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For Our Purposes

There are three words in the English language that, when strung together, form perhaps the sweetest sounding phrase known to my ears: “For our purposes”… Continue reading
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Forget Who You Are And Remember Who You’re Being

The thing about identity is that we typically use the past as a way to identify ourselves rather than the present. We use yesterday’s emotions as the structure for how we should feel today. We use last year’s events as the evidence for how things go for us. We use childhood trauma as the foundation… Continue reading
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Passive Systems

There’s a concept in architecture of passive versus active systems. Active systems are tools used for a very specific purpose that require energy to function — something like an AC unit used to reduce the heat in a given dwelling. Passive systems, on the other hand, are much more thought out in the planning phases,… Continue reading
