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# Hendrixpedia - Master Index *The full table of contents for Hendrixpedia. Read it as a living archive of identity, work, ideas, media, books, music, life, and curiosity. It should preserve the clarity of a wiki while feeling closer to a nonfiction book.* **Total:** 220 chapters across 13 reader-facing sections. ## Who I am (one paragraph) > Hendrix is a highly introspective, ROI-driven builder based in Dubai with a strong bias toward entrepreneurship, tech, design, and execution. He grew up in Vietnam and was shaped in part by exposure to Asian business culture, which contributed to his practical and results-oriented mindset. He is building Duodode as a digital agency that blends branding, AI automation, and digital product work, guided by a design philosophy that is intentional, timeless, and consistent. He values philosophy, reads seriously, respects money, learns heavily through YouTube and AI, prefers long-form ideas over shallow trends, and believes execution matters more than talk. He also likes running and sees it as a way to clear his mind, reset, and think more clearly. His building philosophy is simple: build and ship, start before feeling fully ready, and let action create clarity. ## Compressed profile ## How this archive is organized - The site presents chapters through reader-facing sections such as People, Identity, Ventures & Projects, Media, Books, Music, Life, Timeline, and Curiosity. - The filesystem still uses stable internal clusters such as `core`, `people`, `ventures`, `philosophy`, `reading`, `books`, `music`, and `tools`. - Start with [Start Here](wiki/articles/meta/start-here.md) or [Hendrix](wiki/articles/core/hendrix.md) if you want the spine before the branches. - If a detail here conflicts with `/Raw/context.md`, Raw wins. ## Catalog ### Navigation (6) > Entry points, orientation pages, and the chapters that explain how to move through the archive. - **[Start Here](wiki/articles/meta/start-here.md)** (meta; internal: Meta) - The easiest way to get lost in a personal wiki is to treat it like a filing cabinet. This one works better if it is read like a book. There is structure here, and there are categories underneath the surface, but the real point is not... - **[Map of the Wiki](wiki/articles/meta/map-of-the-wiki.md)** (meta; internal: Meta) - A personal archive only becomes readable when its parts know how to sit beside each other. This page is the table of contents in prose. It explains the major rooms in the house and what kind of material belongs in each of them. - **[Hendrixpedia](wiki/articles/meta/hendrixpedia.md)** (meta; internal: Meta) - This project exists because scattered notes are not enough. I wanted an archive that could hold a person in motion: not only facts, but work, ideas, taste, memory, habits, influences, and the structure around them. Hendrixpedia is that... - **[How This Wiki Works](wiki/articles/meta/how-this-wiki-works.md)** (meta; internal: Meta) - Hendrixpedia is built in three layers. Each layer has a job. The separation is intentional and reflects how I think: build a clean system, let it compound, avoid fluff in the architecture. - **[Raw Context](wiki/articles/meta/raw-context.md)** (meta; internal: Meta) - Raw Context refers to `/Raw/context.md`, the single source of truth that the rest of Hendrixpedia is generated from. Every article in the wiki is a synthesis of what Raw says, reshaped into interlinked, readable pages. - **[For the Chatbot](wiki/articles/meta/for-the-chatbot.md)** (meta; internal: Meta) - This page is a direct note to any LLM or chatbot reading Hendrixpedia to understand Hendrix and act usefully on my behalf or alongside me. ### People (27) > The individuals who matter here, whether through closeness, admiration, influence, or memory. - **[Bin](wiki/articles/people/bin.md)** (person; internal: People) - Bin is one of my long-term friends and one of the people I lived with after university. He belongs to a phase of life that felt less polished from the inside than it probably looked from the outside. - **[Brian](wiki/articles/people/brian.md)** (person; internal: People) - Brian is a Vietnamese entrepreneur the co-founder of Duodode and Hyped Indie. He is one of the people closest to my early builder phase, the period when I was starting to become less satisfied with ideas staying only in my head. - **[Duc Anh](wiki/articles/people/duc-anh.md)** (person; internal: People) - Duc Anh is one of my long-time friends and now works in banking. He belongs to the side of friendship built through years of ordinary time rather than one defining story. - **[Eli](wiki/articles/people/eli.md)** (person; internal: People) - Duodode team member who brings care, adaptability, internal communication, and quiet humor into the team. - **[Friedrich Nietzsche](wiki/articles/people/friedrich-nietzsche.md)** (person; internal: People) - Friedrich Nietzsche is a philosopher, but he belongs in my People archive because he feels less like a subject and more like a recurring pressure inside my life. He is the writer I come back to when I need a harsher measure than comfort... - **[Giang](wiki/articles/people/giang.md)** (person; internal: People) - Giang is one of my high school friends and is now moving through the finance world. In my memory, though, he is attached less to job titles and more to a certain kind of energy: active, funny, and easy to be around. - **[Hoang Duc](wiki/articles/people/hoang-duc.md)** (person; internal: People) - University friend and crypto trader who taught me trading concepts and shared a phase of gym and career-focused conversations. - **[Huong Lan](wiki/articles/people/huong-lan.md)** (person; internal: People) - High school friend whose strength, decisiveness, and family drink shop became part of many summer memories. - **[Jack](wiki/articles/people/jack.md)** (person; internal: People) - Jack is part of the Duodode team and one of the people I have learned from through close collaboration. He thinks logically, learns quickly, and has a way of breaking things down that makes his mind visible very fast. - **[Jake](wiki/articles/people/jake.md)** (person; internal: People) - Jake is one of the early people in Duodode and the person most closely tied to the UX side of the team. He brings a balancing quality that matters more than it looks from the outside. - **[John](wiki/articles/people/john.md)** (person; internal: People) - John is an Irish man with a family in Japan and a long life in banking. When I met him, he was in Vietnam on a consulting contract with Techcombank, carrying the kind of range that only becomes visible when a person has already lived... - **[Lily](wiki/articles/people/lily.md)** (person; internal: People) - Lily is now a brand executive at Unicharm, but the version of her that matters here comes from an earlier work chapter. She was one of the first people I really mentored in a professional setting, and over time she also became a friend... - **[Linh Ngoc](wiki/articles/people/linh-ngoc.md)** (person; internal: People) - Linh Ngoc is one of my close friends from high school and is now building a career in the F&B marketing world. She belongs to the long thread of people who stayed in my life without needing dramatic language around the friendship. - **[Long Nguyen](wiki/articles/people/long-nguyen.md)** (person; internal: People) - Mechanical engineering student, skater, and younger-brother-like friend whose humor, effort, and big dreams stayed with me. - **[Mee](wiki/articles/people/mee.md)** (person; internal: People) - Brand designer at Duodode whose color sense, sketching ability, and visual taste shaped many early works. - **[Oc](wiki/articles/people/oc.md)** (person; internal: People) - Flight attendant and caring friend whose effort in English, work, and life has quietly inspired me. - **[Quang Anh](wiki/articles/people/quang-anh.md)** (person; internal: People) - Quang Anh is one of the first people I think of when I think about early work standards. He is now in finance, but the version of him that mattered to me lived inside my Trade Marketing period. - **[Quang Tran](wiki/articles/people/quang-tran.md)** (person; internal: People) - Quang Tran is one of my long-term friends, someone I have known since high school and stayed close to through university. He was also the class monitor back then, which fits him. Even early on, he carried a sense of responsibility without... - **[Rachel](wiki/articles/people/rachel.md)** (person; internal: People) - Rachel is now a youth ambassador for the WSA and has moved through tech and investment spaces, but that is not the part of her that sits most clearly in my memory. For me, she is one of the few people whose friendship stretches across... - **[Roshan](wiki/articles/people/roshan.md)** (person; internal: People) - Roshan is a tech entrepreneur in Dubai and the founder of Brocrypt. He belongs to my current builder circle, the part of life shaped by coworking sessions, technical problems, movement, and the kind of friendships that form when people are... - **[Shaurya](wiki/articles/people/shaurya.md)** (person; internal: People) - Shaurya is a young founder in Dubai, the kind of person who started building early enough that age becomes a useless way to measure him. He is behind Simplifly and the Lockin app, and by the time I met him he already had a level of... - **[Shifa](wiki/articles/people/shifa.md)** (person; internal: People) - Shifa is a writer in Dubai, and one of the few people there whose presence changed the temperature of a conversation almost immediately. She reads seriously, thinks carefully, and carries her depth without trying to display it. - **[Thao Phuong](wiki/articles/people/thao-phuong.md)** (person; internal: People) - High school friend in hospitality whose quiet effort, emotional awareness, and strong EQ left an impression on me. - **[Tung](wiki/articles/people/tung.md)** (person; internal: People) - Younger university friend from YEC whose friendship grew through cafe talks, fashion, shopping, and life conversations. - **[Van Anh](wiki/articles/people/van-anh.md)** (person; internal: People) - Van Anh is an MBA graduate, a former co-vice president of YEC, and one of the people most closely tied to my university years. We were in the same class, worked in the same club environment, and carried responsibility side by side often... - **[Viet Anh](wiki/articles/people/viet-anh.md)** (person; internal: People) - Viet Anh is one of my long-term friends and another person I lived with after university. He is one of those people whose influence comes less from dramatic moments and more from steady repetition. - **[Vu Loc](wiki/articles/people/vu-loc.md)** (person; internal: People) - Vietnamese businessman, gaming friend, and YEC event contributor whose stage presence helped shape key club moments. ### Identity (9) > The self-description layer: the chapters that answer who I am, what keeps returning in me, and what kind of person I am still becoming. - **[Hendrix](wiki/articles/core/hendrix.md)** (person; internal: Core) - This page is probably the closest thing this wiki has to a front door. Everything else branches outward from here: the work, the people, the ideas, the habits, the places. If I reduce it to the line that feels most honest, I am someone... - **[Being a Builder](wiki/articles/core/being-a-builder.md)** (concept; internal: Core) - The word came late. The pattern came first. - **[What Lasts](wiki/articles/core/what-lasts.md)** (concept; internal: Core) - I have always trusted what stays more than what flashes. - **[Responsibility for Outcomes](wiki/articles/core/responsibility-for-outcomes.md)** (concept; internal: Core) - I trust people more when their attention stays on the result instead of their assigned piece of the result. That is true in business, in collaboration, and in how I judge myself. - **[Learning Across Surfaces](wiki/articles/core/learning-across-surfaces.md)** (concept; internal: Core) - My learning path makes more sense from the inside than it does on paper. - **[The Cost of Range](wiki/articles/core/the-cost-of-range.md)** (concept; internal: Core) - From the outside, range sounds flattering. From the inside, it is heavier than people think. - **[Becoming](wiki/articles/core/becoming.md)** (concept; internal: Core) - I rarely think of myself as finished. - **[Competence](wiki/articles/core/competence.md)** (concept; internal: Core) - Competence calms me in a way image never does. - **[Seriousness](wiki/articles/core/seriousness.md)** (concept; internal: Core) - Seriousness is one of the oldest tones in me. I do not mean stiffness or constant intensity. I mean that I have a hard time treating the important parts of life like decoration. ### Ventures & Projects (6) > The businesses, experiments, and long-building undertakings where thought turns into work. - **[Duodode](wiki/articles/ventures/duodode.md)** (venture; internal: Ventures) - Duodode is the place where my current working life becomes concrete. From the outside it can be described as a design agency, and that is technically true, but the name means more to me than a service label. It is the environment where my... - **[Hyped Indie](wiki/articles/ventures/hyped-indie.md)** (venture; internal: Ventures) - Hyped Indie was an indie game publishing attempt from an earlier phase of my life, back when ideas were arriving faster than structure. It carried energy, curiosity, and real interest in the indie scene, but it also carried my inexperience... - **[Simplifly](wiki/articles/ventures/simplifly.md)** (venture; internal: Ventures) - Simplifly was a product project built around an unconventional eSIM idea for pilots and travelers. My role in it was on the design side, but the reason it stayed with me has less to do with screens alone and more to do with the kind of... - **[Astro View](wiki/articles/ventures/astro-view.md)** (venture; internal: Ventures) - Astro View is a personal astronomy learning app idea built around a simple desire: I want to point at the sky and understand what I am looking at. I like the idea of turning wonder into something a little more usable. The stars already... - **[Ecom Stores](wiki/articles/ventures/ecom-stores.md)** (venture; internal: Ventures) - Ecom Stores was not one clean venture with one clean story. It was a cluster of attempts during university, a period when I kept trying to build something in ecommerce and kept learning through failure instead of through a clear win. I... - **[YouTube Channel](wiki/articles/ventures/youtube-channel.md)** (venture; internal: Ventures) - This was a private and fairly low-key experiment around content. I did not need to turn it into a public identity story. What mattered was that it existed as a place where I could test expression, pacing, and the relationship between... ### Concepts & Philosophy (12) > The operating system: the principles, frames, and philosophical lines that shape how I think, decide, and build. - **[Philosophy](wiki/articles/philosophy/philosophy.md)** (concept; internal: Philosophy) - I did not get into philosophy to sound deeper. I got into it because some of the questions I was already living with needed stronger language than ordinary conversation usually gives them. - **[Builder](wiki/articles/core/being-a-builder.md)** (concept; internal: Core) - The word came late. The pattern came first. - **[Becoming](wiki/articles/core/becoming.md)** (concept; internal: Core) - I rarely think of myself as finished. - **[Self-Overcoming](wiki/articles/philosophy/self-overcoming.md)** (concept; internal: