Lode Notes
High-density field guides for building systems that don't break when theirs do.
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The Man Who Loses on Purpose
Some men build their own fall. They shape it with care. The collapse is the goal. Success suffocates: it demands discipline, longevity, and sustained performance....
voluntary collapse
proximity risk
The Simple Life Is A Myth
The modern worker, especially those tethered to the digital slipstream, clings to a chronic ache—the desire to return to something simpler. You hear it in...
illusionary retreat
selective nostalgia
Alignment is Not Structure
The silent risk in the era of passive cognitive offloading is that people want fast answers, not epistemic discipline. Most large-scale AI systems are optimized...
epistemic design
cognitive sovereignty
The Sweet Trap of Shortcuts
There’s a bitter hunger in people, a gnawing urge to find the back door—the shortcut, the cheap high, the quick fix. The problem isn’t just...
friction design
attention economy
The Real Cost of Choosing
People delay because they don’t want to pay the actual price: shutting down their other possible lives. When you choose, you don’t just spend time....
identity scarcity
option closure
No Second Signal
Tension Most people repeat themselves to be taken seriously. They reword, follow up, hint, remind. Not because the message wasn’t clear—but because they don’t trust...
signal authority
message discipline
The Hollow Prize
There’s a quiet tragedy that rides alongside ambition: the belief that glory, fame, or recognition will grant us rest. People drag themselves across brutal landscapes—startups,...
recognition addiction
false summits
The Discipline That Builds Freedom
Most people chase freedom but end up trapped. They set goals, dream about outcomes, and build nothing to hold them steady. They think freedom means...
system discipline
professional posture
The Weight of Consequence
People sense it in their sleepless moments—that the things they’ve broken, the trust they’ve squandered, the damage they’ve inflicted on themselves and others—cannot simply be...
regret mechanics
ownership loops
Tyranny Depends on Inattention
The danger with AI is not that it moves quickly. The danger is that it makes us move quickly. It pulls us forward, not with...
attention economics
attention as resistance