Cognitive Bias

Why I Secretly Wanted Good People to Fail — And How I Finally Stopped

Envy isn’t a character defect—it’s a defense mechanism. When you can’t stand seeing others succeed, it’s because their success mirrors the gap between who you are and who you want to be. This confessional article explains how to stop hating yourself for feeling jealous and instead use that dark impulse as fuel for real growth.

Your Company’s AI Failure Isn’t About the Tech—It’s About the Power You Won’t Give Up

AI transformation fails not because of data, compute, or talent, but because organizations refuse to question the mental models and power structures AI disrupts. Leaders pour millions into technology while ignoring the internal politics that sabotage every implementation. Success belongs to those willing to redesign decision rights, not buy more GPUs.

Why You Secretly Want to Tear Down the Best People (And How to Stop)

Feeling jealous of genuinely good people? It’s not a moral failure—it’s a signal of inner inadequacy. This analysis shows the shadow behind envy, why repression backfires, and how to release it safely. The path isn’t to kill your dark side, but to cage it—and let the light of good people transform you from the inside out.

The AI Skill You Already Have (But Keep Ignoring)

If you can write acceptance criteria for a feature, you can write an AI routing policy. The cognitive muscle is identical: break down desired behavior into clear, conditional rules. The real barrier isn’t technical—it’s the courage to admit you already have the tools. This article reframes AI governance as a familiar skill transfer, empowering product managers and developers to take ownership without waiting for data scientists.

I Asked an AI to Judge My Hacker News Comments. The Real Lesson Wasn’t About Me.

A developer built a web app using Fable 5 to analyze HN comment histories. While the model delivered eerily accurate personality assessments, the creator discovered trivial coding errors in the app itself—cache bugs, outdated APIs—proving that even top-tier LLMs need human review. The real lesson isn’t about vanity; it’s about the gap between AI’s perceived omniscience and its practical fallibility.

Hacker News Isn’t Left-Leaning. It’s Worse: It’s Reasonable.

Hacker News is often called left-leaning, but the reality is more nuanced: the site’s culture rewards reasoned arguments over ideological purity. The political label is a proxy for its meritocratic, evidence-based norms. Understanding this distinction is crucial for anyone navigating online communities, because the real bias isn’t partisan – it’s toward intellectual rigor.