由 Ersun Warncke | 2 月 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
Honing a double-edged sword The content below was originally paywalled.Understanding empathyA commonplace definition of empathy is ‘understanding other people’s feelings’ — but the quality of, or capacity for, empathy remains complex and hard to pin down. Empathy has...
由 Ersun Warncke | 2 月 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Preventing age-related cognitive declineThe content below was originally paywalled.Age — if we’re lucky — comes to us allGiven the options, most are happy with that arrangement. Yet, ageing comes with a freight of worries. Fragilities may emerge and (unlike childhood)...
由 Ersun Warncke | 1 月 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Swiss-Army knife of intellectual instrumentsFor the past couple of weeks, I’ve focused on how writing can help navigate and ameliorate internal states such as difficult emotions or persistent distractions.To continue too long in this (albeit useful) vein might...
由 Ersun Warncke | 1 月 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Write your way to sharper focusAttention is becoming a rare and valuable currency. As the 24-hour news cycle shrinks to 280-character bursts of madness on X and TL;DR is a default, it is harder and harder to pay attention. Given how much attention we pay to attention,...
由 Ersun Warncke | 1 月 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
The first in a series on the cognitive benefits of writing The content below was originally paywalled.The ‘most wonderful time of the year’ has again passed, which is destabilizing regardless of whether you find the holidays something to be enjoyed or endured.For...
由 Ersun Warncke | 1 月 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why GOATs are so 2024Making everything a competition and declaring sole winners is not just dumb — it’s is an obstacle to achieving, recognizing and building upon excellenceWatching Simone Biles at the Paris Olympics, the moment that stuck with me was not one of her...
由 Ersun Warncke | 12 月 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
My band of the year (apparently)Music and writing have always fed into each other: music makes me want to write, writing inspires me to delve deeper into the music I love.One of the highlights of 2024 was the chance to see Depeche Mode on their Memento Mori tour. The...
由 Ersun Warncke | 12 月 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Truman Capote’s classic short storyMy favorite Christmas story — touching and masterfully crafted.Sharing it with wishes that all may enjoy warmth, love and connection this season.
由 Ersun Warncke | 12 月 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Reading the season with Truman Capote Although not a Christmas person, I am a massive fan of this bittersweet gem of a Truman Capote short story.It is crafted to perfection and the perfect degree of poignant. Whenever I get a chance (usually about once a year), I like...
由 Ersun Warncke | 12 月 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Poetry with Joy HarjoThis week’s celebration of words is a little different as I’m looking at poetry. Poetry, while one of my great loves, is not an area of expertise, nor something I much studied formally. So please join me in the spirit of exploration and amateurish...
