The Archive

Notes, essays, and occasional detours.

A running collection of Francis Sopper’s writing on cognition, attention, work, relationships, and the curious ways our minds make sense of the world.

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Francis Sopper 9/8/26 Francis Sopper 9/8/26

Release your genius

Francis Sopper 8/31/26 Francis Sopper 8/31/26

Reality

Francis Sopper 8/24/26 Francis Sopper 8/24/26

Fire and Ice

Francis Sopper 8/18/26 Francis Sopper 8/18/26

Hard Truths

Robert Brown 8/17/26 Robert Brown 8/17/26

Smooth

When we experience another person, we experience this complexity. Some of it is knowable.

Francis Sopper 8/10/26 Francis Sopper 8/10/26

Do Tell

Our unconscious reflexes know more about how we feel about something than we experience in self awareness.

Francis Sopper 8/3/26 Francis Sopper 8/3/26

Desire Fueled By Overconfidence

"I believe in free will. What choice do I have?"

Francis Sopper 7/27/26 Francis Sopper 7/27/26

Greed Fueled by Hubris

You don't get to control your life until you become conscious of the unconscious drivers of it.

Francis Sopper 7/20/26 Francis Sopper 7/20/26

Deadlines

I was used to due dates, which may or may not have been flexible.

Francis Sopper 7/13/26 Francis Sopper 7/13/26

Just Three Weeks

As an ancestral Celt, I have some spookiness around me.