Writing
Notes on Luke 13:1-9
Faith & Christian Living
May 2026
Order and Chaos
Research & Essays
Dec 2025
Notes from 'Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture' (Harris, 1979)
Books & Ideas
Dec 2025
Notes from 'The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature' (Pinker, 2016)
Books & Ideas
Oct 2025
On Catastrophizing
Faith & Christian Living
Oct 2025
I believe...
Faith & Christian Living
May 2025
Highlights from 'On Colonialism' (Cheta Nwanze, 2023)
Books & Ideas
May 2025
Behavior and Predictable Environments
Research & Essays
May 2025
Notes from 'The death of the public intellectual' (Bea, 2025)
Books & Ideas
Apr 2025
Notes from 'The Ecstasy of Deep Influence' (Rao, 2025)
Books & Ideas
Apr 2025
Notes from 'Addiction: A Disorder of Choice' (Heyman, 2009)
Books & Ideas
Jan 2025
Notes from 'Seeing like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed.' (Scott, 1998)
Books & Ideas
Dec 2024
Notes from 'The Lessons of History' (Durant & Durant, 1968)
Books & Ideas
Dec 2024
Art as Society's Thermometer
Research & Essays
Nov 2024
Reflections from Steven Johnson's 'The Ghost Map' (2006) and Richard Preston's 'Demon in the Freezer' (2003)
Books & Ideas
Nov 2024
When the Pope drew...
Research & Essays
Nov 2024
Notes from 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' (Kahneman, 2013)
Books & Ideas
Nov 2024
Notes from 'Tyranny of Small Decisions: Origins, Outcomes and Proposed Solutions' (Bickel & Marsch, 2000)
Books & Ideas
Nov 2024
The Consequences of Small Distances
Research & Essays
Oct 2024
Why are We Ideologically Tribal?
Research & Essays
Oct 2024
Is the Jig Up?
Research & Essays
Oct 2024
A Recommitment
Research & Essays
Oct 2024
Notes from Richard Herrnstein's 'Rational choice theory: Necessary but not sufficient'
Books & Ideas
Jun 2024
Notes from Cal Newport's 'Digital Minimalism'
Books & Ideas
May 2024
Notes from John Staddon's 'The Malign Hand of the Markets'
Books & Ideas
May 2023
On MLK, Overhead Aversion, The Ring of Gyges, The Beloved Sleep
Research & Essays
Apr 2023
Third-order Effects, Austrian Wills, Whorf's Hypothesis, Digging for Gold
Research & Essays
Mar 2023
The Drake Treasure, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Contexts for Cooperation, Wellsprings of Counsel
Research & Essays
Mar 2023
Khrushchev's Heckler, The Parable of The Mad Man, Subtractive Changes, Identity-Based Excellence
Research & Essays
Mar 2023
Inversion, Teleology, Lindy Effect, Length of Days
Research & Essays
Feb 2023
Mesmerized, Ergodic Systems, Mere Exposure Effect, Sacrifice
Research & Essays
Feb 2023
The Dreyfus Affair, The Narcissism of Small Differences, Descartes' Error, A Tale of Two Brothers
Research & Essays
Feb 2023
Notes from Hall and Nordby's (1973) 'A Primer on Jungian Psychology'
Books & Ideas
Dec 2022
The Economics of God's Kingdom
Faith & Christian Living
Sep 2022
Notes from Jordan Peterson's "Maps of Meaning" (1999)
Books & Ideas
Jun 2022
Notes from Howard Rachlin's "Science of Self-Control" (2000)
Books & Ideas
Jun 2022
Some Notes from Greg McKeown's "Essentialism" (2014)
Books & Ideas
Apr 2022
Calling Evil Good
Research & Essays
Jan 2022
Resolving Intra-Psychic Conflicts
Research & Essays
Jan 2022
Increasing Shannon's Entropy in Relationships
Research & Essays
Aug 2021
Waste is Key
Research & Essays
Jul 2021
Thoughts on Correct Meditation
Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2021
On Einstein's Equation, Opportunity Costs, and, Commanding God
Research & Essays
Jan 2021
On the Idol of Abstraction, Cognitive Dissonance, and, God's Chastisement
Research & Essays
Dec 2020
On Polemics, Networked Net Worth, and a Kingdom of Kings
Research & Essays
Nov 2020
On Identity, Fundamental Attribution, and, Righteousness Accounts
Research & Essays
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
Research & Essays
Jul 2020
On Paper, Deliberate Practice, and, Consistency
Research & Essays
Jun 2020
The Zidane Effect, Kairos, and, Alternative Histories
Research & Essays
May 2020
On Influencers, Whorf's Hypothesis, and, Waiting
Research & Essays
May 2020
On the Lion Tamer, Prospect Theory, and Length of Days
Research & Essays
May 2020
On Inversion, Overconfidence, and Observing Patterns
Research & Essays
Apr 2020
On Keystone Predators, the Lindy Effect, and, Intelligence Officers
Research & Essays
Apr 2020
Developing an Understanding of the Times: The Curious Case of General Sani Abacha
Research & Essays
Apr 2020
On Kingdom Economics, Risk Assessment, and, Being Interpreters
Research & Essays
Mar 2020
The Law of Exuberance: Abundant Potential is Always Bubbling Within You!
