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Notes on Succession Life is not a story
10th Jun 2023
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Notes on Succession

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10th Jun 2023
Life is not a story
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The real data wall is billions of years of evolution Say you have a time machine. You can only use it once, to send a single idea back to 2005. If you...
3rd Oct 2024
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The real data wall is billions of years of evolution

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3rd Oct 2024
Say you have a time machine. You can only use it once, to send a single idea back to 2005. If you wanted to speed up the development of AI, what would you send back? Many people suggest attention or transformers. But I’m convinced that the answer is “brute-force”—to throw as much...
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Wagoneer My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved. As we've slowed...
1st Mar 2023
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Wagoneer

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1st Mar 2023
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...
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With thanks to Steven Rosenberg Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest...
3rd Nov 2025
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With thanks to Steven Rosenberg

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3rd Nov 2025
Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest troll or person angry about something I didn’t say. In a word, not great… assuming you hyphenate not and great, which I didn’t do there for some reason. This morning, I got this...
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Minimalissimo 6.0 A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you...
6th Apr 2022
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Minimalissimo 6.0

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6th Apr 2022
A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you like. The sixth iteration of Minimalissimo is here and it's probably the strongest one to date yet probably the most raw and uncompromising. But before I break down what is new, I want...
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on trading potential for something actual just make a choice
1st Jan 2025
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on trading potential for something actual

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1st Jan 2025
just make a choice
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Treat life like a trip to the used bookstore. Bookstore Register #4
5th Mar 2024
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Treat life like a trip to the used bookstore.

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5th Mar 2024
Bookstore Register #4
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Every Relationship Is Win-Win or Lose-Lose. Relationships can only be win-win, or lose-lose, because they're a connection between two people.
3rd Aug 2026
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Every Relationship Is Win-Win or Lose-Lose.

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3rd Aug 2026
Relationships can only be win-win, or lose-lose, because they're a connection between two people.
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40 Life Lessons I Know at 40 (That I Wish I Knew at 20) Today is my 40th birthday. When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to...
9th Mar 2024
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40 Life Lessons I Know at 40 (That I Wish I Knew at 20)

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9th Mar 2024
Today is my 40th birthday. When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to survive your 20s and crowd-sourced advice on how to excel in your 30s. And apparently you guys loved it. So, here's more of the good stuff: 40 life lessons I now know at 40 that I...
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How 'American Graffiti' Invented Classic Rock (and Changed My Life) My favorite George Lucas film turns 50 tomorrow, and I love it for the soundtrack—but for a whole...
1st Aug 2023
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How 'American Graffiti' Invented Classic Rock (and Changed My Life)

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1st Aug 2023
My favorite George Lucas film turns 50 tomorrow, and I love it for the soundtrack—but for a whole lot more
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san francisco: after the flood short story. our protagonist is named after a piece of fruit
20th Jan 2023
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san francisco: after the flood

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20th Jan 2023
short story. our protagonist is named after a piece of fruit
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The Art of Simplification: Why We (over) Build When We Should Simplify Removing things is often just as complex as adding things. It is a way to add value which is often...
3rd Mar 2025
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The Art of Simplification: Why We (over) Build When We Should Simplify

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3rd Mar 2025
Removing things is often just as complex as adding things. It is a way to add value which is often overlooked.
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affinity how to know if you actually really like something
7th Aug 2025
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affinity

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7th Aug 2025
how to know if you actually really like something
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Things I have changed my mind about lately On some perspectives of mine that have shifted over time.
8th Mar 2025
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Things I have changed my mind about lately

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8th Mar 2025
On some perspectives of mine that have shifted over time.
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In Defense of Aesop’s Grasshopper Fun and other necessities, revisited
6 days ago
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In Defense of Aesop’s Grasshopper

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6 days ago
Fun and other necessities, revisited
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Stop using your health wearables Against the tyranny of data
17th Sep 2025
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Stop using your health wearables

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17th Sep 2025
Against the tyranny of data
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He would not cease singing or feeding for an earthquake Born in 1838 in Scotland, John Muir was 11 years old when his family moved to Fountain Lake Farm in...
1st Feb 2023
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He would not cease singing or feeding for an earthquake