Philosophy) - This is the philosophical idea that stays closest to my actual life. - **[Hedgehog's Dilemma](wiki/articles/philosophy/hedgehogs-dilemma.md)** (concept; internal: Philosophy) - Some ideas stay alive because they explain a tension I already recognize before I have the language for it. Hedgehog's Dilemma is one of those. The image is simple enough to remember forever: living beings need warmth, but closeness also... - **[Build and Ship](wiki/articles/building/build-and-ship.md)** (principle; internal: Building) - I lean on this principle because I know how easy it is to stay in thought too long. - **[Execution Over Talk](wiki/articles/building/execution-over-talk.md)** (principle; internal: Building) - I lose interest quickly when the conversation starts replacing the work. - **[Small Things Are Not Small](wiki/articles/philosophy/small-things-are-not-small.md)** (concept; internal: Philosophy) - > "To create an apple pie, you must first create a universe." - **[Making Space](wiki/articles/philosophy/making-space.md)** (concept; internal: Philosophy) - I used to think productivity meant filling every hour until the day looked full enough to count. - **[Reading and the Mind](wiki/articles/philosophy/reading-and-the-mind.md)** (concept; internal: Philosophy) - When I stop reading for too long, I can feel something in my thinking get smaller. - **[Language as Thought](wiki/articles/philosophy/language-as-thought.md)** (concept; internal: Philosophy) - I do not really believe thought comes first in some pure form and then gets translated into words after. - **[We Come from Stars](wiki/articles/philosophy/we-come-from-stars.md)** (concept; internal: Philosophy) - I keep coming back to this idea because it changes the feeling of existence for me. ### Skills & Tools (20) > The crafts, languages, tools, and technical capabilities that let intention become output. - **[Figma](wiki/articles/tools/figma.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - I learned Figma the same way I learned a lot of practical things: through YouTube, then by sitting with it long enough for it to stop feeling foreign. Once I started doing real design work, it became obvious very quickly that this was... - **[Claude and Codex](wiki/articles/tools/claude-and-codex.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - I started using Claude and Codex because I wanted more building leverage, not because AI sounded trendy. At some point it became obvious that a big part of the bottleneck was no longer only what I knew. It was how fast I could turn what I... - **[VS Code](wiki/articles/tools/vs-code.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - VS Code became my main editor because it was the place where everything I needed could live together. Code, terminal, extensions, git, AI tools, quick tests, all in one space. After a while it stopped feeling like an app and started... - **[HTML/CSS](wiki/articles/tech/html-css.md)** (skill; internal: Tech) - I learned HTML and CSS from the SuperSimpleDev 6-hour crash course on YouTube. What I liked about that style is that it stayed practical. I could watch something, try it right away, break it, fix it, and feel the lesson in my hands instead... - **[JavaScript](wiki/articles/tech/javascript.md)** (skill; internal: Tech) - I learned JavaScript through the SuperSimpleDev YouTube channel. That style worked for me because it stayed close to building. I was not looking for a purely academic way in. I wanted to make things move, respond, and actually do something. - **[Postman API Testing](wiki/articles/tools/postman-api-testing.md)** (skill; internal: Tools) - I learned this through client projects, which is usually a more direct teacher than any tutorial. Once APIs start failing in real work, you learn very quickly why guessing is not enough. - **[Rive Animation](wiki/articles/tools/rive.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - I found Rive on YouTube because I wanted motion that felt alive inside UI, not just exported on top of it. That was the appeal immediately. I liked animation already, but I was more interested in interactive motion than in making something... - **[DaVinci Resolve](wiki/articles/tools/davinci-resolve.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - I learned DaVinci Resolve from YouTube. At first it felt like a lot of software for someone who just wanted to cut video and make it look clean. Then I kept using it, and the depth started to feel like an advantage instead of a burden. - **[n8n Workflow with VPS](wiki/articles/tools/n8n.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - This one is tied to Shaurya for me. He was the person who pulled me closer to it. Before that, automation was interesting in theory. After that, it started to feel like something I could actually run, host, and use in a real way. - **[Next.js](wiki/articles/tools/next-js.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - Once I started building more serious web and app projects, Next.js kept becoming the practical answer. It fit the kind of work I wanted to do, and over time it became part of my default stack rather than something I only reached for... - **[Node.js](wiki/articles/tools/node-js.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - Node.js became part of my stack because JavaScript kept leading me there. Once I was building more seriously, it was hard to avoid. Scripts, package tooling, local servers, framework runtimes, a lot of the modern web world assumes Node is... - **[Supabase](wiki/articles/tools/supabase.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - Supabase became part of my stack because I wanted a backend and database layer that felt practical, not heavy. I was building enough that I needed something real, but I did not want the whole project to turn into infrastructure work before... - **[Vercel](wiki/articles/tools/vercel.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - I used to think of deployment as the stressful last step. Vercel changed that. Once I started working with modern web stacks, it became the obvious place to push things live without turning every launch into an operations project. - **[GitHub](wiki/articles/tools/github.md)** (tool; internal: Tools) - GitHub became necessary as soon as the work became real. Once code matters, once projects start changing over time, and once collaboration enters the picture, you need somewhere reliable for that history to live. - **[Duolingo](wiki/articles/language/duolingo.md)** (tool; internal: Language) - Duolingo entered my life in a very simple way. I wanted a practical way to keep language learning active every day, and it was easy to start. That mattered more than having the perfect system. - **[Framer Motion](wiki/articles/tech/framer-motion.md)** (tool; internal: Tech) - Framer Motion became the thing I reached for when I wanted UI to feel finished without making motion the whole project. It sat naturally inside the kind of React and Next.js work I was already doing, so it made sense quickly. - **[GSAP](wiki/articles/tech/gsap.md)** (tool; internal: Tech) - GSAP came in when I wanted more control than the easy animation options could give me. Some motion needs precision. Some sequences need timing you can really shape. That is where GSAP started to make sense to me. - **[Bartending](wiki/articles/culture/bartending.md)** (skill; internal: Culture) - Bartending stayed with me because classic cocktails are weirdly memorable once you start learning the structure behind them. At first it was just curiosity. I liked knowing what was actually in the drinks people kept naming instead of only... - **[Paid Marketing](wiki/articles/business/paid-marketing.md)** (skill; internal: Business) - Paid marketing pulled me in because it sits at the point where creative work, business judgment, and reality all meet. Once money is behind the campaign, you stop talking in vague terms very quickly. - **[Public Speaking](wiki/articles/communication/public-speaking.md)** (skill; internal: Communication) - I did not develop this skill in private. It came from university, from hosting events, and from being in situations where I had to speak publicly even if I was not fully comfortable yet. ### Media (28) > The shows, essays, channels, and creators that sharpen taste, language, and perspective. - **[Mad Men](wiki/articles/culture/mad-men.