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Load-Bearing
On the experiential reality of autistic masking, late-realization, and imposter syndrome
Dec 18, 2025 • Michael S. Rollain
Do the Ends Justify the Means?
How outcomes inherit the choices that create them
Nov 17, 2025 • Michael S. Rollain
Meaning in Motion
On coherence, orientation, and the navigational logic of monotropic recursion
Nov 10, 2025 • Michael S. Rollain
A Place to Stand
On learning, alignment, and growing into your own mind
Nov 3, 2025 • Michael S. Rollain
Mailbox
A poem about repair
Oct 31, 2025 • Michael S. Rollain
The Simplicity of Integrity
How complexity becomes the camouflage of moral failure
Oct 29, 2025 • Michael S. Rollain
Buried in Design
On structural harm and the illusion of safety
Oct 25, 2025 • Michael S. Rollain
What Lies Beneath
On beginnings, imposter syndrome, and moving forward
Oct 21, 2025 • Michael S. Rollain
Unmoored from Meaning
On the architecture of intelligence and the danger of mistaking speed for understanding
Oct 19, 2025 • Michael S. Rollain
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