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1st Feb 2023
Born in 1838 in Scotland, John Muir was 11 years old when his family moved to Fountain Lake Farm in Wisconsin, USA. It was whilst growing up on that farm, now recognised as a National Historic Landmark thanks to his work, that the “Father of the National Parks” fell in love with...
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Delusional self-belief is a superpower until it's a disaster What's the optimal amount of self-deception for a politician?
2nd Mar 2024
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Delusional self-belief is a superpower until it's a disaster

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2nd Mar 2024
What's the optimal amount of self-deception for a politician?
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Designing a New Old Home: Mistakes But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
5th Mar 2026
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Designing a New Old Home: Mistakes

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5th Mar 2026
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
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How To Build Your Own Tower And Why You Should (Plus What I've Been Reading/Watching/Listening to)
7th Mar 2026
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How To Build Your Own Tower

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7th Mar 2026
And Why You Should (Plus What I've Been Reading/Watching/Listening to)
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I'm Married It Takes a Village to Raise a Marriage
2nd Aug 2026
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I'm Married

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2nd Aug 2026
It Takes a Village to Raise a Marriage
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Carrot Problems It's not the crime, it's the coverup.
5th Jul 2023
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Carrot Problems

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5th Jul 2023
It's not the crime, it's the coverup.
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Local Log It recently dawned on me that, as a digital designer, I had yet to make a macOS or iOS app. So I...
3rd Mar 2026
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Local Log

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3rd Mar 2026
It recently dawned on me that, as a digital designer, I had yet to make a macOS or iOS app. So I wanted to give the former a try while also experimenting with a coding agent to bring it to life. While it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the constant stream of AI tools and...
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Silent idols Showing without telling.
11th Jan 2023
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Silent idols

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11th Jan 2023
Showing without telling.
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Designing a New Old Home: Light In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have...
12th Apr 2023
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Designing a New Old Home: Light

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12th Apr 2023
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Bed in Summer This post is part of a series about building a house that looks and feels traditional in New Hampshire. However, this...
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Adios productivity Laetitia@Work #46
31st Mar 2022
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Adios productivity

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31st Mar 2022
Laetitia@Work #46
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American Hedonism What do Thomas Aquinas, Pope Gregory I, and Walker Robinson of Your Neighbors have in common?
7th Feb 2025
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American Hedonism

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7th Feb 2025
What do Thomas Aquinas, Pope Gregory I, and Walker Robinson of Your Neighbors have in common?
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How to Read Greek Tragedy in a Netflix World If you dare
2nd Sep 2024
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How to Read Greek Tragedy in a Netflix World

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2nd Sep 2024
If you dare
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Meditation upon a Cannoli A Reverie on the Streets of Utica, NY
12th Nov 2025
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Meditation upon a Cannoli

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12th Nov 2025
A Reverie on the Streets of Utica, NY
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Minimal Email Setup This is a follow-up to Manu's article on the same subject. I'll cover my experience and some desktop...
4th Jan 2022
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Minimal Email Setup

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4th Jan 2022
This is a follow-up to Manu's article on the same subject. I'll cover my experience and some desktop visual results of applying this method. Some people love emails. Some people hate them. Most of us experience both emotions. Yet there's no denying—as Manu points out—emails are...
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From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 12
12th Jul 2022
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From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities

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12th Jul 2022
The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 12
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Random notes on happiness The answer to the emptiness you feel are the little things right here – spending time with our kids,...
9th Sep 2019
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Random notes on happiness

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9th Sep 2019
The answer to the emptiness you feel are the little things right here – spending time with our kids, going to the beach, listening to music and talking with people who matter to you. Life hands all of us some hardship. They hone and develop the capabilities we need to succeed...
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Aridity Incarnate The American West, Fiction, and Water
1st Oct 2024
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Aridity Incarnate

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1st Oct 2024
The American West, Fiction, and Water
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Goodbye Florida In the evenings the song of whippoorwills echoes on all sides. Spring peepers croak and creak in the...
10th May 2023
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Goodbye Florida

