The Diary of a CEO (Chief Excuse Officer)
With apologies to Steven Bartlett. No company, no title, no corner office — just someone who reads too much, decides too slowly, and writes things down to think more clearly. These are opinions I currently hold and would happily be argued out of.
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Fantasy isn't the escape — it's the rebellion
Two RPGs — Expedition 33 and Metaphor — that turn out to be arguments against escapism, made in the language of fantasy.
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We keep promoting hedgehogs
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." Guess which one is easier to put on a slide — and promote.
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I lost 40kg by being boring
No turning point, no montage — just the same dull choices made enough times that the body quietly catches up.
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Stoicism has become a religion for immature men
The bros took the cover and skipped the book. I still read it anyway — here's why both things are true.
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AI changes the price of thinking, not the point of it
Not salvation, not extinction — a collapse in the price of competent output, and where that leaves the rest of us.
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The synthesiser's wager
Breadth with no depth is just being shallow about more things. It's still the bet I'm placing — out loud.
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Start before the money is worth managing
Capital is the least important input at the start. The discipline is the asset; the money is a trailing indicator.