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Daily snackable writings to spur changes in thinking.
A map for a better brain. The way we think is both our greatest tool - indeed our only tool - and very often it is also our biggest leash. We are only who we think we are. Our opportunities are also limited by who other people think we are. It stands to reason that if we’d like to change who we are, we must start with an effort to change our thinking.
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VASA SYNDROMEOctober 6th, 2024
LINGUISTIC PACIFIERSeptember 11th, 2024
ANTI ECHO CHAMBERSeptember 8th, 2024
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: GO LIGHTLYJuly 30th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: OUROBOROSJuly 2nd, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: MIRROR MIRRORJune 18th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: KEEPERJune 11th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: MUSIC OF THE GODSJune 4th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: HOME SWEET HOMEMay 28th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: PAUSEMay 21st, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: ART THERAPYMay 14th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: PHANTOM LOVEMay 7th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: PURE INCENTIVEApril 30th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: GALACTIC CONSPIRACYApril 23rd, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SIMULATED SOLUTIONApril 16th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SYMBIOTIC CIVILIZATIONApril 9th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SELF TALK, PART IIIApril 2nd, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SELF TALK, PART IIMarch 26th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SELF TALK, PART IMarch 19th, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART IXMarch 18th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: DIGITAL CHAPERONEMarch 12th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: BENEVOLENT BLUFFMarch 5th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: ROSE-COLORED WORLDFebruary 26th, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART VIIIFebruary 24th, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART VII (REWRITE)February 22nd, 2023
HUG THE DEMONFebruary 21st, 2023
MEDITATION DRAFT SESSION 12: REFLECTIVE REFLEXFebruary 20th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE LANGUAGE OF GODFebruary 19th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: ELECTRIC MUSHROOMFebruary 12th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE OSIRIS MODULEFebruary 5th, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART VIIFebruary 4th, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART VIFebruary 3rd, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART VFebruary 2nd, 2023
MEDITATION DRAFT SESSION 11: REFLECTION OF THOUGHTJanuary 30th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: HIDDEN LEVERAGEJanuary 29th, 2023
MEDITATION DRAFT SESSION 10: THE BACKDROPJanuary 26th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SEIZEDJanuary 22nd, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART IVJanuary 17th, 2023
MEDITATION DRAFT SESSION 9: STATE VS. TRAITJanuary 16th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: TECHNO-SHUNTJanuary 15th, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART III (REWRITE)January 14th, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART IIIJanuary 13th, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART II (REWRITE)January 12th, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART IIJanuary 11th, 2023
THE FALLEN DANCER, PART IJanuary 10th, 2023
MEDITATION DRAFT SESSION 8: INTEROCEPTIONJanuary 9th, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: FUTURE MOVESJanuary 8th, 2023
SEEING THE FUTUREJanuary 7th, 2023
SPECIES OF SOLVINGJanuary 6th, 2023
AGENCY IN THE ZONEJanuary 4th, 2023
INITIATE DERANGEMENTJanuary 3rd, 2023
MEDITATION DRAFT SESSION 7: THE MIND'S MOVIEJanuary 2nd, 2023
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: REBOOT/RENEWJanuary 1st, 2023
LEGITIMATE ADVENTUREDecember 28th, 2022
MEDITATION DRAFT SESSION 6: FAILURE IS IDEALDecember 26th, 2022
MEDITATION DRAFT SESSION 5: RITUAL INCENTIVEDecember 19th, 2022
MEDITATION DRAFT SESSION 4: A SITTING PRACTICEDecember 12th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: DIVINE EMERGENCEDecember 11th, 2022
IDEA VS. EXECUTIONDecember 6th, 2022
MEDITATION DRAFT SESSION 3: MOMENTUM SCOREDecember 5th, 2022
CONTEXT COLLAPSENovember 28th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: PEBBLENovember 27th, 2022
UNDERDOGGING AND DEFEATNovember 26th, 2022
RUBIK'S CUBE OF PERSONAL CHANGENovember 25th, 2022
SEARCHING WITH WORDSNovember 24th, 2022
FULFILLMENT & FUNNovember 23rd, 2022
MEDITATION DRAFT: SESSION 2 THE BODY'S PENDULUMNovember 21st, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: ODDLY EVENNovember 20th, 2022
BODY AS PUZZLENovember 19th, 2022
MINIMUM VIABILITY FRACTALNovember 18th, 2022
FOG OF FRUSTRATIONNovember 17th, 2022
THE UTILITY FUNCTION OF PSYCHEDELICSNovember 16th, 2022
UNSOLICITED ADVICENovember 15th, 2022
FORTHCOMING MEDITATION APPNovember 14th, 2022
INTRODUCING MNEMECTOMYNovember 13th, 2022
PERSONAL MYTHOLOGIESNovember 12th, 2022
THE INFINITE LOOPS PODCAST + TINKERED THINKINGNovember 10th, 2022
THE LUCILIUS PARABLES, VOLUME IISeptember 27th, 2022
RESTART/REBUILDSeptember 17th, 2022
QUESTIONS & CONVERSATIONAL CONSTRAINTSSeptember 16th, 2022
THE FUN ROUTESeptember 15th, 2022
SOLICITING ADVICESeptember 14th, 2022
ENTERTAINING NONSENSESeptember 13th, 2022
FLIP CHESSSeptember 12th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: DREAM OF THE LUDDITESSeptember 11th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: LORD OF THE SIMULATIONAugust 28th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: INSATIABLE August 21st, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: ASYMPTOTE OF REALIZATIONAugust 14th, 2022
METRIC OF MOMENTUMAugust 11th, 2022
AMALGUM OF AGENCYAugust 10th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: UNFAIR ADVANTAGEAugust 7th, 2022
A TOAST TO LUCILIUSAugust 6th, 2022
SMALL NEXT STEPAugust 3rd, 2022
DANCING & DICTATINGAugust 1st, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: INSPIRATION HACKERJuly 31st, 2022
BIG EYES & BLINDERSJuly 30th, 2022
BENEVOLENT IMBALENCEJuly 29th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: AUTOMATED SAVEJuly 17th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: BIRTH OF WAYSMay 1st, 2022
BETTER TOGETHERApril 26th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: LIVING WATERApril 24th, 2022
THE IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCEApril 23rd, 2022
SMALL BETS, SMALL WINSApril 21st, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SMALL WINSApril 17th, 2022
ATTENTIONAL COINApril 15th, 2022
A NEW TYPE OF WATERApril 14th, 2022
HYPOTHETICAL DESTINATIONApril 13th, 2022
FISHERMAN RUNAWAY & IDEOLOGIESApril 12th, 2022
MEDITATIVE BREAKApril 11th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: EXPERIMENTAL KARMAApril 10th, 2022
WITHOUT ONE ANOTHERApril 9th, 2022
FAMILIAR FASCINATIONApril 7th, 2022
THE CURRENT OPTIMIZATIONApril 6th, 2022
THE FAST APPROACH OF NOWApril 5th, 2022
HERD AUTOIMMUNITYApril 4th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: A HELPING HANDApril 3rd, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: DEALBREAKERMarch 27th, 2022
WHERE IS MY MIND?March 25th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SLOW SIPPERMarch 13th, 2022
HYPOCRISY OF PROGRESS March 12th, 2022
HOW TO CHALLENGE A BELIEFMarch 10th, 2022
MEMORY'S BETRAYALMarch 8th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: A DREAM REFINEDMarch 6th, 2022
AN UNRULY COUPLEMarch 5th, 2022
TIME'S ASYMMETRYMarch 4th, 2022
PRACTICING PARADISEFebruary 28th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: MISSING OUTFebruary 27th, 2022
EVOLUTION OF CONCLUSIONFebruary 26th, 2022
OUR MODERN REACHFebruary 24th, 2022
SALARIED INCENTIVEFebruary 23rd, 2022
NEVER TRUST THE WORDSFebruary 22nd, 2022
ENJOY THE WAITFebruary 21st, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: DEATH OF DESCRIPTIONFebruary 20th, 2022
OBJECT OF EMOTIONFebruary 19th, 2022
PLAYGROUND FALLACYFebruary 18th, 2022
SLEIGHT SOLUTIONFebruary 17th, 2022
SUBLTE SIGHTFebruary 16th, 2022
LEEWAY IN ART & SCIENCEFebruary 14th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE VICE OF ADVICEFebruary 13th, 2022
SCOPE OF INFLUENCEFebruary 12th, 2022
COHERENCE DRIVEFebruary 10th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: GLITCH REPORTFebruary 6th, 2022
SHEDDING JOYFebruary 5th, 2022
THE WAVE OF YESTERDAYFebruary 4th, 2022
THE THOUGHTS OF OTHERSJanuary 31st, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: EDIT THE GAMEJanuary 30th, 2022
BLIND FUTUREJanuary 29th, 2022
CULTURAL AUTOIMMUNITYJanuary 28th, 2022
BOREDOM'S JUGGERNAUTJanuary 27th, 2022
THE SHAPESHIFTERJanuary 26th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: NO TIME IS NOWJanuary 23rd, 2022
PRAYER & SIMULATIONJanuary 20th, 2022
THE FUTURE OF OUR FUTUREJanuary 19th, 2022
LOGIC BY ASSOCIATIONJanuary 18th, 2022
THE HOSPITALITY OF CONVERSATIONJanuary 17th, 2022
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SERIAL VISIONSJanuary 16th, 2022
CASUAL TARGETJanuary 15th, 2022
HELPING HANDJanuary 14th, 2022
WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT?January 13th, 2022
WHERE HAS TINKERED THINKING BEEN?January 12th, 2022
TINKERED THINKING ON HIATUSJuly 15th, 2021
HAPPINESS & COMFORTJune 12th, 2021
Are you happy? Or are you just comfortable?
FLAVORS OF STRESSJune 11th, 2021
Are you tasting the right flavor?
BUILDING IN PUBLICJune 10th, 2021
Are you afraid to show people what you are doing?
THE PLANNED TRAPJune 9th, 2021
Have you planned your own demise?
INVISIBLE PROBLEMSJune 8th, 2021
Have you grown blind to what holds you back?
DEBUG THE SOUPJune 7th, 2021
Can you deconstruct soup?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: MANIFEST EFFORTJune 6th, 2021
Lucilius muses about a friend's growing effort.
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRITJune 5th, 2021
What's failure for the entrepreneur?
LOW ODDS, RARE MOVESJune 4th, 2021
What do you do when the odds are against you?
THE GEOGRAPHY OF PROGRESSJune 3rd, 2021
What is the rate of creativity?
HUNTING THE DEVILJune 2nd, 2021
What happens when you search for the devil and find him?
QUALITY OF DISTRACTIONJune 1st, 2021
What's the quality of your distraction?
SPECIAL ANIMALMay 31st, 2021
Are we special?
HEAT OF HATERSMay 29th, 2021
Can you embrace an enemy?
THE ONLY METRICMay 27th, 2021
What does it mean to get lost in your work?
ENCOURAGING COMPETITORSMay 26th, 2021
Are you strong enough to give your enemy a boost?
HOLLOW THREATMay 25th, 2021
Can you fake a defense?
TOO BUSY TO GOSSIPMay 24th, 2021
Did you hear what happened? No? Why's that?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: OLD REMIXMay 23rd, 2021
Lucilius has a old solution to a new problem.
