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It's Not You - It's The System
The essay argues that struggles with focus, creativity, and productivity are not personal failures but the result of systemic structures—tools, platforms, and incentives—that weren't designed to suppo... ...more
Systems & Technology
December 31, 2025•2 min read
Story Is The First Technology
Story is humanity's foundational technology for compressing meaning, transmitting memory, and organizing experience—making authorship a responsibility for shaping reality rather than an escape from it... ...more
Storytelling
December 31, 2025•1 min read
Hip Hop Is A Cultural System
Hip hop is a cultural system that preserves history, encodes experience, and ensures cultural survival through dance, language, music, and art—where creation and documentation are inseparable. ...more
Storytelling ,Hip Hop Ecosystem &Philosophy & Inner Work
December 31, 2025•1 min read
I Write To Understand Culture
MB writes to slow down and contextualize cultural moments, preserving meaning by examining ideas deeply before they vanish—treating writing as an intentional interruption that transforms thinking into... ...more
Storytelling ,Philosophy & Inner Work
December 31, 2025•2 min read
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