The Cognitive Drift

Outside the script on life and success

Essays

  • The Truth About Capital Gains Tax

    The Truth About Capital Gains Tax

    Australia’s capital gains tax has changed three times since 1985. Here’s how each system worked—and what today’s changes reveal about tax and fairness.

  • When Wealth Becomes the Problem

    When Wealth Becomes the Problem

    Governments and our elected leaders have the ability to significantly shape our world, but how many of us understand what we are really voting for?

  • The Met Gala and the Society of Spectacle

    The Met Gala and the Society of Spectacle

    The Met Gala reveals a deeper cultural problem: a society increasingly obsessed with spectacle, status, and visibility over meaning.