While I make the dough (a nod to my second essay) for part 2 of the series based on Ingold's "Being Alive" (a nod to my first essay), I dug up an essay I started writing in April 2026, where I've been trying to
Note: As of October 1st, 2026, I have updated this essay to contain a new section and some sharpening of existing ideas that resulted from having worked on a presentation I was to give at KTH. Writing this took longer than I thought. I had to wait for suitable occasions
I open my notebook and write my thoughts — what I think about a book I read yesterday, a reflection upon a conversation I had recently, a spark of curiosity that sends me down a rabbit hole. Then I write down what I plan to do that day, which tasks elicit
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So here we are. Nice to meet you too! I have created this publication as a playground for developing ideas I have about the things that fill most of my waking hours, a place to think in public until the thoughts get sharp. Philosophy and biology are the engine of
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