# samue.lk

> Samuel K Norton, engineer, writer and builder across domains that rarely coexist. Former Royal Navy nuclear submarine engineer. Currently building JAM.ID (decentralised identity infrastructure). Writer on philosophy and technology, based in Sydney.

## About

- [About](https://samue.lk/about): Background, timeline, and contact information.
- [Now](https://samue.lk/now/): What Samuel is currently focused on. Updated periodically; archive available.
- [Services](https://samue.lk/services): Fixed-scope build engagements for small businesses.
- [Work](https://samue.lk/work): Selected past engagements as case studies.

## Essays

- [Political Violence and the Broken Circle - Why We're Attacking Ourselves](https://samue.lk/2025/09/14/political-violence-and-the-broken-circle-why-we-re-attacking-ourselves/): I saw the ever-harrowing message come in from a friend on Facebook messenger two days ago… “Have you seen the news?” I replied. “No. I’m focused on...
- [When Your Palace Becomes Your Prison](https://samue.lk/2025/09/07/when-your-palace-becomes-your-prison/): It has long fascinated me how many Eastern religions and philosophies talk of the inner sanctum of mind, the universe within that is as vast and expansive as the one outside.
- [Comfort in the Chaos - Uncertainty as Life](https://samue.lk/2025/09/02/comfort-in-the-chaos-uncertainty-as-life/): I have no idea who I'm becoming anymore, and I'm kinda low-key happy about it.
- [Lost for Words?](https://samue.lk/2025/08/28/lost-for-words/): 27/08/25 - I don't really know what to write about today, and that feels kinda bizarre to admit.
- [Dance With the Waves - Fighting, Fleeing, Fawning, Freezing... Or Flowing?](https://samue.lk/2025/08/26/dance-with-the-waves-fighting-fleeing-fawning-freezing-or-flowing/): I always used to tell myself that I wanted to, and would, “grab life by the balls”. What I meant by that was multi-faceted.
- [The Myth of Failure](https://samue.lk/2025/08/25/the-myth-of-failure/): Yesterday, I confessed quite openly to my failed attempts at starting a blog. And no wonder why they failed - I was in it for the wrong reasons.
- [Why I Didnt Write This til Now…](https://samue.lk/2025/08/24/why-i-didnt-write-this-til-now/): Cause I gotta tell you I wanted to… Believe me. This isn’t the first time I’ve tried to start writing content to share on the internet!
- [Fear of Success vs. Fear of Failure - My Invisible Cage, And Why I NEED to Write This](https://samue.lk/2025/08/23/fear-of-success-vs-fear-of-failure-my-invisible-cage-and-why-i-need-to-write-this/): (And, to be honest , a cage I never intended to be, or realised I was, trapped in…) It’s been 32 years, 9 months and 11 days, give or take, that this post has been effectively waiting to be written.

## Now archive

- [Re-laying the Foundations](https://samue.lk/now/2026-07-01/): Now-page snapshot from 2026-07-01 (current).
- [Keep on Truckin'](https://samue.lk/now/2026-05-13/): Now-page snapshot from 2026-05-13.
- [Home, home on the range](https://samue.lk/now/2026-04-22/): Now-page snapshot from 2026-04-22.
- [Surviving, soon-to-be Thriving?](https://samue.lk/now/2025-11-09/): Now-page snapshot from 2025-11-09.
- [Stillness and Trust](https://samue.lk/now/2025-09-07/): Now-page snapshot from 2025-09-07.
- [One Boot in Front of the Other](https://samue.lk/now/2025-08-17/): Now-page snapshot from 2025-08-17.
- [Getting my Ducks in a Row and my Marbles Gathered](https://samue.lk/now/2025-07-18/): Now-page snapshot from 2025-07-18.
- [Sitting in the Unknown and Unknowable](https://samue.lk/now/2025-07-12/): Now-page snapshot from 2025-07-12.
- [Processing, Patience](https://samue.lk/now/2025-06-29/): Now-page snapshot from 2025-06-29.
- [Redundancy and Reconnection](https://samue.lk/now/2025-06-11/): Now-page snapshot from 2025-06-11.
- [New Job, New Adventures, New Home](https://samue.lk/now/2025-04-03/): Now-page snapshot from 2025-04-03.
- [Moving Interstate for a New Opportunity](https://samue.lk/now/2025-02-11/): Now-page snapshot from 2025-02-11.

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