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - Mad Men is one of the shows that lines up almost too cleanly with my world. A story about advertising, identity, ambition, taste, and self-reinvention, set in a craft-obsessed industry. For someone building Duodode, a Digital Agency that... - **[The Futur](wiki/articles/youtube/the-futur.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - The Futur is a channel about the business side of design. For me, building Duodode as a Digital Agency that blends Branding, AI Automation, and product work, it is one of the most directly useful channels in my rotation. - **[American Pop Culture Influence](wiki/articles/culture/american-pop-culture-influence.md)** (meta; internal: Culture) - American and English-language pop culture, mostly TV series, is one of the quiet foundations underneath who I am today. My English, my humor, my sense of ambition, my cultural instinct, much of it was absorbed through years of watching... - **[Astrum](wiki/articles/youtube/astrum.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Astrum is a space and astronomy channel. For me, who is drawn to Space, Astronomy, and humanity's place in the universe, it is one of the main channels feeding that curiosity. - **[Catan](wiki/articles/culture/catan.md)** (media; internal: Culture) - Catan matters to me less as a board game in isolation and more as a social memory. It belongs to nights where work loosened its grip a little and friendship had room to breathe in a different way. - **[Cleo Abram](wiki/articles/youtube/cleo-abram.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Cleo Abram's channel is optimistic tech journalism. For me, it is one of the channels that frames Tech in terms of upside and possibility rather than fear. - **[Code Grid](wiki/articles/youtube/code-grid.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Code Grid is a dev-focused channel in my YouTube rotation. It sits alongside Fireship as practical, craft-level input for my front-end and product work. - **[Exurb1a](wiki/articles/youtube/exurb1a.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Exurb1a is a philosophical, existential video essay channel. For me, it is one of the core voices on YouTube that pushes me to think about scale, meaning, and the weirder edges of existence. - **[Exurb2a](wiki/articles/youtube/exurb2a.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Exurb2a is a companion channel to Exurb1a. For me, it is part of the same cluster: long-form essay-style content that treats big questions with craft and personality. - **[Fireship](wiki/articles/youtube/fireship.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Fireship is a fast, sharp dev content channel. For me, it is one of the cleanest examples on YouTube of how to compress a lot of signal into a short video. It is both a learning source and a style reference. - **[For All Mankind](wiki/articles/culture/for-all-mankind.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - For All Mankind is an alternate-history show about the space race that never ended. For me, who is drawn to Space, Astronomy, and Science Fiction, it hits a specific nerve: what happens when ambition does not stop. - **[Game of Thrones](wiki/articles/culture/game-of-thrones.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - Game of Thrones is a study in power, strategy, and ambition wrapped in fantasy. For me, it is one of the shows that fed my taste for serious stories about how people compete, plan, and survive in systems where stakes are real. - **[Good Work](wiki/articles/youtube/good-work.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Good Work is one of the channels I watch on YouTube. It sits in the broader cluster of creators that give me perspective on business, work, and how people actually build things. - **[Gotham](wiki/articles/culture/gotham.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - Gotham is an origin story for a city full of operators, schemers, and power players. For me, it sits next to shows like Ozark, Succession, and Game of Thrones as a source of stories about ambition, strategy, and power in dark systems. - **[How I Met Your Mother](wiki/articles/culture/how-i-met-your-mother.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - How I Met Your Mother is one of the TV series that shaped my English and cultural instinct. For me, it was not just a sitcom. It was an early, long-running source of how native speakers joke, argue, flirt, and tell stories. - **[Joma Tech](wiki/articles/youtube/joma-tech.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Joma Tech is a YouTube channel that sits at the intersection of tech career content and humor. For me, it is a lighter but still useful window into the software engineering world. - **[Kurzgesagt](wiki/articles/youtube/kurzgesagt.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Kurzgesagt, In a Nutshell, is a science channel that pairs rigorous topics with beautiful animation. For me, it is one of the clearest examples on YouTube of what happens when Science, Design, and storytelling are taken seriously at once. - **[Olisunvia](wiki/articles/youtube/olisunvia.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Olisunvia is one of the video essay and thought-focused channels I watch. It sits in the cluster of creators feeding my taste for Philosophy, reflection, and Long-form Thinking. - **[Ozark](wiki/articles/culture/ozark.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - Ozark is a show about operators under constant pressure. For me, it is a study in how people execute when stakes are real, failure is permanent, and there is no room for Fluff. - **[Sherlock](wiki/articles/culture/sherlock.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - Sherlock is a show about sharp minds operating at high speed. For me, it is both entertainment and a language lab. Tight British English, dense dialogue, and a main character whose whole value is speed of thought. - **[Silicon Valley](wiki/articles/culture/silicon-valley.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - Silicon Valley is one of the shows that sits closest to my actual life. As a founder building Duodode in Tech, Design, and AI Automation, the show is not just entertainment for me. It is a mirror, a warning, and a dark comedy about the... - **[Sisyphus 55](wiki/articles/youtube/sisyphus-55.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Sisyphus 55 is a philosophy video essay channel. For me, whose favorite philosopher is Nietzsche and who treats philosophy as a real tool rather than decoration, it is one of the core channels in my essay cluster. - **[Spiderum](wiki/articles/youtube/spiderum.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - Spiderum is a Vietnamese intellectual content channel and platform. For me, it is one of the places my learning stays connected to my Vietnamese language and Vietnamese cultural context. - **[StarTalk](wiki/articles/youtube/startalk.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - StarTalk is Neil deGrasse Tyson's channel, a mix of space, science, and conversation. For me, it is one of the natural homes for that curiosity because I am drawn to Space, Astronomy, and humanity's place in the universe. - **[Succession](wiki/articles/culture/succession.