Said Differently

Said Differently

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James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA

Machiavelli’s Message to Well-Meaning Over-Warners

There are two times you make things worse by warning people of peril

13h ago

Floodwaters engulfing a park and trees

13h ago

Pinned

James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA

Said Differently Is Operating Differently

Submission guidelines for the publication that challenges conventional wisdom and consensus views

Jan 1

Double row of urinals with tape blocking access to every other urinal. People easily get caught up in theories that “sort of just appear” without a firm foundation

Jan 1

Kratagya Tripathi

I Was Called a “Mental Health Failure” and Learned the Truth About Recovery

This is how society stigmatizes non-linear healing and why we must stop punishing those whose struggles don’t fit tidy narratives

5h ago

I Was Called a “Mental Health Failure” and Learned the Truth About Recovery

5h ago

Shaant

I Made Reading a Radical Habit in a World Addicted to Scrolling

This is how books became my quiet rebellion against endless distraction and why deep reading feels revolutionary today.

13h ago

Man reading a book in a garden.

13h ago

Kratagya Tripathi

I Watched a Mob Beat a Thief and Now I Understand Exactly How Punishment Steals Our Humanity

This is how violent “justice” fails and what actually reduces crime

13h ago

I Watched a Mob Beat a Thief and Now I Understand Exactly How Punishment Steals Our Humanity

13h ago

Ajay Deewan

The Kind of Intelligence No One Hires, But Everyone Needs

Real intelligence doesn’t speak up first — it watches what the rest of us miss.

13h ago

A landscape-format image of a classical white marble bust with a realistic human brain sculpted in place of hair, set against a dark, textured background — representing silent, uncelebrated intelligence that watches more than it speaks.

13h ago

Kratagya Tripathi

I Questioned “Common Sense” and Discovered It’s Just Cultural Conditioning

This is how years of social blunders taught me that what we call obvious is really just unexamined habit.

2d ago

I Questioned “Common Sense” and Discovered It’s Just Cultural Conditioning

2d ago

Shaant

I Trusted the System Until the Middle Class Disappeared and the Rich Got Richer at Our Expense

This is my story of chasing stability, until I saw the middle class was built to serve the wealthy, not protect us.

2d ago

I Trusted the System Until the Middle Class Disappeared and the Rich Got Richer at Our Expense

2d ago

Kratagya Tripathi

I Trusted Experts Blindly and Learned How Dangerous Credentials Can Be

This is my journey from unquestioning reverence to hard-won wisdom — and why we need critical thinking more than ever.

2d ago

I Trusted Experts Blindly and Learned How Dangerous Credentials Can Be

2d ago

Suhas

Why I’m Choosing to Go Deep

Instead of Just Knowing a Bit of Everything

2d ago

Why I’m Choosing to Go Deep

2d ago

Said Differently

Said Differently is a home for unorthodox thinking that challenges lazy consensus views. Are you a careful observer and a clear thinker? You can help cut through the confusion by pointing out what the experts get wrong.

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James Bellerjeau, JD, MBA

Mechanic of the human soul. I channel Seneca and Machiavelli at predictable intervals (now weekly)

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