Nathaniel Mueller

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Someone Was Murdered on My Backpacking Trip

The Assassination of a Soul — I was in my early twenties and the two things I remember most, other than the actual event, was the uncontrollable shivering and the pack of cigarettes my brother and I nervously chain-smoked trying to calm down. We were in Albania, We had only arrived that morning at 5:30, and…

Philosophy

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Someone Was Murdered on My Backpacking Trip

Published in The Coffeelicious

·Jan 2, 2021

Sometimes a Safety Net is Really just a Spider’s Web

Why You Really Should Leave That Job — I quit my job… my job of fourteen years. My job everyone says is an amazing job. I will always be thankful for HP. It was my introduction to technology, sales, engineering and enterprise business. It was the first place I wrote code, the first place I had a million…

Startup

10 min read

Sometimes a Safety Net is Really just a Spider’s Web

Jan 2, 2021

Why Starting a Company is a Crazy Thing

There is a difference between drinking your own Kool-aid and building something meaningful. — Work the problem I tell myself… work the problem… just-work-the-problem. This is the type of thing I hope people tell themselves when they are stuck and this is definitely what you should tell yourself if you’re an entrepreneur. The problem could be one of a hundred things… hell, the problem…

Startup

4 min read

Dec 3, 2020

Humanity Through a Single Lens: San Francisco

Howling, he is howling loud, sitting on piss-stained-steps with a tied off arm, a needle and syringe protruding, he is howling on Market Street. It is one of the busiest city streets in the US. It’s around 5PM in the evening and the street is crowded. My six-year-old daughter asks…

American Dream

3 min read

Jun 4, 2020

My Tragedy is Better than Your Tragedy

Grief Shaming: Because there is no sport in compassion — Grief and tragedy were never meant to be digested like professional sports. We don’t have tragedy brackets on ESPN where Unarmed Black Man Shot was beat out by Murdered Cop. We don’t have sports commentators debating the underdog value of advancing Military Hero Dies In Combat to the Final Four…

Racism

4 min read

Jun 2, 2020

The Violence of Silence

Imagine a world so loud all that can be heard amounts to silence The silence so silent it’s almost violent Why do we think violence requires war and blood to be measured Why do millions have to die before a soul and life is treasured In this world nobody really says hello All we know…

Lonliness

2 min read

Jun 2, 2020

Polarization: A Filter Based on Fiction

Polarized lenses help us see clearer in the presence of bright light. Polarization on the other hand, convinces us of extremes far from the light of any truth. The truth is very little is black and white… we MUST learn to be ok with this… we must learn that grey…

Race Relations

2 min read

Published in The Coffeelicious

·Mar 25, 2020

The Coronavirus Opportunity Nobody is Talking About

Before anybody sends me hate mail, I don’t want to sell you an underground bomb shelter or cure-all cream that offers hollow sounding science. I’m not going to volunteer the elderly as collateral damage to protect the economy or launch a cyber warfare attack to take advantage of the chaos…

Coronavirus

6 min read

Published in The Coffeelicious

·Dec 10, 2015

I Need Professional Help

This is a really weird job posting — I believe behind the curtain of almost every great company is a bunch of people (usually with Excel spreadsheets) running around holding that company’s world together. They are a company's saving grace and life force. Like gravity, without them most companies would simply spin out of control and rip themselves…

Startup

3 min read

Published in Life Hack: Your Story, Experience, etc

·Jun 25, 2015

Larger Than Life

There is no such thing. — I consider myself a perpetual underdog. I have no college degree and came from humble means (read No Money). But the truth is I desperatly want that chip on my shoulder. I want the constant motivation; I want somebody to tell me I’m not good enough — that I’m going…

Life

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