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Against Habit — essays by Cody Kommers.

Re-Viewed: "Heart of Darkness"The Congo, Anthony Bourdain, and the Nightmare of One's Choice.

Apr 14

Winter Round-up: Books, TV, & Movies This season's theme: leaning into more complicated narratives. Featuring — Jonathan Franzen, Cixin Liu, Rachel Cusk, Salley Rooney, Adam Grant, David…

Apr 6

Where Good Ideas Come From Charles Duhigg says that habits will take you to the next level. But he isn't telling you the whole story. This is Exhibit A in the case against habit.

Mar 27

New Name!!I'm making some changes to the platform. The podcast is no longer Cognitive Revolution. I'm calling it: Against Habit.

Mar 22

These were the notes I took when the whole thing went down.

Mar 15

What chocolate chip cookies can tell us about how we should view ourselves—and others.

Feb 25

Two of the songs I find most emotionally moving, re-viewed.

Feb 3

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