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Serious thinking has gone offline
IRL, reputation, and the rebirth of collective intelligence
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Work is how we become human
Work-life balance is a lie. What Montessori taught me about true integration
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Against autocomplete for life
Why friction is becoming the only moat that matters
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You can just not do things
A guide to building an education more valuable than a college degree.
Sep 11, 2025
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How great minds were once formed
Learning that has stood the test of time and why school stifles this
Aug 13, 2025
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Don't fly too low
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Work is how we become human
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Where greatness is banned
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Against autocomplete for life
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Don't fly too low
The antidote to stagnation is a curriculum of ambition.
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Where greatness is banned
An education that fears heroes inevitably produces citizens who fear the future
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Beyond Bezos and the Google Founders
building the largest open source dataset of Montessori alumni, weekend side-project edition
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Contrarianism is the new alpha
How to think (and raise kids) differently in a conformist world
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Agency is eating credentialism
Having high agency is a personal moat in the future of work and life
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