Tinkered Thinking

#1459 - Bistable Hysteresis

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:00:00 PST

#1458 - Utopia Doesn't Include Your Shitty Job, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 02:00:00 PST

#1457 - Red Herring

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:00:00 PST

#1456 - Does Your Thinking Scale?

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 02:00:00 PST

#1455 - The Mechanics of Denial

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 02:00:00 PST

#1454 - The Crayon Question: Creation in the Age of AI

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:00:00 PST

#1453 - Vasa Syndrome

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 02:00:00 PST

#1452 - Linguistic Pacifier

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:00:00 PST

#1451 - Messy

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:00:00 PST

#1450 - Anti Echo Chamber

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 02:00:00 PST

#1449 - A Lucilius Parable: Go Lightly

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1448 - A Lucilius Parable: Ouroboros

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1441 - A Lucilius Parable: Mirror Mirror

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1434 - A Lucilius Parable: Keeper

Sun, 11 Jun 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1427 - A Lucilius Parable: Music of the Gods

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1420 - A Lucilius Parable: Home Sweet Home

Sun, 28 May 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1413 - A Lucilius Parable: Pause

Sun, 21 May 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1406 - A Lucilius Parable: Art Therapy

Sun, 14 May 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1399 - A Lucilius Parable: Phantom Love

Sun, 07 May 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1392 - A Lucilius Parable: Pure Incentive

Sun, 30 Apr 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1385 - A Lucilius Parable: Galactic Conspiracy

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1378 - A Lucilius Parable: Simulated Solution

Sun, 16 Apr 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1371 - A Lucilius Parable: Symbiotic Civilization

Sun, 09 Apr 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1364 - A Lucilius Parable: Self Talk, Part III

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1357 - A Lucilius Parable: Self Talk, Part II

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1350 - A Lucilius Parable: Self Talk, Part I

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1327 - The Fallen Dancer, Part IX

Sat, 18 Mar 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1326 - A Lucilius Parable: Digital Chaperone

Sun, 12 Mar 2023 03:00:00 PST

#1319 - A Lucilius Parable: Benevolent Bluff

Sun, 05 Mar 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1312 - A Lucilius Parable: Rose-Colored World

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1311 - The Fallen Dancer, Part VIII

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1310 - The Fallen Dancer, Part VII (REWRITE)

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1309 - Hug the Demon

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1308 - Meditation Draft Session 12: Reflective Reflex

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1304 - A Lucilius Parable: The Language of God

Sun, 19 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1303 - A Lucilius Parable: Electric Mushroom

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1302 - A Lucilius Parable: The Osiris Module

Sun, 05 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1301 - The Fallen Dancer, Part VII

Sat, 04 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1300 - The Fallen Dancer, Part VI

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1299 - The Fallen Dancer, Part V

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1298 - Meditation Draft Session 11: Reflection of Thought

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1297 - A Lucilius Parable: Hidden Leverage

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1296 - Meditation Draft Session 10: The Backdrop

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1295 - A Lucilius Parable: Seized

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1294 - The Fallen Dancer, Part IV

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1293 - Meditation Draft Session 9: State vs. Trait

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1292 - A Lucilius Parable: Techno-Shunt

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1291 - The Fallen Dancer, Part III (REWRITE)

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1290 - The Fallen Dancer, Part III

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1289 - The Fallen Dancer, Part II (REWRITE)

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1288 - The Fallen Dancer, Part II

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1287 - The Fallen Dancer, Part I

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1286 - Meditation Draft Session 8: Interoception

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1285 - A Lucilius Parable: Future Moves

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1284 - Seeing the Future

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1283 - Species of Solving

Fri, 06 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1282 - Stay Alive

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1281 - Agency in the Zone

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1280 - Initiate Derangement

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1279 - Meditation Draft Session 7: The Mind's Movie

Mon, 02 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1278 - A Lucilius Parable: Reboot/Renew

Sun, 01 Jan 2023 02:00:00 PST

#1277 - Legitimate Adventure

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1276 - Meditation Draft Session 6: Failure is Ideal

Mon, 26 Dec 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1275 - Meditation Draft Session 5: Ritual Incentive

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1274 - Meditation Draft Session 4: A Sitting Practice

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1273 - A Lucilius Parable: Divine Emergence

Sun, 11 Dec 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1272 - Idea vs. Execution

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1271 - Meditation Draft Session 3: Momentum Score

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1270 - Context Collapse

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1269 - A Lucilius Parable: Pebble

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1268 - Underdogging and Defeat

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1267 - Rubik's Cube of Personal Change

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1266 - Searching with Words

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1265 - Fulfillment & Fun

Wed, 23 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1264 - HealthCare

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1263 - Meditation Draft: Session 2 The Body's Pendulum

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1262 - A Lucilius Parable: Oddly Even

Sun, 20 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1261 - Body as Puzzle

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1260 - Minimum Viability Fractal

Fri, 18 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1259 - Fog of Frustration

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1258 - The Utility Function of Psychedelics

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1257 - Unsolicited Advice

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1256 - Forthcoming Meditation App

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1255 - Introducing Mnemectomy

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1254 - Personal Mythologies

Sat, 12 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1253 - Dead River

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1252 - The Infinite Loops Podcast + TINKERED THINKING

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1251 - The Lucilius Parables, Volume II

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1250 - Restart/Rebuild

Sat, 17 Sep 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1249 - Questions & Conversational Constraints

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1248 - The Fun Route

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1247 - Soliciting Advice

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1246 - Entertaining Nonsense

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1245 - Flip Chess

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1244 - A Lucilius Parable: Dream of the Luddites

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1243 - A Lucilius Parable: Lord of the Simulation

Sun, 28 Aug 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1242 - A Lucilius Parable: Insatiable

Sun, 21 Aug 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1241 - A Lucilius Parable: Asymptote of Realization

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1240 - Metric of Momentum

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1239 - Amalgum of Agency

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1238 - A Lucilius Parable: Unfair Advantage

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1237 - A Toast to Lucilius

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1236 - Small Next Step

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1235 - Knots

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1234 - Dancing & Dictating

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1233 - A Lucilius Parable: Inspiration Hacker

Sun, 31 Jul 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1232 - Big Eyes & Blinders

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1230 - Benevolent Imbalence

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1229 - A Lucilius Parable: Automated Save

Sun, 17 Jul 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1228 - A Lucilius Parable: Birth of Ways

Sun, 01 May 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1227 - Better Together

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1226 - A Lucilius Parable: Living Water

Sun, 24 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1225 - The Ideal Circumstance

Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1224 - Now What?

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1223 - Small Bets, Small Wins

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1222 - A Lucilius Parable: Small Wins

Sun, 17 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1221 - Attentional Coin

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1220 - A New Type of Water

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1219 - Hypothetical Destination

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1218 - Fisherman Runaway & Ideologies

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1217 - Meditative Break

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1216 - A Lucilius Parable: Experimental Karma

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1215 - Without One Another

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1214 - No Big Wins

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1213 - Familiar Fascination

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1212 - The Current Optimization

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1211 - The Fast Approach of Now

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1210 - Herd Autoimmunity

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1209 - A Lucilius Parable: A Helping Hand

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1208 - Event Horizon

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1207 - A Lucilius Parable: Dealbreaker

Sun, 27 Mar 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1206 - Lonely

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1205 - Where is my mind?

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 00:00:00 PST

#1203 - A Lucilius Parable: Slow Sipper

Sun, 13 Mar 2022 03:00:00 PST

#1202 - Hypocrisy of Progress

Sat, 12 Mar 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1201 - Slow Going

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1200 - How to Challenge a Belief

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1199 - Enouement

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1198 - Memory's Betrayal

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1197 - A Lucilius Parable: A Dream Refined

Sun, 06 Mar 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1196 - An Unruly Couple

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1195 - Time's Asymmetry

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1194 - Practicing Paradise

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1193 - A Lucilius Parable: Missing Out

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1192 - Evolution of Conclusion

Sat, 26 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1191 - Our Modern Reach

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1190 - Salaried Incentive

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1189 - Never Trust The Words

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1188 - Enjoy the Wait

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1187 - A Lucilius Parable: Death of Description

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1186 - Object of Emotion

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1185 - Playground Fallacy

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1184 - Sleight Solution

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1183 - Sublte Sight

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1182 - Sargasso

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1181 - Leeway in Art & Science

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1180 - A Lucilius Parable: The Vice of Advice

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1179 - Scope of Influence

Sat, 12 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1178 - Coherence Drive

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1177 - A Lucilius Parable: Glitch Report

Sun, 06 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1176 - Shedding Joy

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1175 - The Wave of Yesterday

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1174 - Impress Me

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1173 - Cheat Code

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1172 - False Wish

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1171 - The Thoughts of Others

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1170 - A Lucilius Parable: Edit the Game

Sun, 30 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1169 - Blind Future

Sat, 29 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1168 - Cultural Autoimmunity

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1167 - Boredom's Juggernaut

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1166 - The Shapeshifter

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1165 - A Lucilius Parable: No Time is Now

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1164 - Prayer & Simulation

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1163 - The Future of Our Future

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1162 - Logic by Association

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1161 - The Hospitality of Conversation

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1160 - A Lucilius Parable: Serial Visions

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1159 - Casual Target

Sat, 15 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1158 - Helping Hand

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1157 - What To Write About?

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1156 - Where Has Tinkered Thinking Been?

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 02:00:00 PST

#1155 - Tinkered Thinking on Hiatus

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 02:00:00 PST

#1154 - Happiness & Comfort

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are you happy? Or are you just comfortable?

#1153 - Flavors of Stress

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are you tasting the right flavor?

#1152 - Building in Public

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are you afraid to show people what you are doing?

#1151 - The Planned Trap

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

Have you planned your own demise?

#1150 - Invisible Problems

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

Have you grown blind to what holds you back?

#1149 - Debug the Soup

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you deconstruct soup?

#1148 - A Lucilius Parable: Manifest Effort

Sun, 06 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius muses about a friend's growing effort.

#1147 - Entrepreneurial Spirit

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

What's failure for the entrepreneur?

#1146 - Low Odds, Rare Moves

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

What do you do when the odds are against you?

#1145 - The Geography of Progress

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

What is the rate of creativity?

#1144 - Hunting the Devil

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

What happens when you search for the devil and find him?

#1143 - Quality of Distraction

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:00:00 PST

What's the quality of your distraction?

#1142 - Special Animal

Mon, 31 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are we special?

#1141 - A Lucilius Parable: Competitor's Embrace

Sun, 30 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius turns a competition into a partnership.

#1140 - Heat of Haters

Sat, 29 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you embrace an enemy?

#1139 - Helplessly Hopeful

Fri, 28 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

What's the psychological ingredient that allows us to confront the unknown?

#1138 - The Only Metric

Thu, 27 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

What does it mean to get lost in your work?

#1137 - Encouraging Competitors

Wed, 26 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are you strong enough to give your enemy a boost?

#1136 - Hollow Threat

Tue, 25 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you fake a defense?

#1135 - Too Busy to Gossip

Mon, 24 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Did you hear what happened? No? Why's that?

#1134 - A Lucilius Parable: Old Remix

Sun, 23 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius has a old solution to a new problem.

#1133 - Mutually Exclusive Perspective

Sat, 22 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you take off the blindfold?

#1132 - Invoke The Fool

Fri, 21 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are you willing to be the fool?

#1131 - Massage

Thu, 20 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Is Reality a kind of knot?

#1130 - Selling The Dip

Wed, 19 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

What is the stock market?

#1129 - Competition Concept

Tue, 18 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

How to you handle competition?

#1128 - Factory Settings

Mon, 17 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to adjust your own settings?

#1127 - A Lucilius Parable: Reconsider

Sun, 16 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius talks to a friend about a promise he once made.

#1126 - Mental Destination

Sat, 15 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Where are you going?

#1125 - Balance Fallacy

Fri, 14 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Should you be trying to achieve balance?

#1124 - A Metaphor of Psychological Experience

Thu, 13 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

What's your experience like? What's it like when that experience changes?

#1123 - Enjoying Misery

Wed, 12 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you appreciate the lows?

#1122 - Useful Frippery

Tue, 11 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

How is your overall impression formed?

#1121 - Magic Combo

Mon, 10 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

What combination of skills have you yet to combine?

#1120 - A Lucilius Parable: Little Lie

Sun, 09 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius runs on a lie.

#1119 - Custom Effort

Sat, 08 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Would it be faster to figure it out yourself?

#1118 - Promiscuous Source

Fri, 07 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Who do you listen to?

#1117 - Song of the Mind

Thu, 06 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can your mind handle life's jazz?

#1116 - Seabird

Wed, 05 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you navigate the storms effortlessly?

#1115 - Pyschological Stand-off

Tue, 04 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you shoot first?

#1114 - Downstream Purpose

Mon, 03 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you see what will happen?

#1113 - A Lucilius Parable: Lifetime of Entertainment

Sun, 02 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius finds a way to make money from his passion.

#1112 - Benevolent Subversion

Sat, 01 May 2021 02:00:00 PST

How exactly does this question unravel in your mind?

