25 Years of On Deciding . . . Better

I almost let December go by without recognizing the 25 anniversary of the blog. It started on Dave Winer’s Edit This Page experiment and went through a few iterations until this long stable WordPress instantiation.

The first post.

I managed to finish a book manuscript summing up what I’ve learned in the last 25 about decision making, neuroscience and improving how to make decisions. I’m now editing with the help of a professional, Nathan Bransford and learning the craft of literary non-fiction writing.

It’ss fun to see how these activities around the blog snowball with book editing, regular substack posting and posting here keeps my head in the game. Over the years I neglected the site for long periods and have had bursts of enthusiasm. The same has been true of my photography where I’ve failed to carry a camera for many months at a time.

I think all activities have their seasons, but this has always been my online home.

Author: James Vornov

I'm an MD, PhD Neurologist who left a successful academic career on the Faculty of The Johns Hopkins Medical School to develop new treatments in Biotech and Pharma. I became fascinated with how people actually make decisions based on the science of decision theory and emerging understanding of how the brain works to make decisions. My passion now is this deep explanation of what has been the realm of philosophy, psychology and self help but is now understood as brain function. By understanding our brains, I believe we can become happier, more successful people.

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