I make Experimental Simulators and Games, to help us think in new ways
1. Half A Million Failures In the fall of 2016, I wrote over a half a million words. 500,000+ I tracked it. If we write 500,000+ words on something, and still cannot solve our problem or reach our goal, we might be unprepared for the task at hand. It’s a common thing for me to…
When people used to say, “The joy is in the journey, not the destination,” that phrase was written before Open World RPGs. Today we’d say, “The real game is in the side quests, and the loyalty missions, and check out some of the lore now and again.” Because that phrase was meant to convey a…
1. A Hard Definition Unconditional love is not a moral/ethical stance. It is not something you do to get “good person points.” It’s a sustainability stance. It’s an upgrade. Unconditional love is a social-technology-upgrade that is a replacement for our outdated culture. Unconditional love is a perspective of the world, informed by an understanding of…
1. Villain I hated myself. Every single person I had met had treated me poorly, and I didn’t believe in conspiracies, so if everyone met me with hostility, then, I was left with no course but to conclude: They must be right to punish me with every meeting that we have, because I must be…
Content Notice I put cartoon characters in this one, but it deals with the existential dread and ostracization a person can go through when they strike out on their own to follow their own path. For some people I suspect it will hit home, and be emotional. It is intended for mature audiences. 1. Designed…
1. Billionaires should pay their people more; but here’s what I’ve learned from them regardless of their butt-headed-ness I think about losing everything. For a very long time, I didn’t have anything worth preserving. That was its own kind of hell. For a while now, I’ve had a good enough life, something I mostly look…
1. Guy Plan “I will take in no new information, and ask for no help, and read no instructions, and when I succeed, I will know that it’s because my way is the best way and I can feel really good about myself.” -A guy, probably. College Admission Season 2004: I need some portfolio pieces…
1. Fools Horace Vandergelder: Now in honor of the occasion, I’m going to promote you both. Cornelius, how old are you? Cornelius Hackl: Twenty-eight and three-quarters, Mr. Vandergelder. Horace Vandergelder: Is that all? That’s a foolish age to be at. I thought you were 40. Cornelius Hackl: No, I’m 28 and three-quarters. Horace Vandergelder: Well,…
1. THE BOOK COVER I MOST LIKELY AM Do you hate how hard it is to get a good picture of yourself? There’s a reason photographers still have jobs, even though all of us have our own cameras now. For nearly every person, if you want to look effortlessly attractive, it will take a great…
1. Real Life Is For March What do you do with a bonus day? Is it business as usual, or a reason to focus? I watched as most of the people I grew up with began to treat New Years as a fake and made up holiday, that had no value to be celebrated. We…