consumption

A Fixed-Point Life

/ consumption, higher thought, love, reality and programming, thought /

There are two ways we grow: by adding what we need or by removing what we don’t—and knowing which to use can reshape how we learn, build wealth, or find fulfillment. Drawing from the idea of fixed points in computer science, this article uses the metaphor of filling a basket with apples to illustrate how we either start empty and gather carefully (least fixed point) or start full and discard what’s unneeded (greatest fixed point). We learn songs by starting with nothing and practicing until we master them. We find love, peace, or ego-loss by starting with openness and subtracting what harms. Even life itself follows this arc: we grow through accumulation, then decay by shedding. The trap is trying to chase satisfaction by endless addition, when sometimes clarity and freedom come from subtraction. Whether it’s learning, earning, or letting go, the path you choose—build up or strip away—makes all the difference.

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Petal’s Cosmic Bouquet

/ consciousness, consumption, higher thought, layers of reality, perceptions, reality /

As Petal sets out to bring comfort to her dying grandfather, a simple bouquet leads her through a series of profound encounters that quietly unravel her understanding of happiness, beauty, and reality itself. A gentle, thought-provoking story about the hidden forces behind our emotions and the surprising places truth can bloom.

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“Play the Game, Stay Hungry”: Endless Dissatisfaction

/ consumption, higher thought /

“Stay hungry,” they say—but hunger is a cycle; an insatiable loop. You feed it, only for it to return. In the corporate world, this hunger is rebranded as virtue—more gain, more status, more recognition. But like physical hunger, it is ceaseless. When you see life as an endless chase, you become unending dissatisfaction. Read this article for a reflection on this paradoxical aphorism, as we take a deeper look at their underlying assumptions.

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Time Managing

/ consumption, objects, perceptions, reality, thought /

Time slips through your fingers, wasted on the endless cycle of acquiring, maintaining, and securing objects. Each of them, whether a piece of technology or a simple household object, requires time managing it. You buy, you use, you clean, you fix—always with the nagging fear of losing or breaking what you’ve worked to gain. This cycle consumes hours, making you forget that time, like everything else, is fleeting. The more you own, the more time you spend managing. And yet, none of it lasts. You are not in control, but rather caught in the web of your own desires, gradually realizing that the objects you cling to only rob you of the very thing you value most: time itself.

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Marketing: The Other Side of Technique

/ consumption, higher thought, layers of reality, perceptions, programming, reality and programming, thought /

I recently bought an iPad Air, but the experience wasn’t as straightforward as I expected. Apple’s sales tactics, from subtle psychological tricks to aggressive upselling, revealed the powerful albeit silly nature of modern marketing. It’s a stark reminder of how easily we can be influenced, even by the most seemingly innocuous interactions.

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Fork in the Road of Desire-Fulfillment

/ consumption, death, higher thought, layers of reality, perceptions, thought /

In this article I elaborate a recent experience where I witnessed a dispute between an Uber Eats driver and waitress at a diner on St. Catherine street. I use it to explain the causal link between desire and anger, but further raise and respond to the question of “why does unfulfilled desire lead to anger?”

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