Writing
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Long Live the Underground.
LONG LIVE THE UNDERGROUND.
The avant-garde. The fringe. The edges. The unknown and as-yet unspoken. The emerging and the fiercely
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The Opposite of Suicide.
A radical decision to come fully into life.
2025 Writing.
✦ April
Anti-Triggers: Introducing Glimmers.
The opposite of triggers, and the great adventure of your life.
2025 Writing.
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The Tale of the Dragon Riders.
Flowing with change vs. Fighting against chaos.
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Medicine is a Sacred Practice.
The art, science, dance, and discipline of bringing people back to life.
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Anthem
Rand’s classic dystopian future—a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence—anticipating her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.
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The Beauty of Everyday Things
The philosophy of folkcrafts, setting out the hallmarks as we know them today: anonymity, quality, simplicity, honesty, and wabi-sabi, the beauty of imperfection.
2025 Writing.
✦ April
On Ideal Conditions.
A guest piece from a long-forgotten friend.
2025 Writing.
✦ April
Plant Your Seeds in Spring.
Aligning with natural cycles makes habit formation 100x easier.
2025 Writing.
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Ode to the Gentleman.
Reclaiming the spirit of excellence, chivalry, and human dignity.
2025 Writing.
✦ March
The Zen Bible
Bodhidharma, Haiku, and the Ch'an Wrecking Crew.
2025 Writing.
✦ March
Answering Your Questions.
My thoughts on Ayn Rand, Blindspots, Bitcoin, Order x Chaos, & more.
2025 Writing.
✦ February
You Deserve Better.
Fort Knox, Philosophy of Government, & the Radical Promise of Bitcoin.
2025 Writing.
✦ February
Zen Medicine: Anon Q&A
An experiment with open, anonymous questions.
2025 Writing.
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Aposematism in Human Social Signaling
Finding predatory warnings in evolutionary biology and human society.
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Free Men Don’t Ask.
Aragorn, Leonidas, Thelema, & Zen pointing the way to fundamental freedom.
2025 Writing.
✦ February
Back On the Mat
The thread weaving yoga, martial arts, and psychedelic medicine together.
2025 Writing.
✦ February
Welcome to Zen Medicine.
Chasing the intersection of medicine, bitcoin, martial arts, & zen.
2025 Writing.
✦ January
Blood & Ink: Heretical Ideas
overton windows / courageous questions / leading by example
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Blood & Ink: What Was That?
action & words / grounded in reality / betting pools
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Blood & Ink: The 3P Warrior Framework
fierce purpose / unwavering patience / absolute persistence
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Blood & Ink: Practice
the purpose of practice / no hurry, no pause, no mercy
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Blood & Ink: No is Life Affirming.
age of abundance / sacred space / life-affirming boundaries
2025 Writing.
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The Unbelievable Impact of Waking Up Early
positive domino effect / the keystone habit / solar consciousness
2025 Writing.
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Blood & Ink: Perfect First Draft
art of refinment / fear of the first / unlocking flow
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Blood & Ink: Bitcoin & Everything Else.
eth foundation / decentralization / global sound money
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Blood & Ink: Real Toxic Masculinity
truly toxic / honourable men / paternal pattern of structure
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✦ January
Blood & Ink: Train Everything.
Now is the time.
In the words of the late great Terence McKenna, from his classic Exponential Weirdness rant:
“I
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✦ January
Blood & Ink: Straight and Narrow
virtuous living / walking The Path / deepest trust
2025 Writing.
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Blood & Ink: Reflections on Social Media…
toxic relationships / trivial addictions / cultural zeitgeist
2025 Writing.
✦ January
Ranking the 26 Books I Read in 2024. 📚
The Gita, Ayn Rand, and a few hidden gems.
2025 Writing.
✦ January
Blood & Ink: When Things Don’t Work Out…
we'll see / realignments from God / moving homes