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Chance, Risk & Probability

Randomness, probability, risk, decision-making under uncertainty

Chance, Risk & Probability

The Geometry of We

The word WE does a lot of heavy lifting for two letters—conjuring committees, consensus, and coordinated sunglasses, while I just stands at the bratwurst stand, squinting.

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Chance, Risk & Probability

The Morning the Toast Burned Twice

Every day is a small sequence of guesses — and the toast will burn anyway.

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Chance, Risk & Probability

Mapping July in December

A loud stranger on a quiet metro reminds me that we plan the future as if it’s obedient, even while it keeps slipping its hand from ours

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Chance, Risk & Probability

The Probability of Aliens, and Other Things I Can’t Predict

One person’s meditation on aliens, uncertainty, and the quiet absurdity of trying to calculate a universe that barely explains itself

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Chance, Risk & Probability

Mercury Is in Retrograde, and So Is My Patience

A meditation on astrology, physics, and probability that argues our lives are shaped less by destiny than by noise, tendency, and the stories we tell about both

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Chance, Risk & Probability

Rational Decision or Is It?

An ordinary life—coffee purchases, missed houses—reveals how quietly and consistently our decisions are shaped by the invisible rules of behavioral economics.

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Chance, Risk & Probability

Fooled by Randomness

A reflection on how randomness runs through parking lots, marriages, and money—reminding us control is limited and explanations are fragile.

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Chance, Risk & Probability

Probability Is Everywhere - Here's How to Use It Smarter

Every choice you make is a bet under uncertainty while understanding probability, expected value, and your edge turns blind gambling into strategic advantage

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Chance, Risk & Probability

Dopamine Effect

Life’s a chase for fleeting thrills—whether iPhones or kisses—always rising, always fading.

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Chance, Risk & Probability

Life's Little Scams: A Comedy of Errors

A humorous reflection on repeatedly falling for scams and the hard-earned lesson to stay skeptical, slow down, and laugh at life’s costly mistakes.

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Chance, Risk & Probability

Subscriptions: Cancel Me If You Can

Somewhere between car loans, streaming services, and phone plans, life transformed from owning things to endlessly subscribing to them.

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Chance, Risk & Probability

The Drunkard

A reflective portrayal of a man lost in drunken illusion while the world around him sees only disorder.

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Chance, Risk & Probability

The Game

A sensual and playful power struggle between two lovers where attraction becomes a competitive game.

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