April 12, 2026EssayCognition
On Attention in the Age of Notification
A reflection on how the architecture of modern software quietly reshapes our capacity for sustained, deep thought — and what might be done about it.
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March 1, 2026Field NotesTravel
Field Notes: Three Weeks at High Altitude
Observations from a research stay in the Atacama Desert, where the thin air and radical silence clarify certain questions that feel unanswerable at sea level.
January 22, 2026ReadingBooks
Against Curation: A Defense of Disorganized Reading
Why the algorithm's recommendations are the wrong books, and why serendipity remains the finest library science ever devised.