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE PERSPECTIVEMay 22nd, 2021
Can you take off the blindfold?
INVOKE THE FOOLMay 21st, 2021
Are you willing to be the fool?
MASSAGEMay 20th, 2021
Is Reality a kind of knot?
SELLING THE DIPMay 19th, 2021
What is the stock market?
COMPETITION CONCEPTMay 18th, 2021
How to you handle competition?
FACTORY SETTINGSMay 17th, 2021
Do you know how to adjust your own settings?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: RECONSIDERMay 16th, 2021
Lucilius talks to a friend about a promise he once made.
MENTAL DESTINATIONMay 15th, 2021
Where are you going?
BALANCE FALLACYMay 14th, 2021
Should you be trying to achieve balance?
ENJOYING MISERYMay 12th, 2021
Can you appreciate the lows?
USEFUL FRIPPERYMay 11th, 2021
How is your overall impression formed?
MAGIC COMBOMay 10th, 2021
What combination of skills have you yet to combine?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: LITTLE LIEMay 9th, 2021
Lucilius runs on a lie.
CUSTOM EFFORTMay 8th, 2021
Would it be faster to figure it out yourself?
PROMISCUOUS SOURCEMay 7th, 2021
Who do you listen to?
SONG OF THE MINDMay 6th, 2021
Can your mind handle life's jazz?
SEABIRDMay 5th, 2021
Can you navigate the storms effortlessly?
PYSCHOLOGICAL STAND-OFFMay 4th, 2021
Can you shoot first?
DOWNSTREAM PURPOSEMay 3rd, 2021
Can you see what will happen?
BENEVOLENT SUBVERSIONMay 1st, 2021
How exactly does this question unravel in your mind?
MENTAL HYGGEApril 30th, 2021
What's it like to be in your head?
INVERSION OF STRESSApril 29th, 2021
Is it more stressful just because you've waited?
OFF BEATApril 28th, 2021
Do you have rhythym?
PERMISSION FORGIVENApril 27th, 2021
Should you ask for permission?
STABILITY & AGILITYApril 26th, 2021
Are stability and agility mutually exclusive?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: END OF A CHAPTERApril 25th, 2021
Lucilius catches himself from the past.
LIFE'S GEARSApril 24th, 2021
The game of life is all about switching gears.
PERMISSION TO LIVEApril 23rd, 2021
What are you waiting for?
STATE CHANGE FEARApril 22nd, 2021
Do you fear what might be better?
A BLEND OF OPTIMISM & PESSIMISMApril 21st, 2021
What's the middle ground?
THE ART OF ATTENTIONApril 20th, 2021
Are you an artist?
THE FUTURE OF LANGUAGEApril 19th, 2021
What will replace these words?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: NO HOPEApril 18th, 2021
Lucilius learns the good of losing hope.
THE HUMBLE & THE ARROGANTApril 17th, 2021
Does anyone start out humble?
OLD LOGIC, NEW BEHAVIORApril 16th, 2021
Is the default equipped for the novel?
THOUGHT KNOTApril 12th, 2021
What if words hinder the process?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: GLOW OF THE GAZEApril 11th, 2021
Lucilius feels the warm glow of the gaze.
EDGE OF BELIEFApril 10th, 2021
Do your beliefs have rounded edges? Or are they fuzzy?
THE PROBLEM WITH FREE SPEECHApril 9th, 2021
Are you free to repeat as much as the next person?
CATCH THE BEATApril 8th, 2021
Do you have rhythm?
PIÑATAApril 7th, 2021
Keep swinging.
LEARNING & EFFORTApril 6th, 2021
Do you know what to pay attention to?
KNOW THYSELF 101April 5th, 2021
Do you even know the simplest things about yourself?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: AUTOCEPTIONApril 4th, 2021
Lucilius has an idea about how to have ideas.
COMMUNAL HALLUCINATIONApril 3rd, 2021
We are all nuts. But the condition has some utility.
DISARMING EXPECTATIONApril 1st, 2021
Do we also dread the good?
DISSONANT THOUGHTMarch 31st, 2021
Does thought have harmony?
RATIO OF ATTENTIONMarch 30th, 2021
What is the size of attention when compared to itself?
TINKERED THINKING IS FAKEMarch 29th, 2021
Tinkered Thinking has made a change.
LIMIT OF LANGUAGEMarch 27th, 2021
Can describe what cannot be said?
SPEED OF CREATIONMarch 26th, 2021
How fast can you create?
MODES OF SELFMarch 25th, 2021
Do you ever argue with yourself?
BUNDLINGMarch 24th, 2021
What is software eating?
FOR FUTURE YOUMarch 23rd, 2021
What do you do for yourself?
HEDONIC PRIMNGMarch 22nd, 2021
Do we ruin the gift?
TAP THE GAUGEMarch 20th, 2021
Are the guages of your life tuned to the situation?
COWBOY DIRECTIONSMarch 19th, 2021
When should you just cowboy it?
WHILE AWAYMarch 17th, 2021
Are you taking a break from work, or is it the other way around?
THE MUSIC IN LANGUAGEMarch 16th, 2021
Does music make sense? Does language make music?
MEDITATIVE HAMMERMarch 15th, 2021
What force lies within a strong meditative practice?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: TOOLMarch 14th, 2021
Can a tool be useful if it fails to do it's job?
ANTICIPATING NOSTALGIAMarch 13th, 2021
Will you miss what hasn't yet happened?
SILENT MINDMarch 11th, 2021
Can you sit quietly with yourself?
CORE OF COMMERCEMarch 10th, 2021
What's hidden within the dice for this game we play every day?
INACCURATE GUTMarch 9th, 2021
Can your gut feeling be wrong?
RIVALNYM: PASSION & ADDICTIONMarch 8th, 2021
Is a passion an addiction?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: WAITING FOR NOWMarch 7th, 2021
Lucilius shares a moment.
ARTIST OF INCENTIVEMarch 6th, 2021
What are you incentivized to do?
ANACHRONISTIC EMOTIONSMarch 5th, 2021
What exactly did evolution calibrate our emotions for?
REINCARNATIONMarch 4th, 2021
Can you become a different person?
COOPERATION & CONFLICTMarch 3rd, 2021
Are we just playing elaborate versions of the same game?
HOW TO TINKERMarch 2nd, 2021
How to?
RELATIVE WORTHMarch 1st, 2021
Can you get back to baseline?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SERIF'S SIGNFebruary 28th, 2021
Lucilius embraces the new.
IMPORTANT CONTRADICTIONSFebruary 27th, 2021
Do you contradict yourself?
COMMUNAL PRIORSFebruary 26th, 2021
Can you change our mind?
AUTO-SOLVEFebruary 25th, 2021
Can you work while you rest?
INCENTIVE STRATIFICATIONFebruary 24th, 2021
Is Incentive good or bad?
HABITS OF INTONATIONFebruary 23rd, 2021
Do you have a bad habit?
PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNINGFebruary 22nd, 2021
Can you handle the psychology of failure?
WISDOM DIVISIONFebruary 20th, 2021
Is wisdom cohesive?
MEDIOCRE PLATEAUSFebruary 19th, 2021
Why does lame remain lame?
CONVENIENT OPINIONFebruary 18th, 2021
Are you incentivized to believe bad things?
MAP VS. PLANFebruary 17th, 2021
Can you plan out your map?
IMPLICATION OF NUANCEFebruary 16th, 2021
What's the opposite of Nuance?
IDENTITY INVERSEFebruary 15th, 2021
What is the inverse of knowledge?
SOUNDS OF MEANINGFebruary 13th, 2021
Can you hear yourself?
REPRESENTING THE FUTUREFebruary 12th, 2021
How do you paint tomorrow?
THE CONTEXT OF METAPHORFebruary 11th, 2021
Which context should we focus on?
RITUAL INCENTIVEFebruary 10th, 2021
Can the habit become incentivized?
ERROR OF MYOPIAFebruary 9th, 2021
How far can you see?
THE WORST STORYFebruary 8th, 2021
Are stories good because of their content or their delivery?
LAYERS OF THE SKILLFebruary 6th, 2021
How is a skill like an onion?
VEILED OPPORTUNITYFebruary 5th, 2021
Was the opportunity obviously hidden?
SUBTLE TRENDSFebruary 4th, 2021
What if the most important signal is the faintest?
CONFIDENT PROBLEMFebruary 3rd, 2021
Is it really a problem if the problem has a built-in fix?
EXPIRATION OF BELIEFFebruary 2nd, 2021
Do beliefs die?
FICKLE LOCATION OF IDEASFebruary 1st, 2021
Where do ideas come from?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: REPLY TO SENDERJanuary 31st, 2021
Lucilius gets a reply.
MODERATING MODERATIONJanuary 30th, 2021
Do you moderate the wrong things?
IMPATIENT FUELJanuary 29th, 2021
What can we do with emotions?
INCENTIVIZED RECIPROCITYJanuary 28th, 2021
How are you incentivized?
PROJECT NARRATIVEJanuary 27th, 2021
When do we remember the tools?
THE ART OF LEARNINGJanuary 26th, 2021
Have you learned the art?
NAVIGATING MISTAKESJanuary 25th, 2021
Are mistakes something to find, or avoid?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: PATIENT PILGRIMJanuary 24th, 2021
Lucilius confronts the inconcievable.
FEED THE WRITERJanuary 23rd, 2021
What's an easy method to break writer's block?
ADDITIVE LEARNINGJanuary 22nd, 2021
Can a bad grade become an identity?
REAL DIFFERENCEJanuary 21st, 2021
What proves different thinking?
THE VIRTUE OF INEFFICIENCYJanuary 20th, 2021
Our greatest asset is double-edged.
REWARD SWAPJanuary 19th, 2021
We chase carrots to our benefit or deteriment.
TOO VAGUEJanuary 18th, 2021
Be specific.
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE DESTINATIONJanuary 17th, 2021
Lucilius discovers the answer to a paradox.
THE ANTI-ROUTINEJanuary 16th, 2021
Can the anti-routine be stopped?
UNSOLVED WEARJanuary 15th, 2021
Don't give up.
FALLING BEHINDJanuary 14th, 2021
Falling behind is missing out entirely.
DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHYJanuary 13th, 2021
Where are you when you're on the internet?
GEARS OF INCENTIVEJanuary 12th, 2021
What gear are you in?
INFORMATION PROMINENCEJanuary 11th, 2021
Is the correct information prominent?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SPLIT THE ANGLEJanuary 10th, 2021
Lucilius finds a new angle.
WATCHING THOUGHTSJanuary 9th, 2021
Another little podcast bounces into your life...
CANVASJanuary 8th, 2021
What is life's art?
FORCED FASCINATIONJanuary 7th, 2021
How is curiosity revived?
SWITCH IT UPJanuary 6th, 2021
Moderation in everything, including moderation.
SIMPLE SOLUTIONJanuary 5th, 2021
The simple solution usually isn't complex.
ANGLESJanuary 4th, 2021
Everyone has an angle.
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: DEALER'S CHOICEJanuary 3rd, 2021
Lucilius celebates.
STICKY MINDDecember 31st, 2020
How sticky is your mind?
DIPPING & DIVINGDecember 30th, 2020
Do we misapply de facto wisdom to the wrong situations?
WANDERING COLLABORATIONDecember 29th, 2020
This episode details a wonderful collaboration.
