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Therapy Is Your Religion: When healing language becomes harmful ideology
My most ‘boomer’ opinion is that therapy-speak has had its day. There’s a strange set of words which have
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Why You're Wrong About Nigeria: Your sample is never as random as you think
I once saw a Twitter thread claiming that internet scams were extremely common and even arguably acceptable in Nigeria due
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Real Treasure Lies in Boring Places: The invisible gap between basic and elite
You can spot someone who lacks fundamentals immediately. On a basketball court at park, you may see the novice stumble
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Your Brain Is Lying to You Right Now: The stories you believe about your own behaviour
In the 1960s, two researchers, Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga, began studying patients whose corpus callosum had been severed. Think
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Why Fat Tigers Stop Hunting: What happens when comfort replaces challenge
I watched a video of tourists feeding wild Amur tigers through thick glass panels. The tigers barely moved. They lounged,
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Russian Saunas Are Inverse Alcohol: Why what feels bad now usually pays off later
Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of social app Telegram, swears by a morning routine of 300 push-ups and 300 squats.
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Why the Richest Men Are Divorced: Envy doesn’t stop when you get what you want
Envy is a trap. Not just from a moral perspective, but because it’s also useless as a tool. The
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How to Hunt a Buffalo: Why your target matters more than your effort
When you think of the hyena, you probably imagine a scavenger. The giant rat of the savannah. Movies like The
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Your Voice Isn’t Yours: The ideas that colonised your thinking
Voices are interesting things. Many people hate the way they sound. We're often attracted to the ways others
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Why Goldfish Stay Small (And You Might Too): Your environment sets your ceiling, not your potential
Goldfish are cute, small fish that equally small children like to keep as pets. Except, they're not always
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Why Ice Is Slippery (We Were Wrong): The things we think we understand but don’t
The average person is wrong about the most trivial things. But don’t worry - they’re not alone. I
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Why Keeping Options Open Keeps You Mediocre: The hidden tension between optionality and compounding
The future isn't a failsafe. Optionality and compounding are enemy twins. It's rare that you can
