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New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

metanoia_ — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:51:46 +0000

I continue to write and publish one essay a month, slowly perfecting the craft.

https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-004-up-from-the-a...

New comment by metanoia_ in "Do the Hardest Thing"

metanoia_ — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:21:06 +0000

St. John of the Cross in the Ascent of Mount Carmel,

"You should take care always to be inclined

not to the easiest thing, but to the hardest;

not to the tastiest, but to the most insipid;

not to the things that give the greatest pleasure, but to those that give the least;

not to the restful things, but to the painful ones;

not to consolation, but to desolation;

not to more, but to less;

not to the highest and dearest, but to the lowest and most despised;

not to the desire for something, but to having no desires.”

Up from the Ash

metanoia_ — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:21:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-004-up-from-the-ash/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356502

Points: 3

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New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"

metanoia_ — Sun, 10 May 2026 21:58:03 +0000

Thank you, much appreciated!

New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"

metanoia_ — Sun, 10 May 2026 20:18:16 +0000

I continue to write. Unsure the end goal but in my recent dispatch I learned to get out of my way, stop intellectualizing life and let it be.

https://www.metanoia-research.com/

Show HN: The Off Note

metanoia_ — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:54:43 +0000

We seek the safety of a frictionless reality. But truth never lives in the math alone. It lives in the friction. From the subterranean heat of a New York jazz club to the discarded streets of Kathmandu, Dispatch 003 explores the physical resistance required to keep the absolute zero at bay.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47977065

Points: 1

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New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"

metanoia_ — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:02:26 +0000

Writing. I publish one long form essay a month with two published thus far. The third one is in editing stages. An enjoyable experience moving from internal notes to outward expression.

https://www.metanoia-research.com/

Orthogonal to Eternity

metanoia_ — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:23:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.metanoia-research.com/dispatch-002-orthogonal-to-eternity/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47602961

Points: 2

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New comment by metanoia_ in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

metanoia_ — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:55:13 +0000

Writing (https://www.metanoia-research.com/). A multi-year project but one I have needed to start for much longer. Publishing one essay per month.

Show HN: Metanoia Research

metanoia_ — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:37:01 +0000

Dispatch 001 is the first piece from a project called Metanoia Research. I have structured it around Dante's three canticles, Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso, as lived theology rather than academic argument. I have drawn on Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life for a section on the inadequacy of sequential language to carry simultaneous divine awareness, which was the most honest intellectual framework for what I was trying to say.

Metanoia is not on HN. It is not technical. It is not a product. It is one man writing honestly about suffering, purgation, and Providence, to forget the past so we might remember the future.

I will publish one dispatch per month for the foreseeable future.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47221215

Points: 1

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