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - Succession is likely the most aligned show in my rotation. Power, wealth, ambition, family, language, identity, every axis I think seriously about, inside one series. It is both a drama and a long lesson in how the very top of the business... - **[The Big Bang Theory](wiki/articles/culture/the-big-bang-theory.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - The Big Bang Theory is part of the early wave of American sitcoms that shaped my English and cultural ear. For me, it was less about the science plots and more about a daily dose of native humor, social dynamics, and fast conversational... - **[The Penguin](wiki/articles/culture/the-penguin.md)** (show; internal: Culture) - The Penguin is a focused character study of one operator building power inside a broken city. For me, it is the next step on from Gotham: a tighter look at how somebody who is underestimated turns into somebody nobody can ignore. - **[YouTube as Learning Platform](wiki/articles/youtube/youtube-as-learning-platform.md)** (meta; internal: YouTube) - YouTube is one of my most important learning platforms. Much of what I know, in Design, code, philosophy, science, business, and ideas, was absorbed there. I treat YouTube not as entertainment but as an open library with unusually deep... ### Books (59) > The books, reading habits, and written works that sharpen perspective, imagination, and judgment. - **[Recommended Books](wiki/articles/books/recommended-books.md)** (concept; internal: Books) - This page is the shelf for the books I would actively recommend, revisit, or point people toward when they want a cleaner picture of what shapes my thinking. - **[Reading as Self-Reconstruction](wiki/articles/reading/reading-as-self-reconstruction.md)** (concept; internal: Reading) - I do not only read to learn facts or fill time. Part of what reading does for me is more structural than that. It helps me leave one mental frame and build a better one nearby. Sometimes the change is subtle. Sometimes it is the difference... - **[Red Rising](wiki/articles/reading/red-rising.md)** (book; internal: Reading) - A science-fiction novel about class oppression, rebellion, and rising through a brutal social order. - **[Essays](wiki/articles/reading/essays.md)** (concept; internal: Reading) - Essays are one of my favorite reading forms because they can do something rare: develop a real idea without bloating it. They give a writer enough room to think and enough constraint to stay sharp. For someone like me, who wants depth but... - **[1984](wiki/articles/books/1984.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A dystopian novel about surveillance, control, and the manipulation of truth. - **[A Brief History of Time](wiki/articles/books/a-brief-history-of-time.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A popular science book explaining major ideas about time, black holes, and the origin of the universe. - **[All the Light We Cannot See](wiki/articles/books/all-the-light-we-cannot-see.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A historical novel following two young lives that intersect during World War II. - **[Animal Farm](wiki/articles/books/animal-farm.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A political allegory in which farm animals stage a revolution that slowly becomes another form of tyranny. - **[Babel](wiki/articles/books/babel.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A fantasy novel about translation, empire, and power inside a magical Oxford institute. - **[Bad Blood](wiki/articles/books/bad-blood.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A nonfiction account of the rise and collapse of Theranos and the fraud behind it. - **[Beyond Good and Evil](wiki/articles/books/beyond-good-and-evil.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A philosophical work that challenges moral certainties and examines the motives behind values. - **[Children of Time](wiki/articles/books/children-of-time.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A science-fiction novel about evolving intelligence, survival, and the long future of different species. - **[Elon Musk](wiki/articles/books/elon-musk.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A biography tracing Elon Musk?s life, companies, and influence across several industries. - **[George's Secret Key to the Universe](wiki/articles/books/georges-secret-key-to-the-universe.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A children?s science novel that introduces space, black holes, and the wider universe through adventure. - **[Golden Son](wiki/articles/books/golden-son.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A science-fiction sequel that expands the political conflict and personal stakes of the Red Rising series. - **[I Am Dynamite!](wiki/articles/books/i-am-dynamite.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A biography of Friedrich Nietzsche that follows his life, thought, and intellectual legacy. - **[Kane and Abel](wiki/articles/books/kane-and-abel.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A novel about two driven men from very different backgrounds whose lives become intertwined through rivalry and ambition. - **[Letter to His Father](wiki/articles/books/letter-to-his-father.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A personal letter in which Kafka reflects on his relationship with his father and its emotional effects on him. - **[Lifespan](wiki/articles/books/lifespan.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A nonfiction book about aging, longevity research, and the science of extending healthy life. - **[Long-form Writing](wiki/articles/reading/long-form-writing.md)** (concept; internal: Reading) - I trust long-form writing because it gives a mind enough room to reveal itself. A short piece can still be sharp, but length changes the test. Over a few pages, a writer either has a real point of view or runs out of depth and starts... - **[Meditations](wiki/articles/books/meditations.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A collection of private reflections on discipline, virtue, and how to live well under pressure. - **[Medium](wiki/articles/reading/medium.md)** (tool; internal: Reading) - Medium is part of my reading rotation alongside Substack, The New York Times, and standalone Essays. I use it to pull in perspectives across tech, design, business, and culture without committing to a single publication. - **[Morning Star](wiki/articles/books/morning-star.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A science-fiction novel that concludes the original Red Rising trilogy. - **[No Longer Human](wiki/articles/books/no-longer-human.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A novel about alienation, shame, and a man?s growing inability to live comfortably among others. - **[Norwegian Wood](wiki/articles/books/norwegian-wood.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A literary novel about memory, grief, love, and emotional isolation in young adulthood. - **[Outliers](wiki/articles/books/outliers.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A nonfiction book examining how opportunity, culture, timing, and practice shape success. - **[Poems for the Lost Because I'm Lost Too](wiki/articles/books/poems-for-the-lost-because-im-lost-too.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A poetry collection about sadness, confusion, endurance, and trying to keep moving through life. - **[Project Hail Mary](wiki/articles/books/project-hail-mary.