Shorts

The Cult of Systems: Why Every Man I Know Is Trying to Optimise Himself Into the Ground

A breakdown of how modern men turned self-organisation into an extreme sport, and why every abandoned Notion dashboard might secretly be a cry for help.

Ritual North

01 Mar 2025 — 3 min read

The Rise of the Cult

At some point, “getting your life together” became a full-time identity.

Not a hobby. Not a preference.
A full-blown performance art of list-making, bullet-journaling, system-building, and optimising.

It started innocently enough.

I just wanted to stop forgetting birthdays and maybe have clean socks once in a while.

But now?

I have six productivity apps.
A recurring task that says “Revisit long-term vision.”
And a Notion page titled: “WHO AM I AND WHY DO I KEEP ADDING SUBTABS.”

You Might Just Be a Brain in Space

A deeply unserious guide to a very serious existential crisis Part of the growing Ritual North archive of cosmic spirals Explore more → I. Welcome to the Void Let’s play a game. You wake up. You’re floating in space. But somehow… you can breathe. There’s no ship. No

Who (or What) Is Satoshi Nakamoto?

What if Satoshi Nakamoto wasn’t a person at all? We dive into the genius, the ghost wallet, and the possibility Bitcoin was never what we thought.

The Universe Is Trying to Ghost Us

A full-length, spiralling field guide to cosmic scale, ancient light, existential silence, and what it means to be alive in all this nothing.

What I Learned From the Most Unhinged Scam Email I’ve Ever Received

A ridiculous scam email led me into the strange theology of modern shame. Turns out crypto, spam, and surveillance all follow the same gospel.