30-Degree Shift
Reality is a mass of reasons; I’m just here to map the gravity. 30-Degree Shift is a weekly publication of essays exploring the structural irony of the world through a neurodivergent lens. Whether it’s special relativity, the craft of fiction, or the sensory weight of a blue-buttercream cake, I’m looking for how light bends around our baggage.
TL;DR - My brain is a messy equation and I’m trying to solve it on the chalkboard in front of class.
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30-Degree Shift is a weekly column by William T. Torgerson
Minimum Relative Suffering
While complete annihilation of suffering remains theoretically impossible, several laws have been discovered which outline methods to decrease relative suffering.
Show and Tell
Awe is non-transmissible, but we keep trying anyway.
When Did Compromise Become Dangerous?
An exploration in of the evolution of a word brings insight into how ideas are born.
Life Isn’t Short
Nearly half my life is gone and I barely remember it.
Not because something happened—but because I wasn’t driving.