#1111 - Mental Hygge

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

What's it like to be in your head?

#1110 - Inversion of Stress

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Is it more stressful just because you've waited?

#1109 - Off Beat

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you have rhythym?

#1108 - Permission Forgiven

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Should you ask for permission?

#1107 - Stability & Agility

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are stability and agility mutually exclusive?

#1106 - A Lucilius Parable: End of a Chapter

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius catches himself from the past.

#1105 - Life's Gears

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

The game of life is all about switching gears.

#1104 - Permission to Live

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

What are you waiting for?

#1103 - State Change Fear

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you fear what might be better?

#1102 - A Blend of Optimism & Pessimism

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

What's the middle ground?

#1101 - The Art of Attention

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are you an artist?

#1100 - The Future of Language

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

What will replace these words?

#1099 - A Lucilius Parable: No Hope

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius learns the good of losing hope.

#1098 - The Humble & The Arrogant

Sat, 17 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Does anyone start out humble?

#1097 - Old Logic, New Behavior

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Is the default equipped for the novel?

#1096 - Mother's Cold Resolve

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Is this the first time someting in nature is aware of the same old problem?

#1095 - Rivalnym: Apathy & Equanimity

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

What does the apathetic person and the peaceful person have in common?

#1094 - As Good As the Word

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you have a grasp of your language, or is it the other way around?

#1093 - Thought Knot

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

What if words hinder the process?

#1092 - A Lucilius Parable: Glow of the Gaze

Sun, 11 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius feels the warm glow of the gaze.

#1091 - Edge of Belief

Sat, 10 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do your beliefs have rounded edges? Or are they fuzzy?

#1090 - The Problem with Free Speech

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are you free to repeat as much as the next person?

#1089 - Catch the Beat

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you have rhythm?

#1088 - PiÑata

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Keep swinging.

#1087 - Learning & Effort

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you know what to pay attention to?

#1086 - Know Thyself 101

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you even know the simplest things about yourself?

#1085 - A Lucilius Parable: Autoception

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 PST

Lucilius has an idea about how to have ideas.

#1084 - Communal Hallucination

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

We are all nuts. But the condition has some utility.

#1083 - The Deal with Current Events

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Have you noticed that Tinkered Thinking almost never comments on current events?

#1082 - Disarming Expectation

Thu, 01 Apr 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do we also dread the good?

#1081 - Dissonant Thought

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Does thought have harmony?

#1080 - Ratio of Attention

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

What is the size of attention when compared to itself?

#1079 - Tinkered Thinking is Fake

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Tinkered Thinking has made a change.

#1078 - A Lucilius Parable: Eye on the Prize

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius teaches a boy how to move beyond success.

#1077 - Limit of Language

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can describe what cannot be said?

#1076 - Speed of Creation

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

How fast can you create?

#1075 - Modes of Self

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you ever argue with yourself?

#1074 - Bundling

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

What is software eating?

#1073 - For Future You

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

What do you do for yourself?

#1072 - Hedonic Primng

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do we ruin the gift?

#1071 - A Lucilius Parable: Stay the Course

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius makes a better choice against every sensible thought.

#1070 - Tap the Gauge

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are the guages of your life tuned to the situation?

#1069 - Cowboy Directions

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

When should you just cowboy it?

#1068 - Lateral Meditative Hypothesis

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

What might meditaiton mean for the relationship the brain has with its two halves?

#1067 - While Away

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are you taking a break from work, or is it the other way around?

#1066 - The Music in Language

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Does music make sense? Does language make music?

#1065 - Meditative Hammer

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

What force lies within a strong meditative practice?

#1064 - A Lucilius Parable: Tool

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 03:00:00 PST

Can a tool be useful if it fails to do it's job?

#1063 - Anticipating Nostalgia

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Will you miss what hasn't yet happened?

#1062 - Forced Phase

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can we force ourselves to do things without the motivation we believe is required?

#1061 - Silent Mind

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you sit quietly with yourself?

#1060 - Core of Commerce

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

What's hidden within the dice for this game we play every day?

#1059 - Inaccurate Gut

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can your gut feeling be wrong?

#1058 - Rivalnym: Passion & Addiction

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Is a passion an addiction?

#1057 - A Lucilius Parable: Waiting for Now

Sun, 07 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius shares a moment.

#1056 - Artist of Incentive

Sat, 06 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

What are you incentivized to do?

#1055 - Anachronistic Emotions

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 PST

What exactly did evolution calibrate our emotions for?

#1054 - Reincarnation

Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you become a different person?

#1053 - Cooperation & Conflict

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are we just playing elaborate versions of the same game?

#1052 - How to tinker

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

How to?

#1051 - Relative Worth

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you get back to baseline?

#1050 - A Lucilius Parable: Serif's Sign

Sun, 28 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius embraces the new.

#1049 - Important Contradictions

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you contradict yourself?

#1048 - Communal Priors

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you change our mind?

#1047 - Auto-Solve

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you work while you rest?

#1046 - Incentive Stratification

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Is Incentive good or bad?

#1045 - Habits of Intonation

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you have a bad habit?

#1044 - Psychology of Learning

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you handle the psychology of failure?

#1043 - A Lucilius Parable: Do Not Disturb

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius is a little irratable about the state of things.

#1042 - Wisdom Division

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Is wisdom cohesive?

#1041 - Mediocre Plateaus

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Why does lame remain lame?

#1040 - Convenient Opinion

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are you incentivized to believe bad things?

#1039 - Map vs. Plan

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you plan out your map?

#1038 - Implication of Nuance

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

What's the opposite of Nuance?

#1037 - Identity Inverse

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

What is the inverse of knowledge?

#1036 - A Lucilius Parable: Rain Gain

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius interlocks several problems to solve all of them.

#1035 - Sounds of Meaning

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can you hear yourself?

#1034 - Representing the Future

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

How do you paint tomorrow?

#1033 - The Context of Metaphor

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Which context should we focus on?

#1032 - Ritual Incentive

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can the habit become incentivized?

#1031 - Error of Myopia

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

How far can you see?

#1030 - The Worst Story

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are stories good because of their content or their delivery?

#1029 - A Lucilius Parable: Edge of Context

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius tries to help someone peer over the edge of context.

#1028 - Layers of the Skill

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

How is a skill like an onion?

#1027 - Veiled Opportunity

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Was the opportunity obviously hidden?

#1026 - Subtle Trends

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

What if the most important signal is the faintest?

#1025 - Confident Problem

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Is it really a problem if the problem has a built-in fix?

#1024 - Expiration of Belief

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do beliefs die?

#1023 - Fickle Location of Ideas

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 02:00:00 PST

Where do ideas come from?

#1022 - A Lucilius Parable: Reply to Sender

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius gets a reply.

#1021 - Moderating Moderation

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Do you moderate the wrong things?

#1020 - Impatient Fuel

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

What can we do with emotions?

#1019 - Incentivized Reciprocity

Thu, 28 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

How are you incentivized?

#1018 - Project Narrative

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

When do we remember the tools?

#1017 - The Art of Learning

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Have you learned the art?

#1016 - Navigating Mistakes

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are mistakes something to find, or avoid?

#1015 - A Lucilius Parable: Patient Pilgrim

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius confronts the inconcievable.

#1014 - Feed the Writer

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

What's an easy method to break writer's block?

#1013 - Additive Learning

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can a bad grade become an identity?

#1012 - Real Difference

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

What proves different thinking?

#1011 - The Virtue of Inefficiency

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Our greatest asset is double-edged.

#1010 - Reward Swap

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

We chase carrots to our benefit or deteriment.

#1009 - Too Vague

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Be specific.

#1008 - A Lucilius Parable: The Destination

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius discovers the answer to a paradox.

#1007 - The Anti-Routine

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Can the anti-routine be stopped?

#1006 - Unsolved Wear

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Don't give up.

#1005 - Falling Behind

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Falling behind is missing out entirely.

#1004 - Digital Cartography

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Where are you when you're on the internet?

#1003 - Gears of Incentive

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

What gear are you in?

#1002 - Information Prominence

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Is the correct information prominent?

#1001 - A Lucilius Parable: Split the Angle

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius finds a new angle.

#1000 - Watching Thoughts

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Another little podcast bounces into your life...

#999 - Canvas

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

What is life's art?

#998 - Forced Fascination

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

How is curiosity revived?

#997 - Switch It Up

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Moderation in everything, including moderation.

#996 - Simple Solution

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

The simple solution usually isn't complex.

#995 - Angles

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Everyone has an angle.

#994 - A Lucilius Parable: Dealer's Choice

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius celebates.

#993 - Subtle Languages of Vision

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

Are we capable of seeing in powerful ways we don't take advantage of?

#992 - Memory & Choice

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 02:00:00 PST

If you remember yourself as a different person, do you become that person?

#991 - Sticky Mind

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

How sticky is your mind?

#990 - Dipping & Diving

Wed, 30 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do we misapply de facto wisdom to the wrong situations?

#989 - Wandering Collaboration

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

This episode details a wonderful collaboration.

#988 - Banal Systems

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

How does the mundane control our outcome?

#987 - A Lucilius Parable: Funny Air

Sun, 27 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius helps someone with a shortness of breath.

#986 - Gradual Lure

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is progress the art of luring yourself forward?

#985 - Gift of You

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

How are you recieved?

#984 - Kinds of Attention

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

What kind of attention are you paying with?

#983 - Project Rhythm

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's the natural rhythm of progress?

#982 - Better Bored

Tue, 22 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are we deeply delighted?

#981 - Meditative Length

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

How long does it take to meditate?

#980 - A Lucilius Parable: Prediction Model

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius builds a dead end.

#979 - Pursuits of Curiosity

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Should we depend on the unpredictable?

#978 - Subtle Keys

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where is the missing piece?

#977 - Serious Fun

Thu, 17 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Why so serious?

#976 - Slag

Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Should we save what we get rid of?

#975 - Teaching as Subject

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is it possible to teach the ability to teach?

#974 - The Retirement Paradox

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

What happens when you finally get what you've never had?

#973 - A Lucilius Parable: Suggestion

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius makes a suggestion, literally.

#972 - The Art of Suggestion

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Should you make that suggestion?

#971 - The Chemistry of Perspective

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does your message have the right chemistry?

#970 - Vocational Refugee

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

What do you do when the boss doesn't call anymore?

#969 - Rivalnym: Humility

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the connection between humility and the experience of humiliation?

#968 - Conscious Gloss

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can you decide to gloss over some aspects of your experience?

#967 - Fused-Sense Reading

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you read quickly without missing?

#966 - A Lucilius Parable: Foiled Try

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius wanders around in search of a solution.

#965 - Subtle Necessities

Sat, 05 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are all our necessities obvious?

#964 - Initial Conditions

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's required to start?

#963 - Design Intuition

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is there a deep similarity between all people in terms of how we see the world?

#962 - New Normals

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is our ability to adapt a double edged sword?

#961 - Reducing Dependencies

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 02:00:00 PST

Freedom is a function of reducing dependencies, but what is a dependency?

#960 - Limbic Friction

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Why is there so much internal pushbakc when we try to do something?

#959 - A Lucilius Parable: One Step at a Time

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius takes a step forward.

#958 - Adaptive Boredom

Sat, 28 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is it good to adapt to boredom? Does it have utility or is boredom jsut something to avoid?

#957 - Hidden Practice

Fri, 27 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do we practice without knowing?

#956 - Formatting

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is innovation, really?

#955 - Rhythm & Melody

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's the cadence of your writing?

#954 - Original Solution

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is the original better for part of the process?

#953 - Coin of Compassion & Cruelty

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the origin of compassion?

#952 - A Lucilius Parable: Murmur

Sun, 22 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius might tell a fib.

#951 - Unexpected Effect

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do we know what the effect will be?

#950 - Superpower

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where are the real superpowers?

#949 - A few Words on Editing

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does editing look like?

#948 - Alone with Phones

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

What sort of company do our phones provide?

#947 - Writing Fiction

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you make up stuff?

#946 - Pessimistic Filtration

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

How is reality best filtered?

#945 - A Lucilius Parable: Headway

Sun, 15 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius builds a tool.

#944 - Art & Work

Sat, 14 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Society values work, but what about art work?

#943 - Design & Theory

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

What are the aethetics of a theory of building?

#942 - Gordian Solution

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Which solution do you use?

#941 - Infinite Facets

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

How many ways can we look at a subject?

#940 - Heady Item

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

How does one crack apart big to-do items?

#939 - The Student

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does the teacher learn how to help the student understand?

#938 - A Lucilius Parable: Digital Plunge

Sun, 08 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius helps humanity find a way forward.

#937 - Edge of the Rabbithole

Sat, 07 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Which way?

#936 - Education's Paradox

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we become more capable?

#935 - Imposition of the Imagined World

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does an imagined reality blind us from the real one?

#934 - Coefficients of Addiction

Wed, 04 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does everything have an addictive quality?

#933 - Nuance or Not?

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the most prevelant framework used for making sense of the world?

