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Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Time Management Problems: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
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Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
Stoic Simple
What Does it Mean to be a Stoic? Using Christianity to Explain Stoicism by Tanner Campbell What does it mean to be a Stoic? I think Christianity can be used as a...
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by Tanner Campbell What does it mean to be a Stoic? I think Christianity can be used as a quasi-parallel to help answer this question. What does it mean to be a Christian? I think the base-line of the faith is the belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.  In Stoicism that...
Passing Time
What My Friends Have to Say About Me A Japanese proverb states that if the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Sabotaging the Beautiful Web At the peak of FontBurner’s success it was delivering fonts to thousands of websites. I was so proud...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
At the peak of FontBurner’s success it was delivering fonts to thousands of websites. I was so proud of that tool. That’s why what happened next broke my heart almost completely.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
ETHDenver: A Glimpse into the Future I signed up for ETHDenver 2020 hoping to learn more about cryptocurrency. What I came away with was...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I signed up for ETHDenver 2020 hoping to learn more about cryptocurrency. What I came away with was questions about the viability of, well, everything.
The Ruffian
Hitler's Willing Executioners On the genocidal mindset
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Uncertainty: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/3GTYvkPMEh8 it's a fact: the future is always uncertain, no matter...
over a year ago
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Previous Next https://youtu.be/3GTYvkPMEh8 it's a fact: the future is always uncertain, no matter how much we try to plan for it or predict it. And that uncertainty can easily upset people, because it's always a possibility that the future won't go as we want it to. For...
Nat Eliason's...
Harry Potter and the Secret to Learning We've Been Doing it Wrong
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
3D Printing and Rethinking How You Buy I previously wrote about the beauty of 3D printing and how in recent years, we have seen incredible...
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I previously wrote about the beauty of 3D printing and how in recent years, we have seen incredible advancements and accessibility to technologies that have impacted the health sector and everyday consumers. 3D printing is still a very new concept to most of us. At least in terms...
DYNOMIGHT
Everything is espionage: Things I learned researching Assange (espissange? asspionage?) Who is this Julian Assange guy? Is he good or bad? Did he do espionage?...
a year ago
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a year ago
(espissange? asspionage?) Who is this Julian Assange guy? Is he good or bad? Did he do espionage? Why is the US so obsessed with getting its hands on him? At dynomight.net we don’t like to answer questions. Instead, we prefer to replace them with more abstract questions that we...
Atoms vs Bits
The Tolix Chair A Design That Works By Pretending To
a month ago
Both Are True
THE BATCAVE IS OPEN FOR BATNESS paying subscribers get monthly lives, cowrites, mini-workshops and more
3 months ago
Paul Cudenec
The truth about Davos Monday January 20 sees the start of the World Economic Forum’s 2025 meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Monday January 20 sees the start of the World Economic Forum’s 2025 meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
Diaries of Note
At times I feel that I could write endlessly Born in 1938, Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer with more than 50 novels and numerous literary...
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Born in 1938, Joyce Carol Oates is an American writer with more than 50 novels and numerous literary awards to her name. Since the age of 21 Oates has kept a journal of some kind, but it was in 1973, aged 35, that she began the 5,000 pages now housed at the Joyce Carol Oates […]
Left To Write
#9 Writemas: What Is Driving You? I had a call with an old poker friend earlier. We both have similar backgrounds; we are reasonably...
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a year ago
I had a call with an old poker friend earlier. We both have similar backgrounds; we are reasonably well educated, started poker around the same time, and never felt like we were enough. Both of our poker careers were driven by insecurity. We both had this desire to prove...
Daniel Bourke
AI Anxiety A walk into the unknown.
over a year ago
Rubenerd
Postal voting in the 2025 Australian election The 2025 Australian Federal election will be taking place when Clara and I are outside our...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
The 2025 Australian Federal election will be taking place when Clara and I are outside our electorate, so we opted for a postal vote. This means no democracy sausage on polling day, but we’re still able to perform our civic duty. Well, that and the fact voting is comulspry in...
