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The Foundational Works of Mechanology
Every science has its foundational books.
These books and articles explore one simple question:
Why do people do what they do?
Each approaches that question from a different direction, revealing the hidden mechanisms that quietly shape our decisions, relationships, beliefs, and everyday lives.
MindStretched Articles
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1. You don't see the world. You see your theory of it.
2. What is the actual limit of human intelligence?
3. Why most "miscommunication" isn't miscommunication
4. Why society rejects new ideas
5. Who decided talking is healthy?
6. You're living your most affordable future
Additional articles
Memory was never built to remember
If behavior is mechanical, can people change?
You are creative. Just not where you think.
Two people never see the same world
Think of this as the whiteboard rather than the bookshelf. These projects are still being tested, rearranged, expanded, and occasionally torn apart. Some will become books. Some will become articles. Some may never leave the office. If only ideas could magically become finished books... right?
Warning: This book may permanently ruin ordinary life.
After reading it, you may find yourself studying grocery stores, family dinners, vacations, text messages, your sex life, dirty dishes, and good towels like a mechanologist.
There is no known cure.
This is not a self-help book.
It's an owner's manual that should have been included at birth.
Think of this as the receipt.
By the time you finish this book, you'll probably discover you've been paying for things you never meant to buy.