Archive - Surface Tension

How to separate trade-offs from avoidable costs

There are no solutions, only trade-offs

Mar 14

When the response become the damage

Outcomes often belong to the reaction more than the original trigger

Mar 14

How to Tell a Book from a Market Commodity?

Are books becoming profound nonsense?

Mar 14

What Marks the Summit of a Life?

What ikigai and flow have in common?

Mar 14

Dress Code for Thought

Why typography matters so much in software

Mar 14

December 2025

How to Read More Books by Quitting More

The Strategic Quitting Method

Dec 8, 2025 • Aruna Kumarasiri

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