#932 - Kernel

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where do pieces of writing begin?

#931 - A Lucilius Parable: On the Page

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius wonders if he and a friend really are on the same page.

#930 - Bamboo

Sat, 31 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does a long-term benefit look like before the benefit?

#929 - Reassess

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

When do we pivot?

#928 - Funnelling Frustration

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is at the core of our ability to learn?

#927 - The Slippery Excuse

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does it mean when there's an excuse for every suggestion we give?

#926 - A Chance for Chances

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does chance have a recipe?

#925 - First Wave

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do we plan for the second?

#924 - A Lucilius Parable: Golden Herring

Sun, 25 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius solves a puzzle by building it.

#923 - Thoughtful Ouroboros

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

How does thought treat itself in meditation?

#922 - Nostalgia's Edge

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does the past have to offer the future?

#921 - Incoming, Outgoing

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

What are the vectors of fulfillment and misery?

#920 - Build till it Breaks

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does the unknown have in store?

#919 - Edge of Ability

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where's your edge?

#918 - Bland Gems

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are your own treasures camouflaged from your very own eyes?

#917 - A Lucilius Parable: Written in Water

Sun, 18 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius brushes off a faded memory.

#916 - Hotkey Cognition

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does your mind have hotkeys that someone can use t decieve you?

#915 - Methods of Meaning

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

What method do we have to edit our unconscious methods?

#914 - Calm Mind; Restless Spirit

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are our minds equipped to deal with the body's energy?

#913 - Intellectual Faith

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we encorporate the counter-intuitive into our intuition?

#912 - Silent Victory

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

How best to celebrate?

#911 - Attentional Fortress

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is your attention well guarded?

#910 - A Lucilius Parable: Little Domino

Sun, 11 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius suffers the consequences of his curiosity.

#909 - Effortful Fulfillment

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is it fulfilling to put in the effort?

#908 - Blatant Dishonesty

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you content with the confident lies?

#907 - Interpretation vs. Meaning

Thu, 08 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do we use language, or does it use us?

#906 - A Confluence of Habit

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can we learn habits in parts?

#905 - Setting the Trap

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you set yourself up to be trapped?

#904 - Cognitive Feudalism

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Has someone outsourced their work to soak up your cognitive ability? Is it worth it?

#903 - A Lucilius Parable: The Day's Lesson

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius learns what he already knows.

#902 - Peddling Platitudes

Sat, 03 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

What are platitudes, and why do we keep hearing them?

#901 - Symbolic Brand

Fri, 02 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does anonymity have more utility than we realize?

#900 - Mental Modules

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do the modules of our thought corrupt one another?

#899 - Optimal Obstacle

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we surmount and insurmountable obstacle?

#898 - Living the Story

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

What story are you living?

#897 - Perpetual Failure

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

When is constant failure a sign of success?

#896 - A Lucilius Parable: A Life to Live

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius contemplates a life well lived.

#895 - Attentional Flame

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can you stoke your own fire? Can you snuff it out?

#894 - Work of a Word

Fri, 25 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do our words get lazy?

#893 - Wash

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we wash the moment? How do we wash the brain?

#892 - Thought Experiment: Auto-Obstacle

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Think about you life a bit differently with this thought experiement.

#891 - Toggling Perspective

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can you occupy multiple perspectives on your situation?

#890 - Suspending the Program

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is there something better than good habits?

#889 - A Luciilus Parable: Late to the Party

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius checks in on his fellow man.

#888 - Vulnerability Fork

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is vulnerability a state of being, or is it a circumstance which requires a response?

#887 - Deceptive Optionality

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do we decieve ourselves with the seduction of having options?

#886 - The Social Impulse - Part II

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

What are the repercussions of socializing?

#885 - The Social Impulse - Part I

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

How are we moved to socialize?

#884 - Downgrade to Upgrade

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we sacrifice our best tools in the name of what looks better?

#883 - Planning the Iterative Build

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

How shall we build a plan to build?

#882 - A Lucilius Parable: Fleeting Opportunity

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius repeats a mistake.

#881 - The Narratives of Others

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's our most prevelent view of reality?

#880 - Dumb Question

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Why are some questions dumb? I know, I know... there's no such thing as a dumb question.

#879 - Flexbility Function

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we maintain a flexibility of perspective?

#878 - Flow of Thought

Wed, 09 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is there a gas pedal for thought?

#877 - Setting of the Build

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can you twist circumstance at the right time?

#876 - Utility of Boredom

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does boredom tell us something important?

#875 - A Lucilius Parable: Redirect

Sun, 06 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius takes a problem and uses it to teach how to teach.

#874 - Focal Length

Sat, 05 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

How does our field of attention change and how do different technologies force changes in our field of attention?

#873 - On Ramp

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we anticipate the different parts of life?

#872 - Antihabit

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do good habits die?

#871 - False Glow

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Have we all been gaslighting ourselves and each other?

#870 - Crossroads

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 02:00:00 PST

Should you switch things up?

#869 - Patterned Randomness

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we interact with randomness and pattern?

#868 - A Lucilius Parable: Flywheel

Sun, 30 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius chats about living.

#867 - Antsy Exit

Sat, 29 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is it about experience that you can never get away from?

#866 - Meme Womb

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does an idea have parents?

#865 - Sly Utility

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is there a hidden utilty in artful phrasing?

#864 - Curiosity & Hope

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does hope have a darkside?

#863 - Engine of the Creative Life

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

What drives creative people?

#862 - Simple Operable Iteration

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the philosophy of building and exploration?

#861 - A Lucilius Parable: Zen Simplicity

Sun, 23 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius in a state simple Zen.

#860 - Demo vs. Working Iteration

Sat, 22 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does it work? Or is it just theatrics?

#859 - Rolling Fruit

Fri, 21 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's the low-hanging fruit that helps us get the ball rolling?

#858 - Self-Consciousness & Curiosity

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does being self-conscious have to do with curiosity?

#857 - The Tinkered Thinking Bookstore

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Tinkered Thinking now has an online store. Why? And how?

#856 - Print-On-Demand

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

How did Tinkered Thinking publish its first book?

#855 - The Lucilius Parables, Volume I

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Tinkered Thinking has launched its first book!

#854 - A Lucilius Parable: Winnow

Sun, 16 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius finds someone.

#853 - The Art of Expectation

Sat, 15 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

What should we expect?

#852 - Dry Run

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

When should we practice before we go?

#851 - Controlling the Incentive

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where is the incentive?

#850 - Plateau

Wed, 12 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you stuck on a never-ending ledge? What do you need to sacrifice to go higher?

#849 - Why think about Why?

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's the purpose of why?

#848 - A Note on Audience

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

What do you attract?

#847 - A Lucilius Parable: Question in Crisis

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius confronts new questions.

#846 - Attentional Curation

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

How well is your attention curated? Why? And for what purpose?

#845 - Ugly Opportunity

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you react to a dissappointment?

#844 - Time & Attention

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you stay present and get things done simultaneously?

#843 - The First MetaQuestion

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we assess the quality of the questions we ask?

#842 - Stack the Deck

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you force your own choice?

#841 - Sign on the Door

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is value obvious?

#840 - A Lucilius Parable: Autosearch

Sun, 02 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius tries to find himself but merely goes in a circle.

#839 - Symbiosis of Curiosity

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the core issue at the heart of self-help?

#838 - Symbols of Belief

Fri, 31 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Who do the symbols fool?

#837 - Writing: The Core Idea

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

How can a source of inspiration continually yeild new fruit? Is it something about the source of inspiration itself? Or does it have more to do with how we look at it?

#836 - Attentional Concession

Wed, 29 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

When do you give up on a problem? And why?

#835 - Studying the Moment

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can you pay attention to the way attention focuses?

#834 - Create Space

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is it good to waste time on purpose?

#833 - A Lucilius Parable: Chained Attention

Sun, 26 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius doesn't fail to remember the moment.

#832 - Countering Intuition

Sat, 25 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

How much should you trust your intuition?

#831 - Presentational Requirements

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

What do you need to get the point across?

#830 - Out of Reach

Thu, 23 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

This episode turned into a case study for The Tinkered Question app, which is a project in development by Tinkered Thinking. Checkout the previous episode for full details.

#829 - The Tinkered Question App

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Couldn't resist. . . Tinkered Thinking has built an app using GPT-3

#828 - What is GPT-3?

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

This a layman's description of what GPT-3 is, how it was developed, how it works, and what some of the implications of this technology may be. Technical listeners may appreciate the two potential implications that are given at the end of the episode.

#827 - Detour Temptation

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Which way will you take?

#826 - A Lucilius Parable: Tinker Tools

Sun, 19 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

This episode was written in collaboration with GPT-3. The initial paragraph and first line of dialogue is human, the rest of it is left for you to guess what was composed by a machine and what was composed by a human. The total wordcount is 1058, and 455 of those words were composed by GPT-3. If you subtract the initial paragraph required to establish context, then the ratio of human and machine contribution to this story is about equal.

#825 - The Death of Possibility

Sat, 18 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you belive in the possibilties?

#824 - Machine Meditation

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

This episode has been written in collaboration with GPT-3 from OpenAI.

#823 - AI Collaboration

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

This episode has been written in collaboration with GPT-3 from OpenAI.

#822 - Coherence of Immersion

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does human language really make as much sense as we think it does?

#821 - False Moment

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you living in false moments that have an ideal in mind?

#820 - Mayfer's Law

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Mayfer's Law identifies cognitive biases that work to our benefit when combined.

#819 - A Lucilius Parable: Copy & Paste

Sun, 12 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius unlocks a new level of productivity.

#818 - Conceptual Network

Sat, 11 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

How detailed is your mental map?

#817 - Word Salad

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does it actually make sense? Or does it just sound good?

#816 - Navigating The Landscape

Thu, 09 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to turn anger into peace, embarrassment into joy, sadness into gratitude?

#815 - Useful Dud

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we usually react when our effort fail to take off?

#814 - This

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does the universe exist if there's no one to experience it?

#813 - Mad

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

If someone is mad, does that mean they've gone mad?

#812 - A Lucilius Parable: Subversive Servant

Sun, 05 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Anger visits Lucilius with company.

#811 - Insane Details

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can you comfortably dance on the edge of insanity?

#810 - Moment Mechanics

Fri, 03 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is it worth it to wait around for all the variables of circumstance to line up for something like happiness to happen?

#809 - Varieties of Nonsense

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does your perspective perform a perpetual sleight-of-hand in order to keep you from seeing the contradictions upon which you operate?

#808 - Closing Scope

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 02:00:00 PST

How how good are you at asking the right question?

#807 - Each In Turn

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

How would you understand who you are without language?

#806 - Embellishment

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you embellish your stories?

#805 - A Lucilius Parable: Cancelled

Sun, 28 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius has a run in with the law.

#804 - The Right Feeling

Sat, 27 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can you distinguish between what feels good and what is right?

#803 - Brand

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

A brand has a reputation, but does a reputation have a brand?

#802 - Attentional Recursion

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you notice how attention curates itself?

#801 - Deliberately Insufficient

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

How is it that an ellipsis and a question are similar?

#800 - Game Your Brain

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can a system game itself?

#799 - Aesthetics & Function

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where do beauty and function meet?

#798 - A Lucilius Parable: Go Figure

Sun, 21 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius learns what instructions are for.

#797 - Flattery

Sat, 20 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you react to the way people react to your work?

#796 - Put a Bow on It

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you done?

#795 - Decentralized Ideas

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are your ideas better off divorced from you as a person?

#794 - Detecting Inequities

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can you see the issue clearly?

#793 - Negative Surprise

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

What sort of surprise do you set yourself up for?

#792 - Birth of a Question

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where do questions come from?

#791 - A Lucilius Parable: Omphalos

Sun, 14 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius is shown kindness.

#790 - Unburdened Search

Sat, 13 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you standing in your own way?

#789 - Threshold of Conversation

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is beyond conversation?

#788 - Embryo

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does passion look like when it's born?

#787 - One Thing

Wed, 10 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

String days together with one thing.

#786 - Exhaustive Iteration

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do the iterations exhaust you?

#785 - Independence & Homogeneity

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does it mean to think independently in a group society?

#784 - A Lucilius Parable: Streaming

Sun, 07 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius is coming at you, five by five, full def, high res.

#783 - Looking for Luck

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does luck look like?

#782 - Birth of Belief

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

How does out operating system harden?

#781 - Scope

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's the scope of the situation?

#780 - Intelligent Interpretation

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's the relationship between how we interpret the world, and the agency such interpretation creates?

#779 - Privilege & Responsiblity

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

How are you priveleged? And what is your responsibility?

#778 - Frustration & Patience

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you solve frustration?

#777 - A Lucilius Parable: Work Space

Sun, 31 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

A friend helps Lucilius with some work.

#776 - Main Character

Sat, 30 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's your story?

#775 - Mental Space

Fri, 29 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you make space?

#774 - Context & Definition

Thu, 28 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the theory and practice of language?

#773 - School?

