Why We Should Create Personal Mythologies (and How)

An experiment in using mythic mode to confront the…

How to coach yourself

The standard model of behavior change is silly. Come read about my much weirder…

Snake Fables, Book I

A few prototype myths offered as an experiment in designing a personal mythology.

The Game of Quality

How to make a mythic pattern language

In the airplane, black rectangles…

A Mythic Pattern Language

How to bring a myth to life (and share it with friends)

What are the qualities of a wicked problem?

I’m 100% on board with thinking about wicked problems…

Goals vs opponent processes

Dear Jon,

I think you’re on to something here and I wanna see if I can connect the dots. There are a lot of things that are commonly understood to be a bit tricky to acquire directly. Like happiness, or a high-functioning city plan, or a funny joke…

Where to Focus in an Infinite Game

It doesn’t have to be vague

Buster and Kevin,

I really like the framing of finite versus infinite games. I think it’s a good way to understand things like wicked problems, and also a way to…