Questions worth sitting with.

Not opinion pieces. Not hot takes. Long-form essays on the questions that don't have clean answers — the attention economy, the Fermi paradox, the GLP-1 decade. The world as it actually is.

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§ On thinking

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald

attention economy — your focus is the product ◆ Stoicism — 2,000 years of operational philosophy ◆ Decision fatigue — the finite budget of good judgement ◆ Fermi Paradox — where is everyone? ◆ GLP-1 drugs — the unintended second order ◆ Meaning — Frankl's answer, tested in 2026 ◆ Second-order thinking — what happens after the first answer ◆ Deep work — already a luxury good ◆ attention economy — your focus is the product ◆ Stoicism — 2,000 years of operational philosophy ◆ Decision fatigue — the finite budget of good judgement ◆ Fermi Paradox — where is everyone? ◆ GLP-1 drugs — the unintended second order ◆ Meaning — Frankl's answer, tested in 2026 ◆ Second-order thinking — what happens after the first answer ◆ Deep work — already a luxury good ◆

§ Featured

The essay worth your 14 minutes.

14 min readPublished May 2026

Essay

Deep work is already a luxury good

Cal Newport's thesis is correct. It's also only available to people who already won. For the rest of us, the calendar is not ours to close.

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§ All essays

The essays.

01Why English can't be wrongSHORT · 9 MIN
JUL2026
02Deep work is already a luxury goodLONG · 14 MIN
MAY2026
03What AI is actually replacing (and it's not what you think)LONG · 10 MIN
APR2026
04The attention economy: how big tech monetizes your focusSHORT · 8 MIN
FEB2026
05The Fermi Paradox: where is everybody?SHORT · 9 MIN
JAN2026

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Essays is where Zuloma sits with the questions that don't resolve cleanly. Written slowly, on Sundays — not explainers, but arguments. Attention, decision-making, AI, ambition, meaning. Disagreements by email are welcome; corrections usually make the next draft better.

Slow thinking · Arguments, not explainers · Corrections welcome

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