Wed, 27 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is school worth it? What is the best classroom in which to learn?

#772 - Loophole

Tue, 26 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Have you found the loophole?

#771 - Dancing Perfection

Mon, 25 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does perfection hinder you?

#770 - A Lucilius Parable: Tending the Bloom

Sun, 24 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius fails to give someone an answer they've already brought.

#769 - Memory Fasting

Sat, 23 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you ever take a break from your memory?

#768 - Network of Categories

Fri, 22 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is language?

#767 - Mirror Eyes

Thu, 21 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where are you?

#766 - Opinions & Inspiration

Wed, 20 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you living in a dungeon or do you drink from a fountain?

#765 - Enemy Echoes

Tue, 19 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you aiding your enemy in the construction of their echo chambers?

#764 - Realms of Play

Mon, 18 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

What happened to the playground?

#763 - A Lucilius Parable: Light & Dust

Sun, 17 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius ponders the way things get in their own way.

#762 - Building Roads

Sat, 16 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where is the friction in your life?

#761 - Spiral Staircase

Fri, 15 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you break a pattern of thinking?

#760 - Principles

Thu, 14 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

What principles do you operate by?

#759 - Smart Fool

Wed, 13 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you smart or foolish?

#758 - Title

Tue, 12 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you collapse a collection of knowledge?

#757 - Antilindy

Mon, 11 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

What persists forever without a concentrated effort?

#756 - A Lucilius Parable: Reunion

Sun, 10 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius visits the past anew.

#755 - Grasping Nothing

Sat, 09 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you touch the present?

#754 - Frown

Fri, 08 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Why do we pay attention to the negative?

#753 - How to use a Thesaurus

Thu, 07 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you sheepishly crack the thesaurus hoping that no one sees you?

#752 - Wander

Wed, 06 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you ever set out to wander?

#751 - Imaginative Maintenance

Tue, 05 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's the status of your imagination?

#750 - Change My Mind

Mon, 04 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

What else changes when you change your mind?

#749 - A Lucilius Parable: Well Read

Sun, 03 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius reads a bit.

#748 - Hateful Victim

Sat, 02 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you feel toward harm and its source?

#747 - Taste

Fri, 01 May 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you have good taste? What exactly are you tasting? and why?

#746 - Generous Perspective

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

How generous is your perspective? Do you have the capacity to think like someone else?

#745 - Casual Effort

Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

How does excellence become easy?

#744 - The Art of Reading

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you approach reading?

#743 - Blank Pressure

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is there a natural end to boredom?

#742 - A Lucilius Parable: Pandemics of Caution and Wealth

Sun, 26 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius witnesses a lost chance to ensure wealth for the future.

#741 - Ripples

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's the water like today?

#740 - Questions & Answers

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where do questions and answers come from?

#739 - Fake Laws

Thu, 23 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you follow deterimental guidelines unconsciously?

#738 - The Reins

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is your imagination reined in?

#737 - Accuracy & Kindness

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is it accurate to be kind?

#736 - Losing Luster

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Why does the nearly complete project beging to wane with excitement?

#735 - A Lucilius Parable: Double Sip

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius witnesses the drunkeness of hypocrisy.

#734 - Authority & Curiosity

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are authorities curious?

#733 - Iatrogenic Goal

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you limit yourself by imagining achievement?

#732 - Triangulate

Thu, 16 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

When do you know you understand?

#731 - Sense-Telling

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does a good story make the best sense?

#730 - Walls and Doors

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does your mind have doors? or is it all walls?

#729 - Beauty and Accuracy?

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

A beautiful fairy tale is a terrible blueprint for building rocket ships.

#728 - A Lucilius Parable: Creme de la Creme

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius forgives someone on the account of someone else.

#727 - Critical Details

Sat, 11 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you take criticism?

#726 - Writing Russian Roulette

Fri, 10 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is Writing repetitive? Should it be?

#725 - Placate or Pursue?

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is your curosity like a fat cat?

#724 - Finish Line

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you have an end in sight?

#723 - Idea Trap

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you catch ideas?

#722 - Funny Forcing Function

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you force your own hand in accordance to your weak wish to get something done?

#721 - A Lucilius Parable: Gearbox of Time

Sun, 05 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius frets over a strategy to deal with our greatest enemy and only ally.

#720 - Society of One

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does society exist on different levels?

#719 - The Asymmetrical Writer

Fri, 03 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's the upside of writing? What's the downside?

#718 - Time Dilation

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is time moving quickly or slowly? How does it switch? And why?

#717 - Who's Looking?

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you really know who is watching and waiting to see you win?

#716 - Statue Dance

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are settling like stone?

#715 - Rattle the Cage

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

What are you feeding?

#714 - A Lucilius Parable: Green

Sun, 29 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius jumps the gun.

#713 - Unprecedented

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you prepare for something you've never seen?

#712 - Dark Side of Solitude

Fri, 27 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you seek solitude for good reasons? Or do you retreat to solitude for some other additional reasons that are perhaps not so healthy?

#711 - Seed of Curiosity

Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you curious? Or do you have things that keep your curiosity at bay?

#710 - Playtime

Wed, 25 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you play? Do you even?

#709 - Meditation: Wandering Wave

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where is peace?

#708 - Respawn

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

What do you do with the same circumstance given to you again?

#707 - A Lucilius Parable: Gentle Persuasion

Sun, 22 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

The most persuasive argument doesn't sound like an argument.

#706 - Practicing Contradictions

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you find the bridges between the contradictions in your character?

#705 - How to Start Writing

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Teachers probably killed it for you before you realized it's true utility. What if you started again. How do you start writing?

#704 - Emotional Regulation Part IV - Learning

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does it feel like to learn?

#703 - Dancing with Misfortune

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you know the steps?

#702 - Better Safe

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is something bad required for good outcomes?

#701 - Burn the Boats

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you force your own next step?

#700 - A Lucilius Parable: A Game of Skin

Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius learns how to teach.

#699 - First Draft

Sat, 14 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you start?

#698 - False Path

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you chasing a mirage?

#697 - Negative Extrapolation

Thu, 12 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Is there value in imagining bad things?

#696 - Alarm

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you respond to an alarm?

#695 - Half a Million Words

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Tinkered Thinking celebrates Half a Million Words

#694 - Autosend

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

This Episode is dedicated to David Perell, creator of the Write of Passage podcast and often referred to as "The Writing Guy"

#693 - A Lucilius Parable: Database

Sun, 08 Mar 2020 03:00:00 PST

Lucilius fails to confront the expected.

#692 - The Size & Shape of Problems

Sat, 07 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you deal with an obstacle you can't see?

#691 - Between Weakness & Strength

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

How closely related are weakness and strength?

#690 - The Art of Writing

Thu, 05 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

What does it mean to write about the art of writing?

#689 - Soul of the Monster

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Rip out the heart of art and what do you hold?

#688 - Honored Teacher

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is a teacher's purpose? What is beyond that purpose?

#687 - Listen On Repeat

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Would you repeat your life?

#686 - A Lucilius Parable: Birthday

Sun, 01 Mar 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius pays tribute to Groundhog Day.

#685 - Knowing North

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you steer your life?

#684 - Dishonest Computer

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Would you buy a dishonest computer? Why do you keep dishonesty in your relationships?

#683 - Farming Luck

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to nuture luck?

#682 - Frugality

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the point of frugality?

#681 - Task Enormity

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to eat an elephant?

#680 - Two Lenses

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you looking for opportunities in the rght ways?

#679 - A Lucilius Parable: Dream Code

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the code of your dreams? Lucilius seeks to solve a msytery.

#678 - Upside Fail

Sat, 22 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can you win no matter what?

#677 - Why Write?

Fri, 21 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you know what writing is for?

#676 - Momentary Navigation

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to navigate?

#675 - Meditation: Thinking Too Much

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you think you think too much?

#674 - The Desire Hack

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to steer desire to your own benefit? Or is it steering you mindlessly?

#673 - The Thinker's Uncertainty Principle

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

How certain are you about the thinking you experience?

#672 - A Lucilius Parable: Thought Shot

Sun, 16 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius navigates the difficult space between a rock and a hard place.

#671 - Bug

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Does anything about reality and the world at large bug you? What does that mean?

#670 - Monsters of the Mind

Fri, 14 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

What monsters are you feeding?

#669 - Imism's Sword

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you a pessimist or an optimist?

#668 - Heart of Luxury

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Why are you chasing a better life? Is it luxury you are chasing? Or is here something in the heart of luxury that is even sweeter? More valuable than anything luxury can give us?

#667 - Branches & Nets

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

How big it your net?

#666 - The Convergence of Thought & Emotion

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the difference between thought and emotion?

#665 - A Lucilius Parable: Driftwood & Tallow

Sun, 09 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius learns what a simple thing it is to be valuable.

#664 - Super Soaker

Sat, 08 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to charge your productivity?

#663 - Rivalnym Case Study: Influential Manipulation

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you being influenced or manipulated?

#662 - Measuring Questions

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you analyze the quality of your questions?

#661 - The New Wilderness

Wed, 05 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where is the modern hunt?

#660 - Backtrack Building

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you keep from redoing a bunch of work?

#659 - How's it look?

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you notice your progress?

#658 - A Lucilius Parable: Holdfast

Sun, 02 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius runs into an old acquaintance, both defined in different ways by the same thing.

#657 - User Interface

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you updating your user interface?

#656 - Rivalnym Case Study: Fanatical Fan

Fri, 31 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you a fan or a fanatic?

#655 - Charged Battery Part II

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Should you perhaps drain that battery a little?

#654 - Charged Battery Part I

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you all charged up?

#653 - The Hinge

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Where and how has your life hinged?

#652 - Where is your Inspiration?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to create th conditions so that your inspiration will make a visit?

#651 - A Lucilius Parable: Tinkered Beauty

Sun, 26 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius meets someone.

#650 - Obsessive Impulse

Sat, 25 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

What do you obsess about?

#649 - Strolling through Infinity

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you know that something has ended?

#648 - Questing Statements

Thu, 23 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

How can you supercharge your questions?

#647 - Time Well Spent

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you spend your time?

#646 - Metattention

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

What pays attention to our switch in attention?

#645 - Rivalnym Case Study: Alone

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the difference between lonliness and solitude?

#644 - A Lucilius Parable: Well Used

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius and a friend enjoy the afternoon.

#643 - Reader Returns

Sat, 18 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Why do you return to read?

#642 - One Player Chess

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you win with yourself?

#641 - Emotional Regulation Part III - Motivation

Thu, 16 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do you catch the slippery fish of motivation?

#640 - Quantitative Hierarchy

Wed, 15 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

How do we best achieve quality?

#639 - Enzymatic Effort

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's required to figure it out?

#638 - Rock Bottom

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Those who seem headed for rock bottom deserve our compassion, for one simple reason: there is no rock bottom.

#637 - A Lucilius Parable: Dirty Mirrors

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

A young Lucilius does his job and wonders about other worlds.

#636 - Forgotten Gifts of Childhood

Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Can you remember how it felt to be a child?

#635 - Rivalnym Case Study: Crazygenius

Fri, 10 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Would you rather be crazy or a genius? What if they go hand in hand?

#634 - Planning Who You'll Be

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Who are you going to be? And how does this measure up to who you want to be?

#633 - The Requirements of an Idea

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

What is the ideal environment for creative innovation?

#632 - Insufferable Persistence

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

If you are looking to have a good idea about how to make your life better, have you first fulfilled the requirements?

#631 - Adorable Glitch

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Tinkered Thinking is finally on Spotify.

#630 - A Lucilius Parable: The Mind's Pirouette

Sun, 05 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Luclius notices his mind spin.

#629 - The Ramifications of Business

Sat, 04 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

What's the real point of a business?

#628 - Nth Try

Fri, 03 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

How many times do you try? And what exactly are you trying?

#627 - Feedback Speed

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

Are you poking reality in the right way? Or are you knocking on a door where no one seems to be home?

#626 - Day One

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 02:00:00 PST

What about today is so special?

#625 - Fortune's Pirouette

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you enjoy the whole spin?

#624 - Sit with It

Mon, 30 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

When the first step feels like it's too much, then there's an invisible step we can take.

#623 - A Lucilius Parable: Shadow Running

Sun, 29 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius meets people who think they can run from their own shadows.

#622 - Design the Problem

Sat, 28 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

What problems do you have the luxury of solving?

#621 - Proportional Manipulation

Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are your emotions in proportion with reality?

#620 - Our Own Place

Thu, 26 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you have your own place? Hw do you tend to it?

#619 - Draft Zero

Wed, 25 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Where does wrting start? And where does it take us?

#618 - Rule of Thumb - Fresh Start

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

When should you call it quits for the day?

#617 - Meditation: Compound Practice

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

The milestones of meditation.

#616 - A Lucilius Parable: Mad Myth

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius comes across some respite.

#615 - Unifying Realms of Data

Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Where are the answers to the questions that we can see? Where are the questions to the answers we can see?

#614 - Rivalnym Case Study: Natural Society

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is society natural?

