Said

Background

Said spent years building software before realizing that the more interesting question was not how to build a product but how products quietly shape the people using them. CurioSpark started as a reading log — links and notes from studies he kept coming back to — and grew into a small independent site.

What he writes about

The articles on CurioSpark cluster around four overlapping topics:

• Technology — how the tools we use change how we work, decide, and pay attention.
• Psychology — what the research actually shows about memory, focus, and behavior.
• Science — clearly written explanations of findings that are easy to repeat poorly and worth getting right.
• Human behavior — small mechanics of everyday decisions, framed by real studies.

How articles are written

Each article begins with a question Said is curious about and a session reading the primary research — peer-reviewed studies, original reports, statements from the institutions involved. AI tools may help with first drafts, but every published piece is read line-by-line, rewritten by hand, and fact-checked against the original sources before going live. Claims that cannot be sourced are cut. The goal is shorter articles that are correct, not longer articles that sound impressive.

Editorial standards

• Every factual claim is tied to a source readers can check.
• Speculative claims are flagged as speculation, not facts.
• When new evidence changes the picture, articles are updated, with the date and a note explaining what changed.
• Comparisons and statistics are taken from the primary publication, not summarized from secondary blogs.

Contact

Have a correction, a topic suggestion, or a question about a specific article? Email hello@curiospark.org. Said reads every message.