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Tea is optional. Curiosity isn’t.

I write about patterns or undercurrents that catch my attention. These are often mundane everyday observations, and I follow them through some basic and fun research, data, behaviour, society or wherever else they lead.

Some patterns are about biology, some about people and how we behave, and some are about obvious yet quirky questions that all of us have wondered about at some point. The common thread is wanting to look a little beyond the obvious and into the other boxes which are connected.

Whatever’s been on my mind lately

ro blog

The Ministry of Adequate Adulthood

The Red Queen, and the economics of enough

cost of being fair

The Cost of Always Being Fair

Fairness, loyalty, and the unspoken rules of closeness

almost

The Price of “Almost”

Sunk costs, dopamine, and undefined relationships & projects

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