Faith & Christian Living
Mar 2020
On Behavior Repertoires, Hedonic Consequences, and Revisiting History
Research & Essays
Mar 2020
On MLK, the Chinese Language, and Digging for Gold
Research & Essays
Mar 2020
The Kanisza Triangle: Why There's Much Food in the Tillage of the Poor
Research & Essays
Feb 2020
Helplessness is Learned: When You Feel Your Life Spinning Out of Control
Research & Essays
Feb 2020
The Reason You're Not Getting Anything Out of Books
Research & Essays
Feb 2020
Things We Do Because of the Difficulty of Thought
Research & 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
Research & Essays
Dec 2019
Gaining Clarity for Rational Decision Making: The Quality Decisions Accelerator (QDA)
Research & Essays
Dec 2019
The Adullam Ring: Outsourcing Decision-Making for Better Outcomes
Research & Essays
Dec 2019
Defeat Delay Discounting Like David Blaine to Act in Your Best Interests
Research & Essays
Nov 2019
Sometimes It's Okay to Pull the Plug!: The Curious Case of Sunk Costs
Research & Essays
Nov 2019
Opportunity Costs: A Simple Tweak that Will Improve Your Decision Making by 95%
Research & Essays
Nov 2019
My Reaction to Trevor Noah's "Why Is the Alt-Right So Angry?"
Research & Essays
Nov 2019
The Valley is Crowded, Here's How To Climb To the Top
Research & Essays
Oct 2019
Growth Without Tears: How Anybody Can Catalyze Growth by 350%
Research & Essays
Jul 2019
Understanding the Strategy Behind Molding Your Life in Pursuit of Mastery
Research & Essays
Jun 2019
How Good Ideas Are Effortlessly Created: The Olajuwon Dream Shake
Research & Essays
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
Research & Essays
Mar 2019
World of Walls: 5 Lessons Walls Can Teach You About Self-Control
Research & Essays
Mar 2019
Think Like Men, Act Like Lions: 5 Lessons Lions Can Teach You About Life
Research & Essays
Mar 2019
Reflective Thinking: Seeing Life One Frame At A Time
Research & Essays
Feb 2019
Laboring To Rest: How Systems Make Goals a Waste of Time
Research & Essays
Feb 2019
The Myth of Quitting: When Quitting Is A Good Idea
Research & Essays
Jan 2019
Identity-Based Motivation: The Problem Isn't Habit, It's Identity!
Research & Essays
Jan 2019
Why I Deactivated My Main Facebook Account
Research & Essays
Jan 2019
Plucking Out Your Right Eye: Strategies For Handling Toxic Relationships
Research & Essays
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
Research & Essays
Dec 2018
Harnessing the Untold, Dynamic Power of Your Imagination
Research & Essays
Dec 2018
The Matthew Principle and Why The Rich Keep Getting Richer
Research & Essays
Dec 2018
The Aggregation of Marginal Gains and a 23-Year-Old Me
Research & Essays
Nov 2018
E = MC Squared ('C' is For 'Consciousness')
Faith & Christian Living
Nov 2018
The First Thing You Need To Know About Habits
Research & Essays
Nov 2018
How To Change Your Life By Observing The Unseen
Research & Essays
Nov 2018
4 Lessons I learnt From Taking 1352 Cold Showers
Research & Essays
Nov 2018
The Association Between Broken Windows And Tetris
Research & Essays
Nov 2018
4 Powerful Ways To Create Your Own "Luck"
Research & Essays
Nov 2018
Understanding How Habits Work
Research & Essays
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
Research & Essays
Oct 2018
From Forgetting Purses To Walking In Deep Freezers: Unveiling One Secret Sauce That Powers The Habit Engine
Research & Essays
Oct 2018
Inward Observation, La Pausa, and How Questions Create Answers
Research & Essays
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
Research & Essays
Oct 2018