BANAL SYSTEMSDecember 28th, 2020
How does the mundane control our outcome?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: FUNNY AIRDecember 27th, 2020
Lucilius helps someone with a shortness of breath.
GRADUAL LUREDecember 26th, 2020
Is progress the art of luring yourself forward?
GIFT OF YOUDecember 25th, 2020
How are you recieved?
KINDS OF ATTENTIONDecember 24th, 2020
What kind of attention are you paying with?
PROJECT RHYTHMDecember 23rd, 2020
What's the natural rhythm of progress?
BETTER BOREDDecember 22nd, 2020
Are we deeply delighted?
MEDITATIVE LENGTHDecember 21st, 2020
How long does it take to meditate?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: PREDICTION MODELDecember 20th, 2020
Lucilius builds a dead end.
PURSUITS OF CURIOSITYDecember 19th, 2020
Should we depend on the unpredictable?
SUBTLE KEYSDecember 18th, 2020
Where is the missing piece?
SERIOUS FUNDecember 17th, 2020
Why so serious?
SLAGDecember 16th, 2020
Should we save what we get rid of?
TEACHING AS SUBJECTDecember 15th, 2020
Is it possible to teach the ability to teach?
THE RETIREMENT PARADOXDecember 14th, 2020
What happens when you finally get what you've never had?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SUGGESTIONDecember 13th, 2020
Lucilius makes a suggestion, literally.
THE ART OF SUGGESTIONDecember 12th, 2020
Should you make that suggestion?
THE CHEMISTRY OF PERSPECTIVEDecember 11th, 2020
Does your message have the right chemistry?
VOCATIONAL REFUGEEDecember 10th, 2020
What do you do when the boss doesn't call anymore?
CONSCIOUS GLOSSDecember 8th, 2020
Can you decide to gloss over some aspects of your experience?
FUSED-SENSE READINGDecember 7th, 2020
How do you read quickly without missing?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: FOILED TRYDecember 6th, 2020
Lucilius wanders around in search of a solution.
SUBTLE NECESSITIESDecember 5th, 2020
Are all our necessities obvious?
INITIAL CONDITIONSDecember 4th, 2020
What's required to start?
NEW NORMALSDecember 2nd, 2020
Is our ability to adapt a double edged sword?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: ONE STEP AT A TIMENovember 29th, 2020
Lucilius takes a step forward.
HIDDEN PRACTICENovember 27th, 2020
Do we practice without knowing?
FORMATTINGNovember 26th, 2020
What is innovation, really?
RHYTHM & MELODYNovember 25th, 2020
What's the cadence of your writing?
ORIGINAL SOLUTIONNovember 24th, 2020
Is the original better for part of the process?
COIN OF COMPASSION & CRUELTYNovember 23rd, 2020
What is the origin of compassion?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: MURMURNovember 22nd, 2020
Lucilius might tell a fib.
UNEXPECTED EFFECTNovember 21st, 2020
Do we know what the effect will be?
SUPERPOWERNovember 20th, 2020
Where are the real superpowers?
A FEW WORDS ON EDITINGNovember 19th, 2020
What does editing look like?
ALONE WITH PHONESNovember 18th, 2020
What sort of company do our phones provide?
WRITING FICTIONNovember 17th, 2020
How do you make up stuff?
PESSIMISTIC FILTRATIONNovember 16th, 2020
How is reality best filtered?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: HEADWAYNovember 15th, 2020
Lucilius builds a tool.
ART & WORKNovember 14th, 2020
Society values work, but what about art work?
DESIGN & THEORYNovember 13th, 2020
What are the aethetics of a theory of building?
GORDIAN SOLUTIONNovember 12th, 2020
Which solution do you use?
INFINITE FACETSNovember 11th, 2020
How many ways can we look at a subject?
HEADY ITEMNovember 10th, 2020
How does one crack apart big to-do items?
THE STUDENTNovember 9th, 2020
Does the teacher learn how to help the student understand?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: DIGITAL PLUNGENovember 8th, 2020
Lucilius helps humanity find a way forward.
EDGE OF THE RABBITHOLENovember 7th, 2020
Which way?
EDUCATION'S PARADOXNovember 6th, 2020
How do we become more capable?
COEFFICIENTS OF ADDICTIONNovember 4th, 2020
Does everything have an addictive quality?
KERNELNovember 2nd, 2020
Where do pieces of writing begin?
BAMBOOOctober 31st, 2020
What does a long-term benefit look like before the benefit?
REASSESSOctober 30th, 2020
When do we pivot?
FUNNELLING FRUSTRATIONOctober 29th, 2020
What is at the core of our ability to learn?
A CHANCE FOR CHANCESOctober 27th, 2020
Does chance have a recipe?
FIRST WAVEOctober 26th, 2020
Do we plan for the second?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: GOLDEN HERRINGOctober 25th, 2020
Lucilius solves a puzzle by building it.
THOUGHTFUL OUROBOROSOctober 24th, 2020
How does thought treat itself in meditation?
NOSTALGIA'S EDGEOctober 23rd, 2020
What does the past have to offer the future?
INCOMING, OUTGOINGOctober 22nd, 2020
What are the vectors of fulfillment and misery?
BUILD TILL IT BREAKSOctober 21st, 2020
What does the unknown have in store?
EDGE OF ABILITYOctober 20th, 2020
Where's your edge?
BLAND GEMSOctober 19th, 2020
Are your own treasures camouflaged from your very own eyes?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: WRITTEN IN WATEROctober 18th, 2020
Lucilius brushes off a faded memory.
HOTKEY COGNITIONOctober 17th, 2020
Does your mind have hotkeys that someone can use t decieve you?
METHODS OF MEANINGOctober 16th, 2020
What method do we have to edit our unconscious methods?
CALM MIND; RESTLESS SPIRITOctober 15th, 2020
Are our minds equipped to deal with the body's energy?
INTELLECTUAL FAITHOctober 14th, 2020
How do we encorporate the counter-intuitive into our intuition?
SILENT VICTORYOctober 13th, 2020
How best to celebrate?
ATTENTIONAL FORTRESSOctober 12th, 2020
Is your attention well guarded?
EFFORTFUL FULFILLMENTOctober 10th, 2020
Is it fulfilling to put in the effort?
BLATANT DISHONESTYOctober 9th, 2020
Are you content with the confident lies?
INTERPRETATION VS. MEANINGOctober 8th, 2020
Do we use language, or does it use us?
A CONFLUENCE OF HABITOctober 7th, 2020
Can we learn habits in parts?
SETTING THE TRAPOctober 6th, 2020
Do you set yourself up to be trapped?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE DAY'S LESSONOctober 4th, 2020
Lucilius learns what he already knows.
PEDDLING PLATITUDESOctober 3rd, 2020
What are platitudes, and why do we keep hearing them?
SYMBOLIC BRANDOctober 2nd, 2020
Does anonymity have more utility than we realize?
MENTAL MODULESOctober 1st, 2020
Do the modules of our thought corrupt one another?
OPTIMAL OBSTACLESeptember 30th, 2020
How do we surmount and insurmountable obstacle?
LIVING THE STORYSeptember 29th, 2020
What story are you living?
PERPETUAL FAILURESeptember 28th, 2020
When is constant failure a sign of success?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: A LIFE TO LIVESeptember 27th, 2020
Lucilius contemplates a life well lived.
ATTENTIONAL FLAMESeptember 26th, 2020
Can you stoke your own fire? Can you snuff it out?
WORK OF A WORDSeptember 25th, 2020
How do our words get lazy?
WASHSeptember 24th, 2020
How do we wash the moment? How do we wash the brain?
TOGGLING PERSPECTIVESeptember 22nd, 2020
Can you occupy multiple perspectives on your situation?
SUSPENDING THE PROGRAMSeptember 21st, 2020
Is there something better than good habits?
A LUCIILUS PARABLE: LATE TO THE PARTYSeptember 20th, 2020
Lucilius checks in on his fellow man.
THE SOCIAL IMPULSE - PART IISeptember 17th, 2020
What are the repercussions of socializing?
THE SOCIAL IMPULSE - PART ISeptember 16th, 2020
How are we moved to socialize?
PLANNING THE ITERATIVE BUILDSeptember 14th, 2020
How shall we build a plan to build?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: FLEETING OPPORTUNITYSeptember 13th, 2020
Lucilius repeats a mistake.
THE NARRATIVES OF OTHERSSeptember 12th, 2020
What's our most prevelent view of reality?
FLEXBILITY FUNCTIONSeptember 10th, 2020
How do we maintain a flexibility of perspective?
FLOW OF THOUGHTSeptember 9th, 2020
Is there a gas pedal for thought?
SETTING OF THE BUILDSeptember 8th, 2020
Can you twist circumstance at the right time?
UTILITY OF BOREDOMSeptember 7th, 2020
Does boredom tell us something important?
ON RAMPSeptember 4th, 2020
How do we anticipate the different parts of life?
ANTIHABITSeptember 3rd, 2020
How do good habits die?
FALSE GLOWSeptember 2nd, 2020
Have we all been gaslighting ourselves and each other?
CROSSROADSSeptember 1st, 2020
Should you switch things up?
PATTERNED RANDOMNESSAugust 31st, 2020
How do we interact with randomness and pattern?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: FLYWHEELAugust 30th, 2020
Lucilius chats about living.
ANTSY EXITAugust 29th, 2020
What is it about experience that you can never get away from?
MEME WOMBAugust 28th, 2020
Does an idea have parents?
SLY UTILITYAugust 27th, 2020
Is there a hidden utilty in artful phrasing?
CURIOSITY & HOPEAugust 26th, 2020
Does hope have a darkside?
ENGINE OF THE CREATIVE LIFEAugust 25th, 2020
What drives creative people?
SIMPLE OPERABLE ITERATIONAugust 24th, 2020
What is the philosophy of building and exploration?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: ZEN SIMPLICITYAugust 23rd, 2020
Lucilius in a state simple Zen.
DEMO VS. WORKING ITERATIONAugust 22nd, 2020
Does it work? Or is it just theatrics?
ROLLING FRUITAugust 21st, 2020
What's the low-hanging fruit that helps us get the ball rolling?
PRINT-ON-DEMANDAugust 18th, 2020
How did Tinkered Thinking publish its first book?
THE LUCILIUS PARABLES, VOLUME I
August 17th, 2020
Tinkered Thinking has launched its first book!
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: WINNOWAugust 16th, 2020
Lucilius finds someone.
THE ART OF EXPECTATIONAugust 15th, 2020
What should we expect?
DRY RUNAugust 14th, 2020
When should we practice before we go?
CONTROLLING THE INCENTIVEAugust 13th, 2020
Where is the incentive?
WHY THINK ABOUT WHY?August 11th, 2020
What's the purpose of why?
A NOTE ON AUDIENCEAugust 10th, 2020
What do you attract?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: QUESTION IN CRISISAugust 9th, 2020
Lucilius confronts new questions.
ATTENTIONAL CURATIONAugust 8th, 2020
How well is your attention curated? Why? And for what purpose?
UGLY OPPORTUNITYAugust 7th, 2020
How do you react to a dissappointment?
TIME & ATTENTIONAugust 6th, 2020
How do you stay present and get things done simultaneously?
THE FIRST METAQUESTIONAugust 5th, 2020
How do we assess the quality of the questions we ask?