#613 - Analysis Paralysis

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

This episode is dedicated to Clay Nichols. You can follow him on Twitter @ClayNichols

#612 - Get Behind Yourself and Push

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Sometimes you just don't feel like it.

#611 - Many Masks

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

This episode is dedicated to Paul Graham and Deeyah Kahn.

#610 - Between Frames

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you catch the moment?

#609 - A Lucilius Parable: Cold Move

Sun, 15 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

This episode is dedicated to David Wallace-Wells. Lucilius entertains the good side of evil.

#608 - Cart Horse Carrot

Sat, 14 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

How you organize your day is how you organize your life.

#607 - Listening for Intent

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you communicate in bad faith?

#606 - Vicarious Advice

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

What would you say? And why would you say it?

#605 - Halo of Ignorance

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how good you are? or... aren't?

#604 - The Only Problem

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

What's your problem?

#603 - The Illusion of Hindsight

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do we really see so clearly how things could have been?

#602 - A Lucilius Parable: The Stuff of Dreams

Sun, 08 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius puts sleep to good use.

#601 - Toy or Tool?

Sat, 07 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

What do you spend your time and money on?

#600 - Simple Elaboration

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

This episode is dedicated to Brandon who you can connect with on Twitter at @brandonbydesign

Do we speak and write too much or too little?

#599 - Effortless Problems

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you have a particularly widespread assumption undermining your hopes?

#598 - Wasting Time

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do you waste time?

#597 - Emotional Regulation Part II - The Test

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

This episode is dedicated to Saher Cherif who you can connect with on Twitter @Saher_Cherif

#596 - On Your Mark

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

How can the imaginary world rev our performance in the real one?

#595 - A Lucilius Parable: As Above So Below

Sun, 01 Dec 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius is a multiplicity that is just trying to figure things out.

#594 - Wandering Lightning Rod

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you have the ingredients for a wandering, struck-by-lightning idea?

#593 - Theory or Example?

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

If you have so many examples, do you need a theory?

#592 - Time & the Question of Pressure

Thu, 28 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

How much time do you have? And how much pressure can you apply?

#591 - Emotional Regulation - Part I: Blunt Tools

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Some blunt tools for getting the emotional machine to fall in line.

#590 - The Subtle Art of Second Guessing Yourself

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

How well do you second guess yourself?

#589 - Lines & Nets

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do you catch the attention you need to do your work?

#588 - A Lucilius Parable: A Nice Place

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius and a friend have an adventurous staycation.

#587 - The Gulf

Sat, 23 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

How much space exists between what you say and what you do?

#586 - Seeding Plans

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

How does curiosity plan?

#585 - Tall Poppies

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

How shall we reinterpret the poorly understood lessons of the past?

#584 - Never Finished

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you know when you are done?

#583 - Comfort - Part II: Forts & Cages

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 01:00:00 PST

Are you comfortably entrapped by your strengths? This episode, along with the previous one, is dedicated to Dennis Michael Hynes, you can connect with him on Twitter at @HynesDm

#582 - Comfort - Part I: The Roots of a Word

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

What does it mean to be comfortable? This episode, along with Part II, is dedicated to Dennis Michael Hynes. You can connect with him on Twitter at @HynesDm

#581 - A Lucilius Parable: Grain of Salt

Sun, 17 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius shares what he can.

#580 - Resourcefulness

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you blind to the resources right in front of you?

#579 - Life is a Gift Horse

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

What's really going on when you bemoan your circumstance in life? What has been given to you, and what hasn't been gifted to you.

#578 - Chasing Silence

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to catch it?

#577 - A Thought Experiment: A Day's Worth

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

How much do you think your day is worth?

#576 - MetaQuestions

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to challenge your questions?

#575 - Indication of a Bad Question

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you find yourself asking the same question over and over?

#574 - A Lucilius Parable: The Moving Mind

Sun, 10 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius overhears a debate.

#573 - Generating Randomness

Sat, 09 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

What is the first step of creativity?

#572 - The Sisyphean Plateau

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is your idea of progress infinitely wrong?

#571 - Broken Record

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Which song are you playing?

#570 - Productive Skepticism

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you skeptical of the productive possibilities of skepticism?

#569 - The Visibility of Problems

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

You can see the problem, but can you see the solution?

#568 - The Default State of Learning

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

What does it mean to learn?

#567 - A Lucilius Parable: The Moment's Mood

Sun, 03 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius finds something to watch.

#566 - Comedy's Point

Sat, 02 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

Why do we need to laugh?

#565 - Double Time

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 02:00:00 PST

A little behind-the-scenes house keeping.

#564 - The Redundancy of Thinking without Tinkering

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you just think the same things over and over?

#563 - The End of Money

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you imagine a world without money? If not, check out this episode.

#562 - Amends

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

What does it mean to make amends?

#561 - Promise?

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do your promises honor the nature of the future?

#560 - A Lucilius Parable: Letters' End

Sun, 27 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius feels like reading.

#559 - Setback Training

Sat, 26 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

How often do you get annoyed during the day?

#558 - Rivalnyms: A Case Study

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

The list of Rivalnyms expands by two.

#557 - The Flexibility Machine

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

How limber is your machine?

#556 - The Daily Grind

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

What are we grinding in the daily grind?

#555 - The Smith & the Devil

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Tinkered Thinking shows how humanity's oldest story is more relevant than ever today.

#554 - A Thought Experiment: Cutting Questions

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do questions interact with your project? or your ability to learn?

#553 - A Lucilius Parable: A Carving Lesson

Sun, 20 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius gives a gift that gives back.

#552 - 10 Minutes

Sat, 19 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Seems like short time, but what fits into it?

#551 - False Encouragement

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you lying with good intentions?

#550 - Tinker's Razor

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Tinkered Thinking presents a Razor.

#549 - Infinity Cube: A Thought Experiment

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

What do you see when you look at the world?

#548 - Shifting Symmetries

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

"People do things for only two reason: it's pleasurable and/or it conveys sexiness." This observation sparked some disagreement on Twitter. This episode seeks to explore the issue in some detail.

#547 - Buffer

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Tinkered Thinking gets back up to speed and addresses a new experiement to protect against such delays.

#546 - A Lucilius Parable: Dead Calm

Sun, 13 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius gets help from a little friend.

#545 - For the Sake of Habit

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are habits worth while even when they aren't really possible?

#544 - Two-Way Habit

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

How does a habit look like when it's taken apart as opposed to when it's put together?

#543 - The Name of God

Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Everyone follows something. What do you follow?

#542 - Hiccup

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

A lyrical episode

#541 - Working Questions

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Have you worked on questions about work?

#540 - State The Question

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is there a more powerful form of your question?

#539 - A Lucilius Parable: The End of Contentment

Sun, 06 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius has a girlfriend. Sort of.

#538 - The Word Me

Sat, 05 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

What exactly are you talking about when you say it?

#537 - Yea Yea Yea

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

We've all said it. What was the last thing you said it in response to?

#536 - The Infinite Money Question

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

What would you do?

#535 - Conducive

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

How conducive is your situation?

#534 - Resolution Prerequisite

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you see where you are going?

#533 - The Last Domino

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Tinkered Thinking concludes an experiment.

#532 - A Lucilius Parable: The Matryoshka Doll of Modernity

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius experiences the way people think of one another.

#531 - The Reason Behind a Lie

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is it ever reasonable to lie?

#530 - Meditative

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you claim to meditate while doing something that is not meditation?

#529 - Results Part II: A Game of Tennis

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you realize that reality is trying to play a game with you? Or, are you just being a sore loser?

#528 - Results Part I: Expectation

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you always expect a certain result?

#527 - Little Theories

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

What is a hypothesis?

#526 - Pattern Manipulation

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

You can sense the pattern, but can you create a new one?

#525 - A Lucilius Parable: The Moment's Task

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius finds peace in the mundane.

#524 - Excellent Addictions

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do good and bad behaviors use the same tools?

#523 - Fractal Anxiety

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do we deal with anxiety by piling on more anxiety?

#522 - Source of Attention

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is attention yours? Or does the source have you fooled?

#521 - Thought Surfing

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you know how to Thought Surf?

#520 - The Meaning of Tinker

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

This episode was inspired by @DeeperThrill on Twitter

#519 - Lighten Up

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is it rude to make fun of heavy topics?

#518 - A Lucilius Parable: Eternity of Entertainment

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius attempts to cure a small case of boredom.

#517 - The Golden Guarantee

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

There is a gift to what's guaranteed.

#516 - The End of Nowhere

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

You're not lost if you can take the next step.

#515 - The Virtue of Negativity

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is there anything Positive about Negativity?

#514 - Falsify

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

How many tools do you have to update your model of the world?

#513 - The Self-Assembling Nature of Success

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you have the faith that you'll figure it out?

#512 - Faith

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you have faith in your understanding of the word faith?

#511 - A Lucilius Parable: The Puppetmaster's Pain

Sun, 08 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius tries to care for his Godchildren.

#510 - Sensible Noise

Sat, 07 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you ignore the noise? Does it make you uncomfortable? Or do you understand the noise?

#509 - So What?

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

You listen to Tinkered Thinking? So What?

#508 - The Novelty of Nuance

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you always look for novelty? What exactly is nuance in relation to novelty?

#507 - In Question

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are we afraid of questions?

#506 - Turn a Blind Eye

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you turning blind eyes for the right reasons?

#505 - The Endless Arbitrage of Language

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can something be created out of nothing?

#504 - A Lucilius Parable: Trash

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius takes out the trash.

#503 - Infinite Games

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

What Infinite Games are you playing?

#502 - Problems of Mistaken Identity

Fri, 30 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Have you identified the problem?

#501 - Coefficients of Friction

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

When it's so hard to start, how to you make things easier?

#500 - The Strategy of Tinkered Thinking

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Five Hundred Episodes.

#499 - But Why?

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Why are we doing all of this life thing?

#498 - Artificial Hardship

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you manufacture hardship for yourself in a way that is good?

#497 - A Lucilius Parable: Perfume

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius reminisces over better times when he missed out.

#496 - Organized Systems

Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Recurring problems require a system that solves them automatically. You are a system. That system is comprised of habits.

#495 - Let Go

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

What parts of ourselves should we let go of? How to we maintain a grip on reality while we do it?

#494 - Grip

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

What should you hold on to?

#493 - Letting (yourself) Go

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Which parts of ourselves constantly want to run wild? should they be set free?

#492 - Pause of the Painter

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

What action defines the artist more than any other?

#491 - Pass The Time

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do you pass the time?

#490 - A Lucilius Parable: Full Stop

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius finds reason to laugh at his efforts.

#489 - Peak Education

Sat, 17 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is there a peak?

#488 - Touch the Sky

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you see the paradox?

#487 - Distant Lands

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do you get to a place that feels good?

#486 - Gaslit Liar

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Who is less likely to be the subject of gaslighting?

#485 - Stubborn Winner

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Not all winners are winners.

#484 - Determined Loser

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

What's the best kind of loser?

#483 - A Lucilius Parable: Lost in Translation

Sun, 11 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius comes across an old misunderstood friend.

#482 - Cognitive Fabric

Sat, 10 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

What makes up your cognitive fabric?

#481 - Can of Worms

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are we simply solving problems that we thought were solutions? What solutions are we working on now?

#480 - Caution

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you cautious? Too cautious? Or are you even worrying about the right things?

#479 - Open Door Policy

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Being open minded means you're not afraid to welcome in ideas that will destroy any cherished beliefs you migh have hiding in a panic room.

#478 - Out of the Question

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

How can something be in or out of a question?

#477 - A Lucilius Parable: No Wait

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius doesn't wait for ridiculous things.

#476 - Release Valve

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Does your head have a release valve?

#475 - Audio Dance Partner

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Monkey hear, monkey say, same.

#474 - Cozy Mind

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is your mind inhospitable to good ideas?

#473 - Bucket of Mud

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 02:00:00 PST

What are you carrying around?

#472 - What Meditation Does

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is it all just froo-froo?

#471 - Sick of being Sick of

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Ideas, beliefs, mental models, stories; all of these are parasitic. They cannot exit, nor flourish without their main host: the human mind. Are your beliefs working for you? Or are they hurting you? What would an immune system for the mind look like?

#470 - To Hurt a Belief

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do beliefs have feelings? Can they be injured? Destroyed? What about you?

#469 - A Lucilius Parable: Tailed by Ghosts

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius comes across a couple of haunted people.

#468 - Catching Ideas

Sat, 27 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

What's your strategy? Which strategies have worked the best over the centuries?

#467 - Network Web

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

What kind of net works to catch an idea?

#466 - Pessimistic Time Keeper

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

How long is it really going to take?

#465 - Boring Works but Anxiety is Exciting

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you swapping excitements only to have them slide back?

#464 - Exhausted Battery

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you tired?

#463 - Conquertize

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

What priority dictates the way we conquer our to-do list?

#462 - A Lucilius Parable: Shuffling Priorities

Sun, 21 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius drops a priority.

#461 - Comedy Cancelled

Sat, 20 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Where is the executioner in the modern age?

