On Extremism
0:00 /2:11 1× When someone's already said it perfectly, there's no need to add commentary. Much love, Brandon
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An Obvious Addiction - Rage
Addicted - exhibiting a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity. As I wrote in a previous post, one of the goals of for profit media is to make people angry. Angry people stay glued to the screen for longer which leads to more
A Curious Addiction - Excessive Naval Gazing
From merriam-webster dictionary: Navel-gazing(noun): useless or excessive self-contemplation I've spent much of my time over the last 2-5 years navel gazing, particularly since I returned to Denver in January of 2023 after 4 months back in Medellin. I began therapy (which I've done consistently since
On Living to Oneself
I'm borrowing a practice that Sam Torode used in his writing of The Manual: A Philosopher's Guide to Life. It was actually his version of another translation, which he wrote by spending some time every morning reading a piece, pondering it, and explaining it in a
Responsibilities and Priorities
I was recently referred to the same article by both my barber and therapist about dating in Denver being a dumpster fire. Weirdly serendipitous, but I guess they're both the people that you bitch and moan to about this sorta thing. In it, I was introduced to a
We Are All Complicit
Here are a number of statements made by each side about the opposition during the build up to the 2024 election. Read each one and think about which you agree with, and which seem absolutely preposterous: * "(Trump would) ban abortion nationwide, restrict access to birth control and put IVF
What Are You Pretending to Care About Today?
Our collective cultural short term memory is fucked. Causes and crucial issues pop up and hide away like a game of whack-a-mole. With each instance a new cycle of outrage begins, but the end result is the same: nothing changes. If it's not important 3 months from now,
Put It On The Calendar
While conducting a past year review of 2023 I was unable to complete one part of the assignment: to look back at my year and analyze how I spent my time. Which things did I love? Which did I loathe? Which lead to personal growth? And which did I feel
Supporting Men
Much of my thinking about the world is influenced by evolutionary psychology. I’ve previously referred to many of the issues modern people face as existing downstream of the disconnect between the primitive ‘hardware’ our minds function on clashing with the latest ‘software’ the modern world requires our minds to
On Instant Gratification (and Worthwhile Rewards)
The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future. -Jordan Peterson I (and many close friends of mine) are constantly looking for ways to optimize productivity, professional output, and improve chances of long term success. Yet I often feel like this magical box I always
Goals and Consequences: Post Mortem
Well, I made it through the month long challenge I wrote about in my last post, and the fact that I'm just now writing this(about 3 weeks after I finished it) should give a good indicator as to how it went. The good news: I did manage
Goals and Consequences
It's that time again! Time to impose a stupidly fastidious/rigorous ruleset on myself in an effort to ingrain some better behavior. Those who know me well know that I do this sort of thing with some regularity. Life moves so quick these days it can seem like
Philosophy
On Catharsis
I don't know what the move is here, I honestly don't. This can't really be the point where everything collapses. It's too absurd. Too fast. There's too much pushing all of us forward. The stock market is plowing ahead despite
Philosophy
The Chimps Have Taken Over
10 years ago I certainly never thought I'd write something like this. Early 20's, college-student Brandon spent much of his time listening to Rage Against the Machine and bitching about the overreach of a political system he barely understood. He'd watch documentaries like Religulous
Philosophy
On Camaraderie and Constancy
"We've never been more connected, but never felt more alone." Pretty sunny outlook to start a piece with, eh? I don't recall where I first read this quote, but it's a problem I feel has been getting worse as technology has become
Health
Stress, Sleep, and Asceticism
I really hope I do this subject justice. It's important for all manner of reasons. To me personally, yes; but also for life in general. In my personal life I've dealt with a great deal of stress over the years. The life of an entrepreneur is
Storytelling
Returning to Civilian Life
Writing this is going to be an interesting exercise. I've told people before about my struggles with living nomadically, and the responses from people who live this way usually fall into one of two camps: * Some people say: "That's preposterous! You get to live in
Tactical
How to Save Your Attention From the Social Media Vampire
This is a very odd post for me to write. On one hand as an entrepreneur and marketer, advertising on Facebook is potentially one of the most lucrative and targeted methods of getting your message in front of the people who could most benefit from your product, and by extension
Storytelling
Having Spent 10 Days in Silence...It's Overrated, IMO
This took longer to do than I thought. It didn't really, but the procrastination is strong in this one. I definitely didn't have a legitimate reason for putting it off, that's for sure. But I have been lamenting the lack of creative outlets in
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Diet (re)Iterated
As Brendon Burchard says, "common sense does not always equal common practice". The things we claim are obvious, or appear obvious to us, don't always lead to taking the corresponding best action. Case in point, I know a great deal about nutrition and what constitutes a
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What Drives a Man to Spend 10 Days in Silence
There's a quote I've heard repeated many times, that perfectly sums up my reasons for choosing to spend 10 days sitting in silence with a bunch of monks in Thailand. It's by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal, who wrote "All of humanity'