Map is not the territory 4 minutes read — 07 Apr 2026

This is one of my favourite ideas from Shane Parrish Mental Models book which I read recently, and it’s so applicable, that it doesn’t exist to me as this abstract idea which seldom translates to the reality.. it’s very tangible.. The map is never be the territory. In other words, the “description” of the thing, is not the thing in itself. So, the Argentinian writer Luis Borges, in his brilliant...

Hegelian dialectic for structured reasoning with AI agents 13 minutes read — 06 Apr 2026

You have an interesting thought in your head, and you want to get it out there, open, out in the internet. It's spiky, and has all the right characteristics for titillating the audience, hoping to convince the reader of an opinion. When you're in the heat of the moment, and having this word-burst moment, you ask yourself to think twice before you hit publish, and now that you think about, it does...

Writing in Future Past 4 minutes read — 17 Jan 2025

We lack frequent usage of the future past tense in modern discourse. When I was recently drafting my new year resolutions, I noticed the use of 'I can', and 'I will', and found myself questioning the format, especially when I see that I'm good at making promises, but end up being miserable at keeping them. I also observed that when I write "I achieved..." instead of "I will achieve..", I can...

Future of unschooling with Che Vanni 30 minutes read — 15 Aug 2020

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