All Essays

• Philosophy and Life

  • Problems should generate their solutions, not the other way around.
  • We could all use more spontaneity!
  • Relax by creating, not by consuming.
  • We can easily become deprived of solitude.
  • I enjoy my freedom from the desire to indulge more than I ever enjoyed my freedom to indulge.
  • The infinite maze.
  • Start simple and assume that motivation is unstable.
  • Relax like you’re about to be executed.

• Learning

  • Much of expertise is pattern recognition. How do we learn from this?
  • Idea Minglebingle

• Social

  • Parroting: How to prevent misunderstandings.
  • Polarize to find people you like.

• About me

  • I really like feedback.
  • How to tame a chipmunk.
  • What Stoicism means to me.
  • Reflection on the orange glasses I wear every night.

• Other

  • About chrislakin.com: style, revising, drafting, and design.

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