Aphorisms
Short, distilled reflections on power, human behavior, and ethical responsibility.
These aphorisms capture the core ideas explored across the essays, offering concise entry points into the deeper questions of authority, integrity, and human dignity.
Structure Before Character
People prefer to believe that outcomes are determined by character.
But decades of research in social psychology suggest something far more unsettling.
The structure surrounding a person often determines what they will do.
