https://shawnyzhou.com Writings by Shawn Zhou https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2026-04-15-galaxy/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2026-04-15-galaxy/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 On a magazine my mother bought me, and the twenty years that followed. https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2025-03-13-the-other-side-of-the-table/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2025-03-13-the-other-side-of-the-table/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 On what changes when you learn to sit in the other chair. https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2025-01-10-technique-art-dao/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2025-01-10-technique-art-dao/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 On three levels of mastery, and what matters beyond skill. https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-12-07-beyond-cognition/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-12-07-beyond-cognition/ Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 On Bitcoin, missed chances, and the limits of what you can earn. https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-11-25-against-the-void/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-11-25-against-the-void/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 On the void as a perception, and what it means to stand against it. https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-11-06-new-media-new-cycles/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-11-06-new-media-new-cycles/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 On the shift from legacy media to fragmented attention, seen through the 2024 election. https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-11-04-on-choosing-what-not-to-do/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-11-04-on-choosing-what-not-to-do/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 A short note on attention, limits, and the discipline of skipping. https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-10-15-100-days-clean/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-10-15-100-days-clean/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 On quitting smoking and drinking, and what changes when you stop. https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-09-27-nuance-as-rebellion/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-09-27-nuance-as-rebellion/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-08-20-desire-is-not-vision/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-08-20-desire-is-not-vision/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 On the difference between wanting more and wanting something specific. https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-02-04-why-i-write/ https://shawnyzhou.com/writings/2024-02-04-why-i-write/ Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 On writing as a way to slow down and think clearly.