Both Are True
parenting as improv yes and yes and yes and
9 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
on learning the definition of endodontist, and compassion Have you heard of the profession, “endodontist” before? I have not, until very recently. After...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Have you heard of the profession, “endodontist” before? I have not, until very recently. After suffering for a couple of decades from chronic illness, I have come to realise it is truly...
Diaries of Note
Is it any wonder I lust for power? Born in London in 1909, Jean Lucey Pratt was a bookseller, a cat-lover, and a hopeless romantic who...
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over a year ago
Born in London in 1909, Jean Lucey Pratt was a bookseller, a cat-lover, and a hopeless romantic who longed for her diary to be posthumously published. Her first entry came in 1925, its opening sentences reading, “I have decided to write a journal. I mean to go on writing this for...
The Ruffian
Special Edition: John and Paul A Brief Note On Something To Look Forward To
a year ago
Charlie Becker
What We Have Given Up in Exchange for This Limitless Bounty Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Wagoneer My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved. As we've slowed...
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over a year ago
My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved. As we've slowed down our travels though, spending more time in an area makes it nice to have a car to go exploring, run errands, and get to places the bus can't. For that reason we bought a 2006...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Time I Saw a UFO and Only One Person Believed Me I was lying on my back in a field in Nebraska when the alien ship flew by. I went out that night...
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over a year ago
I was lying on my back in a field in Nebraska when the alien ship flew by. I went out that night hoping to see a shooting star and saw a UFO instead.
The Ruffian
Is Forgiveness a Power Move? Plus a very juicy rattle bag which includes my favourite ever sad song
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Dear diary, I don’t want to die Éva Heyman spent much of her brief life in the company of her grandparents following the divorce of...
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Éva Heyman spent much of her brief life in the company of her grandparents following the divorce of her parents when she was a young child. On her thirteenth birthday, in February of 1944, as her home country of Hungary was taken over by the Nazis, she began a diary that would...
Mind Mine
the mind is a trap be careful what you convince yourself of
6 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
nostalgia in akihabara I’ve been to akihabara twice – once in 2008ish and another in 2018 – but back then I was more...
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I’ve been to akihabara twice – once in 2008ish and another in 2018 – but back then I was more interested in looking at the massive electronic stores like yodabashi and bic....
Scarlet Ink
Good Employees Follow the Rules. Great Employees Break Them. Because the rules are meant for those who aren't as smart and brave as you. Seriously.
10 months ago
Both Are True
Now That's What I Call BAT: Volume 1 greatest hits + a short new essay + an entire album of music all about rocks!!
a year ago
Scarlet Ink
4 Patterns in Software Development Projects Which Lead to Failure With experience, you can recognize the less obvious patterns which lead to costly disasters.
7 months ago
Jason Crawford
What I still want out of time management tools I made my first todo list almost 25 years ago. Ever since, I’ve been evolving my tools and system...
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over a year ago
I made my first todo list almost 25 years ago. Ever since, I’ve been evolving my tools and system for tracking tasks, managing time, and improving productivity. A personal productivity toolbox is a very personal and contextual thing. I find that my own systems have to be revised...
Ryan Hoover's...
How to make new friends as an adult
a year ago
Diaries of Note
The French coast was torn up On July 1, 1944, Vincent “Roi” Ottley boarded S.S. Scythia in New York and began his unprecedented...
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On July 1, 1944, Vincent “Roi” Ottley boarded S.S. Scythia in New York and began his unprecedented journey as the first African American war correspondent in World War II. Arriving in a Europe scarred by conflict, Ottley reported for three different publications, providing...
Paul Cudenec
Impact imperialists eye big 'opportunities' in India Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees member Ravi Venkatesan was formerly chairman of Microsoft...
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7 months ago
Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees member Ravi Venkatesan was formerly chairman of Microsoft India, where he “helped build India into Microsoft’s second-largest presence in the world”.
RhysTranter.com
Easter 2022: A Roman Pilgrimage This Easter, my wife and I headed to Rome. What follows is a simple journal that records some of the...
