The Notebook

Observations, arguments and thoughts worth keeping: about people, power, technology, and whatever I happen to be reading. Some of it is finished. Most of it is me thinking out loud, in public, so someone can tell me where I’m wrong.

Pieces are written slowly and kept in the order they were written. Disagreement is welcome, and so are better sources.

IThe latest

13 November 2026

Power, philosophy, politics, psychology, Animal Farm

Animal Farm Wasn’t Just About Russia. It Was About Mutual Benefit.

Napoleon didn’t plan to betray in the beginning, I argue if he can think of that word afterall. I don’t think he imagined himself sitting with humans, playing cards and shit, when he started messing with Snowball. But he did it anyway.

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Four legs good. Orwell’s words, not mine.

IIEverything so far

All the pages.

Nov 2026Animal Farm Wasn’t Just About Russia. It Was About Mutual Benefit.Napoleon, business and power, and why the whole book comes down to two words.Power
4 min