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• Just One More Hit, I'll Stop After the Next Prompt

  Fri Apr 24 2026 · General

  Building with AI has become the most potent cognitive drug available to founders, and if you run a neurodiverse brain—ADHD, dyslexic, autistic, any brain wired on a different dopamine economy—the compulsion is not metaphorical but pharmacological. AI tools deliver instant feedback, variable reward, and scalable challenge in an endless loop, exploiting the same reward-sensitivity that makes hyperfocus feel like flow but function like addiction. The rotation starts innocently: Manus for data, Lovable for builds, Claude for copy and design, GPT for research. Five tools, five parallel streams, no natural pauses. It looks like extraordinary productivity at 2 am, but the quality of decisions made under that cognitive load tells a different story. This is a piece about the loop, the crash signal that arrives days later, and why stopping has turned out to be harder than writing any prompt.

• The book I was not writing

  Thu Aug 07 2025 · General

  The book I was not writingR asked me how the book was coming.We were on his balcony, the third bottle open, the city doing that thing Bombay does at midnight where it almost quiets down and then decid...

• The twelve open tabs

  Thu May 30 2024 · Dreams

  The twelve open tabs P stopped inviting me to coffee about six months ago. I noticed it the way you notice something that has quietly stopped happening, not a door slamming but a door that used to ope...

• The Art of Surrender

  Wed Feb 16 2022 · Uncategorized

  The Art of Surrender, by Michael Singer she said. That's the one I'd recommend. This was a few years ago, pre-covid. I was catching up with a group of friends at the Opera Bar and ended up talking to ...

• How Can I Build Confidence?

  Wed Aug 23 2017 · chasing a heart beat

  There are a few different ways to build unshakeable confidence, and I'm going to list a few with a caveat*. ...

• The body put its foot down

  Wed Feb 26 2014 · Life

  I had stopped being able to climb the stairs.Not in a dramatic way. I'd get to the third step and my legs would register that there were two more flights to go and they would just decline. Not pain, e...

• For one day, we are going to die.

  Tue Jul 23 2013 · Uncategorized

  It's something I hear often, and something I don't remember often enough – the irony of human life is that we go about our daily life as though we are going to live forever. So anything we want to do, is something that can be done later – my life is full of the daily… ...

• Another Invitation

  Sat Jul 14 2012 · Deep Thought

  What would be possible if we went through less to have more? ...

• The Alpha and the Omega

  Thu Apr 26 2012 · Deep Thought

  He sat in the darkness, stretched out over the chair – one leg across the arm rest and his back across the other. All the years of work had finally paid off – he had pierced the centre of the universe and discovered all it's secrets. He knew everything, he was all seeing, all knowing… ...

• Hello Poppet!

  Wed Sep 21 2011 · Deep Thought

  Think of this wide expanse we call life. Suppose reality was like a sheet and you and I are 'shapes' popping up in this sheet. We are like sock puppets –  Shakespeare could've been a little more specific – All the world is a stage, and we are merely sock puppets. ...

• On the Claude Makalele Conundrum

  Fri Jul 15 2011 · Uncategorized

  One of the greatest footballers ever. He won't be remembered, and he won't make many lists. And not many outside the game will know him – the way they know Messi, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo or Rooney. And arguably he made a bigger difference to the teams he played on, if not as big a difference as… ...

• Rumi

  Fri Jul 01 2011 · Poems

  "A Thirsty Fish I don't get tired of you. Don't grow weary of being compassionate toward me! All this thirst equipment must surely be tired of me, the waterjar, the water carrier. ...

• On Winning

  Sat Jun 25 2011 · Deep Thought

  There's a certain duality to life. Apart from the usual quantum mechanical duality ie. Or maybe it's because of the quantum mechanical duality. Take winning for example. ...

• The question

  Sun Apr 04 2010 · Life

  It's the question that drives us. And when you lose your drive, maybe you can ask yourself the question. What question, you ask? Maybe one of these. Or you could come up with your own questions. One of the questions I love asking is what do you dream about? What do you want to do… ...

• Inspiration

  Sat Jan 02 2010 · Freeprose

  I sit staring at a blank screen, with the keyboard awaiting my touch patiently. Lacking the 'inanimation' of the keyboard, I wait for inspiration to strike with growing impatience. And a funny image fills my head – Inspiration in the form of one the Norse gods with a huge hammer waiting to strike. I think… ...

• I have a dream

  Fri Oct 09 2009 · Uncategorized

  I dream about sleeping. Sleeping deeply. Soundly. Peacefully. And drifting out of it gently. Rising up from the mists of sleep, drifting into the waking world like a feather rising slowly on a hot summer day. Not being woken up by strange noises and alarm clocks or sunshine. Not by neighbors banging doors, or by my conscience… ...

• Parallel Worlds

  Thu Oct 08 2009 · Life

  So many choices available, and each option leads down a good road. When each road, and every destination looks good, and you know that any choice you make, you would make the choice work – how do you step beyond the choice and do what's really your choice? Analysis paralysis beckons, and the sheer plethora… ...

• Making a point: A letter to myself

  Sun Jul 05 2009 · Life

  It's all pointless, isn't it? It really doesn't matter. Nothing matters. All the hopes and fears,we are so full of ourselves that we choke on the garbage we fill our minds with, and throw up before we can stuff anymore of ourselves down our throats. It's all pointless, and it doesn't mean a thing. We… ...