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This Easter, my wife and I headed to Rome. What follows is a simple journal that records some of the things that we did, with a selection of photographs from each day.
Stoic Simple
Using a Stoic Mindset to See Challenges from Two Perspectives by Bob Cymber I recently watched the intense National Geographic documentary Free Solo. One of the...
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by Bob Cymber I recently watched the intense National Geographic documentary Free Solo. One of the most surprising things about the film is how Alex Honnold, the rock climber who challenges intense heights without a safety harness, approaches his challenges. Before each of his...
Mark Manson
14 of the Best Nonfiction Books You Should Read All ye readers, buckle up. Today, I'm giving you 14 non-fiction books I believe everyone should...
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All ye readers, buckle up. Today, I'm giving you 14 non-fiction books I believe everyone should read. For each book, I've provided a brief summary. Now it's up to you to decide if it's worth your time. Let's dig in. This book dives deep into the world of trauma, discussing its...
Diaries of Note
Arrived in Peking today As Adolf Hitler’s chief architect and later his Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer was a key...
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As Adolf Hitler’s chief architect and later his Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer was a key instrument in the murderous machine of the Third Reich, a role for which he was rightly convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials. During his...
Diaries of Note
Any visitor to the hospital is free to barge into his room In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Chicago witnessed the rise of Al Capone, a notorious mob boss...
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In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Chicago witnessed the rise of Al Capone, a notorious mob boss who, despite running a vast and fearsome criminal enterprise for many years, evaded conviction until 1931 when he was finally indicted and convicted for tax evasion. Released from...
DYNOMIGHT
Things that don’t work (Or: Things where there’s a case worth considering that they don’t work all that well for most...
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(Or: Things where there’s a case worth considering that they don’t work all that well for most people.) Acupuncture. (link) Phenylephrine. (link) Multivitamins. (link) Phosphoric acid. (for nausea; link) Tree-based knowledge organization. The physical world whispers to us to...
Passing Time
Fun, Fellowship, and Fractures On the downside of activity-based friendships
a year ago
The Convivial...
The Ambling Mind The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 6
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Where is that golden distance? Russian diarist Nelly Ptaschkina was fourteen when the October Revolution of 1917 took place....
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Russian diarist Nelly Ptaschkina was fourteen when the October Revolution of 1917 took place. Throughout the experience, until her untimely death in 1920, she kept a diary that filled five notebooks and chronicled her family’s journey from Moscow to Kiev to Paris, eventually...
Tech and Tea
Owning your unique experience moving away from a deficiency mindset
over a year ago
Jason Fried
Doing what you think, not what you thought Whenever I talk about working in real-time, making decisions as you go, figuring things out now...
4 months ago
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Whenever I talk about working in real-time, making decisions as you go, figuring things out now rather than before, I get a question like this... "If you don't have a backlog, or deep sets of prioritized, ranked items, how do you decide what to do next?" My answer:  The same...
Atoms vs Bits
Intuitions for Georgism Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, every other week we re-issue a favorite...
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Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, every other week we re-issue a favorite from deep in our archive. You can unsubscribe from Reissues but continue receiving our new posts by updating your preference here. Last year, Atvbt’s bloggers published a piece...
RhysTranter.com
Visit to Oxford Oratory This week I had the joy of taking a group of students to the University of Oxford open day. In a few...
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This week I had the joy of taking a group of students to the University of Oxford open day. In a few quiet moments, I had an opportunity to pray at the Oxford Oratory on Woodstock Road
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Playing Chicken with Eagles Some _thing_ has dragged a carcass into my path. It isn't the first corpse I've seen by this pond....
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Some _thing_ has dragged a carcass into my path. It isn't the first corpse I've seen by this pond. The carp grow huge here and I marvel at the long skeletons strewn along the shore as I run by. Are the bodies discarded by disappointed fishermen or the prize of a lucky critter...
Unfiltered by Tim...
I Met a Quiet Millionaire Who Operates a $2.5m Tiny Business While Working 2-3 Hours a Day This is bizarrely what he taught me
4 months ago