkable Predictability Notes
Dec 2018
Harnessing the Untold, Dynamic Power of Your Imagination Notes
Dec 2018
The Matthew Principle and Why The Rich Keep Getting Richer Notes
Dec 2018
The Aggregation of Marginal Gains and a 23-Year-Old Me Notes
Nov 2018
The behavioral economics of Black Friday Notes
Nov 2018
E = MC Squared ('C' is For 'Consciousness') Faith & Christian Living
Nov 2018
The First Thing You Need To Know About Habits Notes
Nov 2018
How To Change Your Life By Observing The Unseen Notes
Nov 2018
The Association Between Broken Windows And Tetris Notes
Nov 2018
4 Powerful Ways To Create Your Own "Luck" Notes
Nov 2018
Understanding How Habits Work Notes
Oct 2018
The Power of The Christian Subconscious Mind Faith & Christian Living
Oct 2018
The Commonly Overlooked Secret To Success That No One Is Talking About Notes
Oct 2018
From Forgetting Purses To Walking In Deep Freezers: Unveiling One Secret Sauce That Powers The Habit Engine Notes
Oct 2018
Inward Observation, La Pausa, and How Questions Create Answers Notes
Oct 2018
Who Died And Made You God? [Hint: Your Opinions Do Not Matter] Faith & Christian Living
Oct 2018
The Diet of Champions: How A Low-Information Diet Can Set You Up For Remarkable Success Notes
Oct 2018
The rich are frugal with time; the poor are frugal with money Notes
Apr 2018
Your Future Is God's Past Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2018
Cultivate selective ignorance Notes
Mar 2018
Character cannot be summoned at the moment of crisis Notes
Feb 2018
On autobiographies and the 7-steps self-help genre Notes
Jan 2018
While You Are Running Faith & Christian Living
Jul 2017
Most People Are Fast to Stop You Notes
Jun 2017
Uncomfortable Discussions Notes
Jun 2017
What the Father Believes About You Faith & Christian Living
Jan 2017
Scared of God vs. Fearing God Faith & Christian Living
Oct 2016
Willpower Is Like a Battery Faith & Christian Living
Sep 2016
His Mansion Faith & Christian Living
Sep 2016
Quit Trying to Be Holy Faith & Christian Living
Sep 2016
What Things Soever Ye Desire Faith & Christian Living
Aug 2016
Are You Antifragile? Notes
Aug 2016
If You Don't Know His Love Faith & Christian Living
Aug 2016
Finished in the Realm of the Spirit Faith & Christian Living
Jul 2016
Honour Your Raw Material Notes
Jul 2016
Caplets of Understanding Faith & Christian Living
Jul 2016
Never Criticize a Man's Harvest Notes
Apr 2016
The Word Is a Picture Faith & Christian Living
Apr 2016
Focusing on God's Love Faith & Christian Living
Apr 2016
Partner in the Creative Process Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2016
The Slight Edge, Paraphrased Notes
Mar 2016
Law vs. Grace Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2016
The Priority List Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2016
The Word At Quantum Level Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2016
The Wisdom of God Made Flesh Faith & Christian Living
Dec 2015
The Mirror of the Word Faith & Christian Living
Dec 2015
The Real Deliverance Session Faith & Christian Living
Dec 2015
The Body and the World Faith & Christian Living
Dec 2015
Filling Precedes Conception Faith & Christian Living
Nov 2015
Obedience Would Simplify Your Life Faith & Christian Living
May 2015
Faith vs. Belief Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2015
Love, in the Final Analysis, Is Wisdom Notes
Mar 2015
His Representatives on Earth Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2015
Human Love vs. God's Love Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2015
The Still Small Voice Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2015
The Perfect Will of God Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2015
Daily Incremental Steps Notes
Feb 2015
God's Pill Faith & Christian Living
Jan 2015
Surrender Precedes Knowledge Faith & Christian Living
Jan 2015
Violating Your Conscience Faith & Christian Living
Oct 2014
No One Can Get to Your Destination Before You Notes
Sep 2014
The Psalms 1 Man Faith & Christian Living
Aug 2014
El Clasico and Idol Worship Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2014
Speak the Word Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2014
Blank Cheque Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2014
Saheed on Change Notes
Feb 2014
The Fruit of the Spirit Is Love Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2014
What Are You Conscious Of? Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2014
Don't You Trust Me? Faith & Christian Living
Jan 2014
The Power of Words Notes
Jan 2014
Automated Mode of Excellence Faith & Christian Living
Dec 2013
Sons of God, Daughters of Men Faith & Christian Living
Dec 2013
Invisible Waves Faith & Christian Living
Nov 2013
The Sleepless Notes
Oct 2013
The Woman at the Well Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2013
How Real Is God to You? Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2013
Grace and Faith Faith & Christian Living
Feb 2013