I’ve added a page for the bibliography listed at the end of The Simple Approach, complete with affiliate links to purchase titles that interest you. My earlier statement on Amazon is repeated in the page, as an acknowledgment that I’m aware, and why I still [gestures broadly].

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The Manifesto 🌑 27 February 2025

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Things shift. Some doors close, others open. Pages vanish without a sound, replaced by something sharper, something more intentional. No grand proclamations, no eulogies, just the quiet work of refining, reshaping, and moving forward.

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