The False Purity of Independent Writing
How ads, memberships, and the dream of a clean page taught me that purity can become its own prison.
How ads, memberships, and the dream of a clean page taught me that purity can become its own prison.
How purity around AI burdens small creators and small businesses while the giants keep building.
On expert commentary, modern caves, and the quiet discipline of remaining unpossessed.
A short note on fixed incomes, neglected hometowns, and the strange hunger games of digital micro-work.
On refusing the psychic gravity of crisis and building small territories of meaning on human terms.
How family money, social proof, and unequal starting points are mistaken for personal virtue
Labels, symbols, and tribal thinking make sense in a world with no room for complexity.
Why creating feels better in smaller spaces.
On usefulness, ego, and choosing a life without guarantees