These writings explore how clarity emerges — and fails — across systems, stories, and moments of pressure. They examine narrative collapse, cognitive distortion, ethical ambiguity, and the mechanics of decision-making when certainty is unavailable.
Some essays are theoretical. Others are forensic. All are written in service of understanding how the mind behaves when it matters most.
Essays and Writings
Explorations in clarity, collapse, and the architecture of decision-making
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The Illusion of Rationality
Why thinking itself is the first risk — and how disciplined reasoning turns uncertainty into clarity. This essay examines how our minds create illusions of logic, and why rationality requires confronting the stories beneath our decisions.
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The Questions No One Asked Me
After twenty years in EMS, I realized the most revealing questions were the ones no one asked — about doubt, empathy, and the quiet cost of certainty. It’s a reflection on the truths that only emerge when you start listening to what the work leaves behind.
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On Poverty, Choices, and the System
A dying man in the Everglades and the assassination of Charlie Kirk become twin mirrors reflecting how agency and collapse intertwine. The essay examines the fragile narratives of system failure and what these parallels can teach us.
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The Field Mind
A medic’s meditation on clarity under pressure, The Field Mind explores how chaos sharpens perception, how meaning emerges in the margins, and why the stories we carry shape the way we move through the world.