Tag: psychology
The Witness True Story: Rachel Nickell’s 1992 Case Explained
The Witness True Story: Exploring the 1992 Rachel Nickell Murder Case A mother's brutal murder on a sunny London common shattered a family and sparked one of Britain's most notorious police investigations. The Witness brings the 1992 Rachel Nickell case back into the spotlight, focusing heavily on the trauma endured by her young son and...
CLOWN BURNOUT
Clown white doesn't come off in one pass. A personal story about how I can never take myself seriously no matter how hard I try. Notes on the history whiteface and Auguste, the clown egg registry, the Indigenous medicine of laughter, the tyranny of irony, and what it costs to never learn how to come down.
What happened to Lars Mittank? Varna airport & Top theories
What Happened to Lars Mittank? Breaking Down the Varna Airport Footage and 2026 Theories On July 8, 2014, 28 year old German tourist Lars Mittank walked into the medical office at Varna Airport in Bulgaria. Minutes later, he bolted. Security cameras captured him sprinting out of the terminal, scaling an eight-foot fence, and vanishing into...
Vagueblogging and Subtweeting Are Awful
Vagueblogging and subtweeting are the most toxic modes of online communication, yet research shows people prefer them to direct confrontation anyway. On the psychology of strategic ambiguity, insecure attachment, context collapse, and the online disinhibition effect. A case against the culture of passive aggression online, and a call for those with safety and privilege to stop hiding behind the same hedge as everyone else.
Be a Lover: Make Sure the Quiet Wheel Gets the Grease
The world isn't full of critics, it's full of quiet kind people who don't get nearly enough time or attention from us because we're born with a negativity bias. We need to proactively choose to be lovers and proactively grease the quiet wheels.
Groundhog Day, Groundhog Day, and Variations on a Theme
I love time loops in media—from Groundhog Day to...hey, wait a minute. Does anybody else feel a weird sense of déjà vu? It can't just be me. Do you ever get up in the morning and feel as though you've already lived the same day?
Groundhog Day, Savescumming, and Our Endless Numbered Days
I love time loops in media—from Groundhog Day to Haruhi's Endless Eight. What do they reveal about mortality, memory, and the human desire to escape consequence through Nietzsche's eternal recurrence?
Dunning-Kruger for Vibe Coders
The first thing AI teaches you about coding is confidence. The second is why that's a problem. Let's talk about the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Dunning-Kruger for Vibe Coders
The first thing AI teaches you about coding is confidence. The second is why that's a problem. Let's talk about the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Being a 21st Century Schizoid Man
My personal exploration of schizoid personality disorder and neurodivergence. From King Crimson's prophetic song to global youth withdrawal phenomena, I examine what it means to live with a rich interior life and limited social needs, challenging pathologizing frameworks and questioning whether 'poor outcomes' are about the condition or the metrics.
STORYTELLING Part One: The Neurology of Narrative
How do our brains physically process stories? The neurology of narrative transportation, brain synchrony between storytellers and listeners, biocultural theory, and Indigenous storytelling traditions that collapse Western narrative structures.
LIFEHACK
Thoughts on suicide, guilt, and why the common idea that people simply “want to die” misses something important.
ART OF ABSOLUTION
Reinventing yourself after trauma - and what it means to seek absolution from the person you had to become to survive.
DEFECTIVE EPILOGUE
Why creating never feels like enough, why rest feels like guilt, and how a childhood labelled defective can make happiness feel unsafe.
DRAWING A LINE UNDER INTEGRITY
A final attempt to untangle morality, empathy, and integrity - to understand why some people cross lines others refuse to.
THE CAKE IS A LIE
Cruelty, moral collapse, and the possibility that evil isn’t the exception - but the human default. Last time about morality - promise
The Science of Spotting Hidden Product Ideas
The best product ideas hide in plain sight, in your habits and everyone else's. Watch what people actually do, not what they say they want. Build for that.
The Science of Spotting Hidden Product Ideas
The best product ideas hide in plain sight, in your habits and everyone else's. Watch what people actually do, not what they say they want. Build for that.
The Psychology Hack Hiding in Great Products
Every message is a moment of influence. Make the nudge helpful and you'll create power users and build loyalty.
The Psychology Hack Hiding in Great Products
Every message is a moment of influence. Make the nudge helpful and you'll create power users and build loyalty.
THE END OF THE WORLD
From Ancient Egypt to modern Britain, the youth are, and have always been, ruining everything. And now it is the end of the world.
NOTHING MATTERS
The freedom of insignificance, - and all it takes is a mirror to remind you you’re not God, and a tree to remind you that you don’t even matter.
BINARY INTELLIGENCE
Are you intelligent, or stupid, or both? Do you even know what intelligence is, or are you intelligent enough to not care?
DIVORCED REJECTION
Divorce, rejection, and how therapy sometimes treats the words spoken rather than the reason they were said.
TO BE GOOD
Is your good morality true integrity or just obedience under surveillance?
MIS-SOLD SEX?
Research shows porn is reshaping intimacy and diminishing real-life enjoyment of sex. So, have you been mis-sold sex?
DREAMLAND
The flip between reality and dreams differ in description, but what about in substance?
SOCIAL ENTROPY
SOCIAL ENTROPY: How the dream of connection became an endless scroll of disconnection.
EMPATHY
Is empathy a true human instinct or just a social performance? From the philosophy of empathy, morality, to whether feeling or performance guides our decency.
TRAGICALLY BEAUTIFUL
The Desire to Be Sad: The Allure of Tragically Beautiful Art and the Romanticisation of Mental Illness.
PRIVILEGED OPPRESSION
How privilege mistakes equality for oppression, tracing the cry of “socialism” from slavery to civil rights to Trump-era politics.
BURNT TOAST
A burnt toast sermon on heaven, happiness, and the futility of eternal bliss. - For joy only means something because it doesn’t last.
PRECARIOUSLY CREATIVE
To be precariously creative - finding creativity through addiction, and whether it was ever really mine.
I want to feel the hand of the f%#king creator
It's not divine intervention; it's just someone who did a damn good job.
I want to feel the hand of the f%#king creator
It's not divine intervention; it's just someone who did a damn good job.
Serendipity isn't an accident
Career opportunities don't "just happen" - they come from staying connected, helping others generously, and trusting your instincts when the right path shows up.
Serendipity isn't an accident
Career opportunities don't "just happen" - they come from staying connected, helping others generously, and trusting your instincts when the right path shows up.
Christmas on Repeat
Despite often being terrible, we watch the same holiday movies every year. Why's that? Well, it's not often about the movies—it's about our memories.
Don't just listen. Interpret feedback wisely.
User feedback is your product's compass. Listen intently, act wisely, and stay true to your vision to navigate towards success.
Don't just listen. Interpret feedback wisely.
User feedback is your product's compass. Listen intently, act wisely, and stay true to your vision to navigate towards success.
How Contrast Elevates Perception
Why a seamless experience can make your work feel superior - even if it's not.
How Contrast Elevates Perception
Why a seamless experience can make your work feel superior - even if it's not.
Impostor Syndrome: The monster in your head
Impostor syndrome is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents, or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud.
Impostor Syndrome: The monster in your head
Impostor syndrome is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents, or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a fraud.
Gestalt: Design principles every developer should know
Ever felt that you've seen a design that just makes sense to you, but you couldn't quite put your finger on why? There's rules for that. Let's talk about Gestalt
Gestalt: Design principles every developer should know
Ever felt that you've seen a design that just makes sense to you, but you couldn't quite put your finger on why? There's rules for that. Let's talk about Gestalt