The Eidetica Initiative
Exploring how mind, meaning, and complexity evolve — and how we adapt.
17
Jul

Why Smart Systems Make Stupid Decisions

by Loring Mortensen In the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, the global financial system was staffed by
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03
Jul

Meaning Is Not Found, It Is Made

by Loring Mortensen There is a quiet assumption woven into how most people talk about meaning. We say we are
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19
Jun

Why Good Intentions Drift

by Loring Mortensen Almost no one sets out to do harm. Many non-corporate organizations begin with a mission they
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05
Jun

What We Lost When We Lost Boredom

by Loring Mortensen There used to be moments in every day when nothing was happening. Waiting for a bus. Standing
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22
May

We Don't Have an Information Problem

by Loring Mortensen For most of human history, the great challenge of understanding the world was access. Information was scarce,
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08
May

The Difference Between Reacting and Deciding

by Loring Mortensen We tend to use the words "reaction" and "decision" as though they were
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24
Apr

Burnout Is Not a Personal Failure

by Loring Mortensen There is a conversation that happens in almost every workplace, every household, and every therapist’s office—
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10
Apr

Why Everything Feels Urgent But Nothing Feels Important

by Loring Mortensen There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has no name yet. It is not the exhaustion
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