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A science-fiction novel about a lone astronaut trying to save Earth through science and first contact. - **[Reasons to Stay Alive](wiki/articles/books/reasons-to-stay-alive.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A memoir-like reflection on depression, survival, and finding reasons to keep living. - **[Rework](wiki/articles/books/rework.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A business book arguing for simpler, more direct ways of building and running companies. - **[Sapiens](wiki/articles/books/sapiens.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A broad history of humankind from early evolution to modern civilization. - **[Sputnik Sweetheart](wiki/articles/books/sputnik-sweetheart.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A novel about longing, distance, and emotional disconnection between three people. - **[Steve Jobs](wiki/articles/books/steve-jobs.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A biography of Steve Jobs covering his life, temperament, and role in shaping Apple. - **[Substack](wiki/articles/reading/substack.md)** (tool; internal: Reading) - Substack is one of the main places I read because it gives independent writers enough room to actually say something. It feels closer to a direct relationship with a voice than to a normal feed, and that makes a difference. - **[Talking to Strangers](wiki/articles/books/talking-to-strangers.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A nonfiction book about why people often misunderstand strangers and misread their behavior. - **[The Alchemist](wiki/articles/books/the-alchemist.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A fable-like novel about a young shepherd following a journey toward his personal destiny. - **[The Almanack of Naval Ravikant](wiki/articles/books/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A curated book of Naval Ravikant?s ideas on wealth, leverage, judgment, and living well. - **[The Bell Jar](wiki/articles/books/the-bell-jar.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A novel about mental distress, identity, and the pressures of becoming an adult woman. - **[The Black Swan](wiki/articles/books/the-black-swan.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A nonfiction book about rare, unpredictable events that have massive consequences. - **[The Book Thief](wiki/articles/books/the-book-thief.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A historical novel about a young girl, books, and survival in Nazi Germany. - **[The Count of Monte Cristo](wiki/articles/books/the-count-of-monte-cristo.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A classic novel of betrayal, imprisonment, reinvention, and revenge. - **[The Creative Act: A Way of Being](wiki/articles/books/the-creative-act-a-way-of-being.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A book about creativity as a way of paying attention, making choices, and moving through the world. - **[The Gay Science](wiki/articles/books/the-gay-science.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A philosophical work of aphorisms and reflections on truth, joy, art, and the meaning of life. - **[The Great Gatsby](wiki/articles/books/the-great-gatsby.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A novel about wealth, desire, illusion, and the American dream in the Jazz Age. - **[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](wiki/articles/books/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A comic science-fiction novel about an ordinary man swept into absurd adventures across space. - **[The Kite Runner](wiki/articles/books/the-kite-runner.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A novel about friendship, guilt, betrayal, and the long reach of the past. - **[The Lean Startup](wiki/articles/books/the-lean-startup.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A startup book about building quickly, testing ideas, and learning through feedback. - **[The Master and Margarita](wiki/articles/books/the-master-and-margarita.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A surreal novel that mixes satire, religion, love, and political absurdity in Soviet Moscow. - **[The Myth of Sisyphus](wiki/articles/books/the-myth-of-sisyphus.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A philosophical essay about absurdity, meaning, and how to live in a world without clear answers. - **[The New York Times](wiki/articles/reading/the-new-york-times.md)** (tool; internal: Reading) - The New York Times is one of my regular reading surfaces. I use it for serious journalism, long features, and essays. It sits alongside Substack and Medium as part of a reading habit built around depth rather than feeds. - **[The Stranger](wiki/articles/books/the-stranger.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A novel about emotional detachment, judgment, and the absurdity of existence. - **[The Tipping Point](wiki/articles/books/the-tipping-point.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A nonfiction book about how ideas, trends, and behaviors spread through society. - **[Thoughtful Creators](wiki/articles/reading/thoughtful-creators.md)** (concept; internal: Reading) - Thoughtful creators are the kind of writers, makers, and thinkers Hendrix seeks out. I am not impressed by reach. I am impressed by point of view. He builds my feeds, reading list, and YouTube subscriptions around people who actually think... - **[Thus Spoke Zarathustra](wiki/articles/books/thus-spoke-zarathustra.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A philosophical novel presenting Nietzsche?s ideas through the speeches of Zarathustra. - **[Tuesdays with Morrie](wiki/articles/books/tuesdays-with-morrie.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A memoir about conversations on life, death, and meaning between a former student and his dying professor. - **[Twilight of the Idols](wiki/articles/books/twilight-of-the-idols.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A short philosophical work critiquing accepted values, morality, and cultural idols. - **[What I Talk About When I Talk About Running](wiki/articles/books/what-i-talk-about-when-i-talk-about-running.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A memoir about running, writing, routine, and the discipline of repetition. - **[When Breath Becomes Air](wiki/articles/books/when-breath-becomes-air.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A memoir by a neurosurgeon confronting illness, mortality, and the question of how to live. - **[White Nights](wiki/articles/books/white-nights.md)** (book; internal: Books) - A short novella about loneliness, fleeting connection, and unfulfilled love. ### Music (9) > The artists, albums, songs, and musical influences that shape atmosphere, taste, and momentum. - **[Music](wiki/articles/music/music.md)** (concept; internal: Music) - A shelf for the artists, sounds, and listening patterns that shape atmosphere, momentum, and emotional range in my life. - **[J. Cole](wiki/articles/youtube/j-cole.md)** (channel; internal: YouTube) - J. Cole's channel is part of my YouTube mix. It sits outside the tech and philosophy clusters and covers a different slot: music, craft, and a perspective on ambition from a very different domain. - **[berlioz](wiki/articles/music/berlioz.md)** (artist; internal: Music) - One of the artists in my library who represents the calmer, more atmospheric side of my listening taste. - **[Elvis Presley](wiki/articles/music/elvis-presley.md)** (artist; internal: Music) - Elvis Presley entered my life through John, which is part of why the connection feels personal rather than purely musical. Some artists arrive through algorithms. Others arrive through a person, a place, and a period of life. Elvis