A private collective of people who refuse to accept ideas at face value. We write, we argue, we build things. This blog is where some of that thinking ends up — the parts worth keeping, at least.
Why the name
Most people hear “nihilism” and picture some teenager in a black hoodie saying nothing matters. That’s not what this is.
Nothing is guaranteed. So everything you care about is a choice.
Here’s what nihilism actually gives you: freedom. Not the comfortable kind — the disorienting kind. The kind where you realise that every belief you hold, every principle you live by, every hill you’d die on — none of it was handed down from the universe. You picked it up somewhere. From your parents, your culture, some book you read at twenty-two. And most of it, you never examined.
Strip all that away, sit in the silence for a minute, and what’s left? Just you, deciding what matters. That’s not despair. That’s the starting line.
What we talk about
Systems, philosophy, technology, markets — the stuff that actually shapes how the world works, not the stuff that trends for twelve hours and vanishes.
- Systems & technology — how things work under the hood, past the marketing copy
- Markets & money — the mechanics, the incentives, the parts nobody explains clearly
- Philosophy & attention — because the scarcest resource you have is your time, and most things don’t deserve it
We’re not interested in hot takes. We’re interested in things that are still true six months from now.
The standard
There are enough blogs on the internet. We have no interest in adding to the noise just to maintain a publishing schedule.
Say less, but make it count.
Every piece here exists because someone had something worth saying and took the time to say it well. If you disagree with something, that’s fine — disagreement means you’re actually reading, which is more than most people do.
The point
The absence of inherent meaning doesn’t erase beauty. If anything, it sharpens it. A sunset is no less stunning because the universe didn’t arrange it for you. A well-built system is no less elegant because nobody’s keeping score.
We choose what matters. That’s the whole game. And when you choose deliberately — when you stop coasting on inherited defaults and start picking your commitments with care — everything gets a little more vivid.