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Bonus Track: May the Force Be with You. And May the Empire Not Start Inside

A psychoanalytic reading of Star Wars, the aoidoi, Bandura, and the temptation to control what we love

May 2026 · Psychoanalysis × Pop Culture

The Boy Who Solved the Nash Equilibrium

Five scenes on suffering as proof of worth. Why we confuse efficiency with lack of commitment.

April 2026 · Psychoanalysis × Game Theory × Signaling

Houston, We Lost Something

Why the return of humans to the Moon might be the most elegant way to avoid grief

April 2026 · Psychoanalysis × Geopolitics

Nobody Sneezes for the Same Reason: Five Dimensions of Loneliness

Five dimensions of loneliness

April 2026 · Psychoanalysis × Linguistics × Economics

The Best of Both Worlds Was a Lie

What game theory tells us about growing up

April 2026 · Psychoanalysis × Game Theory

Ash Ketchum vs. Your 5AM Routine — Why the Happiest Countries Don't Optimize

Why the happiest countries don't optimize

March 2026 · Philosophy × Pop Culture

GutTok Is Right — And That Should Terrify You

Your body knows things before your brain does

March 2026 · Neuroscience × Digital Wellness

Your Brain in Superposition

How your mind inhabits multiple states until someone observes

April 2026 · Psychoanalysis × Quantum Physics

I Believe in You, but You've Got to Want This Moment

When parenting becomes the first breakup

April 2026 · Psychoanalysis × Parenting

The April Fool's Vaccine — Why We Need to Be Fooled

Why letting yourself be fooled might be the smartest thing

April 2026 · Psychoanalysis × Neuroscience

Your Cruelest Personal Brand — Why Self-Diagnosing Looks a Lot Like Racism

Why self-diagnosing looks a lot like racism

March 2026 · Psychoanalysis × Branding