The Noticing Project · 24 essays

Once you start noticing, you can’t stop.

Over 20 years in property. 20 years as an MS patient. I walked away when I saw the pattern. Now I notice it everywhere: dependency, extraction, control.

Not politics. Not conspiracy. Just pattern recognition.

  1. Create dependency.
  2. Extract value.
  3. Prevent escape.

The same playbook keeps turning up in money, property, health, education and government. Each essay follows it somewhere new: what we’re told, what doesn’t quite fit, and who benefits. Make of it what you will.

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Over 20 years in property, 20 years as MS patient. Walked away when I saw the pattern. Now I notice it everywhere: dependency, extraction, control. Not politics. Not conspiracy. Just pattern recognition. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.


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