STACK THE DECKAugust 4th, 2020
How do you force your own choice?
SIGN ON THE DOORAugust 3rd, 2020
Is value obvious?
SYMBIOSIS OF CURIOSITYAugust 1st, 2020
What is the core issue at the heart of self-help?
SYMBOLS OF BELIEFJuly 31st, 2020
Who do the symbols fool?
ATTENTIONAL CONCESSIONJuly 29th, 2020
When do you give up on a problem? And why?
STUDYING THE MOMENTJuly 28th, 2020
Can you pay attention to the way attention focuses?
CREATE SPACEJuly 27th, 2020
Is it good to waste time on purpose?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: CHAINED ATTENTIONJuly 26th, 2020
Lucilius doesn't fail to remember the moment.
COUNTERING INTUITIONJuly 25th, 2020
How much should you trust your intuition?
PRESENTATIONAL REQUIREMENTSJuly 24th, 2020
What do you need to get the point across?
DETOUR TEMPTATIONJuly 20th, 2020
Which way will you take?
THE DEATH OF POSSIBILITYJuly 18th, 2020
Do you belive in the possibilties?
FALSE MOMENTJuly 14th, 2020
Are you living in false moments that have an ideal in mind?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: COPY & PASTEJuly 12th, 2020
Lucilius unlocks a new level of productivity.
CONCEPTUAL NETWORKJuly 11th, 2020
How detailed is your mental map?
WORD SALADJuly 10th, 2020
Does it actually make sense? Or does it just sound good?
USEFUL DUDJuly 8th, 2020
How do we usually react when our effort fail to take off?
THISJuly 7th, 2020
Does the universe exist if there's no one to experience it?
MADJuly 6th, 2020
If someone is mad, does that mean they've gone mad?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SUBVERSIVE SERVANTJuly 5th, 2020
Anger visits Lucilius with company.
INSANE DETAILSJuly 4th, 2020
Can you comfortably dance on the edge of insanity?
CLOSING SCOPEJuly 1st, 2020
How how good are you at asking the right question?
EACH IN TURNJune 30th, 2020
How would you understand who you are without language?
EMBELLISHMENTJune 29th, 2020
Do you embellish your stories?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: CANCELLEDJune 28th, 2020
Lucilius has a run in with the law.
THE RIGHT FEELINGJune 27th, 2020
Can you distinguish between what feels good and what is right?
BRANDJune 26th, 2020
A brand has a reputation, but does a reputation have a brand?
ATTENTIONAL RECURSIONJune 25th, 2020
Do you notice how attention curates itself?
DELIBERATELY INSUFFICIENTJune 24th, 2020
How is it that an ellipsis and a question are similar?
GAME YOUR BRAINJune 23rd, 2020
Can a system game itself?
AESTHETICS & FUNCTIONJune 22nd, 2020
Where do beauty and function meet?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: GO FIGUREJune 21st, 2020
Lucilius learns what instructions are for.
FLATTERYJune 20th, 2020
How do you react to the way people react to your work?
PUT A BOW ON ITJune 19th, 2020
Are you done?
DECENTRALIZED IDEASJune 18th, 2020
Are your ideas better off divorced from you as a person?
DETECTING INEQUITIESJune 17th, 2020
Can you see the issue clearly?
NEGATIVE SURPRISEJune 16th, 2020
What sort of surprise do you set yourself up for?
BIRTH OF A QUESTIONJune 15th, 2020
Where do questions come from?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: OMPHALOSJune 14th, 2020
Lucilius is shown kindness.
UNBURDENED SEARCHJune 13th, 2020
Are you standing in your own way?
THRESHOLD OF CONVERSATIONJune 12th, 2020
What is beyond conversation?
EMBRYOJune 11th, 2020
What does passion look like when it's born?
ONE THINGJune 10th, 2020
String days together with one thing.
EXHAUSTIVE ITERATIONJune 9th, 2020
Do the iterations exhaust you?
LOOKING FOR LUCKJune 6th, 2020
What does luck look like?
BIRTH OF BELIEFJune 5th, 2020
How does out operating system harden?
SCOPEJune 4th, 2020
What's the scope of the situation?
PRIVILEGE & RESPONSIBLITYJune 2nd, 2020
How are you priveleged? And what is your responsibility?
FRUSTRATION & PATIENCEJune 1st, 2020
How do you solve frustration?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: WORK SPACEMay 31st, 2020
A friend helps Lucilius with some work.
MAIN CHARACTERMay 30th, 2020
What's your story?
MENTAL SPACEMay 29th, 2020
How do you make space?
CONTEXT & DEFINITIONMay 28th, 2020
What is the theory and practice of language?
SCHOOL?May 27th, 2020
Is school worth it? What is the best classroom in which to learn?
LOOPHOLEMay 26th, 2020
Have you found the loophole?
DANCING PERFECTIONMay 25th, 2020
Does perfection hinder you?
MEMORY FASTINGMay 23rd, 2020
Do you ever take a break from your memory?
NETWORK OF CATEGORIESMay 22nd, 2020
What is language?
MIRROR EYESMay 21st, 2020
Where are you?
OPINIONS & INSPIRATIONMay 20th, 2020
Are you living in a dungeon or do you drink from a fountain?
ENEMY ECHOESMay 19th, 2020
Are you aiding your enemy in the construction of their echo chambers?
REALMS OF PLAYMay 18th, 2020
What happened to the playground?
BUILDING ROADSMay 16th, 2020
Where is the friction in your life?
SPIRAL STAIRCASEMay 15th, 2020
How do you break a pattern of thinking?
PRINCIPLESMay 14th, 2020
What principles do you operate by?
SMART FOOLMay 13th, 2020
Are you smart or foolish?
TITLEMay 12th, 2020
How do you collapse a collection of knowledge?
ANTILINDYMay 11th, 2020
What persists forever without a concentrated effort?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: REUNIONMay 10th, 2020
Lucilius visits the past anew.
GRASPING NOTHINGMay 9th, 2020
How do you touch the present?
FROWNMay 8th, 2020
Why do we pay attention to the negative?
WANDERMay 6th, 2020
Do you ever set out to wander?
IMAGINATIVE MAINTENANCEMay 5th, 2020
What's the status of your imagination?
CHANGE MY MINDMay 4th, 2020
What else changes when you change your mind?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: WELL READMay 3rd, 2020
Lucilius reads a bit.
HATEFUL VICTIMMay 2nd, 2020
How do you feel toward harm and its source?
TASTEMay 1st, 2020
Do you have good taste? What exactly are you tasting? and why?
CASUAL EFFORTApril 29th, 2020
How does excellence become easy?
THE ART OF READINGApril 28th, 2020
How do you approach reading?
BLANK PRESSUREApril 27th, 2020
Is there a natural end to boredom?
RIPPLESApril 25th, 2020
What's the water like today?
QUESTIONS & ANSWERSApril 24th, 2020
Where do questions and answers come from?
FAKE LAWSApril 23rd, 2020
Do you follow deterimental guidelines unconsciously?
THE REINSApril 22nd, 2020
Is your imagination reined in?
ACCURACY & KINDNESSApril 21st, 2020
Is it accurate to be kind?
LOSING LUSTERApril 20th, 2020
Why does the nearly complete project beging to wane with excitement?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: DOUBLE SIPApril 19th, 2020
Lucilius witnesses the drunkeness of hypocrisy.
AUTHORITY & CURIOSITYApril 18th, 2020
Are authorities curious?
IATROGENIC GOALApril 17th, 2020
Do you limit yourself by imagining achievement?
TRIANGULATEApril 16th, 2020
When do you know you understand?
SENSE-TELLINGApril 15th, 2020
Does a good story make the best sense?
WALLS AND DOORSApril 14th, 2020
Does your mind have doors? or is it all walls?
CRITICAL DETAILSApril 11th, 2020
How do you take criticism?
WRITING RUSSIAN ROULETTEApril 10th, 2020
Is Writing repetitive? Should it be?
PLACATE OR PURSUE?April 9th, 2020
Is your curosity like a fat cat?
FINISH LINEApril 8th, 2020
Do you have an end in sight?
IDEA TRAPApril 7th, 2020
How do you catch ideas?
SOCIETY OF ONEApril 4th, 2020
Does society exist on different levels?
THE ASYMMETRICAL WRITERApril 3rd, 2020
What's the upside of writing? What's the downside?
TIME DILATIONApril 2nd, 2020
Is time moving quickly or slowly? How does it switch? And why?
WHO'S LOOKING?April 1st, 2020
Do you really know who is watching and waiting to see you win?
STATUE DANCEMarch 31st, 2020
Are settling like stone?
RATTLE THE CAGEMarch 30th, 2020
What are you feeding?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: GREENMarch 29th, 2020
Lucilius jumps the gun.
UNPRECEDENTEDMarch 28th, 2020
How do you prepare for something you've never seen?
PLAYTIMEMarch 25th, 2020
How do you play? Do you even?
MEDITATION: WANDERING WAVEMarch 24th, 2020
Where is peace?
RESPAWNMarch 23rd, 2020
What do you do with the same circumstance given to you again?
EMOTIONAL REGULATION PART IV - LEARNINGMarch 19th, 2020
What does it feel like to learn?
DANCING WITH MISFORTUNEMarch 18th, 2020
Do you know the steps?
BETTER SAFEMarch 17th, 2020
Is something bad required for good outcomes?
BURN THE BOATSMarch 16th, 2020
How do you force your own next step?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: A GAME OF SKINMarch 15th, 2020
Lucilius learns how to teach.
FIRST DRAFTMarch 14th, 2020
How do you start?
FALSE PATHMarch 13th, 2020
Are you chasing a mirage?
NEGATIVE EXTRAPOLATIONMarch 12th, 2020
Is there value in imagining bad things?
ALARMMarch 11th, 2020
How do you respond to an alarm?
HALF A MILLION WORDSMarch 10th, 2020
Tinkered Thinking celebrates Half a Million Words
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: DATABASEMarch 8th, 2020
Lucilius fails to confront the expected.
THE SIZE & SHAPE OF PROBLEMSMarch 7th, 2020
How do you deal with an obstacle you can't see?
BETWEEN WEAKNESS & STRENGTHMarch 6th, 2020
How closely related are weakness and strength?
THE ART OF WRITINGMarch 5th, 2020
What does it mean to write about the art of writing?
SOUL OF THE MONSTERMarch 4th, 2020
Rip out the heart of art and what do you hold?
HONORED TEACHERMarch 3rd, 2020
What is a teacher's purpose? What is beyond that purpose?
LISTEN ON REPEATMarch 2nd, 2020
Would you repeat your life?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: BIRTHDAYMarch 1st, 2020
Lucilius pays tribute to Groundhog Day.
KNOWING NORTHFebruary 29th, 2020
How do you steer your life?
FARMING LUCKFebruary 27th, 2020
Do you know how to nuture luck?
FRUGALITYFebruary 26th, 2020
What is the point of frugality?
TASK ENORMITYFebruary 25th, 2020
Do you know how to eat an elephant?
TWO LENSESFebruary 24th, 2020
Are you looking for opportunities in the rght ways?
UPSIDE FAILFebruary 22nd, 2020
Can you win no matter what?
WHY WRITE?February 21st, 2020
Do you know what writing is for?
