What's Worth Wanting · Day 2 of 4
June 18, 2026
The Useless Tree
The Daoist wanted less — but not for freedom. For the shape you were before anyone carved you.
What's Worth Wanting · Day 1 of 4
June 13, 2026
The Man Who Threw Away His Cup
Diogenes wanted less for the fiercest reason of all — freedom. And the word for what he was got reassigned to its opposite.
June 11, 2026
The God at the Threshold
The study of interpretation is named for the god who crosses into death and comes back — because meaning isn't found on the lit surface. It's made by crossing into what isn't yours.
June 10, 2026
Socrates Hated Writing. We Know Because Plato Wrote It Down.
“This discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners’ souls, because they will not use their memories… they will appear to be omniscient and will generally know nothing; they will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality.”
June 10, 2026
Two Birds, One Eats, One Watches
On the grammar of a self that watches itself watching