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10th May 2023
In the evenings the song of whippoorwills echoes on all sides. Spring peepers croak and creak in the marsh reeds. Here and there through the trees I can catch a glimmering flicker of flames from a campfire. Only the truly committed are having fires in this heat. The air is still...
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Let’s stop counting centuries Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Enlightenment is conventionally placed...
4th Jul 2024
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Let’s stop counting centuries

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4th Jul 2024
Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Enlightenment is conventionally placed in the last two-thirds of the 18th century, though it flowed out of the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Reason in the 17th century and spilled into the heyday of classical...
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The Simple Investment Principles Of Warren Buffett In His Own Words
14th Mar 2017
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The Simple Investment Principles Of Warren Buffett In His Own Words

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14th Mar 2017
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i was in the boiler room with fred and we were eating eggs agains Hey all, really short one today :).
8th Sep 2025
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i was in the boiler room with fred and we were eating eggs agains

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8th Sep 2025
Hey all, really short one today :).
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Can audio engineering ideas help us deal with life in the city?s
8th May 2024
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

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8th May 2024
Can audio engineering ideas help us deal with life in the city?s
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rare is this feeling i blame noah kahan's tiny desk concert also
21st Apr 2026
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rare is this feeling

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21st Apr 2026
i blame noah kahan's tiny desk concert also
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Lemon Lyme Summer The sun rises as a thin band of orange squeezed between twin blue worlds of lake and cloud. The tips...
22nd Sep 2024
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Lemon Lyme Summer

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22nd Sep 2024
The sun rises as a thin band of orange squeezed between twin blue worlds of lake and cloud. The tips of the pines above glow for a moment before the sun slides up and behind the distant clouds. The sun rises near the center of the bay when we arrive in April, but by the solstice...
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How clever and capricious you are How to take on a troll, 1950s style
14th Apr 2026
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How clever and capricious you are

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14th Apr 2026
How to take on a troll, 1950s style
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I try to make tea out of dust Born in 1942 in Schenectady, New York, Lyn Lifshin was an award-winning American poet and feminist...
1st Apr 2023
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I try to make tea out of dust

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1st Apr 2023
Born in 1942 in Schenectady, New York, Lyn Lifshin was an award-winning American poet and feminist known for her unique voice and prolific output: over her lifetime, she authored more than 120 books and chapbooks of poetry, edited four anthologies of women’s writing, and...
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the art of getting laid: a review of the game, 20 years later and some announcements :)
7th Oct 2025
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the art of getting laid: a review of the game, 20 years later

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7th Oct 2025
and some announcements :)
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Pen and paper The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
11th Apr 2025
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Pen and paper

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11th Apr 2025
The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
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Why Everything is Becoming a Game All the better to control you
20th Apr 2024
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Why Everything is Becoming a Game

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20th Apr 2024
All the better to control you
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The War Between Silicon Valley and Hollywood is Officially Over... And the tech bros won
2nd Oct 2025
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The War Between Silicon Valley and Hollywood is Officially Over...

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2nd Oct 2025
And the tech bros won
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experimenting with Obsidian Books have radically changed my life. One of the original purposes of this website was to share the...
1st Jul 2023
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experimenting with Obsidian

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1st Jul 2023
Books have radically changed my life. One of the original purposes of this website was to share the learnings I had from them – read through my personal lenses, layered with the...
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Big Companies Don’t Get Slower Because They Become Stupid Designing processes and software to scale is expensive but necessary. I'll walk through why scaling...
2nd Mar 2026
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Big Companies Don’t Get Slower Because They Become Stupid

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2nd Mar 2026
Designing processes and software to scale is expensive but necessary. I'll walk through why scaling by definition (basically always) leads to a loss of agility.
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The Behaviors That Turn Engineers Into Senior Engineers The gap between mid-level and senior engineers usually isn’t technical skill. It’s behavior,...
1st Jun 2026
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The Behaviors That Turn Engineers Into Senior Engineers

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1st Jun 2026
The gap between mid-level and senior engineers usually isn’t technical skill. It’s behavior, judgment, communication, and the ability to make everyone around them better.
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How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill? A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in...
6th Oct 2024
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How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill?

