A public notebook for thinking clearly, exploring widely, and searching for what’s true-wherever it leads.
Independent writing on history, technology, culture, faith, and the ideas that didn’t fit neatly into categories.
Why This Exists
This site exists for one reason: to pursue truth as honestly as possible—and to document that pursuit in public.
Not to perform certainty.
Not to chase consensus.
Not to trade in comfortable half-answers.
Truth rarely arrives neatly packaged. More often, it shows up fragmented, contextual, and demanding patience. This space exists to ask better questions, test assumptions, and refine understanding over time.
If you’re here for certainty, this may feel uncomfortable.
If you’re here for curiosity, challenge, and clearer thinking—even when it’s inconvenient—you’re in the right place.
Ways In
People arrive here for different reasons. Choose your door.
Do you ever step back to think?
Mind & Lifestyle
Reflections on meaning, habits, belief, and the inner life—written for people who value clarity over noise.
Passionate about the world?
World & Exploration
Unique essays on history, geopolitics, culture, travel, and the forces shaping life beyond our borders.
Curious about what’s next?
Innovation & Enterprise
Thoughts on technology, systems, business, and the trade-offs embedded in progress and innovation.
Featured Essay from the Field
The SaaSberg: The Half-Trillion Dollar Empire That Didn’t See It Coming
For two decades, SaaS companies built empires on a beautiful, locked-in logic: make switching painful, make customization limited, make implementation expensive. The lock-in was the product. Now AI has destroyed that calculus — and over half a trillion dollars in market value has quietly disappeared to prove it.
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Fool’s Gold: How Modern Nations Forgot a 6,000-Year Lesson
There is a metal that has outlasted every empire that ever touched it. The Sumerians buried it with their dead. The Spanish murdered a civilization to possess it. And in…
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Dear Lululemon: We Wanted Olympic Glory. You Gave Us Oven Mitts.
Canada sent its athletes to Milano Cortina in a maroon quilted vest that converts into a pillow. A pillow. We’re a nation of backcountry skiers, Rocky Mountain hikers, and November…
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Notes Beyond the Map 