Why Scintille exist

Scintille start from a simple idea: some subjects deserve more than an article and less than a book. The neuroscience of inner speech. How language constructs reality. How the brain simulates the future. Precise ideas, with history, with research behind them — but often buried in academic papers or diluted in self-help volumes.

We pull them out and tell them for what they are: ideas with a twist, developed with rigour, told without distance.

What they are not

• — Advice on how to live better
• — Lists of habits to adopt
• — Guru or coach tone
• — Toxic positivity
• — Academic language
• — Motivational self-help

How they work

Each Scintilla is a short essay — between 6,000 and 10,000 words, divided into chapters. It starts from a specific idea, follows it where it leads, and arrives at a twist: something you didn't know, that changes how you see things.

Each publication includes practical materials (worksheets, exercises, maps) for those who want to do something with what they've read. They're not mandatory. They're there for those who want them.

They cost $7. Sold on Gumroad, delivered as PDF and epub, read whenever you like.