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6th Oct 2024
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in dreams
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Vote for Nobody! Nobody cares.
1st Nov 2024
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Vote for Nobody!

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1st Nov 2024
Nobody cares.
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Dispatches from childhood Humility is the virtue of seeing each sunrise as truly new. Little children have no trouble with...
23rd Feb 2023
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Dispatches from childhood

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23rd Feb 2023
Humility is the virtue of seeing each sunrise as truly new. Little children have no trouble with this perspective, they could not live any other way. Everything is visceral to them, and they carry this visceral interiority everywhere.
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Make Work Seasonal Again Laetitia@Work #79
27th Mar 2025
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Make Work Seasonal Again

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27th Mar 2025
Laetitia@Work #79
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the wince avoidance is a signal
7th Jan 2025
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the wince

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7th Jan 2025
avoidance is a signal
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Waiting Is a Revelation The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 1
1st Jan 2026
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Waiting Is a Revelation

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1st Jan 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 1
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Do Not Resign From Life The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No.
2nd Jun 2026
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Do Not Resign From Life

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2nd Jun 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No.
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Behind the Scenes of Navigating the AI Shift How Cate Huston and I built a course on navigating the AI shift, while navigating the AI shift.
5th May 2026
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Behind the Scenes of Navigating the AI Shift

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5th May 2026
How Cate Huston and I built a course on navigating the AI shift, while navigating the AI shift.
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Why Paying for Spotify Mostly Pays Taylor Swift Your money isn't going to the bands you love, it's going to the ones everyone else listens to.
10th Aug 2025
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Why Paying for Spotify Mostly Pays Taylor Swift

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10th Aug 2025
Your money isn't going to the bands you love, it's going to the ones everyone else listens to.
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Nine Principles For Success In The Age of AI An Idiosyncratic Career Guide
5th Apr 2025
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Nine Principles For Success In The Age of AI

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5th Apr 2025
An Idiosyncratic Career Guide
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Navigating Change: The Midlife Journey Laetitia@Work #76
28th Nov 2024
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Navigating Change: The Midlife Journey

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28th Nov 2024
Laetitia@Work #76
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A Short History of My Last Six Years On June 18, 2016, I slipped and fell down a deep, deep hole. The post A Short History of My Last Six...
17th Feb 2023
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A Short History of My Last Six Years

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17th Feb 2023
On June 18, 2016, I slipped and fell down a deep, deep hole. The post A Short History of My Last Six Years appeared first on Wait But Why.
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hello depression my old friend i guess we're talking once again
10th Dec 2025
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hello depression my old friend

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10th Dec 2025
i guess we're talking once again
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Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
7th Nov 2024
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Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion

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7th Nov 2024
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
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Owning Our Words: Sounding the Depths of Language The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 2
7th Feb 2026
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Owning Our Words: Sounding the Depths of Language

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7th Feb 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 2
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The Wedge Between Pleasure and Pain Castles in the Sky #40
6th Oct 2023
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The Wedge Between Pleasure and Pain

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Oct 2023
Castles in the Sky #40
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Last of the Curmudgeons Catch-up service:
7th Sep 2024
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Last of the Curmudgeons

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7th Sep 2024
Catch-up service:
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2025: may I have an uneventful year Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to...
12th Jan 2025
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2025: may I have an uneventful year

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12th Jan 2025
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to progress uneventfully. I first started using the word “uneventful”...
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“In these dark times…” In these dark times we look for the light
5th Oct 2019
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“In these dark times…”

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5th Oct 2019
In these dark times we look for the light
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Babe wake up we’re sharing our fears Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
5th Nov 2024
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Babe wake up we’re sharing our fears

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5th Nov 2024
Genuine thoughts I've had that have nothing to do with the election !!!
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Power, Vulnerability, and Soulful Collaboration A Conversation with Dechen McSweeney on the Nine Mistakes We Make in Relationship to Power
8th May 2025
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Power, Vulnerability, and Soulful Collaboration

