The Ideological Turing Test: Can You Think Like Your ‘Opponent’?
The air crackles at countless dinner tables, not with lively conversation, but with the static of two monologues running in…
Today’s Purple Premise: Morality Is a Marketing Strategy
Exploring the absurd logic of truth and perception - one color at a time.
Start Thinking in Purple
Is the US Reframing its Green Dream?
The scent of cannabis, once a furtive whisper on the wind, now hangs openly in t...
THE ‘UNLIKELY ALLIES’ REPORT: When the Far Left and Far Right Agree
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In an era of unprecedented political polarization, certain iss...
Gazing In Deepened Dents
The Unraveling Consensus: America’s Second Thoughts on Cannabis Freedom
The scent of cannabis, once a furtive whisper on the wind, now hangs openly in the air of American cities,…
Weekly Leaks 001
Welcome to the pilot of Weekly Leaks, a new recurring feature in The Purple People Leader. Each week, we’ll spotlight…
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dumb
There exists, somewhere in the vast bureaucratic machinery of human civilization, a person whose job it is to ensure that…
Purple Tinted Lens - Essays for Now
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Dumb
There exists, somewhere in the vast bureaucratic machinery of human civilization, a person whose job it is to ensure that nuclear weapons don’t accidentally get…
Weekly Leaks 001
Welcome to the pilot of Weekly Leaks, a new recurring feature in The Purple People Leader. Each week, we’ll spotlight underreported “leaks” from public documents,…
The Department of Education Debate
The Current Situation In March 2025, President Trump signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education.[¹] The executive order,…
Weekly Brain Contradictions
Cognitive bias is how evolution punk’d philosophy.
Hanlon’s Razor dies in bureaucracies.
Truth fatigues faster than outrage.
Every echo chamber is a comfort zone with reverb.
Morality without irony breeds marketing without soul.