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I love rain

From Lisbon's sloping streets to open countryside, rain transforms ordinary landscapes into sensory marvels. A contemplation of how water shapes our experiences—and how we can simultaneously cherish something while longing for its absence.

Emotional Bureaucrats

Emotional bureaucracy—the internalization of administrative logic into our most intimate psychological processes—transforms how we experience life itself. We become both bureaucrat and bureaucratized, simultaneously administering and being administered by our own hearts.

Good Enough: Challenging the Tyranny of Excellence

In our obsession with excellence, we’ve become slaves to arbitrary metrics. The concept of ‘good enough’ isn’t surrendering to mediocrity, but recognizing that sustainable achievement often emerges precisely when we stop demanding perfection from ourselves and others.

The Utility of Uselessness - Time, Work, and Combating Stupidity

In our obsession with productivity, we've forgotten the value of uselessness. Paradoxically, history shows our greatest breakthroughs often emerge from seemingly 'useless' activities—the mind at play accomplishes what the mind at work cannot.

On Political Correctness

Political correctness attempts the impossible: picking up shit by its clean side. We sanitize language while unaddressed realities fester. Perhaps true engagement requires getting our hands dirty—and knowing how to wash them afterward.

The (Sad) Story of the Chatbot That Know Us Better Than Our Mothers

As we outsource our thinking to machines that mimic understanding, what essential human capacities might we be surrendering in our fascination with artificial minds? Perhaps in these digital mirrors, we discover not their intelligence, but our own intellectual fatigue.