• Flying high

  Tue Jun 09 2009 · Uncategorized

  The mind breaks free From the grip of gravity And I soar again Rising beyond fears Leaving worries behind The sky greets me And the wind whispers A welcome song I'm floating free Back where I belong. And flying is easy, Just open your mind Let your imagination Unfold mighty wings See here and now.… ...

• Still now

  Mon May 18 2009 · Deep Thought

  The silence speaks to me Drowning out the sounds Of the vehicles racing by Drawing me closer To the silence inside ...

• Headed down?

  Mon Apr 20 2009 · Life

  The sun was bright. In fact, it was dazzling. I couldn't look at it – it seemed like someone had set off a few flash bulbs in my face. I had to close my eyes and open them slowly. I couldn't remember the last time I had been so dazzled by sunlight. Hold that thought.… ...

• Lines and shadows

  Tue Apr 07 2009 · random

  Do you see your world in black, white and grey? The good, the bad and the necessary ugly? And you close out the bad, avoid the ugly and try to focus on the good, but get defeated by the very act of doing so, the conscious focus on avoiding and erasing that which you do… ...

• Silence

  Fri Mar 20 2009 · Fiction

  I look out over the water and see nothing. I look back, and the only thing I can see is the pinpoint of light from the boat shed, and many smaller scattered points around it – from the houses, mine and those of my neighbors. I wonder how much time it would take for them… ...

• Releasing Joy

  Tue Mar 10 2009 · Fiction

  Another morning. Another day at work. Smiling, chatting cheerfully, answering queries, guiding employees with only one objective. Making sure that the customer is happy. And the hotel prided itself on getting every customer to come back. And to keep customers happy, he made sure that his employees were happy. ...

• Cricket for a cause

  Mon Mar 09 2009 · Life

  This weekend, a friend organized a game of cricket at a park. He didn't allow his ignorance of the game or it's rules prevent him, and it didn't prevent most of his friends either – who although blessed with the good humor, irresistible good looks and the charming Irish accent, were singularly unequipped with cricketing… ...

• The Drama Queens Within: How We Create Problems to Escape Life's Monotony

  Mon Feb 23 2009 · Uncategorized

  The Drama Queens Within: How We Create Problems to Escape Life's Monotony If we create the drama in our lives to escape boredom and dullness, what does this tell us about the human condition? So many ...

• The voice in my head

  Sat Feb 21 2009 · Life

  'Hi' Hey, haven't seen you in a while..' 'Yup, I know, you've been busy so I've been away. But looks like you finally have some time' Ah, well. You know how it is, the business of living takes so muc...

• Only Words

  Sun Feb 15 2009 · Poems

  From an unpublished poet's private collection. Write to me. Write to me, Write me a story, ...

• I am a mirror

  Sat Feb 14 2009 · Uncategorized

  I reflect. I passed through the dark, Guided by the light Of the future I was creating The vision always in sight ...

• Mind Games

  Mon Nov 10 2008 · Fiction

  She: 'I don't think we should do it' He: 'What are you talking about?' 'I don't think we should get Junior started on chess' 'ummm, he's 4 years old, and it's as good a time to start as any – wasn't that when you started?' 'Yes, but I fear for what it will do to… ...

• Going With The Flow

  Mon Nov 03 2008 · Deep Thought

  If you are familiar with the flow concept – you might also have been through a flow experience yourself, then you will recognise the symptoms of being in the flow – when time doesn't matter, distractions are absent and everything happens automatically – when excellence is within your grasp and things happen as they should.… ...

• Addiction

  Fri Sep 05 2008 · Uncategorized

  I wanted to quit, To stop thinking of you That’s easy to say Impossible to do Dreams of you ...

• Ms India meets Dumb Jock?

  Sun May 25 2008 · chasing a heart beat

  A tiara, the hushed silence followed by the applause, the sash, the arms raised in jubilation and those gorgeous lips making a big O as the reality of the triumph hits home– a lot of little kids, and some not so little kids, have this fantasy. Indeed some of these kids are little girls. And… ...

• Aussie Aussie Aussie

  Thu Feb 28 2008 · Culture Vulture

  We know that readers (ok, ok, the single reader – fine!) of this blog are very discerning gentlemen (if you are a lady please leave your number in the comments section) with refined tastes and superior intelligence. And therefore they take a strong interest in foreign affairs and stuff like the socioeconomic factors which impact… ...

• First Love

  Tue May 22 2007 · Humor

  The earliest memory I have of her is from ’82 or so (yeah, I am ancient – that’s where all the wisdom comes from) – someone in my society introduced me to her. The first meeting did not leave a very s...

• "Sir, do you have an apple?"

  Mon Sep 25 2006 · Humor

  "Sir, do you have an apple?" She said, waving an apple in her hand in case I didn't know an apple from an orange. She was wearing the frazzled but curt and serious expression worn by airport official...

• A tale of two kitties.

  Mon Feb 20 2006 · Random Links

  It's been some time since the urge to mother someone has been burgeoning (I love this word) within the bosom of my roomie, i.e. the urge to mother someone other than the his many child women and other than his employees (though mentor would be his choice of words – but he does mother them… ...