Immanent Essays

Why your productivity system keeps failing

Stop optimizing for task completion. Start solving problems that matter.

Feb 11 • Louis Birla

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January 2026

Philosophy sucks, but it’s too useful to give up

Why you should read my essays

Jan 28 • Louis Birla

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May 2025

Good jargon, bad jargon

How specialized vocabulary plays a key role in growing knowledge

May 11, 2025 • Louis Birla

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April 2025

What about purely conceptual art?

Artworks made out of thought

Apr 6, 2025 • Louis Birla

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March 2025

Becoming Unknown: Germination

On the creative mystery at the core of who we are

Mar 30, 2025 • Louis Birla

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Growing Knowledge as Play

Using a Zettelkasten to grow knowledge ambiently and playfully

Mar 23, 2025 • Louis Birla

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Some philosophical underpinnings of the Zettelkasten: Rhizomes, Maps, and Immanence

Why the Zettelkasten prevails where other approaches fail

Mar 16, 2025 • Louis Birla

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An introduction to the Zettelkasten as a garden for growing knowledge

Introduction to Zettelkasten theory and practice

Mar 9, 2025 • Louis Birla

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Currents are at fault for everything that has ever happened and everything that ever will

An introduction to currents, ontologies, possibilities, and simulation

Mar 2, 2025 • Louis Birla

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February 2025

Understanding the meaning of life by understanding meaning itself

In which I answer the question of questions

Feb 9, 2025 • Louis Birla

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How to make sure you actually answer the questions you ask

Criteria in prompt-driven thinking

Feb 2, 2025 • Louis Birla

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January 2025

Metaphorical and phenomenological ramblings on libraries, creation, and Tōru Takemitsu

A personal inquiry into Frustration and Excitement

Jan 26, 2025 • Louis Birla

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