Everyday Human Pains

A Thanksgiving note from the clinic

Nov 25 • 

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October 2025

The Wretched of the Mirror

How Fanon warned that modern politics would teach us to fear ourselves

Oct 21 • 

Aaron Boot

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September 2025

Design for the Inbox (or: How Not to Get Owned by the Feed)

Optimized for discovery today, built for Tuesdays forever.

Sep 27 • 

Aaron Boot

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The Politeness of Attrition

Chapter 3

Published on The Memory Will Reflect This • Sep 23

I'm Who I'm Against

Outrage as identity and the cost to curiosity

Sep 15 • 

Aaron Boot

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Operationalizing Competence

Chapter 2

Published on The Memory Will Reflect This • Sep 9

August 2025

Begin, Complete, Repeat

A manual for coming back to a family

Aug 28 • 

Aaron Boot

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Provisional

Chapter 1

Published on The Memory Will Reflect This • Aug 26

The Memory Will Reflect This

The Trailer

Published on The Memory Will Reflect This • Aug 21

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I Wrote a Book Between Patients

Thirteen linked chapters, biweekly, and a softcover for subscribers

Aug 18 • 

Aaron Boot

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Career Pivots Weren’t the Plan. They Became the Point.

The wobbly ladder and the itch to begin again

Aug 14 • 

Aaron Boot

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The Virgin Poet of the Chicken Strip Table

A brief investigation into whether reading an 800-page bowel-epic during lunch breaks at a mid-tier hospital constitutes purpose, pathology, or just…

Aug 11 • 

Aaron Boot

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