#460 - Follower vs Joiner

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you blindly following? Or are you putting the pieces togther from a variety of perspectives?

#459 - The Net

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

How is a fisherman's net like a question?

#458 - Poke The Monster

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you sure you know what you're asking for?

#457 - Negative Gratitude

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

How many paths lead to gratitude?

#456 - The Ineffable Plan

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

What does Scientific Determinism have in common with Divine plans?

#455 - A Lucilius Parable: Room To Grow

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius gives pause to the environment in which we all can learn.

#454 - Why Apologies Do Not Work

Sat, 13 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

The problem with apologies is also the key to rising above our own mistakes.

#453 - After Does Not Exist

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

What's going on 'after'?

#452 - Doors

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are the doors you seek already open?

#451 - Crafting Riddles

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you practiced in the art of forming questions? How good are your questions?

#450 - A Friend Forever

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

How well do you treat the one person who is always with you?

#449 - Money Mouth

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

What is the real price of our words?

#448 - A Lucilius Parable: Consistency

Sun, 07 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius is on a quiet adventure.

#447 - The Mind's Panic Room

Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Have you built one?

#446 - The Avoidance Deception

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Even the phrasing of what we avoid can in itself be another form of avoidance. That is, avoiding the real issue.

#445 - Brain Bug

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Even worse than a horrow movie about people with bugs crawling around in their brains.

#444 - One Size Fits All

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you fit?

#443 - Maker or User?

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you more likely to make something or just use things?

#442 - Better Late than Never

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 02:00:00 PST

Ok, Tinkered Thinking was deplorably late this week.

#441 - A Lucilius Parable: Many Ends

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius ponders how things arise and how things end.

#440 - Deadlines vs Time-Limits

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do your deadlines have the necessary side-kick?

#439 - What is a Review?

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

What does it mean to honestly reflect an experience for someone who wasn't there?

#438 - Brain Change

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is your brain changing?

#437 - Tinkered Thinking Review: Tinkered Thinking

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Tinkered Thinking reviews itself.

#436 - Broken Key

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Right problem, wrong solution?

#435 - Flexibility

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you bent out of shape?

#434 - A Lucilius Parable: The Straggler

Sun, 23 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius queries the possibilities.

#433 - Second Wise, Year Foolish

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you know where I can purchase some more time. Perhaps last tuesday? How much does last tuesday cost?

#432 - The Pros & Cons of Pros & Cons

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do the pros outweigh the cons of using a pros and cons list?

#431 - Don't Move On

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you repressing some helpful influences?

#430 - Task en Place

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is putting things off making everything we do in the meantime less effective?

#429 - First Principles - Part II: Language

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can we divide the language we use to irreducible units? Do these units remain static through time? And if not, what do we do. This is part ii. Check out Episode 428 for part i.

#428 - First Principles - Part I: Ab Initio

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

What should be our 'first principle' when we think, use and consume language? This is part I that hopes to serve as a quick introduction to first principles thinking.

#427 - A Lucilius Parable: Reflect Effect

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius helps someone see what they say.

#426 - The Spectrum of Cognitive Dissonance

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Where do we stand on the spectrum of cognitive dissonance? What is at the other spectrum?

#425 - Virtuous Difference

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

What good might exist between our differences?

#424 - Conscious Directions

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Does consciousness reach in different directions?

#423 - Uphill Planting

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is life just one big pain-in-the-ass uphill battle? Yea, maybe.

#422 - Bloat & Bust

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Words grow, sometimes in unhealthy directions. And sometimes, they collapse. How do we protect our understanding of reality from the risks of this process?

#421 - Tinker Talk

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Another Lyrical Episode

#420 - A Lucilius Parable: Extraordinary Circumstance

Sun, 09 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius is struck by a strange encounter.

#419 - Dynamism - Part II: Vicious Subtraction

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Continuing from Part I, Part II examines Carl Jung's quote in a larger context.

#418 - Dynamism - Part I: Adding and Subtracting

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do we fall, and keep falling? How do we keep ourselves from slipping? This is part one of two episodes that explore a quote from Carl Jung. Inspired in response to https://twitter.com/SE_Cauldron

#417 - Perfection Paralysis

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do we imagine our dreams? Are they perfect? Or will they be perfect?

#416 - Embrace Weakness

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

We are told to do something everyday that scares us. Does this mean riding a roller coaster, or some other thrilling activity? Or do we misunderstand what scary means in this sense? Scary can mean quite a lot. We willingly go to scary movies because it's thrilling, but does this mean that we've done something that scares us? What scares people the most?

#415 - The Opposite of Free Will

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] This episode was inspired by reading Annaka Harris' book 'Conscious' which was released today. Visit http://tinkeredthinking.com/index.php?id=428 for a link to order your copy today. Are we aware of our drives, our influences and our will? Or lack thereof?

#414 - Not Successful

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can we use language more successfully? Even when we aren't successful?

#413 - A Lucilius Parable: Concrete Butterfly

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius makes up a story for someone who needs a new one. This episode is dedicated to Charles

#412 - Cognitive Slumber

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is your mind asleep?

#411 - Quality of Quantity

Fri, 31 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you missing out on the beneifts and creating too little?

#410 - Shave The Dog

Thu, 30 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you reinitiating a path to misery?

#409 - Very Real

Wed, 29 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Does the legitimacy of reality exist on a spectrum?

#408 - Desirable Faith

Tue, 28 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

What desires shall we desire?

#407 - New People Old Work

Mon, 27 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

What is our avenue to better work?

#406 - A Lucilius Parable: Immortal Colors

Sun, 26 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius comforts a stranger with a story of unpoisoned memories.

#405 - Pressure Cooker Patience

Sat, 25 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Does your emotional enemy win simply by getting you to fight?

#404 - Subtle Reward

Fri, 24 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you missing out on the rewards of success that perpetuate through time?

#403 - Big Question Bad Question

Thu, 23 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

How big are the questions you ask yourself?

#402 - Fiends for Feeling

Wed, 22 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Are you feeding a hunger for feeling?

#401 - Tinkered Drinking

Tue, 21 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Have you tinkered with you drinking and found yourself quite lacking with thinking?

#400 - Feeding Hunger

Mon, 20 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you feeding the right hungers?

#399 - A Lucilius Parable: Recursive Fright

Sun, 19 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius witnesses how easily we can overwhelm ourselves.

#398 - Giving Up the Mine

Sat, 18 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you digging a hole for the sake of digging?

#397 - Interverse

Fri, 17 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] How do we keep the space between each other healthy?

#396 - Sign & Signal

Thu, 16 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do signs and signals relate?

#395 - Two Kinds of Hurt

Wed, 15 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you whining?

#394 - Blinders

Tue, 14 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you walking around in the dark?

#393 - Frieght Train

Mon, 13 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

How much of your past do you have pushing you in unwanted directions?

#392 - A Lucilius Parable: A Day's Work - Part II

Sun, 12 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius cuts a day's work short.

#391 - Limits of Empathy

Sat, 11 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

How empathetic are you?

#390 - Question about the Question

Fri, 10 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can a question perform introspection?

#389 - Baskets of Fire

Thu, 09 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Irons or Eggs?

#388 - Cracking the Maelstrom

Wed, 08 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you stuck in a terrible cycle? Do you know the first step to cracking it?

#387 - Plans & Progress

Tue, 07 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do we plan progress? Or do we discover it? Do plans get in the way of our discovery?

#386 - White Diamond

Mon, 06 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Which end of the diamond do you find yourself in?

#385 - A Lucilius Parable: A Day's Work - Part I

Sun, 05 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius starts a day of work.

#384 - The Shape of Language

Sat, 04 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

What kind of shapes are you building, by speaking, by thinking?

#383 - Pain & Passion

Fri, 03 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is the passion you seek already causing you obvious pain?

#382 - One Day. . .

Thu, 02 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you putting off your dreams?

#381 - Scaling Efforts

Wed, 01 May 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are your efforts scaling?

#380 - Like a Child

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you learn from the unlearned?

#379 - Mental Skills

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

What is a mental skill? Can they be leveraged to benefit one another?

#378 - A Lucilius Parable: Activation Sequence - Part II

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius reflects on getting ready. Part I is episode 371

#377 - Domain Skew

Sat, 27 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

What kind of skew do you see the world through?

#376 - Succession Stages

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are there stages to a better mind?

#375 - Two-Do

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you working on the right to-do list?

#374 - Infinite Dead-End

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you stuck on a mental treadmill?

#373 - Fresh Eyes

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

How can you swap your eyeballs out for a fresh perspective?

#372 - The Expansion of Work

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you letting a tumor of work grow beyond something you can swallow?

#371 - A Lucilius Parable: Activation Sequence - Part I

Sun, 21 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius gets ready.

#370 - Zen and The Goldilocks Fallacy

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

What do you think of your conditions? Does the way you look at your circumstances impact your ability to change those circumstances?

#369 - Summoning the Spell

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you have access to the core of the imagination's code?

#368 - Invisible Vision

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you see the next evolution of your perspective?

#367 - Itch

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you have one?

#366 - Curiosity's Tribute

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you paying the proper tribute? Or are you missing out on the goods?

#365 - No Days Off

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

What don't you ever get a day off from?

#364 - A Lucilius Parable: Foundation

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius guides a friend to the beginning.

#363 - The Power Hack

Sat, 13 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Are you hindering your own power?

#362 - Just Start

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you hung up imagining exactly what it will look like?

#361 - Monkeys & Typewriters

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you have your monkey-mind trained on the right distractions?

#360 - Hourglass

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you see the grains falling?

#359 - Bottleneck

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Where is your life getting choked, where should you choke it?

#358 - Process

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

What's the Process? This episode is dedicated to @thewarrenwelsh

#357 - A Lucilius Parable: Step One

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius takes a step

#356 - Personal Protocol

Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Did you choose your protocols? Or were they snidely handed to you?

#355 - Nothing is Funny

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you need a good laugh? Does it really need a great joke?

#354 - Plans & Roadmaps

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are your plans flexible? Or are they kept rigid by your emotional attachment?

#353 - Virtuous Mistake

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you afraid of making a mistake?

#352 - Order of Operations

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you doing things in the right order? Did you miss a step?

#351 - Triggered

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you easily triggered? Should you avoid the battle or bathe in it?

#350 - A Lucilius Parable: Entropy Sharpening

Sun, 31 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius improves a tool by taking away from it.

#349 - In Other Words

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do the other words help?

#348 - Hard Bounce

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you do more than bounce back? Would it be any benefit to put the pedal to the metal righ before the crash?

#347 - Predicting Thoughts

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you know what your third thought tomorrow will be?

#346 - Where's Waldo?

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you focusing on the right thing? Do you have the power to redirect your attention?

#345 - Solemn Optimist

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is your perspective balanced or just impotent?

#344 - Cherish The Challenge

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Everyday, when you wake up, life is taunting you. How do you meet it? Life is a challenge. Do you cherish it?

#343 - A Lucilius Parable: Arbitrary Domain Preference

Sun, 24 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius uses the same strategy in different places.

#342 - Phoning the Void

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do you communicate with the source of inspiration?

#341 - Thoughtful Chances

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is the next chance as random as the last?

#340 - Discovering Details

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

What details are you missing?

#339 - Omnispective

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is there a better way to get a look at who you are? How many kinds of mirrors do you have to look in? Are you relying too much on the ubiqutous default?

#338 - Delight In Difficulties

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you actively trying to acquire realisitic superpowers?

#337 - Detriment Benefit

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is it always clear what is real harm and what just hurts?

#336 - A Lucilius Parable: Hydration

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius appreciates a small posession that only gets better with age and battle.

#335 - Clever Love

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is general advice phrased well for specific situations?

#334 - Bipedal Perspective

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is your perspective as agile as your movements?

#333 - Frustration Focus

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you find that over the years you've become more and more frustrated by smaller and smaller issues?

#332 - Power & Entitlement

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is that sense of entitlement helping? Do we recognize what real power we actually have?

#331 - Pressure Play

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is it time to import that superpower from childhood?

#330 - Toothbrush

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you as consistent with working on your goals as you are with burshing your teeth?

#329 - A Lucilius Parable: Unused Luggage

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 03:00:00 PST

Lucilius sees all the signs pointing to the promised land, but finds it somewhere else.

#328 - Daydreaming about The Present

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you busy not enjoying the most enjoyable experience?

#327 - Endure Inure Life

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is your ability to endure inured?

#326 - Obvious Novelty

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is the answer staring you in the face?

#325 - Failures of Cooperation

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

What exactly is money? And what does it really mean to demand it back from someone, as in: Give me my money!

#324 - Nudge

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are drastic results only achieved through drastic changes and drastic efforts?

#323 - Control

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] What is control? How exactly do we implement it?

#322 - A Lucilius Parable: Got This

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius experiences a friendship unencumbered.

#321 - Sleep On Send

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you sure you should send that message?

#320 - Sharpening Stone

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do you use the uncomfortable obstacle of a counter-argument?

