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Notes on the framework, measurement, and applied psychology. Mirrored from Substack.

An infographic of the five Measurement Maturity Levels: five vessels rising from a formless cloud of smoke to a finished glazed pot, beside a steel caliper and a checklist of measurability criteria.

Before Asking If a Scale Is Good, Ask If the Thing Is Measurable

Aug 15, 2026

A new paper introduces MML. Some constructs are ready to be measured. Others aren't.

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A dark infographic comparing shame, guilt, embarrassment and humiliation in four columns, beside a clock face and a figure sitting with their head in their hands.

Guilt Says You Did Something Bad. Shame Says You Are Bad.

Aug 12, 2026

Shame (E019): four emotions we collapse into one word — and why the confusion is expensive.

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An infographic set on a lamplit desk: a person reading at a book-covered table, with panels distinguishing attentional stability from attention switching speed, working memory and motivation.

The Capacity Nobody Thinks to Measure

Jul 25, 2026

Attentional Stability (C001): why some people can hold a thought for two hours and others lose it in four minutes.

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A five-step diagram of the rumination loop — replay, analyse, criticise, stuck, exhausted — circling a person holding their head in a darkened bedroom.

The Thought That Keeps Coming Back

Jul 9, 2026

Rumination Loop (Q017): the difference between thinking about a problem and being trapped by it.

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Two men gesturing at one another in conversation, their speech bubbles written in Chinese and Hindi, with a red cross struck through the chat icons between them.

The World, Disconnected

May 16, 2026

Eight billion people, seven thousand languages, and a seven percent chance any two of us can speak.

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An illustration of four faces from different parts of the world seen in profile, linked by threads that meet in overlapping translucent speech shapes.

Humanity Counts Everything Except This

May 4, 2026

The world tracks GDP, CO2, calories, steps, and screen time. But nobody counts how many languages people actually speak.

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