Archive - Trust, but verify

Pathologizing Discontent

“Humankind cannot bear very much reality”

May 17 •

March 2025

Sense of coherence > seductive self-help

It is far better to focus on establishing one's sense of coherence (within the salutogenic framework) than the latest self-help fad.

Mar 16 •

October 2023

The Enlightenment Hangover

“Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason.” - Blaise Pascal

Oct 22, 2023 •

December 2022

Anatomy of a Fraud

“Fraud is the daughter of greed.” - Jonathan Gash

Dec 3, 2022 •

October 2022

If you ain't forecasting, you ain't living

It’s not unusual for investors and investing pundits to say they do not make forecasts.

Oct 9, 2022 •

August 2022

Everywhere you look there's lag

To better read the tea leaves, it pays to look at how systems work

Aug 6, 2022 •

July 2022

Pain: it's complicated

The via negativa of pain and its contradictions

Jul 16, 2022 •

June 2022

Why Reflexivity Matters

Connecting "the universe of thoughts with the universe of events"

Jun 4, 2022 •

May 2022

Technological paradoxes

In Season Four of the United States’ “The Office”, Michael Scott is driving with Dwight Schrute.

May 21, 2022 •

April 2022

Advice to my younger self

I decided to temporarily divert from the Paradox Series as I approach my birthday.

Apr 17, 2022 •

Knowledge paradoxes

Why we are becoming dumber

Apr 10, 2022 •

March 2022

Reductionism and Reintegration

The dangers of reductionism and how to simplify without losing the essence of the thing itself.

Mar 14, 2022 •

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