Self-Improvement

The Most Fundamental Ability For Personal Growth

Salem / 2025-08-27
A practical argument for self-reflection and timely course correction—why humble feedback loops drive personal and civilizational outcomes.
Economics

#F1001 - The Political Economy of Production and Predation

2025-08-26
Why societies prosper by production and decline by predation: dT>0, how hidden rent‑seeking destroys wealth, and what institutional safeguards can and can’t fix.
Self-Improvement

#C1001 - The Science of Learning: How to Build and Retain Knowledge

Salem / 2025-08-25
Evidence-based learning principles: working memory limits, retrieval practice, and scaffolding to build durable knowledge.
Cultural Commentary

The Paradox of Excellence: From Substantive Merit to Formal Labels

2025-08-20
How labels replace merit in elite education and culture: why resume‑driven success reproduces class and crowds out substantive achievement.
Critical Thinking

Beyond the Binary: The True Nature of Things

2025-08-04
Beyond either/or: a short argument against false dichotomies in literature and life—on essence, function, and how great works do both.
Book Recommendations

A Guided Reading Path for the Works of Leo Tolstoy

2025-05-04
Two reading paths for Tolstoy—chronological or straight to the masterpieces—with companion authors to deepen context and understanding.
Book Recommendations

Reading Path to Russian Literary Classics

2025-04-30
A staged path into 19th‑century Russian literature—from Pushkin and Gogol to Tolstoy and Dostoevsky—with what to read first and why.
Book Recommendations

A Guide to the Golden Age of Russian Literature

2025-04-28
Pushkin to Chekhov: how the “superfluous man” and realist masters define Russia’s golden age—and how to read the canon chronologically.
Book Recommendations

Reading Dostoevsky: From Essential Works to Key Critical Studies

2025-04-20
A structured path for reading Dostoevsky—from first entry points to three core masterpieces—plus essential criticism and theory for context.