There will soon be several weekends by which I would locked up in a room. Best play catch up for several posts I’ve been meaning to complete.
These are a wide and varied bunch to get through… Bolded ones prioritised (deemed doable). Its a shame for the others - I find that I have forgotten the sprightly thinking and ideas behind a few draft posts.
Very old
(conceived more than 2 years ago) These can be added to a series on Politics/ political thought:
- Political models in the Information / digital age: Hmm I should read around this topic more before tackling it.
- The duality of truth: Interesting, could probably probe this from a political perspective. Paradoxical.
Economics:
- On Making Work, Work: Thought piece on Human capital. This is doable.
- On REITS: Needs more research - my hunch is that REITS are not good for society.
Hobby:
- The theory of games: Can add this to the series on Games - around progress, competiton…design, etc. Maybe lsiting down my GOAT Games.
Other:
- On Intellectual curiosity : Needs more to expand on. Perhaps to define it, and describe its benefits? Maybe stick on something around intellectual honesty, bacon’s four idols. -On Satisficing: Right tech vs high -tech
Old
Conceived sometime last year or so
- The Productivity Paradox: I’d like to write a damn economics thesis on this. Too far out for now :(.
- The Drivers and Thrivers of inequality: Could probably expand my thinking a bit on this from the previous post on inequality.
Recent
Conceived over the last year
Politics:
- Lessons from the Qin, Chu and Han: needs a lot more resarch and musings from Chinese history.
Other:
- On Fashion - Life After Uniqlo: Probably need an inspired moment on fashion to look at this again.
Start a series on Human Nature:
- Contextualised Brilliance: Working theory for some people
- On Racism, backlash and caste: Hypotheses on caste mindsets
- On Privilege: Story and reflections
- On Vanity and accidental heroism: story time…
- Akrasia: just sorta like this word, very relatable
Re-label the Career series to something broader, and add:
- Management
- Hiring
- Where I wish more people would work in, heh.
Geopolitics:
- Pax Technologica
Energy:
- Could start a series, why i like it, its revolutionary status, what the steady state looks like
Other:
- Polymathism: A lot more research needed.
- Muses, Musaea and Longevity: on long lasting instituions, companies, technology (redundancy vs cost)
Lets gooo! Perhaps 10 - 15 posts are doable over the next month. Lots more to research and read for other topics however. Its been a long time since I last read a book…