What do you want to want? A short primer on the power of philosophical self-development.

In ethical philosophy, the study of what people should do, there’s this notion of first- and second-order desires. A first-order desire happens when a person wants something, whether explicitly (out loud) or implicitly (by their action): a person wants the pleasure and nutrition from eating a blueberry muffin. A person wants a paycheck. Needs that new first […]

The protein mist(e)ak(e).

I’m here to talk about one question: Why is the governmental Recommended Daily Allowance for protein so freaking low if you want to build muscle? And why are the following answers so different? http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/maki1.htm https://www.verywell.com/protein-how-much-do-you-need-2242226 http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/protein https://www.bing.com/search?q=How+Much+Protein+to+Build+Muscle&FORM=QSRE1 Background: I fix the diet, then I go to the gym. Every time. […]

Calories are calories people.

Put in the wrong kind of gas, and the car would die or putter sluggishly.

The first thing I started fixing at Stanford: posture.

We guys do not like asking people for directions, which is why God (I mean Vint Cerf – I mean humanity) created the internet: now you can ask an uncaring search bar how a man gets correct posture. I’m still working on it myself – it’s hard when your muscles have aged, so I encourage […]

Train friends, sweet potato pancakes, and other alternatives to wheat and white flour.

I’ve been on finals/vacation for the past few weeks. Vacation involved 4-wheeling, writing, 34 hours of train riding and five friends, and also swimming, hot tubbing, drinking, chicanery, and conversation. Just the kind of vacation I needed. I just ate a gigantic plate of sweet potato flour pancakes. They were spongy and delicious even […]

Clarity Falls

ambling toward stability.

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