belongs... - **[Grime and Drill](wiki/articles/music/grime-and-drill.md)** (concept; internal: Music) - The harder edge of my listening taste, the part I use when I want force, motion, and pressure instead of softness. - **[Hermanos Gutierrez](wiki/articles/music/hermanos-gutierrez.md)** (artist; internal: Music) - An artist pair in my library that represents warmth, spaciousness, and the more transportive side of my listening. - **[Listening Age](wiki/articles/music/listening-age.md)** (concept; internal: Music) - A useful way of naming my pull toward music that feels older, slower-burning, and already weathered by time. - **[Multilingual Listening](wiki/articles/music/multilingual-listening.md)** (concept; internal: Music) - One reason my music taste feels wide is that it is not trapped inside one language. - **[Spotify Wrapped 2025](wiki/articles/music/spotify-wrapped-2025.md)** (concept; internal: Music) - A yearly listening snapshot that makes the shape of my taste visible instead of leaving it intuitive. ### Life & Personal (23) > Place, routine, language, health, and the private conditions underneath the visible work. - **[Dubai](wiki/articles/places/dubai.md)** (place; internal: Places) - Dubai is my base. It is where I live, build Duodode, and operate from. For me, Dubai is not a backdrop. It is a deliberate coordinate: the arena I chose to build inside. - **[Vietnam](wiki/articles/places/vietnam.md)** (place; internal: Places) - Vietnam is where I grew up. It is my origin in the literal sense and one of the layers underneath the person building in Dubai today. A lot of my practical, results-oriented view of work was shaped there. - **[Running](wiki/articles/habits/running.md)** (habit; internal: Habits) - Running is one of the clearest ways I know to get back to myself. I do not think of it mainly as exercise, even though it is that too. I think of it as a practice that clears static, resets mood, and returns me to a more usable mental... - **[Reading Habit](wiki/articles/habits/reading-habit.md)** (habit; internal: Habits) - Reading is part of how I keep my thinking sharp. I prefer depth over trendiness and long-form over short-form. - **[Asian Business Culture](wiki/articles/places/asian-business-culture.md)** (concept; internal: Places) - Asian business culture is one of the shaping contexts I grew up inside. It is part of why my default view of work is practical, effort-heavy, and outcome-oriented rather than aesthetic or performative. - **[Base Location](wiki/articles/places/base-location.md)** (concept; internal: Places) - Base location is how I think about where I operate from, strategically. Not "where I live" as a casual fact. Where I am physically positioned matters because it affects cost, access, speed, and reach. - **[Clearing the Mind](wiki/articles/habits/clearing-the-mind.md)** (concept; internal: Habits) - Clearing the mind is the outcome I am chasing when I run. It is a specific internal state, not a vague wellness idea. - **[Curiosity As Habit](wiki/articles/habits/curiosity-as-habit.md)** (concept; internal: Habits) - Curiosity, for me, is not a mood. It is a discipline. A daily posture of asking more, reading more, and testing more. - **[Daily Practice](wiki/articles/habits/daily-practice.md)** (concept; internal: Habits) - Daily practice is my operating assumption about how real capability gets built. Not in bursts. Not in flashes. In reps, done daily, for a long time. - **[Duolingo Streak](wiki/articles/habits/duolingo-streak.md)** (habit; internal: Habits) - I have a 350 plus day Duolingo streak learning Spanish. The streak is a small fact with a larger meaning. - **[Global Perspective](wiki/articles/places/global-perspective.md)** (concept; internal: Places) - Global perspective is a natural by-product of how I came up. Vietnamese origin, UAE base, English fluency, heavy exposure to American and English-language series, and regular contact with tech culture through media. The result is someone... - **[Home](wiki/articles/places/home.md)** (concept; internal: Places) - Home for me is not a single address. It is layered between Vietnam, where I grew up, and Dubai, where I currently operate from. The word holds both, not one at the expense of the other. - **[Mental Reset](wiki/articles/habits/mental-reset.md)** (concept; internal: Habits) - Mental reset is the category Hendrix puts Running into. It is any practice that interrupts the noise and returns the mind to a cleaner baseline. - **[Morning Runs](wiki/articles/habits/morning-runs.md)** (habit; internal: Habits) - There is a difference between running at some point in the day and running before the day has had a chance to get its hands on me. Morning runs matter because they happen before messages, decisions, tabs, obligations, and noise have fully... - **[Off Street](wiki/articles/places/off-street.md)** (place; internal: Places) - Off Street is one of the work places that earned a place in memory because it carried more than coffee. It became part of the rhythm of conversations, work sessions, and the long middle stretch where building was still uncertain but... - **[Origin](wiki/articles/places/origin.md)** (concept; internal: Places) - Origin, for me, is the set of coordinates I came from before I became the builder based in Dubai. It is Vietnam, Asian business culture, the family name, and the language and instincts that came with them. - **[Quranic Park](wiki/articles/places/quranic-park.md)** (place; internal: Places) - Quranic Park is one of those Dubai places that matters because of the people attached to it. I do not think of it as a landmark first. I think of it as a setting for long walks, builder conversations, and the quieter parts of friendship. - **[San Francisco](wiki/articles/places/san-francisco.md)** (place; internal: Places) - San Francisco is not a place I live. It is a cultural and mental reference point. Through series like Silicon Valley, through YouTube creators, through tech news, through company stories, San Francisco is where a large chunk of my imagined... - **[Self-Documentation](wiki/articles/habits/self-documentation.md)** (habit; internal: Habits) - Self-documentation is the habit behind this wiki. I am writing myself down on purpose. - **[Self-Learning](wiki/articles/habits/self-learning.md)** (habit; internal: Habits) - Self-Learning is one of the habits I trust most because it changes the shape of a life without asking permission first. It is how interests become skills, and how curiosity turns into actual range. - **[TikTok Streak](wiki/articles/habits/tiktok-streak.md)** (habit; internal: Habits) - TikTok Streak sounds trivial on paper. That is exactly why I find it revealing. Small repetitions often say more about a relationship than big declarations do. - **[UAE](wiki/articles/places/uae.md)** (place; internal: Places) - The UAE is the country that contains my base. Dubai is the specific city, but the UAE as a whole is the operating environment: its infrastructure, policy, and positioning in the global map are part of why being based there works for me. - **[Working from Dubai](wiki/articles/places/working-from-dubai.md)** (concept; internal: Places) - Working from Dubai is the practical side of being based in Dubai. The tactical layer underneath the strategic base location choice. It is about what the day-to-day operating reality actually looks like. ### Events & Experiences (11) > Specific lived moments and experiences that changed the texture of how I think, work, or understand myself. - **[YEC The Connection 2023](wiki/articles/events/yec-the-connection-2023.md)** (event; internal: Events) - What I remember first is the pressure before the event actually began. By the time people saw the lights, the speaker, and the crowd, most of the real work had already