MOMENTARY NAVIGATIONFebruary 20th, 2020
Do you know how to navigate?
MEDITATION: THINKING TOO MUCHFebruary 19th, 2020
Do you think you think too much?
MONSTERS OF THE MINDFebruary 14th, 2020
What monsters are you feeding?
IMISM'S SWORDFebruary 13th, 2020
Are you a pessimist or an optimist?
BRANCHES & NETSFebruary 11th, 2020
How big it your net?
SUPER SOAKERFebruary 8th, 2020
Do you know how to charge your productivity?
MEASURING QUESTIONSFebruary 6th, 2020
Do you analyze the quality of your questions?
THE NEW WILDERNESSFebruary 5th, 2020
Where is the modern hunt?
BACKTRACK BUILDINGFebruary 4th, 2020
How do you keep from redoing a bunch of work?
HOW'S IT LOOK?February 3rd, 2020
How do you notice your progress?
USER INTERFACEFebruary 1st, 2020
Are you updating your user interface?
RIVALNYM CASE STUDY: FANATICAL FANJanuary 31st, 2020
Are you a fan or a fanatic?
CHARGED BATTERY PART IIJanuary 30th, 2020
Should you perhaps drain that battery a little?
CHARGED BATTERY PART IJanuary 29th, 2020
Are you all charged up?
THE HINGEJanuary 28th, 2020
Where and how has your life hinged?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: TINKERED BEAUTYJanuary 26th, 2020
Lucilius meets someone.
OBSESSIVE IMPULSEJanuary 25th, 2020
What do you obsess about?
STROLLING THROUGH INFINITYJanuary 24th, 2020
How do you know that something has ended?
QUESTING STATEMENTSJanuary 23rd, 2020
How can you supercharge your questions?
TIME WELL SPENTJanuary 22nd, 2020
How do you spend your time?
METATTENTIONJanuary 21st, 2020
What pays attention to our switch in attention?
RIVALNYM CASE STUDY: ALONEJanuary 20th, 2020
What is the difference between lonliness and solitude?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: WELL USEDJanuary 19th, 2020
Lucilius and a friend enjoy the afternoon.
READER RETURNSJanuary 18th, 2020
Why do you return to read?
ONE PLAYER CHESSJanuary 17th, 2020
How do you win with yourself?
QUANTITATIVE HIERARCHYJanuary 15th, 2020
How do we best achieve quality?
ENZYMATIC EFFORTJanuary 14th, 2020
What's required to figure it out?
FORGOTTEN GIFTS OF CHILDHOODJanuary 11th, 2020
Can you remember how it felt to be a child?
THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN IDEAJanuary 8th, 2020
What is the ideal environment for creative innovation?
ADORABLE GLITCHJanuary 6th, 2020
Tinkered Thinking is finally on Spotify.
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE MIND'S PIROUETTEJanuary 5th, 2020
Luclius notices his mind spin.
THE RAMIFICATIONS OF BUSINESSJanuary 4th, 2020
What's the real point of a business?
NTH TRYJanuary 3rd, 2020
How many times do you try? And what exactly are you trying?
DAY ONEJanuary 1st, 2020
What about today is so special?
FORTUNE'S PIROUETTEDecember 31st, 2019
Can you enjoy the whole spin?
DESIGN THE PROBLEMDecember 28th, 2019
What problems do you have the luxury of solving?
PROPORTIONAL MANIPULATIONDecember 27th, 2019
Are your emotions in proportion with reality?
OUR OWN PLACEDecember 26th, 2019
Do you have your own place? Hw do you tend to it?
DRAFT ZERODecember 25th, 2019
Where does wrting start? And where does it take us?
RULE OF THUMB - FRESH STARTDecember 24th, 2019
When should you call it quits for the day?
MEDITATION: COMPOUND PRACTICEDecember 23rd, 2019
The milestones of meditation.
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: MAD MYTHDecember 22nd, 2019
Lucilius comes across some respite.
RIVALNYM CASE STUDY: NATURAL SOCIETYDecember 20th, 2019
Is society natural?
GET BEHIND YOURSELF AND PUSHDecember 18th, 2019
Sometimes you just don't feel like it.
MANY MASKSDecember 17th, 2019
This episode is dedicated to Paul Graham and Deeyah Kahn.
BETWEEN FRAMESDecember 16th, 2019
Can you catch the moment?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: COLD MOVEDecember 15th, 2019
This episode is dedicated to David Wallace-Wells. Lucilius entertains the good side of evil.
CART HORSE CARROTDecember 14th, 2019
How you organize your day is how you organize your life.
LISTENING FOR INTENTDecember 13th, 2019
Do you communicate in bad faith?
VICARIOUS ADVICEDecember 12th, 2019
What would you say? And why would you say it?
HALO OF IGNORANCEDecember 11th, 2019
Do you know how good you are? or... aren't?
THE ONLY PROBLEMDecember 10th, 2019
What's your problem?
THE ILLUSION OF HINDSIGHTDecember 9th, 2019
Do we really see so clearly how things could have been?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE STUFF OF DREAMSDecember 8th, 2019
Lucilius puts sleep to good use.
TOY OR TOOL?December 7th, 2019
What do you spend your time and money on?
SIMPLE ELABORATION This episode is dedicated to Brandon who you can connect with on Twitter at @brandonbydesign Do we speak and write too much or too little?December 6th, 2019
WASTING TIMEDecember 4th, 2019
How do you waste time?
EMOTIONAL REGULATION PART II - THE TESTDecember 3rd, 2019
This episode is dedicated to Saher Cherif who you can connect with on Twitter @Saher_Cherif
ON YOUR MARKDecember 2nd, 2019
How can the imaginary world rev our performance in the real one?
THEORY OR EXAMPLE?November 29th, 2019
If you have so many examples, do you need a theory?
THE SUBTLE ART OF SECOND GUESSING YOURSELFNovember 26th, 2019
How well do you second guess yourself?
LINES & NETSNovember 25th, 2019
How do you catch the attention you need to do your work?
THE GULFNovember 23rd, 2019
How much space exists between what you say and what you do?
SEEDING PLANSNovember 22nd, 2019
How does curiosity plan?
TALL POPPIESNovember 21st, 2019
How shall we reinterpret the poorly understood lessons of the past?
NEVER FINISHEDNovember 20th, 2019
Do you know when you are done?
COMFORT - PART II: FORTS & CAGESNovember 19th, 2019
Are you comfortably entrapped by your strengths?
This episode, along with the previous one, is dedicated to Dennis Michael Hynes, you can connect with him on Twitter at @HynesDm
COMFORT - PART I: THE ROOTS OF A WORDNovember 18th, 2019
What does it mean to be comfortable?
This episode, along with Part II, is dedicated to Dennis Michael Hynes. You can connect with him on Twitter at @HynesDm
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: GRAIN OF SALTNovember 17th, 2019
Lucilius shares what he can.
RESOURCEFULNESSNovember 16th, 2019
Are you blind to the resources right in front of you?
CHASING SILENCENovember 14th, 2019
Do you know how to catch it?
A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: A DAY'S WORTHNovember 13th, 2019
How much do you think your day is worth?
METAQUESTIONSNovember 12th, 2019
Do you know how to challenge your questions?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE MOVING MINDNovember 10th, 2019
Lucilius overhears a debate.
GENERATING RANDOMNESSNovember 9th, 2019
What is the first step of creativity?
THE SISYPHEAN PLATEAUNovember 8th, 2019
Is your idea of progress infinitely wrong?
BROKEN RECORDNovember 7th, 2019
Which song are you playing?
THE VISIBILITY OF PROBLEMSNovember 5th, 2019
You can see the problem, but can you see the solution?
THE DEFAULT STATE OF LEARNINGNovember 4th, 2019
What does it mean to learn?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE MOMENT'S MOODNovember 3rd, 2019
Lucilius finds something to watch.
COMEDY'S POINTNovember 2nd, 2019
Why do we need to laugh?
DOUBLE TIMENovember 1st, 2019
A little behind-the-scenes house keeping.
AMENDSOctober 29th, 2019
What does it mean to make amends?
PROMISE?October 28th, 2019
Do your promises honor the nature of the future?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: LETTERS' ENDOctober 27th, 2019
Lucilius feels like reading.
SETBACK TRAININGOctober 26th, 2019
How often do you get annoyed during the day?
RIVALNYMS: A CASE STUDYOctober 25th, 2019
The list of Rivalnyms expands by two.
THE FLEXIBILITY MACHINEOctober 24th, 2019
How limber is your machine?
THE DAILY GRINDOctober 23rd, 2019
What are we grinding in the daily grind?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: A CARVING LESSONOctober 20th, 2019
Lucilius gives a gift that gives back.
10 MINUTESOctober 19th, 2019
Seems like short time, but what fits into it?
FALSE ENCOURAGEMENTOctober 18th, 2019
Are you lying with good intentions?
TINKER'S RAZOROctober 17th, 2019
Tinkered Thinking presents a Razor.
INFINITY CUBE: A THOUGHT EXPERIMENTOctober 16th, 2019
What do you see when you look at the world?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: DEAD CALMOctober 13th, 2019
Lucilius gets help from a little friend.
FOR THE SAKE OF HABITOctober 12th, 2019
Are habits worth while even when they aren't really possible?
THE NAME OF GODOctober 10th, 2019
Everyone follows something. What do you follow?
HICCUPOctober 9th, 2019
A lyrical episode
WORKING QUESTIONSOctober 8th, 2019
Have you worked on questions about work?
STATE THE QUESTIONOctober 7th, 2019
Is there a more powerful form of your question?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE END OF CONTENTMENTOctober 6th, 2019
Lucilius has a girlfriend. Sort of.
THE WORD MEOctober 5th, 2019
What exactly are you talking about when you say it?
YEA YEA YEAOctober 4th, 2019
We've all said it. What was the last thing you said it in response to?
THE INFINITE MONEY QUESTIONOctober 3rd, 2019
What would you do?
CONDUCIVEOctober 2nd, 2019
How conducive is your situation?
RESOLUTION PREREQUISITEOctober 1st, 2019
Can you see where you are going?
THE LAST DOMINOSeptember 30th, 2019
Tinkered Thinking concludes an experiment.
THE REASON BEHIND A LIESeptember 28th, 2019
Is it ever reasonable to lie?
MEDITATIVESeptember 27th, 2019
Do you claim to meditate while doing something that is not meditation?
RESULTS PART I: EXPECTATIONSeptember 25th, 2019
Do you always expect a certain result?
LITTLE THEORIESSeptember 24th, 2019
What is a hypothesis?
PATTERN MANIPULATIONSeptember 23rd, 2019
You can sense the pattern, but can you create a new one?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE MOMENT'S TASKSeptember 22nd, 2019
Lucilius finds peace in the mundane.
EXCELLENT ADDICTIONSSeptember 21st, 2019
Do good and bad behaviors use the same tools?
FRACTAL ANXIETYSeptember 20th, 2019
Do we deal with anxiety by piling on more anxiety?
SOURCE OF ATTENTIONSeptember 19th, 2019
Is attention yours? Or does the source have you fooled?
THOUGHT SURFINGSeptember 18th, 2019
Do you know how to Thought Surf?
THE MEANING OF TINKER This episode was inspired by @DeeperThrill on TwitterSeptember 17th, 2019
LIGHTEN UPSeptember 16th, 2019
Is it rude to make fun of heavy topics?