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8th May 2025
A Conversation with Dechen McSweeney on the Nine Mistakes We Make in Relationship to Power
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I spent my morning talking to an AI chatbot A tech "late-adopter" plays around with chat-gpt and other chatbots and is blown away by some use...
1st Jul 2023
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I spent my morning talking to an AI chatbot

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jul 2023
A tech "late-adopter" plays around with chat-gpt and other chatbots and is blown away by some use cases and underwhelmed by others.
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Veganism and Moral Intuitions Inspecting some ethical claims, in the hope you might revisit some of your own intuitions
24th Jun 2026
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Veganism and Moral Intuitions

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24th Jun 2026
Inspecting some ethical claims, in the hope you might revisit some of your own intuitions
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Sri Aurobindo On The Buddha The Non-Being permits the Being, even as the Silence permits the Activity. Thus it was possible for...
30th Sep 2018
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Sri Aurobindo On The Buddha

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30th Sep 2018
The Non-Being permits the Being, even as the Silence permits the Activity. Thus it was possible for the Buddha to attain the state of Nirvana, and yet act puissantly in the world, impersonal in his inner consciousness, in his action the most powerful personality that we know of...
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One Month of Building the Used Bookstore of the Future + Things I loved in July Charlie Becker Letter #97
8th Aug 2025
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One Month of Building the Used Bookstore of the Future + Things I loved in July

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Aug 2025
Charlie Becker Letter #97
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Why we need more older female role models at work Laetitia@Work #92
11th Feb 2026
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Why we need more older female role models at work

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11th Feb 2026
Laetitia@Work #92
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What we have got to have in this world is a change of heart A mixed mailbag
25th Jan 2026
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What we have got to have in this world is a change of heart

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25th Jan 2026
A mixed mailbag
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The Problem with Too Much Fairness We care so much about fairness that we are willing to sacrifice economic well-being to enforce it....
7th Oct 2021
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The Problem with Too Much Fairness

from Abhishek Chakraborty [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Oct 2021
We care so much about fairness that we are willing to sacrifice economic well-being to enforce it. Research shows that just to ensure shirkers get what they deserve, we are prepared to make ourselves poorer.
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Cheerleader or critic Build up or tear down?
18th Apr 2026
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Cheerleader or critic

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

18th Apr 2026
Build up or tear down?
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How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult? Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
3rd Jul 2024
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How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult?

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jul 2024
Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
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observations on a phone-less existence addiction, but make it socially acceptable
11th Aug 2025
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observations on a phone-less existence

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Aug 2025
addiction, but make it socially acceptable
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The ‘Do or Die’ Days If the Bell Tolls on the American Hinterlands, Will You Answer It?
23rd Aug 2026
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The ‘Do or Die’ Days

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23rd Aug 2026
If the Bell Tolls on the American Hinterlands, Will You Answer It?
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43 I wrote this time last year that I felt like I was coping better than the year before. This year I...
6th Apr 2024
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43

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Apr 2024
I wrote this time last year that I felt like I was coping better than the year before. This year I don’t feel like I have made much progress, and perhaps I...
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Reconsidering Reading While it may feel good to be able to say you've read something, that doesn’t mean it’s the most...
10th Jan 2022
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Reconsidering Reading

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Jan 2022
While it may feel good to be able to say you've read something, that doesn’t mean it’s the most effective way to learn.
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My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026 Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on...
4th Mar 2026
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My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Mar 2026
Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on various topics.
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Who told you you couldn't do that? To those who said it couldn’t be done
1st Jan 2026
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Who told you you couldn't do that?

from The AI Underwriter [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jan 2026
To those who said it couldn’t be done
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Thoughts on the search for life Just listened to Lex Fridman and Sara Walker talk about the origins of life, the search for life,...
22nd Jun 2024
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Thoughts on the search for life

from Jason Fried [alt+shift+b] in life

22nd Jun 2024
Just listened to Lex Fridman and Sara Walker talk about the origins of life, the search for life, what is life, etc. It was a wonderfully refreshing, nourishing conversation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwhTfyX9J34 It made me want to spill out some random thoughts on the...
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How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In...
9th May 2024
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How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

