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Ideas Shaping the Future of Work and Living

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The Purple Squirrel Problem

A hiring myth about control, and the quiet costs you do not track

Feb 5, 2026

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8 min read

Layoffs and Second Order Effects

What changes after the headcount number changes

Jan 29, 2026

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8 min read

The Business Card Treadmill

Networking events and the addiction to looking busy

Jan 22, 2026

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8 min read

Introducing Fursa, a calmer way to keep track of the job market

The job search has an incentive problem, and this is my attempt to fix it.

Jan 15, 2026

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7 min read

Knowledge Has a Shelf Life

Some ideas are meant to guide you for years. Others are meant to help you for a day.

Jan 8, 2026

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4 min read

A Note to Start the Year

On work, life, and staying oriented when the future won’t sit still

Jan 1, 2026

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5 min read

Before We Turn the Page

Some thoughts at the end of a strange, stretching chapter

Dec 25, 2025

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7 min read

The Office Was Never About Work

Why the real reason offices mattered had nothing to do with productivity.

Dec 18, 2025

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8 min read

How to Rewire Your Brain to Love Hard Things

The mind that loves hard things can build anything

Dec 11, 2025

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7 min read

The Quietest Revolution in the Room

Why people now whisper to their laptops, and what it reveals about the future of thinking

Dec 4, 2025

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9 min read

I write essays on work, life, and decision-making that aim to stay useful long after they’re written. If this resonates, you’ll probably enjoy what comes next.

LATEST ESSAYS

The Purple Squirrel Problem

Layoffs and Second Order Effects

The Business Card Treadmill

Introducing Fursa, a calmer way to keep track of the job market

Knowledge Has a Shelf Life

A Note to Start the Year

Before We Turn the Page

The Office Was Never About Work

How to Rewire Your Brain to Love Hard Things

The Quietest Revolution in the Room

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