THE GOLDEN GUARANTEESeptember 14th, 2019
There is a gift to what's guaranteed.
THE END OF NOWHERESeptember 13th, 2019
You're not lost if you can take the next step.
THE VIRTUE OF NEGATIVITYSeptember 12th, 2019
Is there anything Positive about Negativity?
FALSIFYSeptember 11th, 2019
How many tools do you have to update your model of the world?
FAITHSeptember 9th, 2019
Do you have faith in your understanding of the word faith?
SO WHAT?September 6th, 2019
You listen to Tinkered Thinking? So What?
IN QUESTIONSeptember 4th, 2019
Are we afraid of questions?
TURN A BLIND EYESeptember 3rd, 2019
Are you turning blind eyes for the right reasons?
THE ENDLESS ARBITRAGE OF LANGUAGESeptember 2nd, 2019
Can something be created out of nothing?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: TRASHSeptember 1st, 2019
Lucilius takes out the trash.
INFINITE GAMESAugust 31st, 2019
What Infinite Games are you playing?
PROBLEMS OF MISTAKEN IDENTITYAugust 30th, 2019
Have you identified the problem?
COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTIONAugust 29th, 2019
When it's so hard to start, how to you make things easier?
THE STRATEGY OF TINKERED THINKINGAugust 28th, 2019
Five Hundred Episodes.
BUT WHY?August 27th, 2019
Why are we doing all of this life thing?
ARTIFICIAL HARDSHIPAugust 26th, 2019
Can you manufacture hardship for yourself in a way that is good?
GRIPAugust 22nd, 2019
What should you hold on to?
PAUSE OF THE PAINTERAugust 20th, 2019
What action defines the artist more than any other?
PASS THE TIMEAugust 19th, 2019
How do you pass the time?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: FULL STOPAugust 18th, 2019
Lucilius finds reason to laugh at his efforts.
PEAK EDUCATIONAugust 17th, 2019
Is there a peak?
TOUCH THE SKYAugust 16th, 2019
Can you see the paradox?
DISTANT LANDSAugust 15th, 2019
How do you get to a place that feels good?
GASLIT LIARAugust 14th, 2019
Who is less likely to be the subject of gaslighting?
STUBBORN WINNERAugust 13th, 2019
Not all winners are winners.
DETERMINED LOSERAugust 12th, 2019
What's the best kind of loser?
COGNITIVE FABRICAugust 10th, 2019
What makes up your cognitive fabric?
OUT OF THE QUESTIONAugust 6th, 2019
How can something be in or out of a question?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: NO WAITAugust 5th, 2019
Lucilius doesn't wait for ridiculous things.
RELEASE VALVEAugust 4th, 2019
Does your head have a release valve?
AUDIO DANCE PARTNERAugust 3rd, 2019
Monkey hear, monkey say, same.
COZY MINDAugust 2nd, 2019
Is your mind inhospitable to good ideas?
BUCKET OF MUDAugust 1st, 2019
What are you carrying around?
WHAT MEDITATION DOESJuly 31st, 2019
Is it all just froo-froo?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: TAILED BY GHOSTSJuly 28th, 2019
Lucilius comes across a couple of haunted people.
NETWORK WEBJuly 26th, 2019
What kind of net works to catch an idea?
PESSIMISTIC TIME KEEPERJuly 25th, 2019
How long is it really going to take?
EXHAUSTED BATTERYJuly 23rd, 2019
Are you tired?
CONQUERTIZEJuly 22nd, 2019
What priority dictates the way we conquer our to-do list?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: SHUFFLING PRIORITIESJuly 21st, 2019
Lucilius drops a priority.
COMEDY CANCELLEDJuly 20th, 2019
Where is the executioner in the modern age?
THE NETJuly 18th, 2019
How is a fisherman's net like a question?
POKE THE MONSTERJuly 17th, 2019
Are you sure you know what you're asking for?
NEGATIVE GRATITUDEJuly 16th, 2019
How many paths lead to gratitude?
THE INEFFABLE PLANJuly 15th, 2019
What does Scientific Determinism have in common with Divine plans?
AFTER DOES NOT EXISTJuly 12th, 2019
What's going on 'after'?
DOORSJuly 11th, 2019
Are the doors you seek already open?
A FRIEND FOREVERJuly 9th, 2019
How well do you treat the one person who is always with you?
MONEY MOUTHJuly 8th, 2019
What is the real price of our words?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: CONSISTENCYJuly 7th, 2019
Lucilius is on a quiet adventure.
THE MIND'S PANIC ROOMJuly 6th, 2019
Have you built one?
ONE SIZE FITS ALLJuly 3rd, 2019
Do you fit?
MAKER OR USER?July 2nd, 2019
Are you more likely to make something or just use things?
BETTER LATE THAN NEVERJuly 1st, 2019
Ok, Tinkered Thinking was deplorably late this week.
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: MANY ENDSJune 30th, 2019
Lucilius ponders how things arise and how things end.
DEADLINES VS TIME-LIMITSJune 29th, 2019
Do your deadlines have the necessary side-kick?
BRAIN CHANGEJune 27th, 2019
Is your brain changing?
TINKERED THINKING REVIEW: TINKERED THINKINGJune 26th, 2019
Tinkered Thinking reviews itself.
BROKEN KEYJune 25th, 2019
Right problem, wrong solution?
FLEXIBILITYJune 24th, 2019
Are you bent out of shape?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: THE STRAGGLERJune 23rd, 2019
Lucilius queries the possibilities.
DON'T MOVE ONJune 20th, 2019
Are you repressing some helpful influences?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: REFLECT EFFECTJune 16th, 2019
Lucilius helps someone see what they say.
VIRTUOUS DIFFERENCEJune 14th, 2019
What good might exist between our differences?
CONSCIOUS DIRECTIONSJune 13th, 2019
Does consciousness reach in different directions?
UPHILL PLANTINGJune 12th, 2019
Is life just one big pain-in-the-ass uphill battle? Yea, maybe.
TINKER TALKJune 10th, 2019
Another Lyrical Episode
NOT SUCCESSFULJune 3rd, 2019
Can we use language more successfully? Even when we aren't successful?
COGNITIVE SLUMBERJune 1st, 2019
Is your mind asleep?
QUALITY OF QUANTITYMay 31st, 2019
Are you missing out on the beneifts and creating too little?
SHAVE THE DOGMay 30th, 2019
Are you reinitiating a path to misery?
VERY REALMay 29th, 2019
Does the legitimacy of reality exist on a spectrum?
DESIRABLE FAITHMay 28th, 2019
What desires shall we desire?
NEW PEOPLE OLD WORKMay 27th, 2019
What is our avenue to better work?
PRESSURE COOKER PATIENCEMay 25th, 2019
Does your emotional enemy win simply by getting you to fight?
BIG QUESTION BAD QUESTIONMay 23rd, 2019
How big are the questions you ask yourself?
FIENDS FOR FEELINGMay 22nd, 2019
[POPULAR EPISODE] Are you feeding a hunger for feeling?
FEEDING HUNGERMay 20th, 2019
Are you feeding the right hungers?
GIVING UP THE MINEMay 18th, 2019
Are you digging a hole for the sake of digging?
INTERVERSEMay 17th, 2019
[POPULAR EPISODE] How do we keep the space between each other healthy?
SIGN & SIGNALMay 16th, 2019
How do signs and signals relate?
TWO KINDS OF HURTMay 15th, 2019
Are you whining?
BLINDERSMay 14th, 2019
Are you walking around in the dark?
FRIEGHT TRAINMay 13th, 2019
How much of your past do you have pushing you in unwanted directions?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: A DAY'S WORK - PART IIMay 12th, 2019
Lucilius cuts a day's work short.
LIMITS OF EMPATHYMay 11th, 2019
How empathetic are you?
QUESTION ABOUT THE QUESTIONMay 10th, 2019
Can a question perform introspection?
BASKETS OF FIREMay 9th, 2019
Irons or Eggs?
WHITE DIAMONDMay 6th, 2019
Which end of the diamond do you find yourself in?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: A DAY'S WORK - PART IMay 5th, 2019
Lucilius starts a day of work.
THE SHAPE OF LANGUAGEMay 4th, 2019
What kind of shapes are you building, by speaking, by thinking?
PAIN & PASSIONMay 3rd, 2019
Is the passion you seek already causing you obvious pain?
ONE DAY. . . May 2nd, 2019
Are you putting off your dreams?
SCALING EFFORTSMay 1st, 2019
Are your efforts scaling?
LIKE A CHILDApril 30th, 2019
Can you learn from the unlearned?
MENTAL SKILLSApril 29th, 2019
What is a mental skill? Can they be leveraged to benefit one another?
DOMAIN SKEWApril 27th, 2019
What kind of skew do you see the world through?
SUCCESSION STAGESApril 26th, 2019
Are there stages to a better mind?
TWO-DOApril 25th, 2019
Are you working on the right to-do list?
INFINITE DEAD-ENDApril 24th, 2019
Are you stuck on a mental treadmill?
FRESH EYESApril 23rd, 2019
How can you swap your eyeballs out for a fresh perspective?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: ACTIVATION SEQUENCE - PART IApril 21st, 2019
Lucilius gets ready.
SUMMONING THE SPELLApril 19th, 2019
Do you have access to the core of the imagination's code?
INVISIBLE VISIONApril 18th, 2019
Can you see the next evolution of your perspective?
ITCHApril 17th, 2019
Do you have one?
NO DAYS OFFApril 15th, 2019
What don't you ever get a day off from?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: FOUNDATIONApril 14th, 2019
Lucilius guides a friend to the beginning.
THE POWER HACKApril 13th, 2019
[POPULAR EPISODE] Are you hindering your own power?
JUST STARTApril 12th, 2019
Are you hung up imagining exactly what it will look like?
HOURGLASSApril 10th, 2019
Do you see the grains falling?
BOTTLENECKApril 9th, 2019
Where is your life getting choked, where should you choke it?
PROCESSApril 8th, 2019
What's the Process? This episode is dedicated to @thewarrenwelsh
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: STEP ONEApril 7th, 2019
Lucilius takes a step
PERSONAL PROTOCOLApril 6th, 2019
Did you choose your protocols? Or were they snidely handed to you?
NOTHING IS FUNNYApril 5th, 2019
Do you need a good laugh? Does it really need a great joke?
VIRTUOUS MISTAKEApril 3rd, 2019
Are you afraid of making a mistake?
ORDER OF OPERATIONSApril 2nd, 2019
Are you doing things in the right order? Did you miss a step?
TRIGGEREDApril 1st, 2019
Are you easily triggered? Should you avoid the battle or bathe in it?
IN OTHER WORDSMarch 30th, 2019
Do the other words help?
PREDICTING THOUGHTSMarch 28th, 2019
Do you know what your third thought tomorrow will be?
SOLEMN OPTIMISTMarch 26th, 2019
Is your perspective balanced or just impotent?
PHONING THE VOIDMarch 23rd, 2019
How do you communicate with the source of inspiration?
THOUGHTFUL CHANCESMarch 22nd, 2019
Is the next chance as random as the last?
DISCOVERING DETAILSMarch 21st, 2019
What details are you missing?
DELIGHT IN DIFFICULTIESMarch 19th, 2019
Are you actively trying to acquire realisitic superpowers?
