Self-Actualization Is No Different from a Pufferfish's Sand Circle

Kenrick’s evolutionary reconstruction of Maslow’s hierarchy, and how digital services exploit our evolved motivational systems.

January 24, 2026 · rick

Two Minds in One Brain: Why We Act Irrationally Even When We Know Better

Why can’t you resist that midnight snack during a diet? Two independent processing systems live inside your head—one that calculates and one that feels. A look at Pacini & Epstein’s 1999 study on the Rational-Experiential Inventory.

January 24, 2026 · rick