February 21, 2026 - heyBBT by Brian B. Turner

Built to Last: The Focus Stack

February 21, 2026 by Farzan Ibne Kabir

Sharpened pencil centered in neon yellow workspace symbolizing focus and mental clarity

This is Post 6 of a 10-part series. Built to Last treats health like infrastructure.Focus is the output most people try to improve directly. That rarely works. Focus is not something you force.It is something you protect. You do not manufacture clarity.You remove what degrades it. Why Focus Is Physical Most people treat focus as … Read more

The Social Cost of Optimization

February 21, 2026 by Farzan Ibne Kabir

Teenage boy using a smartphone and young athlete near a camera, with a girl at a vanity surrounded by social media icons, representing the impact of optimization on youth identity.

This is Part 5 of the The Quiet Collapse of Education series, a longform exploration of AI, school, identity, and what childhood is becoming in an algorithm world. Every system that becomes more efficient changes human behavior. Not just productivity. Identity. When you optimize for speed, convenience, and scale, you also shape what people value. … Read more

Built to Last: The Focus Stack

The Social Cost of Optimization

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