DETRIMENT BENEFITMarch 18th, 2019
Is it always clear what is real harm and what just hurts?
CLEVER LOVEMarch 16th, 2019
Is general advice phrased well for specific situations?
BIPEDAL PERSPECTIVEMarch 15th, 2019
Is your perspective as agile as your movements?
PRESSURE PLAYMarch 12th, 2019
Is it time to import that superpower from childhood?
DAYDREAMING ABOUT THE PRESENTMarch 9th, 2019
Are you busy not enjoying the most enjoyable experience?
ENDURE INURE LIFEMarch 8th, 2019
Is your ability to endure inured?
OBVIOUS NOVELTYMarch 7th, 2019
Is the answer staring you in the face?
NUDGEMarch 5th, 2019
Are drastic results only achieved through drastic changes and drastic efforts?
CONTROLMarch 4th, 2019
[POPULAR EPISODE] What is control? How exactly do we implement it?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: GOT THISMarch 3rd, 2019
Lucilius experiences a friendship unencumbered.
SLEEP ON SENDMarch 2nd, 2019
Are you sure you should send that message?
SHARPENING STONEMarch 1st, 2019
How do you use the uncomfortable obstacle of a counter-argument?
SEARCH AND DESTROYFebruary 28th, 2019
Can you run this program on simple chores?
BLURRY MIRRORFebruary 27th, 2019
Do you need some Windex?
TRICKSTER MISSILESFebruary 26th, 2019
Who is the real enemy in your life?
IT'LL BE FINEFebruary 25th, 2019
Are you numbing yourself from important information?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: BLINDED BY SIGHTFebruary 24th, 2019
Can you see beyond your own eyes?
SHOULD WE DRIVEFebruary 23rd, 2019
If you are driven, should you think about where you are going?
TREADING WATERFebruary 22nd, 2019
Do you feel like you are treading water?
EARLY DAYSFebruary 21st, 2019
Can you barter a new system with your own brain?
FAKE FORTUNEFebruary 20th, 2019
Is it possible to buy a hamburger from a cow?
EVEN KEELFebruary 18th, 2019
How effective is your keel? Do you even have one?
DERAILEDFebruary 16th, 2019
Do you long after that good track you were on?
UNIQUEFebruary 15th, 2019
What is unique in today's day and age?
THE TRACTION OF WATERFebruary 14th, 2019
Are you slipping and sliding on potential?
DANCE LESSONSFebruary 13th, 2019
Can you do what they taught you?
ALLEGORYFebruary 12th, 2019
What does any given thing mean?
THE HUNTFebruary 11th, 2019
Are you capable of enjoying the time spent waiting in line?
NON-ZERO DEEDFebruary 9th, 2019
[POPULAR EPISODE] Do you feel punished by your deeds?
GET THIS AWAYFebruary 7th, 2019
How do you curate your life?
NATURE IS UNNATURALFebruary 6th, 2019
What is unnatural?
BATHING ON A ROLLFebruary 5th, 2019
Are you on a roll?
DESTINATION: NOWHEREFebruary 4th, 2019
Do you have a destination in mind? Should you?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: TIME-OUT GAMERFebruary 3rd, 2019
Lucilius plays a game.
RIVALNYMFebruary 2nd, 2019
Synonym. Antonym. Rivalnym?
DON'T BE EVILFebruary 1st, 2019
Are you doing the good thing?
HORMESISJanuary 31st, 2019
Are you biting off more than you can chew?
THE TRICKJanuary 30th, 2019
Is it as hard as you think or is there a trick to it?
RUBBER DUCKJanuary 29th, 2019
Do you need someone or something to talk to?
SETTLINGJanuary 28th, 2019
Are you settling?
ILLUSIVE VISIONJanuary 26th, 2019
Are you seeing clearly?
PLAN ON NO PLANSJanuary 25th, 2019
Are your plans getting in your way?
STICKY FINGERSJanuary 24th, 2019
Is there such a thing as a mental utensil?
LOSE YOURSELFJanuary 23rd, 2019
Is your identity ever all that necessary for the task at hand?
BATTLE ROYALEJanuary 22nd, 2019
Are you unknowingly coddling your own inability?
This episode was inspired by Andrew Ruiz, follow him on Twitter @then_there_was
(RE)SEARCHJanuary 21st, 2019
Are you searching for what's already been found?
CAUTIOUS TRAITORJanuary 17th, 2019
Which master does caution serve?
LIGHTFOOTJanuary 15th, 2019
How heavy are your shoes?
CONCEPTUAL IMMUNE SYSTEMJanuary 14th, 2019
How do we keep our ideas healthy?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: IT HAPPENSJanuary 13th, 2019
Lucilius points out a double-standard.
SHUCKING EMOTIONSJanuary 12th, 2019
Do emotions have different parts that we can pick apart?
DROPPING THE BALLJanuary 11th, 2019
Did someone drop the ball?
FOCUSING THE SPINJanuary 10th, 2019
What's spinning in your life?
IMPOSTOR SYNDROMEJanuary 8th, 2019
Are you an impostor? If not... should you be?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: PERFECT PLANJanuary 6th, 2019
Lucilius has a plan.
ZEROING IN ON ZENOJanuary 5th, 2019
Are you overshooting your destination?
IF YOU WILLJanuary 4th, 2019
How generous is your ear?
YOU HAVE A POINTJanuary 3rd, 2019
But do you need a sharper one?
TAKE A HIKEJanuary 2nd, 2019
Does your treadmill have you on a leash?
MENTAL TEETHDecember 27th, 2018
Are you limited in the sorts problems you can chew on?
ARRIVAL SYNDROMEDecember 26th, 2018
Are you looking to arrive somewhere?
R&RDecember 24th, 2018
Are you getting enough R&R?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: GAME OF AWARENESSDecember 23rd, 2018
Lucilius wakes up from a dream
SPOTLIGHT REFLECTIONDecember 22nd, 2018
Can you pay attention to the root of your attention?
LANGUAGEDecember 21st, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] What exactly is this thing that you speak and think?
FOOD FOR THOUGHTDecember 20th, 2018
Are you biting off more than you can think about?
MENISCUSDecember 19th, 2018
Are you blasting through helpful boundaries?
ATTENTION: IT'S A STRETCHDecember 18th, 2018
How flexible is your mind?
YEARNING FOR THE GIFTS OF NOWDecember 17th, 2018
What would you have done with the gifts of today?
ROOTSDecember 14th, 2018
Do minds grow as uniformily as our bodies?
MINIMUM VIABLE SUCCESSDecember 13th, 2018
Are you biting off more than you can pleasurably chew?
RESOLUTION NOWDecember 12th, 2018
Are you waiting to change?
SCHEDULING FAILUREDecember 11th, 2018
How comfortable are you with failure?
SLIPPERY MENTAL TERRITORYDecember 10th, 2018
Have you mapped out the sinkholes in your mind?
GAME OF ONEDecember 6th, 2018
Which game are you playing?
CHIPPING THE COMPOSITEDecember 5th, 2018
Do you have your hammer and chisel handy?
LAST LAUGHDecember 4th, 2018
Are you going to laugh no matter what?
BULLET BUBBLEGUMDecember 3rd, 2018
Do you have a bullet you need to bite?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: LAME GAMEDecember 2nd, 2018
Lucilius plays a non-zero sum game with a friend
WHAT IS A WORD?November 30th, 2018
Can you understand a word without a definition?
ENERGY LEVELSNovember 29th, 2018
How much energy do you have?
RACING, SCULPTINGNovember 28th, 2018
Is sculpting a race?
SECOND SHOTNovember 27th, 2018
Would you like to know what you're going to say?
THE MISTAKE OF NO REGRETSNovember 26th, 2018
Do you deny your regrets?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: REITERATION SIMULATIONNovember 25th, 2018
Lucilius gets a glimpse of the game
THE OPPOSITE OF A CONCLUSIONNovember 24th, 2018
Are you trapped in your head with bad ideas?
MONKEY WORKNovember 23rd, 2018
Is the work boring?
COFFEE AND GENIESNovember 22nd, 2018
Wish or work?
NEVER LOSTNovember 20th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] Are you lost?
STAR GAZINGNovember 19th, 2018
Can you point out that star for me again?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: OBSTACLE HUNTERNovember 18th, 2018
Lucilius decides to relcaim what is lost.
TAKE IT TO THE MINNovember 17th, 2018
How low can you go?
FAUX AUTEUR PHANTOMNovember 16th, 2018
Do you author your next thought before thinking it?
RELAY RACING AND THE THUMBTACKNovember 14th, 2018
Is the monster chasing you trying to help?
SLIDING ECHO CHAMBERSNovember 13th, 2018
Can you see outside of your own echo chamber?
THE NEGATIVE SPACE OF RIDDLESNovember 12th, 2018
What is a better question?
INTO THE VOIDNovember 9th, 2018
Are you afraid to push your idea out into the world?
BAD DAYNovember 8th, 2018
Are you having a bad day?
MARK OF A MISTAKENovember 7th, 2018
Are you making a mistake?
VISIBILITYNovember 2nd, 2018
How far can you see right now?
THINK AGAINNovember 1st, 2018
Did you think in the first place?
STRESSFUL SITUATIONOctober 31st, 2018
Will the real shady stress please stand up?
PEBBLE OR SEED?October 27th, 2018
Is that idea a pebble or a seed?
HEAD IN THE CLOUDSOctober 26th, 2018
Where is your head?
TRANSACTIONOctober 25th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] How generous is your definition of 'transaction'?
ENDLESS LOOMOctober 24th, 2018
Are you letting the work dictate when it's done?
GONE FISHINGOctober 23rd, 2018
Do you wait for fish to flop into your hands?
THAT PROMISING DUDOctober 22nd, 2018
Should we always expect the spectacle?
STUPIDITY WISDOMOctober 18th, 2018
Is wisdom about being smart? or is wisdom about not being stupid?
IATROGENIC GASLIGHTING: ARE YOU OK?October 17th, 2018
How many times should we ask?
WILL POWEROctober 16th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] How much power is available for your will to use?
NO CHOICEOctober 15th, 2018
Do you have a choice about what you did yesterday?
STABILITYOctober 13th, 2018
How stable are you?
SHORT GAME LONG GAMEOctober 12th, 2018
How does your short game effect your long game?
WEATHER REPORTOctober 11th, 2018
What are your chances of feeling good today?
PILOT HOLEOctober 10th, 2018
What is the path of least resistance for new hopes, desires and habits?
KEEPING TALLYOctober 8th, 2018
Do you keep tally on your friends?
SANDCASTLES IN THE SURFOctober 6th, 2018
How many times can you have your work washed away?
WISECRACK CANARYOctober 5th, 2018
Can you still hear the joke?
ALWAYS WITH YOUOctober 4th, 2018
Where does happiness exist?
INSPIRATIONOctober 3rd, 2018
What's your creative diet look like?
THE COMFORT SIGNALOctober 2nd, 2018
Are you getting soft?
PRACTICING INSANITYOctober 1st, 2018
Is it insane to practice?
THE MESSSeptember 28th, 2018
Why do kids make a mess of everything?
SET SAILSeptember 27th, 2018
Are you just drifting?
MOVING THE WHIRLPOOLSeptember 26th, 2018
How do you grab a whirlpool?
