Volume 7 · 309 essays

The Long Afternoon

Essays on age, memory, and the long view. Every essay below is one page; they are arranged alphabetically, as in the book.

• 10.01% Threshold
• 21/N Rule
• 32Ps vs 4Ps
• 43% Rule
• 58-80 Chasm
• 690-9-1 Rule
• 799-Meaning Paradox
• 8Act of Intimacy
• 9Aesthetic Aha
• 10Aesthetic Chill
• 11Affluenza
• 12Algorithmic Happiness Problem
• 13Alloparenting
• 14Audacity Continuum
• 15Audi Et Alteram Partem Principle
• 16Authority Apparel
• 17Average Man Pitfall
• 18Baby Steps
• 19Balanced Athlete
• 20Banality of Evil
• 21Battered Uniform Principle
• 22Be Honest Rule
• 23Belief Effect
• 24Belief Window
• 25Beta Male Slot
• 26Binary Beliefs
• 27Biomimicry
• 28Blind Men Parable
• 29Bowling Feedback
• 30Boyd Razor
• 31Brinkerhoff Success Case Method
• 32Broaden-and-build Theory
• 33Bumblebee Problem
• 34Butler’s Bombshell Briefing
• 35Calculating Self
• 36Captain Kirk Principle
• 37Catabolic Collapse
• 38Character Invention
• 39Chekhov’s Gun Principle
• 40Choice Architecture
• 41CIA Graphic Register
• 42Collaborative Dishonesty
• 43Colonel Chabert Syndrome
• 44Commitment Devices
• 45Commitment Principle
• 46Confusopoly
• 47Contact Theory
• 48Context Collapse
• 49Cookie Jar
• 50Counterfactual Regret Minimization
• 51Counterfeit Courage
• 52Counterimitation
• 53Creativity Drain
• 54Dance of The Lemons
• 55Deal Friend
• 56Death by GPT Syndrome
• 57Death Dragons
• 58Deliberate Ignorance
• 59Design Days
• 60Determined Meerkat
• 61Diachronic Solidarity
• 62Differentiation of Self
• 63Digital Dumpster
• 64Digital Enclosure
• 65Digital Kompromat
• 66Digital Phenotyping
• 67Digital Poisoning
• 68Diluted Apology
• 69Dirty Dishes Parable
• 70Disney Peace Theory
• 71Dominant Adaptation
• 72Double Curse
• 73Double Jeopardy
• 74Dworsky Strength
• 75Ecology of Fear
• 76Ego Defenses
• 77Elephant’s Child
• 78Elite Projection
• 79Enlightened Pathbreakers
• 80Error Correction
• 81Ethical Fading
• 82Ethical Obstacles
• 83Eudaimonic Appreciation
• 84Eulogy Virtues
• 85Externalized Commitment
• 86Extremal Goodhart
• 87Eyes Light Up Moment
• 88Face the Music Philosophy
• 89Family by Choice
• 90Fantasy Realization Theory
• 91Fatherhood Bonus
• 92Fence Parenting
• 93Forgetting Curve
• 94Fortune Teller Error
• 95Foursquare Person
• 96Friending Bias
• 97Friendly Monsters
• 98Friendship Formula
• 99Friendship Paradox
• 100Functional Self-Deception
• 101Gandhi Talisman
• 102Gaslighting
• 103Glance Dance
• 104Glass Cliff
• 105Goffman's Theory
• 106Goldilocks Shock
• 107Good Father Effect
• 108Good Neighborhood
• 109Good True Self Effect
• 110Gottman Ratio
• 111Grief's Gravity
• 112H-L-L-H Quadrant
• 113Harmonious Passion
• 114HEAR Technique
• 115Here-and-Now Humility
• 116High Minimum
• 117High-Context Theory
• 118Hollnagel’s ETTO Principle
• 119Horizontal Pressure
• 120Hot Hand Phenomenon
• 121Hubristic Pride
• 122Human Downgrading
• 123Human-Centered Design
• 124Humility Hack
• 125Hungry Ghost
• 126Hupomnēmata
• 127Hyperactive-Agency-Detector
• 128Iceberg Moment
• 129Idea Freak Out Moment
• 130Ideal Happy Worker
• 131Identity Foreclosure
• 132Identity Protective Cognition
• 133Illusion of Moral Decline
• 134Immortal Fans
• 135Immunity to Anecdote
• 136Implicative Denial
• 137Inheritocracy
• 138Inner Child
• 139Inner Work Life Effect
• 140Intellectual Humility
• 141Intellectual Virtues
• 142Intensive Parenting
• 143Intentional Foot Dragging
• 144Interrupt Rule
• 145Iridium Moment
• 146IWIK Technique
• 147Jagged Frontier
• 148Jaggedness Principle
• 149Kindness Equilibrium
• 150KISS Principle
• 151Lagom
• 152Laser Mode
• 153Lego Serious Play Methodology
• 154Life Load
• 155Living in Pursuit Syndrome
