There is a war going on.
We have an army.
The army is fighting.
But we don’t know where.
No sirens.
No tanks.
No breaking news alerts.
Yet the battle is intense.
Why “kill -9 PID” Doesn’t Work on Humans
As engineers, we know the solution.
When a process hangs:
kill -9 7421
Problem solved.
But what happens when the process is running in
It started as a joke.
You wake up two minutes before your alarm.
You lie there.
You wait.
And when it rings — you turn it off like you won.
Why does that feel
For a long time, corporate life rewarded effort.
Late nights.
Long meetings.
Visible busyness.
“She works very hard.”
But in the AI era, something fundamental has changed.
Today, organizations are no longer asking
Introduction: The Invisible Trap of Proving
In a world obsessed with validation—likes, titles, promotions, applause—it’s easy to confuse progress with performance.
We spend years trying to prove:
* that we’re