Trying without a failure condition is not trying
Just do it There are many instances where common advice can be useful when providing a convenient conclusion (see Thought-terminating cliché), though often vapid and ultimately useless. This is not…
Autism is like noise-cancelling headphones for society
And being unable to hear all the noise Society is full of noise. Not actual noise you can hear, but rather social etiquettes and dress codes, as well as hierarchies…
The Intuition Trap
Inborn knowledge Nobody likes to be ignorant—to be unaware of things. To be ignorant naturally presents a disadvantage for survival; to be ignorant means being unaware of certain benefits or…
Responsibility and reckless confidence
The reason I am so confident The reason I often feel confident about my views is because I believe that I have no problem whatsoever correcting myself whenever I'm wrong,…
Recovering from depression and a resulting lack of empathy
A paradigm shift There was a point in my life where I was severely depressed. For over 8 years, I struggled to find the motivation to live—I could not want…
The motivation to reply
A personal motive Like some other writers, I seem to be most motivated to write when I'm addressing certain specific people. That is, people who have either publicly held or…
Obligation to write
Forever as draft I've come to realise that writing because I feel like I have some kind of obligation to is a terrible motivation for writing. For the last few…
Thoughts on Autism – Masking
Preface I know not everyone can mask, but this is about my experience, and I can mask.Many people who write about autism have the tendency to try and speak for…
Haven’t been writing much lately
My future plans for writing more often.
Some thoughts on Extraordinary Attorney Woo
There will be spoilers, please do not read if you want to avoid being spoiled. Irony? In the previous post, I discussed how fiction is just fiction and should be…