• 156Lone Ranger Fantasy
• 157Lumpiness of Outcomes
• 158Magic Mirrors
• 159Malignant Normality
• 160Massively Transformative Purpose
• 161Maternal Wall
• 162Meaning Frameworks
• 163Meaning-Seeking Creatures
• 164Megalothymia
• 165Mini-Max Regret
• 166Mirrorball Self
• 167Monks’ Story
• 168Mooney Face
• 169Moral Algebra
• 170Moral Geometry
• 171Moral Hypocrisy
• 172Moral Licensing
• 173More-the-Merrier Outlook
• 174Moth Attraction
• 175Motivated Belief
• 176Mythical Fixed Pie
• 177NASA Nap
• 178Nominative Determinism
• 179Old/New Way Technique
• 180Optimal Distinctiveness
• 181Ordinary Unhappiness
• 182Orthosomnia
• 183Othello Error
• 184Palchinsky Principles
• 185Parable of the Sannyasi
• 186Pasteur’s Quadrant
• 187PechaKucha
• 188Perceived Self-Efficacy
• 189Personal Renewal
• 190Phenotypic Indulgences
• 191Pique Technique
• 192Playing in the Box
• 193Pluralistic Ignorance
• 194Po Method
• 195Poker Life
• 196Pollyanna Principle
• 197Polychronic Technologies
• 198Possibility Quotient
• 199Prescott's Pickle Principle
• 200Privilege Your Principles
• 201Proactive Life-Editing
• 202Progress Principle
• 203Pseudo Self
• 204Pötzl Phenomenon
• 205Queuing Theory
• 206QWERTY Mistake
• 207Radical Personal Responsibility
• 208Rage Pathway
• 209Rainbow Ruse
• 210Random Impact Rule
• 211Readability Index
• 212Reengineering
• 213Regressional Goodhart
• 214Regret Minimization Framework
• 215Regret Premium
• 216Remoralization
• 217Reproducibility
• 218Resonant Breathing
• 219Ricky Bobby Criterion
• 220Risky Shift Phenomenon
• 221Roaming Entropy
• 222Rotating Chair Technique
• 223Rough Justice
• 224Rule of 3
• 225Sacred Buckets Method
• 226Samuelsonian Nightmare
• 227Saper Vedere
• 228Savoring Beliefs Inventory
• 229Sea of Conditions
• 230Self-Binding
• 231Self-Complexity
• 232Self-Control Depletion Theory
• 233Self-Discrepancy Theory
• 234Self-Enhancement Effect
• 235Self-Essentialism
• 236Self-Expansion Theory
• 237Self-Object
• 238Self-Objectification
• 239Selfie Dysmorphia
• 240Sense Forage
• 241Serenity Prayer
• 242Shadow Self
• 243Sheepskin Effect
• 244Sister Rule
• 245Sisu
• 246Size Constancy Phenomenon
• 247Skyscraper Index
• 248Small-Self Effect
• 249So-So Automation
• 250Solomon's Paradox
• 251Spontaneous Self-Distancing
• 252Spotlight Mindset
• 253Spreadsheet Effect
• 254Start–Stop–Continue Worksheet
• 255Stimulus Shield
• 256Stochastic Parroting
• 257Story of the Angry Boy
• 258Stranger-On-A-Train Effect
• 259Strategic Self-Anticonformity
• 260Stress-Can-Be-Enhancing Belief
• 261Strip-Search Scam
• 262Structure-Casting
• 263Sugrophobia
• 264Superego
• 265Symbol Theory
• 266Symbolic Healing
• 267Talion Principle
• 268Tall Poppy Syndrome
• 269Tech-Curse Theory
• 270Technical Demoralization
• 271Texas Two-Steps
• 272Thatcher Illusion
• 273The Dog and the Frisbee
• 274Theranos' Shortcuts
• 275This Is Your Life Game
• 276Three Good Things
• 277Three Horizons Method
• 278Three Part-Message
• 279Threshold Rule
• 280Ticker Effect
• 281Tinker Bell Tendency
• 282Told Genotype Effect
• 283Trained Humility
• 284Transitional Gains Trap
• 285Trust Uncertainty
• 286Tunneling
• 287Ultimate Life Skill
• 288Uncertainty Balancers
• 289Valence-Instrumentality-Expectancy Theory
• 290Value Averaging
• 291Value Capture
• 292Value Congruence
• 293Virtue Signaling
• 294Vividness Effect
• 295Volunteer’s Folly
• 296Von Restorff Effect
• 297Werther Effect
• 298We’ve Arrived Syndrome
• 299What's Missing? Technique
• 300What-the-Hell Moments
• 301Wheels-Up Crashes
• 302White Flag Approach
• 303White Traffic Light
• 304Who Luck
• 305Will to Meaning
• 306Wing and a Prayer Method
• 307Winner's Curse
• 308Wow Factor
• 309Zhuangzi’s Butterfly