9th May 2024
What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In this article, I'm going to help you do exactly that by teaching you five tactics to conquer anything you might be afraid of. Heights, spiders, small spaces, strangely-shaped...
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Links in Progress: Snakebites, Pig Hearts, and More A round up of the most important things happening in biotechnology and medicine
3rd Feb 2025
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Links in Progress: Snakebites, Pig Hearts, and More

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Feb 2025
A round up of the most important things happening in biotechnology and medicine
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The best leaders keep their egos under control A version of this post was first published in The Australian on July 31 2018
31st Jul 2018
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The best leaders keep their egos under control

from Tom Howard [alt+shift+b] in life

31st Jul 2018
A version of this post was first published in The Australian on July 31 2018
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Why Growth Requires Struggle I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions...
10th Oct 2022
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Why Growth Requires Struggle

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Oct 2022
I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions were some variation of, “Is there such a thing as being exposed to too much pain?” or “Are there situations where pain and struggle aren’t helpful but only hurtful?” or “What...
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Things that can kill you quickly There are things that kill you instantly, like a bullet to the head or a fall from twenty stories....
27th Dec 2022
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Things that can kill you quickly

from Jason Crawford [alt+shift+b] in life

27th Dec 2022
There are things that kill you instantly, like a bullet to the head or a fall from twenty stories. First aid can’t help you there. There are also things that kill you relatively slowly, like a bacterial infection. If you have even hours to live, you can get to the emergency...
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My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026 Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on...
4th Apr 2026
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My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026

from Mert Bulan - Blog & Portfolio [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Apr 2026
Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on various topics.
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Is free universal childcare really such a crazy idea? Laetitia@Work #88
27th Nov 2025
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Is free universal childcare really such a crazy idea?

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27th Nov 2025
Laetitia@Work #88
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I AM NOW ON CLOUD 9,000 An Elvis fan writes to her idol
9th Sep 2026
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I AM NOW ON CLOUD 9,000

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9th Sep 2026
An Elvis fan writes to her idol
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Why Did I Start The Ruffian and Has Paul McCartney Read My Book? Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
3rd Jan 2026
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Why Did I Start The Ruffian and Has Paul McCartney Read My Book?

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3rd Jan 2026
Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
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How - and Why - To Read... ...in a World That's Giving Up On It
4th Jan 2025
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How - and Why - To Read...

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4th Jan 2025
...in a World That's Giving Up On It
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The 16 Greatest Lessons From 16 Years With Marcus Aurelius Just over sixteen years ago, I bought Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations on Amazon. Amazon Prime didn’t...
2nd Nov 2022
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The 16 Greatest Lessons From 16 Years With Marcus Aurelius

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2nd Nov 2022
Just over sixteen years ago, I bought Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations on Amazon. Amazon Prime didn’t exist then and to qualify for free shipping, I had to purchase a few other books at the same time. I was 19 years old. I didn’t know what Stoicism was. I didn’t know who Marcus...
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Buddhism Consumed The Unbundling of Dharma by Secular Materialism
5th Mar 2025
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Buddhism Consumed

from The Intimate Mirror [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Mar 2025
The Unbundling of Dharma by Secular Materialism
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Becoming an adult, one toddler tantrum at a time. A letter from a father
5th Apr 2024
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Becoming an adult, one toddler tantrum at a time.

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Apr 2024
A letter from a father
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Thought Bananas (Castles in the Sky) 23 “Failing is not the end of growth”
13th Jan 2023
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Thought Bananas (Castles in the Sky) 23

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Jan 2023
“Failing is not the end of growth”
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The Wisdom of Daybreak The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 1
12th Jan 2024
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The Wisdom of Daybreak

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12th Jan 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 1
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How To Live Slowly and Simply In A Frantic World This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel...
25th Dec 2020
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How To Live Slowly and Simply In A Frantic World

from The Tao Of Wealth [alt+shift+b] in life

25th Dec 2020
This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel of want-buy-want upgrade, opt out of the comparison games, stop cramming a month’s worth of engagements into a weekend, refuse to live your life according to trends, tread lighter...
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Anti-Hero, Abandoning the Movie Inside Your Head If we are stuck as the heroes in our imaginary movies our lives are destined to be controlled by...
7th Jan 2017
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Anti-Hero, Abandoning the Movie Inside Your Head