WHAT THE FOOL BELIEVESSeptember 25th, 2018
Who's the fool? What do you believe?
ON THE PLATESeptember 24th, 2018
How much is on your plate? Did you get enough?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: INFINITE GAMESeptember 23rd, 2018
Lucilius visits an ailing friend.
CROOKED CROSSHAIRSSeptember 22nd, 2018
Is your aim calibrated?
HAMMER AND SCREWSeptember 21st, 2018
Are you using the wrong tool?
BEYOND VICTORYSeptember 18th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] How do we keep enemies closer?
ESTEEMSeptember 17th, 2018
What does it mean to have good self-esteem?
PROGRESS OR PERFECTION?September 16th, 2018
Can we have an unhealthy relationship with a word?
YESTERDAY AND TOMORROWSeptember 14th, 2018
How many different times exist?
SWEEP IT UNDER THE FEEDSeptember 13th, 2018
What's under your social media feed?
COCONUTSeptember 11th, 2018
Do you have your hand in a Coconut?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: PRODUCTIVE DELUSIONSeptember 9th, 2018
Lucilius plays a trick on himself.
GET INTERESTINGSeptember 8th, 2018
Are you interesting?
WHY ARE GAMES FUN?September 7th, 2018
Can rules be a gift?
PURPOSEFUL IMBALANCESeptember 6th, 2018
Is it bad to seek balance all the time?
FACES OF FAILURESeptember 5th, 2018
How shall we greet failure?
JUST SHIP ITSeptember 4th, 2018
When should we set an idea free into the world?
THE SUBTLE ART OF THE BREAKSeptember 3rd, 2018
When should we take a break?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: WEIGHT OF QUESTIONSSeptember 2nd, 2018
Someone seeks out Lucilius for guidance.
REGRETTING CATEGORICAL MISTAKESSeptember 1st, 2018
Can we forget words?
CATEGORICAL AGENCYAugust 31st, 2018
What happens when we create a word?
CEO OF SELFAugust 29th, 2018
Who runs the show? And who makes the show work?
THE CONDUCTOR'S ORCHESTRAAugust 28th, 2018
Where do emotions come from?
VERSIONAugust 27th, 2018
How close is the world to our version of it?
THE RIGHT TRACKAugust 26th, 2018
Could it be a mistake to think we are on the right track?
MENTAL-OPTICSAugust 25th, 2018
Through how many lenses do we look at the world?
I COULD HAVE BEEN A CONTENDERAugust 24th, 2018
Why do we wane nostalgic about foregone potential?
ONWARDS AND UPWARDSAugust 23rd, 2018
Is it best to focus on direction or location?
QUESTIONAugust 21st, 2018
What is a Question? . . . what a question. . .
ENDLESS WAYSAugust 20th, 2018
Why don't we pick another way of thinking about it?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: UNINTENTIONALLY EARNEDAugust 19th, 2018
Lucilius pokes fun at a friend
RUTAugust 18th, 2018
How do you get out of a rut?
REALIZATIONAugust 17th, 2018
Is there more than one kind of Realization?
MENTAL MAPAugust 16th, 2018
Have you updated your map lately?
ENDUREAugust 15th, 2018
How can we solve hate?
ITERATEAugust 14th, 2018
How can we make the days Compound?
NEXT LEVELAugust 13th, 2018
How much 'next-level' stuff is there?
GROW GILLSAugust 11th, 2018
What tools can the brain acquire as it evolves?
THE CLEAVERAugust 10th, 2018
How do we cut out a narrow perspective?
BREAKTHROUGH THE CLOUD COVERAugust 9th, 2018
What exactly 'breaks' when we have a breakthrough?
BROKEN MOLDAugust 8th, 2018
Did they break the mold, or did you?
HAWK AND THE HOUNDAugust 7th, 2018
What sense should we use to achieve our goals?
THE TUBEAugust 6th, 2018
How do we look at the world, the people around us, and ourself?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: STUBBORNNESSAugust 5th, 2018
Lucilius responds to a question about stubbornness.
BAD PATTERNAugust 3rd, 2018
Do we find a pattern too fast?
COMMUNAL DREAMAugust 2nd, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] Where is the Past?
CHEAP THRILLSAugust 1st, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] What are we wasting time on?
THE DISTRACTING TESTJuly 31st, 2018
How shall we distract ourselves?
PANDORA'S SATELLITEJuly 30th, 2018
How shall we look at any given subject?
OCCASIONJuly 29th, 2018
Where is the Occasion we need to rise up to?
PULL-STRINGJuly 28th, 2018
Do you have a pull-string with canned responses?
OPINION OR POVJuly 27th, 2018
Do you have an Opinion or a Point of View?
FROM ZEUS' HEADJuly 26th, 2018
What's the process of translating ideas into real things?
RESPONSIBILITYJuly 25th, 2018
What exactly is responsibility?
SAFE ASSUMPTIONJuly 22nd, 2018
Are there any safe assumptions?
HEADWAYJuly 21st, 2018
How do we move forward?
THE GREATEST TEACHERJuly 20th, 2018
Which teacher never fails to give us something to work with?
WHAT IS SACRED?July 19th, 2018
What does sacred mean?
BAD NARRATIVEJuly 18th, 2018
What bad stories do we live by?
THE GENERATORJuly 17th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] When are you generous?
FOCUSJuly 16th, 2018
Is focus a state or an action?
FUEL UP?July 15th, 2018
Do our bodies need more than mere fuel?
A LUCILIUS PARABLE: WHIMS OF FATEJuly 13th, 2018
Lucilius loses something dear to him.
TIGHTROPEJuly 12th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] What forces are we balancing during every single moment?
WHEN TO REMEMBERJuly 11th, 2018
When should we remember which thoughts?
FIGHTING FIREJuly 10th, 2018
When our thoughts are on fire, what does a fire extinguisher look like?
REACH OUTJuly 9th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] Who have you been meaning to reach out to?
MEMORY MUTABLEJuly 7th, 2018
What exactly are we remembering?
THE COMPLAINTJuly 6th, 2018
Why is it so easy to complain?
WALK AND TALKINGJuly 5th, 2018
Is there a benefit to walking other talks?
COMPOUNDJuly 4th, 2018
Can small successes fit together like Legos?
ROTTEN CHERRIESJuly 3rd, 2018
Are we careless with the context?
INFERNAL PARKING METERJuly 2nd, 2018
Do we always know how long it takes before we see results?
UNLIKELY MENTORSJune 30th, 2018
Who should we admire? And why?
PLAN VS. HOPEJune 29th, 2018
Is it better to plan or hope?
NO RECIPEJune 28th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] What is the recipe for the undiscovered?
PLOW AHEADJune 27th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] What happens to an obstacle when we 'plow' through it?
PERSEVERE VS. PIVOTJune 26th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] Should we persevere or pivot?
WEAKEST LINKJune 25th, 2018
Are we best represented by a single chain link?
IBRAINJune 24th, 2018
Which apps do you have installed in your brain?
TWO EYESJune 23rd, 2018
Why do we have two eyes?
SLIDING UPJune 21st, 2018
Do we give up when we find ourselves halfway up a slippery endeavour?
RATE OF CHANGE: NOT IN MY LIFETIME!June 20th, 2018
Shall we expect the unexpected?
THE BRAIN GARDENJune 19th, 2018
How can we visualize the growth of changes in the brain?
ROOTS OR ANCHORSJune 18th, 2018
Are those nostalgic roots more like shackles?
THE ETYMOLOGY OF FEARJune 17th, 2018
What does the word 'fear' actually mean?
BEHAVIORAL STOCKHOLM SYNDROMEJune 16th, 2018
Do we fall in love with our flaws?
THE SQUEEZEJune 15th, 2018
What are the two competing forces as we search for a solution?
ARCHITECTJune 14th, 2018
Who is the architect of our situation and our experience of that situation?
FREQUENCYJune 13th, 2018
How often?
THE TURTLE AND THE CATJune 12th, 2018
What kind of animal lives in our head?
COMPASSJune 11th, 2018
What should we look to for direcition?
BORROWED DIRECTIONSJune 10th, 2018
What must we do first, before lending help?
WATER DROPSJune 9th, 2018
What can we learn from the consistency of water?
THE WELL-OILED ZOOMJune 8th, 2018
Should our perspective expand or narrow in?
THERE IS NO TRYJune 7th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] To try or to do?
RETROSPECT OBSTACLEJune 6th, 2018
Can we anticipate the narrative of our lives?
6 HOURSJune 5th, 2018
Where is our lost time?
NOT TOO BADJune 4th, 2018
Does 'acceptable' exist on a spectrum?
CONFUSION OR CURIOSITYJune 3rd, 2018
What is Confusion?
COOK AND CRITICJune 2nd, 2018
What can a Critic cook up?
BUSYNESSMay 31st, 2018
What is most important before getting busy with it?
TRAVELMay 30th, 2018
How good is it for us to Travel?
AUTOPILOTMay 29th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] Are we mindlessly reacting to everything?
SUNK-COSTMay 28th, 2018
How can the Sunk-Cost phenomenon be used to our advantage?
LEVEL-UPMay 27th, 2018
Are we trained to expect that a better self will just happen?
COCKYMay 26th, 2018
Is confidence cocky?
A PRISON CELL NAMED COMFORTMay 25th, 2018
Are we undermined by the very comfort we seek?
THE RESOURCESMay 24th, 2018
What do we have to work with?
CONFIDENCE 2.0May 23rd, 2018
What is confidence?
BREAKING IT DOWNMay 21st, 2018
How exactly do we convince ourselves?
WIGGLEMay 19th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] How do small easy moves add up?
ROSE-COLORED CUFFSMay 18th, 2018
Do loved ones unintentionally hold us back from becoming better?
REAR-VIEWMay 17th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] How often do you think about the past?
PILLS, THERAPISTS AND THE IKEA EFFECTMay 16th, 2018
Who is our most powerful mental health doctor?
THE ONLY TOOLMay 15th, 2018
[POPULAR EPISODE] All of us wield the most powerful tool in the world.
ME-TIMEMay 11th, 2018
When exactly does Me-Time occur?
HOPE GROWS FOOLISH WITH NO DOINGMay 9th, 2018
How do hopes and dreams sour?
PAUSEMay 8th, 2018
What's the first step to thinking?
FLUID IDENTITYMay 3rd, 2018
Do we typecast ourselves?
THE IDENTITY DANGERMay 2nd, 2018
Are the things we identify with a danger to us?
SELECTING THE SOLUTIONMay 1st, 2018
Of all the solutions, which to choose?
FIREBOMB YOUR LIFEApril 30th, 2018
What should we do when things are bad?
SAMPLE ALL THE KOOL-AIDESApril 29th, 2018
What is eclectic learning?
PRIORITIESApril 25th, 2018
How are priorities best defined?
ALAZIAApril 24th, 2018
How can we change our fear?
TINY STEPS AND LEAPSApril 23rd, 2018
What steps do we take to make progress?
INCUBATIONApril 20th, 2018
Where is a realization right before it happens?
DETERMINED VS. STUBBORNApril 18th, 2018
Are we determined or stubborn?
BUILT-IN LIFERAFT: THE A.N.S.April 17th, 2018
What is the one gift we all carry around?
INTRODUCTIONApril 16th, 2018
Introduction to Tinkered Thinking