Experiences

This section collects reflections, observations, and principles extracted from lived experience rather than from books or abstract study.

These are not travelogues. They are attempts to turn real situations — cultural immersion, professional training, periods of stability, and disruption — into durable, usable operating principles.

Current Entries

• Taiwan 2020
  Language study and cultural observations during a rare window of personal stability, including a short 8-day trip to Japan forced by early COVID disruptions. Reflections on public systems, social variance, and adaptability.

• Red Team Training
  Personal experience with U.S. Army UFMCS Red Team training. Strong emphasis on cultural empathy, breaking groupthink, and the surprising value of nonviolent problem-solving approaches.

Philosophy

Personal experience is a different kind of source. It tends to produce sharper constraints, more honest trade-off awareness, and principles that have already been stress-tested against reality.

The goal is the same as with dense sources: extract mechanisms, failure modes, and reusable operating principles.