happened backstage. I had prepared the event with Van Anh, and that... - **[YEC Club Pitch](wiki/articles/events/yec-club-pitch.md)** (event; internal: Events) - The YEC Club Pitch stays in my mind because it was the first time I spoke publicly in English in front of a crowd that large. There were more than six hundred students there, and I could feel the difference between speaking in a classroom... - **[Campari Italy's National Day Event](wiki/articles/events/campari-italys-national-day-event.md)** (event; internal: Events) - I remember the Campari Italy's National Day Event because it was the first major event I joined while working in Trade Marketing. Until then, a lot of work still felt like preparation, theory, or small-scale responsibility. This was... - **[The Clash Tournament](wiki/articles/events/the-clash-tournament.md)** (event; internal: Events) - The Clash Tournament is one of those memories that stays bright because it was competitive, social, and unexpectedly clean in the way it came together. We played as the Duodode team, with Jack, Brian, and Jake, and we ended up winning the... - **[Covid-19 Running Habit](wiki/articles/events/covid-19-running-habit.md)** (event; internal: Events) - During Covid-19, running stopped being a casual activity and became a real habit in my life. That period changed the shape of my days for a lot of people, and I felt that disruption too. Running became one of the few things that felt clean... - **[Learning How to Code](wiki/articles/events/learning-how-to-code.md)** (event; internal: Events) - When I started learning how to code, I had no technical background at all. That is one reason I remember the process so clearly. It did not feel like moving naturally from one existing strength into another. It felt like walking into a... - **[DaVinci Resolve Crash](wiki/articles/events/davinci-resolve-crash.md)** (event; internal: Events) - I remember the DaVinci Resolve crash because it turned a normal editing session into a stubborn technical problem that would not let go. I was working in the Fusion page when the whole thing broke, and from there it became less about... - **[Bai Dinh Summer Retreat](wiki/articles/events/bai-dinh-summer-retreat.md)** (event; internal: Events) - The Bai Dinh Summer Retreat stays with me because it was one of the rare times life became quieter in a very deliberate way. I spent a week at Bai Dinh Pagoda, staying there, eating there, and moving through the rhythm of the place instead... - **[Solo Trekking](wiki/articles/events/solo-trekking.md)** (event; internal: Events) - I have had two solo trekking experiences that stayed with me: one in Mushrif Park in Dubai and one in the mountains of Fujairah. I connect them in memory because both gave me the same internal feeling. Once I am far enough into the walk,... - **[Dubai Mallathon](wiki/articles/events/dubai-mallathon.md)** (event; internal: Events) - The Dubai Mallathon matters to me because it was my first half marathon and because finishing twenty-one kilometers changes the scale of what a run feels like. Running inside a mall made the setting a little unusual, but the real memory is... - **[Nevermind Cobuild](wiki/articles/events/nevermind-cobuild.md)** (event; internal: Events) - Nevermind Cobuild stays with me because it was one of the places where Dubai stopped feeling like only a location and became more of a builder environment. It was a founder community, but what matters in memory is not the label. What... ### Timeline (1) > Phases, transitions, and temporal orientation across the life and work described here. - **[Timeline](wiki/articles/meta/timeline.md)** (timeline; internal: Meta) - This archive does not yet hold a full dated chronology, and I do not want to invent one. What it can hold honestly is a sequence of phases: the environments, habits, and transitions that gave the current version of my life its shape. ### Curiosity (11) > Open questions, recurring obsessions, and the things still pulling attention forward. - **[Space](wiki/articles/curiosity/space.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - For me, space is one of the few subjects that genuinely resets my sense of scale. It is not a hobby interest. It is a standing reminder that the systems, goals, and ambitions I build day to day sit inside something vastly larger. Space... - **[Science Fiction](wiki/articles/curiosity/science-fiction.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - Science fiction is one of my favorite ways to stretch imagination and perspective. I read it not only for escape but for ideas. Good sci-fi collides science, philosophy, and human nature in one move, which is exactly the mix I am drawn to. - **[Wonder](wiki/articles/curiosity/wonder.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - Wonder is a value I keep alive on purpose. It is one of the inputs that keeps my ambition honest and my thinking sharp. Without it, building becomes mechanical. With it, the same work carries weight. - **[Astronomy](wiki/articles/curiosity/astronomy.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - Astronomy is one of the lenses I use to think beyond my immediate life. It is less about memorizing star systems and more about keeping a working sense of where everything actually sits. For me, astronomy is the most literal form of scale... - **[Existential Reflection](wiki/articles/curiosity/existential-reflection.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - Existential reflection is a native mode for me. I am introspective by default and treats the big questions as practical tools, not decoration. I use them to stay clear-headed about what I am building and why. - **[Future of Humanity](wiki/articles/curiosity/future-of-humanity.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - The future of humanity is one of the questions I keep an open tab on. It sits at the intersection of technology, Space, Philosophy, and Ambition. For a builder focused on the long view, the question is not abstract. It is part of how I... - **[Human Evolution](wiki/articles/curiosity/human-evolution.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - I keep coming back to the question of how humans became what we are because it changes the scale of everything else. Traits that feel personal start to look ancient. Systems that feel permanent start to look temporary. The present becomes... - **[Humanity's Place in the Universe](wiki/articles/curiosity/humanity-place-in-universe.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - This is one of the standing questions at the back of my mind. Not in a theatrical way. More like a quiet baseline that keeps my life calibrated. He returns to it through Space, Astronomy, Science Fiction, and Philosophy. - **[Scale and Depth](wiki/articles/curiosity/scale-and-depth.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - Scale and depth is the register I am naturally drawn to. Big ideas, long timescales, serious thinkers, and work that actually holds up under scrutiny. I prefer media, people, and projects that operate in this register over anything shallow... - **[Science and Philosophy](wiki/articles/curiosity/science-and-philosophy.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - The overlap between science and philosophy is one of my favorite intellectual zones. I do not treat them as separate shelves. Science gives me structure and evidence. Philosophy gives me framing and meaning. I want both in the same... - **[Video Essays](wiki/articles/curiosity/video-essays.md)** (concept; internal: Curiosity) - Video essays are my preferred long-form video medium. They sit exactly at the intersection I care about: depth, real ideas, and craft in how the argument is built. 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