The Borrowed Brain

Quick map: this is the long-form essay. There’s a tighter Medium version, a 9-minute video, and a 60-second cut. Read first. The AI-Resistance Self-Assessment link is at the end.

On outsourcing grief, the seven-second window, and what I learned the hard way when I stopped

I want to write about something I have been avoiding writing about for a while, because I am still inside the embarrassment of it.… Read the rest “The Borrowed Brain”

The Case for Ordinary Proof (And Why AI Can’t Fake the Chair)

The short essay that started all of this is on Medium. The 3-minute version is on YouTube.

In 2026, the detail you’d cut is the detail that earns. Here’s why.

Why the smallest details in personal writing are doing the most work — and why most writers, including me until recently, have been ignoring them.

… Read the rest “The Case for Ordinary Proof (And Why AI Can’t Fake the Chair)”