I can’t stick to one book at a time. I found that reading multiple books simultaneously is a great hack for me, because you choose what to read based on your mood. It keeps things fun and somehow the ideas cross-pollinate. One book keeps me curious, the other keeps me grounded. Recently, I picked up…

The comfort we get when offloading our cognitive load to LLMs is bad for us. Cognitive load should exist, and if we reduce it too much – if we stop thinking – we can actually unlearn how to think. Kids who always choose the easy route and copy their homework from other students eventually find…

Just watched the brilliant talk “How We Get To AGI” by François Chollet. Highly recommend it if you’re curious about where AI is actually going. Back in 2019, Chollet introduced the ARC benchmark to test fluid intelligence -the ability to solve new problems on the fly, not just repeat what you’ve seen before. I keep…

People try to escape chaos. They want structure. Certainty. A clear plan before they begin. My wife is exactly like that – she’s a professional scrum master, agile coach, the whole deal. But even she admits that a little chaos is healthy. She lets herself be a bit spontaneous from time to time – which…

I used to think clothes were mostly about being decent in public. But over time, I started noticing something different. When I wear a T-shirt, I work differently.When I wear running shoes, I walk differently.And when I put on a proper shirt, I feel that I think more clearly. … and to my surprise, there’s…

I’ve prototyped a lot of things in my life. Some projects turned into something useful – real tools that people actually use. Others… they just slowly faded. I’d try to force myself to keep going, telling myself, “Just push a little more, maybe it’ll click.” But it never did. No matter how much I tried,…

The title of the post is puzzle – I recently stumbled upon one in an old printed book. The answer wasn’t obvious. In fact, it irritated me. I kept turning it over in my head. But when I finally got it, the feeling wasn’t just satisfaction – it was recognition. See, solving the puzzle wasn’t…

In my last post, a lot of people commented that some folks are way too paranoid about washing fruit – like bananas or oranges (honestly, I’m still surprised by how a single sentence can spark a completely different discussion). I mean, you’re peeling them anyway, right? Plus, a little bacteria might actually help your immune…

They stole our flow state – and turned it into a business model. You know that feeling – when you’re so immersed in a project that you forget to eat, or when you’re in deep work and time just disappears? That’s flow. It used to be about creativity and effortless immersion. Now, it’s been engineered…