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Personal diary entries and reflections.

status: In Progress

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certainty: likely

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importance: 6/10

Importance Rating

The importance rating distinguishes between trivial topics and those which might change your life. Using a scale from 0-10, content is ranked based on its potential impact on: - the reader - the intended audience - the world at large For example, topics about fundamental research or transformative technologies would rank 9-10, while personal reflections or minor experiments might rank 0-1.

On Increments of Change in Good & Evil2026.03.29 - 2026.03.29

The Dhammapada on accumulation, and how character is built drop by drop

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Why Blot Out the Light of a Blind Man2026.03.29 - 2026.03.29

On wakefulness, ignorance, and the intrinsically motivated mind

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A Room of My Own2026.02.07 - 2026.02.07

Personal reflections on solitude and creative space

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L'appel du vide2026.02.07 - 2026.02.07

Thoughts of non-existence, struggle, the desire to fade

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Liminal2026.02.07 - 2026.02.07

Reflections on threshold moments and in-between spaces

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Time Practicing Other Shapes2026.02.07 - 2026.02.07

On becoming and the practice of transformation

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