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Running the Code
Season 1 Episode 119
Insight makes little difference until we put it into practice. Brian connects computer compilation with the challenge of turning our beliefs, reflect…
43 minutes ago
The Short-Term Fix
Season 1 Episode 118
The choice that brings immediate relief may not lead toward the life we want. Brian uses greedy algorithms to explore how we can look beyond the next…
1 day, 1 hour ago
Finding the Bottleneck
Season 1 Episode 117
When we feel stuck, we often try to change everything at once. Brian suggests a more focused approach: identify the one recurring obstacle that restr…
2 days, 1 hour ago
Garbage In, Garbage Out
Season 1 Episode 116
What we repeatedly allow into our minds influences what our lives produce. Brian considers how news, scrolling, gossip, and cynicism affect our inner…
3 days, 1 hour ago
Sorting Our Priorities
Season 1 Episode 115
Sorting requires a rule for deciding what comes first. Drawing on Augustine’s idea of rightly ordered love, Brian asks whether our schedules reflect …
4 days, 1 hour ago
The Infinite Loop
Season 1 Episode 114
Rumination can consume enormous emotional energy without helping us move forward. Brian explores how a change of perspective, an outside truth, or a …
5 days, 1 hour ago
Initial Conditions
Season 1 Episode 113
The way we begin can shape the direction of the entire day. Brian connects an algorithm’s starting conditions with the monastic practice of Statio an…
6 days, 1 hour ago
The Asymptote of Grief: Carrying What Love Leaves Behind
Season 1 Episode 112
Some losses are not wounds that time completely erases. Like a curve approaching an asymptote, grief may grow quieter without ever reaching zero. Tha…
1 week ago
Conservation of Matter: Rebuilding from What Remains
Season 1 Episode 111
Matter does not simply vanish; it changes form. Yet when a relationship, dream, or season of life ends, the loss can feel like complete destruction. …
1 week, 1 day ago
The Friction Coefficient: Finding Traction in Resistance
Season 1 Episode 110
Without friction, a tire may spin rapidly while going nowhere. Resistance makes traction and forward movement possible. The difficulties pushing agai…
1 week, 2 days ago