What Jordan Peterson Gets Wrong and Kierkegaard Gets Right about Christian Life — Capturing the True Catch-22 There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and…

Which No App I’ve Found Currently Offers — I recently wrote a short article about the “best app for my zettelkasten.” And that was a bit tongue-in-cheek. Because it wasn’t really an app. One reason for that is because the best app doesn’t exist. At least, not for me. So I thought I’d publish what I would need…

How Do You Even Choose? — There are hundreds of articles on Medium about building a Zettelkasten, using Obsidian or RoamResearch, or Notion, to create your “second brain;” hundreds of writers who’ve read How to Take Smart Notes[1] and have been inspired by the implications. And so many people wonder: which app do I choose to…

Irony’s Ability to Bridge Morality and Language — The following is a “cocktail napkin.” This means that it’s a relatively hastily written piece, usually written in one sitting, as I think through ideas and attempt to connect them. I publish them here, in my publication “Cocktail Napkins,” to distinguish them from my more “permanent” writing that I publish…

Desperation and Consequences in 97 Minutes or Less — Spoilers Ahead. The other night I watched a new Netflix movie, Windfall.¹ It was quite enjoyable. A few days prior, I was thinking how I hadn’t seen Jason Segel in any recent release, and then I saw this movie on the Netflix homepage. I’m also a fan of Collins and…

Reviewing Žižek’s Latest Publication — There are three categories for the vast majority of Žižek followers. The first is for those who don’t know too much about him, they haven’t engaged with his work on a serious or deeply philosophical level, and keep a few books on the shelf because he’s an edgy intellectual leftist. …

And He’s Written A LOT — Do you have trouble getting started on your writing projects? Are you constantly faced with the challenge of overcoming writers block? If so, you’re not alone. Many people find it difficult to get started, especially when they feel pressure to produce something great. …

If You Really Want Productivity, Take a Long, Hard Look at Yourself — In today’s world, we are guilty of viewing everything through a technological lens. I’ve written and length and in detail about the dangers of this lens.¹ To bring these deeper philosophical and existential insights into the every-day world, I want to discuss the productivity community. This is one I’ve been…

Digging Ourselves Out of This Hole We Find Ourselves — T.S. Eliot, the great British poet of the 20th Century, writes in his essay “The Classics and the Man of Letters” that one cannot truly understand poetry in the English language without an understanding of Latin, or at least its syntax. I’d wager you read that and thought “well this…