The JPLA

The Philosopher Who Diagnosed Everyone But Himself

4,000 Weeks. Parks and Recreation. Paul Rudd. Codex Tinkering. Zedd. iTerm. Cardiac Cardinals. Philosophy. The Black Notebooks.

May 15 • J. Scott

April 2026

The Idea I Thought Was Mine

Here One Moment. Secret of Secrets. Machu Picchu. Wiffle Ball. Cardinals Predictions. Way of Excellence. And Obsidian.

Apr 9 • J. Scott

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February 2026

A Waning Red Dawn Legacy

Glen Powell. Star Wars Scroll. Chamberlain. Soviet Machinery. Bugonia. Panda Diplomacy Strikes Again. A Novak Aussie Final. And Monica Seles.

Feb 23 • J. Scott

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January 2026

Brendan O’Brien and the Quest for Rock God Perfection

Ten Redux. Eddie Vedder. Soundgarden. Reverb. Romantasy. Higher Truth. Hamnet Again. And Codex.

Jan 30 • J. Scott

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The War On Talent

Time Magazine. RTO. Debt and Bailouts. Gladiator. Qwen. Waymo. Cursor. Claude. And Hamnet.

Jan 7 • J. Scott

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December 2025

Satoshi, The Great and Powerful Part 1

Daily Active Usage. Bitcoin. Satoshi. Stylometry. Finney. Szabo. Usual Suspects. Linux. Redbooks. Scrooged. Heavens to Betsy.

Dec 23, 2025 • J. Scott

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Charta, A Writer's Desk

Alfred Bigelow. iOmega. WordPress. Design Principles. Embeddings. Huntrix. Babel. Cloudflare. And Juice Kiffin.

Dec 10, 2025 • J. Scott

November 2025

Ninjas and Werther’s Original

Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary. American Ninja. The Octagon. Tecmo. Nostalgia. Dodgers. Claude Code. Dan Brown. And Chuck Norris.

Nov 24, 2025 • J. Scott

September 2025

The Importance of Finding Receipts, An Ode to Why Details Decide Policy, Debt, and Democracy

Challenging Summary. Taxation. K-Scoring. Rising Fastballs. Thunderbird. Competing Break-up Albums.

Sep 30, 2025 • J. Scott

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July 2025

Riverboat Acting Dreams

Sushi. Myers-Briggs. Main Street, USA. The Golden Eagle. Institutional Balancing Act. The Devils. A Pitching Masterpiece. Counting Crows.

Jul 11, 2025 • J. Scott

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May 2025

Endless Perks

Carless People. Facebook. Memoir and Mary Karr. Infinite Jest. Cardinals. Entropy. And Pandoc.

May 24, 2025 • J. Scott

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The Importance of Diving Deep, 80s DeVry Style

The Daily Drucker. Organizational Theory. Insurance. Tom Cruise Movies.

May 2, 2025 • J. Scott