Record reality Piece memoryWe cannot know the entire truth. But we know the more information we gather, the closer we come to the truth.https://nortant.com/On Perfectionismhttps://nortant.com/post/2018-10-16/https://nortant.com/post/2018-10-16/Why the pursuit of perfect conditions prevents action—and how starting imperfectly leads to real progressTue, 16 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMTOn Learning and Efforthttps://nortant.com/post/2018-12-05/https://nortant.com/post/2018-12-05/Reflections on Learning and Effort in 2018Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTDuku Cycling Journalhttps://nortant.com/post/2018-9-12/https://nortant.com/post/2018-9-12/A long-distance ride through uncertainty, self-calibration, and the rediscovery of direction under physical and mental limitsWed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTThe Impact of Perspective and the Purpose of Educationhttps://nortant.com/post/2018-9-19/https://nortant.com/post/2018-9-19/How limited awareness constrains judgment and choice—and why education should expand the range of possibilities rather than optimize competitionWed, 19 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMTPersonal Reflections During the COVID-19 Pandemichttps://nortant.com/post/2020-03-27/https://nortant.com/post/2020-03-27/Thoughts Inspired by Reading During the PandemicFri, 27 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTReflections on Laborhttps://nortant.com/post/2020-08-22/https://nortant.com/post/2020-08-22/Reflections from Working in a Scaffolding Company in 2020Sat, 22 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMTFrom Geography to Housing Priceshttps://nortant.com/post/2021-03-05/https://nortant.com/post/2021-03-05/Reflections on housing prices in 2021Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTTo Jhttps://nortant.com/post/2021-08-03/https://nortant.com/post/2021-08-03/A response written in the form of a letter to a friend’s inquiryTue, 03 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTWhat Influences Our Path Toward “Success”https://nortant.com/post/2021-11-28/https://nortant.com/post/2021-11-28/Originally written on November 28, 2021, for a personal WeChat public accountSun, 28 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMTReflections on “Choice”https://nortant.com/post/2024-11-07/https://nortant.com/post/2024-11-07/The first piece written after building my blog, and also the first one after arriving in CanadaFri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTIf I get oldhttps://nortant.com/post/2024-11-14/https://nortant.com/post/2024-11-14/Documenting a trip to a nursing home last yearWed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTWhere Is the Boundary of Intervention in Early Childhood Educationhttps://nortant.com/post/2024-11-18/https://nortant.com/post/2024-11-18/How to respect her freedom of choice while preventing harmMon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTGames: What 20,000 Hours Gave Mehttps://nortant.com/post/2024-12-05/https://nortant.com/post/2024-12-05/There was a time when I, too, was seen as a game-addicted “problem youth”…Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTPseudo-Demand and Low Desirehttps://nortant.com/post/2025-01-13/https://nortant.com/post/2025-01-13/After nearly half a year in Canada, and a brief return to China at year’s end, I began to develop a new set of perceptionsMon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTWhat Is Regret, and How to Avoid Ithttps://nortant.com/post/2025-01-15/https://nortant.com/post/2025-01-15/In this environment, it is difficult for us not to regretWed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTThe Firewood Theory, and Its Two Inferenceshttps://nortant.com/post/2025-01-28/https://nortant.com/post/2025-01-28/An evolving framework developed over four to five years, continuously refined and validated across different contexts, and one I consider the most successful personal theory I have built in the past decadeTue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTOn the Difference Between Natural Sciences and Human-Created Scienceshttps://nortant.com/post/2025-02-24/https://nortant.com/post/2025-02-24/Reflections from learning HTML this semesterTue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTchURchhttps://nortant.com/post/2025-03-11/https://nortant.com/post/2025-03-11/UR in churchTue, 11 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTHow Time Shapes the Value of Informationhttps://nortant.com/post/2025-05-11/https://nortant.com/post/2025-05-11/We tend to believe timely information is more valuable, but is it really?Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTUnder Patriarchy, No Gratitude Is Owedhttps://nortant.com/post/2025-06-22/https://nortant.com/post/2025-06-22/The power structure and psychological trap behind “gratitude narratives”Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTWhat I Seek Is Only the Certainty of Being Gently Treatedhttps://nortant.com/post/2025-06-26/https://nortant.com/post/2025-06-26/Not a belief in God, but a belief that warmth has somewhere to belongThu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTCCNP Study Notes (Jeremy) 09/22/2025https://nortant.com/post/2025-09-22/https://nortant.com/post/2025-09-22/ Summarized with MindMasterMon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTWhy IPv6 to IPv4 Is Like the Pinyin System for Chinese Charactershttps://nortant.com/post/2025-10-31/https://nortant.com/post/2025-10-31/Understanding the philosophy of IPv6 transition through language encodingFri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTEverything You Need to Know About Suppressionhttps://nortant.com/post/2025-11-15/https://nortant.com/post/2025-11-15/From “Good Intentions” to Structural Power: How Suppression Forms, and How It Can Be DismantledSat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTWhat’s Really Happening in the Tech Job Markethttps://nortant.com/post/2025-11-22/https://nortant.com/post/2025-11-22/How partial AI adoption and organizational uncertainty reshape hiring today.Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTWhen Age Becomes Risk at Workhttps://nortant.com/post/2026-01-10/https://nortant.com/post/2026-01-10/A System That Doesn’t Allow Standards to Fall BackSat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTSame Work, Different Costshttps://nortant.com/post/2026-02-08/https://nortant.com/post/2026-02-08/Not Cultural Difference, but Two Distinct Models of Organizational LogicSun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTHoliday Greetings and the Structure of Relationshipshttps://nortant.com/post/2026-03-06/https://nortant.com/post/2026-03-06/From Message Exchange to How Relationships Are Actually OrganizedFri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTWealth, Power, and the Structures That Shape Ushttps://nortant.com/post/2026-03-26/https://nortant.com/post/2026-03-26/Reframing wealth and power through structure, influence, and self-analysisThu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTLiving with Tensionhttps://nortant.com/post/2026-03-29/https://nortant.com/post/2026-03-29/From Familiar Narratives to a Different Way of Understanding “Salvation”Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow Structures Shape Behaviorhttps://nortant.com/post/2026-04-04/https://nortant.com/post/2026-04-04/Rethinking Behavior Through One Discomforting ExperienceSat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow Opinions Are Formedhttps://nortant.com/post/2026-04-12/https://nortant.com/post/2026-04-12/A Cognitive Model of Information, Reasoning, and PreferenceSun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow Thinking Gets Crushed by Simplificationhttps://nortant.com/post/2026-04-13/https://nortant.com/post/2026-04-13/What Happens When Certainty Takes Priority Over TruthMon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhen Understanding Cannot Close: How I Continue to Acthttps://nortant.com/post/2026-04-18/https://nortant.com/post/2026-04-18/On uncertainty, action, and the decision to believeSat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow Confidence Growshttps://nortant.com/post/2026-04-25/https://nortant.com/post/2026-04-25/An exploration of cognitive consistency, lived experience of respect, and the formation of individual structureSat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Problem with China’s Education Is Not Content, but “Mismatch”https://nortant.com/post/2026-04-27/https://nortant.com/post/2026-04-27/From Time Perception Bias to Reflections on Individualized Learning MechanismsMon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhen “Participation” No Longer Means Obediencehttps://nortant.com/post/2026-05-06/https://nortant.com/post/2026-05-06/From Conditional Value Systems Within Collective Narratives to a Reinterpretation of Belonging and BuildingWed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhen AI Joins the Sprint: What Is Happening to Agile Project Managementhttps://nortant.com/post/2026-05-17/https://nortant.com/post/2026-05-17/AI did not break Agile, but it shifted the reference frame. Three observations from practice on how story points, team velocity, and sprint structure are being structurally displaced — and what recalibration actually looks like.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhere Transformation Comes From, and How It Is Witnessedhttps://nortant.com/post/2026-05-20/https://nortant.com/post/2026-05-20/Starting from the grammar of a single word, two reflections on transformation and witness.Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMaking Limited AI Work Is the Real AI Collaboration Skillhttps://nortant.com/post/2026-05-23/https://nortant.com/post/2026-05-23/True Competence Starts Where the Best Tools EndSat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTLosing Patience Is Not Losing Kindnesshttps://nortant.com/post/2026-05-25/https://nortant.com/post/2026-05-25/Patience Is a Resource. Kindness Is a Choice.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT