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• Feb 19, 2025

  Relevance: Remarkable Ignorance

  On Sherlock Holmes, the limits of attention, and curating what we choose to know.

• Feb 10, 2025

  Candid: From the Law Firm of Frank & Earnest

  On candid speech, excited utterances, and why an unguarded moment feels more genuine than a posed one.

• Feb 5, 2025

  Tact: It’s Okay to Sugarcoat

  On the social usefulness of bending the truth — with a cameo from Interstellar’s TARS.

• Feb 3, 2025

  Sincerity: Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

  On the gap between sincere belief and accurate truth — and why conmen feign sincerity.