Dear unlicensed thinker,
This one snapped into place shortly after I realized how few exits I actually had.
Which felt less like a revelation and more like basic arithmetic.
Here’s what’s now holding:
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(1) Dividing by One Is Dangerous
It turns out you can divide your life, much like a number:
* Most lives divide by one.
* One job. One bank account. One ID. One switch. Dangerous.
* Making yourself harder to corner starts by dividing by two… then three… until “off” becomes hard to find.
(2) Cornerability as a Lens
* Freedom is fuzzy — cornerability is clear.
* A useful way to look at arrangements is whether they make you easier OR harder to box in.
* Places where life divides by one tend to be highly cornerable.
* This lens clarifies what to fix first.
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Q: Given what just snapped into place, how am I proceeding differently?
I’m assuming some goobermint agent, somewhere, has a button, and arranging things so pressing it no longer does very much — by dividing my life by two, then three, and calling that progress.
Nothing heroic.
Just better denominators.
Now let’s keep moving.
Paul (Private) †
Exit Operator
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