Bruce Flagg’s Hatched Ideas

Why the Future Needs Softer Tools and Cleaner Pleasures

Why the Future Needs Softer Tools and Cleaner Pleasures

Jun 5, 2026

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The Same Mind That Learns Best Can Also Be Taken Over

The Same Mind That Learns Best Can Also Be Taken Over

Jun 4, 2026

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The Hidden Cost of Being Knowable: Why Market Power and Data Power Are the Same Problem

The Hidden Cost of Being Knowable: Why Market Power and Data Power Are the Same Problem

Jun 3, 2026

How Systems Manufacture Their Own Truths

How Systems Manufacture Their Own Truths

Jun 2, 2026

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Why Some Events Vanish and Others Become Memory

Why Some Events Vanish and Others Become Memory

Jun 1, 2026

Who Gets to Name Reality? The Hidden Link Between Maternal Power and Narrative Power

Who Gets to Name Reality? The Hidden Link Between Maternal Power and Narrative Power

May 31, 2026

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The Hidden Cost of Stopping Too Fast

The Hidden Cost of Stopping Too Fast

May 30, 2026

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Reputation Is Politics at the Smallest Scale

Reputation Is Politics at the Smallest Scale

May 29, 2026

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The Hidden Skill Behind Both Ambition and Healing: Raising the Ceiling Without Breaking the Floor

The Hidden Skill Behind Both Ambition and Healing: Raising the Ceiling Without Breaking the Floor

May 28, 2026

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The Mind Is Not One Thing: Why Mental Health May Depend on Matching the Right Relationship to the Right State

The Mind Is Not One Thing: Why Mental Health May Depend on Matching the Right Relationship to the Right State

May 27, 2026

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Why the Best Maps of Reality Are Made of Shapes, Not Rules

Why the Best Maps of Reality Are Made of Shapes, Not Rules

May 26, 2026

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The Most Powerful Question in AI Writing Is Not What, It Is For Whom and So That

The Most Powerful Question in AI Writing Is Not What, It Is For Whom and So That

May 25, 2026

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The New Power of Aging in a World That Needs More Memory

The New Power of Aging in a World That Needs More Memory

May 24, 2026

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The Most Dangerous Commentary Is the One You Already Believe

The Most Dangerous Commentary Is the One You Already Believe

May 23, 2026

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Why Goals Fail When They Stay Too Small for the Mind That Has to Live Them

Why Goals Fail When They Stay Too Small for the Mind That Has to Live Them

May 22, 2026

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Why Self-Control Works Better When It Becomes a Gift

Why Self-Control Works Better When It Becomes a Gift

May 21, 2026

Greatness May Be Less About Achieving and More About Answering to What Came Before

Greatness May Be Less About Achieving and More About Answering to What Came Before

May 20, 2026

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What If the Thing We Call a Demon Is Also the Thing We Call a Crisis?

What If the Thing We Call a Demon Is Also the Thing We Call a Crisis?

May 19, 2026

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Why Honest Systems Stop Pretending to Recycle Their Own Waste

Why Honest Systems Stop Pretending to Recycle Their Own Waste

May 18, 2026

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What Buildings Reveal When a Crisis Arrives: The Hidden Politics of Resilience

What Buildings Reveal When a Crisis Arrives: The Hidden Politics of Resilience

May 17, 2026

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The Ethics of Letting Go: Why Some Problems Can Only Be Solved by Caring Less

The Ethics of Letting Go: Why Some Problems Can Only Be Solved by Caring Less

May 16, 2026

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When Systems Fail, We Start Measuring People Instead of Fixing Them

When Systems Fail, We Start Measuring People Instead of Fixing Them

May 15, 2026

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Why the Final Chapter of Life Needs a Better Outlet for Anger

Why the Final Chapter of Life Needs a Better Outlet for Anger

May 14, 2026

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When Systems Forget Their Purpose, the People Inside Them Start Revolting

When Systems Forget Their Purpose, the People Inside Them Start Revolting

May 13, 2026

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The Politics of Self-Rejection: Why Grievance Spreads When People Already Feel Bruised

The Politics of Self-Rejection: Why Grievance Spreads When People Already Feel Bruised

May 12, 2026

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Why Healing Gets Stronger After Sixty

Why Healing Gets Stronger After Sixty

May 11, 2026

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The Real Bottleneck Is Not Information, It Is Human Bandwidth

The Real Bottleneck Is Not Information, It Is Human Bandwidth

May 10, 2026

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The Best Things Are Tested Twice: At the Store and in Your Head

The Best Things Are Tested Twice: At the Store and in Your Head

May 9, 2026

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The Real Battle Is Not Between People and AI, but Between Shared Understanding and Controlled Silence

The Real Battle Is Not Between People and AI, but Between Shared Understanding and Controlled Silence

May 8, 2026

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Why Our Public Debates Keep Hiding the Most Important Incentive