The Eternal Storm: War and the Philosophy of Human Conflict
An exploration of war through the lens of philosophy — from Heraclitus to Clausewitz, from just war theory to modern pacifism.
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Systems thinking, deep reading, and the pursuit of mastery — by se7en.
I'm se7en — engineer, reader, chronic overthinker. This is where I write long-form essays on the ideas I can't stop thinking about. More about me →
The Anxiety of Influence, 2026 Edition
Harold Bloom argued that all writers live in dread of their predecessors. But what happens when the predecessor has read everything? A long essay on originality, voice, and what it now means to make something genuinely yours.
Why I Write — And Why You Should Too
A deep dive into the compulsion to write, drawing on Orwell, Didion, King, Morrison, Rilke, and decades of psychological research — and the case for why every human being, not just writers, should pick up the pen.