Essays

Art of War
Featured Essay

Pluratiy and Singularity: Differences in Eastern and Western Thought

Estimated Reading Time: 15 min October 2025

This essay traces the philosophical divide between East and West, beginning with observation of their contrasting worldviews through neurobiology and then extending this to Plato and Taoism.

Animal Judges

You will be Judged: The Neuroscience

Estimated Reading Time: 12 min January 2025

This essay explores the psychology and neuroscience of first impressions, showing how the amygdala, memory, and bias shape our snap judgements and why reflection and restraint are essential before reducing a person to a fleeting perception.

Eden

Just East of Eden there is Freewill

Estimated Reading Time: 12 min

August 2025

This essay uses Steinbeck’s East of Eden as a lens on the problem of free will and determinism, drawing on neuroscience, philosophy and literature to ask whether we must preserve the illusion of freedom in order to live a meaningful, moral life.

Popper

The Philosophy of Science as Treatment

Estimated Reading Time: 10 min

July 2025

This essay looks at Popper’s insistence that science is defined by its capacity for error and extends this insight to ask how the philosophy of science can be used to test the everyday beliefs we treat as obvious.

The Shadow Line, A Study of Initiation in Literature

Estimated Reading Time: 15 min

September 2025

The Paradox of Wisdom

Estimated Reading Time: 12 min

December 2024
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Projects

Masters Thesis
Featured Project

From Deep Reading to Digital Dependency

Estimated Reading Time: 30 min August 2025

This thesis explores modern reading trends and readings associated positive metacognitive outcomes using data analysis. Reading as a topic is discussed through lenses such as neuroscience, media theory and philosophy.

Historical Writers Map

Historical Writers Map

Interactive Project September 2025

An interactive map of the writers referenced across the site. Filter by period, pick custom date ranges, or focus on regions. Click portraits to see a short bio, birthplace, and notable works and jump straight to essays that mention them.

Libriax

Libriax

Webapp

January 2025

A reading tracker application where users can log books, view interactive stats, and stay motivated with reading streaks and milestones.

Camus Dissertation

Camus' Absurdism

Estimated Reading Time: 20 min

June 2025

Thesis exploring Camus' absurdism and how it is we can come to accept this absurdity.

The Neuroeconomic Brain

Interactive Project

August 2025
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Drawings

Popper Dissertation drawing Animals Judging Animals Judging Camus Cognitive Model East of Eden Nietzsche Camus 2 Hemingway Blood Meridian Man Reading Art of War
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Library

Nietzsche Idols Plato Melville Robinson Wittgenstein Chiang Nietzsche Homo Diogenes Pinker Pride and Prejudice Brain Scans LeDoux Calvino
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