The world is far more astonishing than it looks.

Most things we use every day—electricity, color, time, computers—feel ordinary only because we stopped looking closely.

This is a place for deep, carefully crafted explanations of how things actually work. A place for clear, patient thinking that reveals the hidden awe in everything.

The goal is to help you see the world a little more clearly than you did before. Because when you truly understand something, you do not just know it. You feel it.

And that feeling is awe.

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