#319 - Search and Destroy

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you run this program on simple chores?

#318 - Blurry Mirror

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you need some Windex?

#317 - Trickster Missiles

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Who is the real enemy in your life?

#316 - It'll Be Fine

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you numbing yourself from important information?

#315 - A Lucilius Parable: Blinded by Sight

Sun, 24 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you see beyond your own eyes?

#314 - Should We Drive

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

If you are driven, should you think about where you are going?

#313 - Treading Water

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you feel like you are treading water?

#312 - Early Days

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you barter a new system with your own brain?

#311 - Fake Fortune

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is it possible to buy a hamburger from a cow?

#310 - Hanging Thread

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you end the day with a trap laid for the person you'll be tomorrow?

#309 - Even Keel

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

How effective is your keel? Do you even have one?

#308 - A Lucilius Parable: Trucking Along

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius thinks about how things come and go, and how we might change what comes by giving to what goes.

#307 - Derailed

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you long after that good track you were on?

#306 - Unique

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

What is unique in today's day and age?

#305 - The Traction of Water

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you slipping and sliding on potential?

#304 - Dance Lessons

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Can you do what they taught you?

#303 - Allegory

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

What does any given thing mean?

#302 - The Hunt

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you capable of enjoying the time spent waiting in line?

#301 - A Lucilius Parable: Wisdom of the Masses

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius plays Yo-Yo with his life, building bi-directional feedback loops and figuring out how to turn one into the other by cutting them.

#300 - Non-Zero Deed

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Do you feel punished by your deeds?

#299 - The Obvious Choice

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Is the obvious choice actually the best choice?

#298 - Get This Away

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do you curate your life?

#297 - Nature is Unnatural

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

What is unnatural?

#296 - Bathing on a Roll

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you on a roll?

#295 - Destination: Nowhere

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you have a destination in mind? Should you?

#294 - A Lucilius Parable: Time-Out Gamer

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius plays a game.

#293 - Rivalnym

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Synonym. Antonym. Rivalnym?

#292 - Don't Be Evil

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you doing the good thing?

#291 - Hormesis

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you biting off more than you can chew?

#290 - The Trick

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is it as hard as you think or is there a trick to it?

#289 - Rubber Duck

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do you need someone or something to talk to?

#288 - Settling

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you settling?

#287 - A Lucilius Parable: Key of Courage

Sun, 27 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Courage finds Lucilius, or does Lucilius find courage?

#286 - Illusive Vision

Sat, 26 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you seeing clearly?

#285 - Plan on no Plans

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are your plans getting in your way?

#284 - Sticky Fingers

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is there such a thing as a mental utensil?

#283 - Lose Yourself

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is your identity ever all that necessary for the task at hand?

#282 - Battle Royale

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you unknowingly coddling your own inability? This episode was inspired by Andrew Ruiz, follow him on Twitter @then_there_was

#281 - (Re)search

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you searching for what's already been found?

#280 - A Lucilius Parable: Black Wolf

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius meets one person and a different one leaves.

#279 - Everybody is Right

Sat, 19 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Is it productive to try and convince other people that they are wrong?

#278 - Axiomatic Mistake

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you running in the right direction? Is it time to look around?

#277 - Cautious Traitor

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Which master does caution serve?

#276 - Slingshot

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

If you feel like you're moving backwards, perhaps you should turn around and run with it?

#275 - Lightfoot

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

How heavy are your shoes?

#274 - Conceptual Immune System

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

How do we keep our ideas healthy?

#273 - A Lucilius Parable: It Happens

Sun, 13 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius points out a double-standard.

#272 - Shucking Emotions

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Do emotions have different parts that we can pick apart?

#271 - Dropping The Ball

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Did someone drop the ball?

#270 - Focusing The Spin

Thu, 10 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

What's spinning in your life?

#269 - Blazing Tracks

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Which track are you on? Should you jump, tuck and roll and strike out on your own?

#268 - Impostor Syndrome

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you an impostor? If not... should you be?

#267 - Starve Faster

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

How hungry are you? P.S. This episode was written on the 4th day of a fast.

#266 - A Lucilius Parable: Perfect Plan

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius has a plan.

#265 - Zeroing in on Zeno

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you overshooting your destination?

#264 - If You Will

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

How generous is your ear?

#263 - You have a Point

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

But do you need a sharper one?

#262 - Take a Hike

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Does your treadmill have you on a leash?

#261 - Re-Solve

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 02:00:00 PST

Are you applying the same incorrect solution to the same problem over and over and over?

#260 - Distance from Neutral

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

How far away are you from a sense of calm and a sense of peace? How peaceful is the present moment?

#259 - A Lucilius Parable: Between Questions

Sun, 30 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius questions the answers to his questions.

#258 - Flowers & Fruit

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Are you nurturing your efforts towards a larger expression?

#257 - Check Your Mirrors

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you so eager to change direction that you forget to look around?

#256 - Mental Teeth

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you limited in the sorts problems you can chew on?

#255 - Arrival Syndrome

Wed, 26 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you looking to arrive somewhere?

#254 - Everyday is a Holiday

Tue, 25 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you remember what has happened through the years on every uncelebrated day?

#253 - R&R

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you getting enough R&R?

#252 - A Lucilius Parable: Game of Awareness

Sun, 23 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius wakes up from a dream

#251 - Spotlight Reflection

Sat, 22 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can you pay attention to the root of your attention?

#250 - Language

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] What exactly is this thing that you speak and think?

#249 - Food for Thought

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you biting off more than you can think about?

#248 - Meniscus

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you blasting through helpful boundaries?

#247 - Attention: It's a Stretch

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

How flexible is your mind?

#246 - Yearning for the Gifts of Now

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

What would you have done with the gifts of today?

#245 - A Lucilius Parable: Believe to See

Sun, 16 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius teaches someone to believe in order to see

#244 - Besieging Ignorance

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you lean into ignorance, or do you need to be pushed into it?

#243 - Roots

Fri, 14 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do minds grow as uniformily as our bodies?

#242 - Minimum Viable Success

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you biting off more than you can pleasurably chew?

#241 - Resolution Now

Wed, 12 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you waiting to change?

#240 - Scheduling Failure

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

How comfortable are you with failure?

#239 - Slippery Mental Territory

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Have you mapped out the sinkholes in your mind?

#238 - A Lucilius Parable: The Bounce

Sun, 09 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius gets a powerful reminder from an innocent place.

#237 - Fractal Mistake

Sat, 08 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Are you making the same mistake on every level of existence?

#236 - Building Beginner's Luck

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you throw your hands up in defeat after your first attempt?

#235 - Game of One

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Which game are you playing?

#234 - Chipping the Composite

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you have your hammer and chisel handy?

#233 - Last Laugh

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you going to laugh no matter what?

#232 - Bullet Bubblegum

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you have a bullet you need to bite?

#231 - A Lucilius Parable: Lame Game

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius plays a non-zero sum game with a friend

#230 - 5th Thought

Sat, 01 Dec 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is it possible to know the last sentence of this episode before reading it or listening to it?

#229 - What is a Word?

Fri, 30 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can you understand a word without a definition?

#228 - Energy Levels

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

How much energy do you have?

#227 - Racing, Sculpting

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is sculpting a race?

#226 - Second Shot

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Would you like to know what you're going to say?

#225 - The Mistake of No Regrets

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you deny your regrets?

#224 - A Lucilius Parable: Reiteration Simulation

Sun, 25 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius gets a glimpse of the game

#223 - The Opposite of a Conclusion

Sat, 24 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you trapped in your head with bad ideas?

#222 - Monkey Work

Fri, 23 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is the work boring?

#221 - Coffee and Genies

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Wish or work?

#220 - Will It

Wed, 21 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

When was the last time you 'willed' something into existence? Do you just wish for stuff in the mean time?

#219 - Never Lost

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Are you lost?

#218 - Star Gazing

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can you point out that star for me again?

#217 - A Lucilius Parable: Obstacle Hunter

Sun, 18 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius decides to relcaim what is lost.

#216 - Take it to the Min

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

How low can you go?

#215 - Faux Auteur Phantom

Fri, 16 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you author your next thought before thinking it?

#214 - Unused Gift

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you just looking to feel good right now, or are you genuinely seeking a solution?

#213 - Relay Racing and the Thumbtack

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is the monster chasing you trying to help?

#212 - Sliding Echo Chambers

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can you see outside of your own echo chamber?

#211 - The Negative Space of Riddles

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

What is a better question?

#210 - A Lucilius Parable: Second Guessing

Sun, 11 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius is gifted with a fresh perspective on a second guess.

#209 - State Change

Sat, 10 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Does your (mental) state need to change? Can our mental state change because of our phsyical state?

#208 - Into the Void

Fri, 09 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you afraid to push your idea out into the world?

#207 - Bad Day

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you having a bad day?

#206 - Mark of a Mistake

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you making a mistake?

#205 - Mistakes: Quantity vs. Duration

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

How many mistakes are you seeking to make? Would you rather make one big mistake or a bunch of small ones? Which is more likely to get you closer to your goals?

#204 - The Tinker Tweaking Thief

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you trying to get rid of something that doesn't exist?

#203 - A Lucilius Parable: Lucilius.exe Has Stopped Working, System Failure

Sun, 04 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius goes on an infinite adventure.

#202 - Heave-To

Sat, 03 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] What's your strategy for surviving the storms of the mind?

#201 - Visibility

Fri, 02 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

How far can you see right now?

#200 - Think Again

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 02:00:00 PST

Did you think in the first place?

#199 - Stressful Situation

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Will the real shady stress please stand up?

#198 - The Door and The Dark Staircase

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] What is the similarity between opportunities in life and horror movies? When one door closes, and another opens.... what exactly is behind that door?

#197 - That's Strange

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Should we only expect the expected? Is the unexpected even imaginable?

#196 - A Lucilius Parable: Peek-a-boo Magic

Sun, 28 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius muses on how things arise in consciousness

#195 - Pebble or Seed?

Sat, 27 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is that idea a pebble or a seed?

#194 - Head in the Clouds

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Where is your head?

#193 - Transaction

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] How generous is your definition of 'transaction'?

#192 - Endless Loom

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you letting the work dictate when it's done?

#191 - Gone Fishing

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you wait for fish to flop into your hands?

#190 - That Promising Dud

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Should we always expect the spectacle?

#189 - A Lucilius Parable: The Precious Weak Link

Sun, 21 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius discovers the power of intentional weakness.

#188 - Customizing Autopilot

Sat, 20 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

What is your Autopilot set to? This episode piggybacks off of Episode 44: Autopilot.

#187 - All or Nothing, or Nothing to All?

Fri, 19 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

How should the all-or-nothing mindset be applied?

#186 - Stupidity Wisdom

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is wisdom about being smart? or is wisdom about not being stupid?

#185 - Iatrogenic Gaslighting: Are you ok?

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

How many times should we ask?

#184 - Will Power

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] How much power is available for your will to use?

#183 - No Choice

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you have a choice about what you did yesterday?

#182 - A Lucilius Parable: A Date with Belief

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius demonstrates the power of belief for a friend.

#181 - Stability

Sat, 13 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

How stable are you?

#180 - Short Game Long Game

Fri, 12 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

How does your short game effect your long game?

#179 - Weather Report

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

What are your chances of feeling good today?

#178 - Pilot Hole

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

What is the path of least resistance for new hopes, desires and habits?

#177 - Manifest Example

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

In your own life, who is the best example of what it means to be human?

#176 - Keeping Tally

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you keep tally on your friends?

#175 - A Lucilius Parable: Nibble

Sun, 07 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius slowly notices the slow process of big, slow work.

#174 - Sandcastles in the Surf

Sat, 06 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

How many times can you have your work washed away?

#173 - Wisecrack Canary

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can you still hear the joke?

#172 - Always With You

Thu, 04 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Where does happiness exist?

#171 - Inspiration

Wed, 03 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

What's your creative diet look like?

#170 - The Comfort Signal

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you getting soft?

#169 - Practicing Insanity

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is it insane to practice?

#168 - A Lucilius Parable: Cleaving the Delusion

Sun, 30 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius comes across a cosmically sized example of something we all do.

#167 - Seeing the Bootstrap

Sat, 29 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do poor emotional associations keep you from seeing escape routes?

#166 - The Mess

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Why do kids make a mess of everything?

#165 - Set Sail

Thu, 27 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you just drifting?

#164 - Moving the Whirlpool

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

How do you grab a whirlpool?

#163 - What the Fool Believes

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Who's the fool? What do you believe?

#162 - On The Plate

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

How much is on your plate? Did you get enough?

#161 - A Lucilius Parable: Infinite Game

Sun, 23 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius visits an ailing friend.

#160 - Crooked Crosshairs

Sat, 22 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is your aim calibrated?

#159 - Hammer and Screw

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you using the wrong tool?

#158 - Sharpening the Sentinel

Thu, 20 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

How will you guard yourself from entities that know you better and faster, and don't necessarily care about your well-being?

#157 - Conquer or Concur?

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Can you say the title of this episode 5 times really fast?

