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Apperceptive Mess 16: Unintuitive Truths and Alternative Forms of Wealth
Hello friends 👋🏻 Today is officially the last day of my summer break. I took the time this weekend to spend as little time as possible in front of the…
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Jurvis Tan
Apperceptive Mess #15: The Nude General and What Military History Can Teach Us About Power
Hello friends, happy Monday! 👋🏻 This week I published a new landing site for the haiku game I am building. Meet Wuku! I have always wanted to find an…
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Jurvis Tan
Apperceptive Mess 14: German Tribes and a Volcano-Triggered Pandemic
Hello friends! I'm writing to you from Coronado, California, where I have been for the last two weeks. Arizona was starting heat up uncomfortably with…
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Jurvis Tan
June 2020
May 2020
Apperceptive Mess #12: Materialism and The European Renaissance, Commodified Relationships, and Philosophical Meditation
Hello friends! I am into week 8 of my quarantine here in Arizona, and I am happy to report that I am finally finding some cadence around this life! This…
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Jurvis Tan
April 2020
Apperceptive Mess #11: Virtual-Brokered Reality
No, Not The Type That Requires Goggles
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Apperceptive Mess #10: Meditations on Changing Economic and Ideological Environments
Hello friends, I have been busy trying to keep my head above the water articulating the profound effects that Ways of Seeing is bringing to my…
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Jurvis Tan
March 2020
Apperceptive Mess #9: Black Swan Territory, Thriving in Isolation
Hello friends! I continue to write to you from Arizona, where social isolation continues into its 3rd week. It has been a crazy week, but I was thankful…
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Apperceptive Mess #8: COVID-19 Discontinuity Plans, Lucretius as a Scientist, and The Domestication of Modern Life
Hello friends, As you may have already not notice, there wasn’t a regularly scheduled newsletter sent last week. And you will be right. Last weekend, in…
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Apperceptive Mess #7: Taking Smart Notes, My Deepest Demon, and Hiring for Uncertainty
Hello friends! This week, I started reading How To Take Smart Notes and am getting really positive outcomes out of it. In summary, the “Take Smart…
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Jurvis Tan
February 2020
Apperceptive Mess #6: Rocks and Bushes, Wealth-Fasting, and Embracing Nonsensical Ideas
Hello friends! I just got back from Joshua Tree National Park, marking my first national park visit since being back in the US! I have always liked the…
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Apperceptive Mess #5: Print-Making, Leadership by Persistence and Building Trust, and Self-Maintaining Organisations
Hi friends! I’m writing to you this week from Coronado, where my partner (Ari) and I have decided to come spend the long weekend. For the last 2 years…
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Jurvis Tan
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