Almost Rational.
Investigating human behaviour through psychology, relationships, workplace dynamics, and sociology.
“We are neither logical machines nor chaotic beings. We live in the space of being almost rational.”
Most writing about human behaviour lives in one of two places. Academic papers no one reads, or self-help books that boil everything down to five steps. This site exists in the space between. Rigorous enough to be true. Honest enough to be useful.
The questions that come up again and again: Why do we behave the way we do? Why do people hurt the ones they love? Why do smart people make the same mistakes over and over? Why does society move in patterns that everyone can see but nobody seems able to break?
Why “Almost Rational”?
Because the name is the thesis. We like to think of ourselves as rational. We have big brains, we read books, we can explain our choices. But we fall for the wrong people, stay in situations long past their expiry date, and make decisions we know we will regret. We are not irrational. We are almost rational: close enough to fool ourselves, far enough to keep making a mess of things.
What Gets Written Here
Behind Closed Doors
Relationships gone wrong. Infidelity, intimate partner violence, the dark psychology underneath.
The Mind
Mental health without wellness softness. Depression, anxiety, narcissism, attachment styles.
The Workplace
Toxic bosses, hustle culture, corporate psychology, exploitation dressed as ambition.
The Manipulation Playbook
How brands and platforms engineer behaviour through scarcity, social proof, and dark patterns.
How It Works
There is no content calendar. No SEO strategy. No ghost writer. Each piece takes as long as it takes. The goal is not frequency. It is that you finish an article and think differently about something you thought you already understood.
The subjects are psychology, relationships, workplace dynamics, and sociology. Not because they are separate fields, but because they are the same question from different angles. Every post is long-form, evidence-based, and written in an investigative tone.
No tips. No listicles. No toxic positivity.