#156 - Beyond Victory

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] How do we keep enemies closer?

#155 - Esteem

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

What does it mean to have good self-esteem?

#154 - Progress or Perfection?

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can we have an unhealthy relationship with a word?

#153 - Quotes like Jokes

Sat, 15 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Jokes are mostly regurgitated, but what about quotes? Do we just regurgitate them, or do we hope they'll change who we are?

#152 - Yesterday and Tomorrow

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

How many different times exist?

#151 - Sweep It Under the Feed

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

What's under your social media feed?

#150 - Pivot Harder Better Faster Stronger

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

How fast do you bounce back? A special shoutout to username Schmazo who brought up the cheetah connection on the Tinkered Thinking subreddit.

#149 - Coconut

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you have your hand in a Coconut?

#148 - Million Dollar Idea: Diamond or Seed?

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are ideas diamonds in the rough? Or seeds in a garden?

#147 - A Lucilius Parable: Productive Delusion

Sun, 09 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius plays a trick on himself.

#146 - Get Interesting

Sat, 08 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you interesting?

#145 - Why are Games Fun?

Fri, 07 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can rules be a gift?

#144 - Purposeful Imbalance

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is it bad to seek balance all the time?

#143 - Faces of Failure

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

How shall we greet failure?

#142 - Just Ship It

Tue, 04 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

When should we set an idea free into the world?

#141 - The Subtle Art of the Break

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

When should we take a break?

#140 - A Lucilius Parable: Weight of Questions

Sun, 02 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Someone seeks out Lucilius for guidance.

#139 - Regretting Categorical Mistakes

Sat, 01 Sep 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can we forget words?

#138 - Categorical Agency

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

What happens when we create a word?

#137 - Pedant

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are you furthering the conversation productively? Or are you just being a pedantic brat?

#136 - CEO of Self

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Who runs the show? And who makes the show work?

#135 - The Conductor's Orchestra

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Where do emotions come from?

#134 - Version

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

How close is the world to our version of it?

#133 - The Right Track

Sun, 26 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Could it be a mistake to think we are on the right track?

#132 - Mental-Optics

Sat, 25 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Through how many lenses do we look at the world?

#131 - I Could have been a Contender

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Why do we wane nostalgic about foregone potential?

#130 - Onwards and Upwards

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is it best to focus on direction or location?

#129 - Positive Mental Attitude is Just First Gear

Wed, 22 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is positive mental attitude all that's needed?

#128 - Question

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

What is a Question? . . . what a question. . .

#127 - Endless Ways

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Why don't we pick another way of thinking about it?

#126 - A Lucilius Parable: Unintentionally Earned

Sun, 19 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius pokes fun at a friend

#125 - Rut

Sat, 18 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

How do you get out of a rut?

#124 - Realization

Fri, 17 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is there more than one kind of Realization?

#123 - Mental Map

Thu, 16 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Have you updated your map lately?

#122 - Endure

Wed, 15 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

How can we solve hate?

#121 - Iterate

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

How can we make the days Compound?

#120 - Next Level

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

How much 'next-level' stuff is there?

#119 - A Lucilius Parable: Normal is the new Crazy

Sun, 12 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius treats the different as ordinary

#118 - Grow Gills

Sat, 11 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

What tools can the brain acquire as it evolves?

#117 - The Cleaver

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

How do we cut out a narrow perspective?

#116 - Breakthrough the Cloud Cover

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

What exactly 'breaks' when we have a breakthrough?

#115 - Broken Mold

Wed, 08 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Did they break the mold, or did you?

#114 - Hawk and the Hound

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

What sense should we use to achieve our goals?

#113 - The Tube

Mon, 06 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

How do we look at the world, the people around us, and ourself?

#112 - A Lucilius Parable: Stubbornness

Sun, 05 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius responds to a question about stubbornness.

#111 - The Little Red Button

Sat, 04 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you let people and circumstances push your buttons? Or do you push your own button?

#110 - Bad Pattern

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do we find a pattern too fast?

#109 - Communal Dream

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Where is the Past?

#108 - Cheap Thrills

Wed, 01 Aug 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] What are we wasting time on?

#107 - The Distracting Test

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

How shall we distract ourselves?

#106 - Pandora's Satellite

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

How shall we look at any given subject?

#105 - Occasion

Sun, 29 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Where is the Occasion we need to rise up to?

#104 - Pull-String

Sat, 28 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you have a pull-string with canned responses?

#103 - Opinion or POV

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do you have an Opinion or a Point of View?

#102 - From Zeus' Head

Thu, 26 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

What's the process of translating ideas into real things?

#101 - Responsibility

Wed, 25 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

What exactly is responsibility?

#100 - Yet: A Way Out of the Box

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Do we put ourselves in our own prisons without a way out?

#99 - A Lucilius Parable: Let Go

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Lucilius learns how to have influence without control.

#98 - Safe Assumption

Sun, 22 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are there any safe assumptions?

#97 - Headway

Sat, 21 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

How do we move forward?

#96 - The Greatest Teacher

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Which teacher never fails to give us something to work with?

#95 - What is Sacred?

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

What does sacred mean?

#94 - Bad Narrative

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

What bad stories do we live by?

#93 - The Generator

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] When are you generous?

#92 - Focus

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is focus a state or an action?

#91 - Fuel Up?

Sun, 15 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do our bodies need more than mere fuel?

#90 - Stirring Your Iced Tea

Sat, 14 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Does Depression have something in common with stirring iced tea?

#89 - A Lucilius Parable: Whims of Fate

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Lucilius loses something dear to him.

#88 - Tightrope

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] What forces are we balancing during every single moment?

#87 - When to Remember

Wed, 11 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

When should we remember which thoughts?

#86 - Fighting Fire

Tue, 10 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

When our thoughts are on fire, what does a fire extinguisher look like?

#85 - Reach Out

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Who have you been meaning to reach out to?

#84 - Perpetual Newbie

Sun, 08 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

What is the best perspective to have in order to continually move forward?

#83 - Memory Mutable

Sat, 07 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

What exactly are we remembering?

#82 - The Complaint

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Why is it so easy to complain?

#81 - Walk and Talking

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is there a benefit to walking other talks?

#80 - Compound

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can small successes fit together like Legos?

#79 - Rotten Cherries

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are we careless with the context?

#78 - Infernal Parking Meter

Mon, 02 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do we always know how long it takes before we see results?

#77 - The Proper Way to Fail

Sun, 01 Jul 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Can one fail poorly? Can one fail well? What exactly is failure?

#76 - Unlikely Mentors

Sat, 30 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Who should we admire? And why?

#75 - Plan Vs. Hope

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is it better to plan or hope?

#74 - No Recipe

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] What is the recipe for the undiscovered?

#73 - Plow Ahead

Wed, 27 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] What happens to an obstacle when we 'plow' through it?

#72 - Persevere vs. Pivot

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Should we persevere or pivot?

#71 - Weakest Link

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are we best represented by a single chain link?

#70 - iBRAIN

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Which apps do you have installed in your brain?

#69 - Two Eyes

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Why do we have two eyes?

#68 - To Underscore or Erase?

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

What's our process look like for editing our mental map of the world?

#67 - Sliding Up

Thu, 21 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do we give up when we find ourselves halfway up a slippery endeavour?

#66 - Rate of Change: Not in my Lifetime!

Wed, 20 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Shall we expect the unexpected?

#65 - The Brain Garden

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

How can we visualize the growth of changes in the brain?

#64 - Roots or Anchors

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are those nostalgic roots more like shackles?

#63 - The Etymology of Fear

Sun, 17 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

What does the word 'fear' actually mean?

#62 - Behavioral Stockholm Syndrome

Sat, 16 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do we fall in love with our flaws?

#61 - The Squeeze

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

What are the two competing forces as we search for a solution?

#60 - Architect

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Who is the architect of our situation and our experience of that situation?

#59 - Frequency

Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

How often?

#58 - The Turtle and the Cat

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

What kind of animal lives in our head?

#57 - Compass

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

What should we look to for direcition?

#56 - Borrowed Directions

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

What must we do first, before lending help?

#55 - Water Drops

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

What can we learn from the consistency of water?

#54 - The Well-Oiled Zoom

Fri, 08 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Should our perspective expand or narrow in?

#53 - There Is No Try

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] To try or to do?

#52 - Retrospect Obstacle

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can we anticipate the narrative of our lives?

#51 - 6 Hours

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Where is our lost time?

#50 - Not Too Bad

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

Does 'acceptable' exist on a spectrum?

#49 - Confusion or Curiosity

Sun, 03 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

What is Confusion?

#48 - Cook and Critic

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

What can a Critic cook up?

#47 - Childish Recursion: The Why-Shovel

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 02:00:00 PST

What super power do children have that we could use more of?

#46 - Busyness

Thu, 31 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

What is most important before getting busy with it?

#45 - Travel

Wed, 30 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

How good is it for us to Travel?

#44 - Autopilot

Tue, 29 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Are we mindlessly reacting to everything?

#43 - Sunk-Cost

Mon, 28 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

How can the Sunk-Cost phenomenon be used to our advantage?

#42 - Level-Up

Sun, 27 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are we trained to expect that a better self will just happen?

#41 - Cocky

Sat, 26 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is confidence cocky?

#40 - A Prison Cell Named Comfort

Fri, 25 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are we undermined by the very comfort we seek?

#39 - The Resources

Thu, 24 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

What do we have to work with?

#38 - Confidence 2.0

Wed, 23 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

What is confidence?

#37 - The Instructions Are Always Written Afterwards

Tue, 22 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] How do we discover the instructions to something that has none?

#36 - Breaking It Down

Mon, 21 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

How exactly do we convince ourselves?

#35 - You Are Not All of You

Sun, 20 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is there an aspect about our brains that requires us to try and hack ourselves?

#34 - Wiggle

Sat, 19 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] How do small easy moves add up?

#33 - Rose-Colored Cuffs

Fri, 18 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do loved ones unintentionally hold us back from becoming better?

#32 - Rear-View

Thu, 17 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] How often do you think about the past?

#31 - Pills, Therapists and the IKEA Effect

Wed, 16 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Who is our most powerful mental health doctor?

#30 - The Only Tool

Tue, 15 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] All of us wield the most powerful tool in the world.

#29 - A Lucilius Parable: Change of Scenery

Mon, 14 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Lucilius is thrust into a new situation.

#28 - The Selfish Paradox

Sun, 13 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

How should we prioritize the needs of others against the needs of ourself?

#27 - Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right, Many Do

Sat, 12 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

How many times must we be wrong before we give up on being right?

#26 - Me-Time

Fri, 11 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

When exactly does Me-Time occur?

#25 - Preacher vs. Teacher vs. Party-Maker

Thu, 10 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

What posture is best when we wish to attract change in others?

#24 - Hope Grows Foolish With No Doing

Wed, 09 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

How do hopes and dreams sour?

#23 - Pause

Tue, 08 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

What's the first step to thinking?

#22 - Did You Notice A Difference?

Mon, 07 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Why do we ask for feedback when there's no feedback to give?

#21 - The Montage Is False

Sun, 06 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Social Media certainly affects us in ways we don't fully control, but what about movies?

#20 - Reverse Engineering

Sat, 05 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] How do we figure out ourselves and how do we figure out how to change what we find?

#19 - The Right Question

Fri, 04 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do we stick to a line of questioning because it's the best or because we simply like it?

#18 - Fluid Identity

Thu, 03 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Do we typecast ourselves?

#17 - The Identity Danger

Wed, 02 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are the things we identify with a danger to us?

#16 - Selecting The Solution

Tue, 01 May 2018 02:00:00 PST

Of all the solutions, which to choose?

#15 - Firebomb Your Life

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

What should we do when things are bad?

#14 - Sample All The Kool-Aides

Sun, 29 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

What is eclectic learning?

#13 - Lightning and Trees

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

Can we learn the same thing from something as mundane as a tree and something as spectacular as lightning?

#12 - Natural Spring

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] How do we see our good habits and how do we see our bad habits?

#11 - The Failed Dance of the Know-It-All and the Periwinkle

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

Is there anything else we can learn from the Know-It-All?

#10 - Priorities

Wed, 25 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

How are priorities best defined?

#9 - Alazia

Tue, 24 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

How can we change our fear?

#8 - Tiny Steps and Leaps

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

What steps do we take to make progress?

#7 - A Lucilius Parable: Soaring Dreams

Sun, 22 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Lucilius comes across someone who is determined to make their dreams come true.

#6 - What's Your Passion?

Sat, 21 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

[POPULAR EPISODE] Is the hunt for one's own passion even a good idea?

#5 - Incubation

Fri, 20 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

Where is a realization right before it happens?

#4 - Clenched Fists Climb No Walls

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

How should we get a grip of ourselves when confronted with an obstacle?

#3 - Determined Vs. Stubborn

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

Are we determined or stubborn?

#2 - Built-In Liferaft: The A.N.S.

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

What is the one gift we all carry around?

#1 - Introduction

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 02:00:00 PST

Introduction to Tinkered Thinking