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Jan 2017
If we are stuck as the heroes in our imaginary movies our lives are destined to be controlled by rationalization. Change is not possible. But if accept the movie for what it is, an illusion, perhaps we can abandon our imaginary hero personas and become people that actually change...
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Incommensurate Goods in ESG When values conflict, how do you choose what to prioritize?
28th Apr 2022
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Incommensurate Goods in ESG

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

28th Apr 2022
When values conflict, how do you choose what to prioritize?
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Become the Blade AI, Right Action, and the Liberation of Human Purpose
6th Feb 2026
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Become the Blade

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6th Feb 2026
AI, Right Action, and the Liberation of Human Purpose
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Push the Fence I know how to replace a kitchen faucet. If you have a janky old faucet that needs to be replaced...
16th Jul 2024
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Push the Fence

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16th Jul 2024
I know how to replace a kitchen faucet. If you have a janky old faucet that needs to be replaced with a smoothly operating new one, I can do that for you or show you how. This wasn’t always true. It became true May 27, 2024, after pulling everything out of the under-sink...
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Kavita You know I really enjoy a delicious Indian meal every now and then.  Well, it isn't hard to find...
1st Feb 2026
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Kavita

from Sherman's Food Adventures [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Feb 2026
You know I really enjoy a delicious Indian meal every now and then.  Well, it isn't hard to find good Indian food in the GVRD, especially Punjabi cuisine.  There is a smattering of South Indian and some Goan spots as well.  One of the newest Indian restaurants in town is rather...
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South of the Haimish Line Orienteering on the hedonic treadmill
8th Jul 2025
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South of the Haimish Line

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Jul 2025
Orienteering on the hedonic treadmill
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my strange relationship with time I have a strange relationship with time. On one hand, I have time anxiety: the fear that time will...
12th Feb 2023
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my strange relationship with time

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Feb 2023
I have a strange relationship with time. On one hand, I have time anxiety: the fear that time will pass too quickly and I’ll run out of time. On the other hand,...
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More of London’s madness! Born in South Africa in 1934, Gordon Forbes was a seasoned tennis professional who clinched his...
1st Jul 2023
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More of London’s madness!

from Diaries of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jul 2023
Born in South Africa in 1934, Gordon Forbes was a seasoned tennis professional who clinched his first junior title at the tender age of twelve, initiating a stellar career among the tennis elite. Forbes and his doubles partner, Abe Segal, formed an unstoppable force in the...
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When The Writing Is Very Good That Doesn't Matter The most popular link last time was this list of things that aren't doing the thing, with this piece...
4th Dec 2025
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When The Writing Is Very Good That Doesn't Matter

from Caroline Crampton [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Dec 2025
The most popular link last time was this list of things that aren't doing the thing, with this piece wondering if you are Actually Trying second. Somehow, the most insightful thing I have read/seen about contemporary social media usage is this Google Slides presentation. It's
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Just bury your trash What if everything we know about recycling is wrong?
2nd Sep 2026
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Just bury your trash

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Sep 2026
What if everything we know about recycling is wrong?
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The Pacification of War Battle Massacres may have gone out of fashion
23rd Apr 2024
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The Pacification of War

from Lefineder’s Substack [alt+shift+b] in life

23rd Apr 2024
Battle Massacres may have gone out of fashion
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4 Reasons why too few of us will work in the future Laetitia@Work #84
14th Aug 2025
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4 Reasons why too few of us will work in the future

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14th Aug 2025
Laetitia@Work #84
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Dynomight internet survey Hello, clever charming good-looking people. I am in need of a richer understanding of: you the...
2nd May 2024
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Dynomight internet survey

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2nd May 2024
Hello, clever charming good-looking people. I am in need of a richer understanding of: you the nature of reality consciousness ethics dynomight internet website and have therefore created a survey, which you can take here. (You don’t need to create an account or give your email...
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Talent Myths and the Story of Imperceptible Gains I made a discovery as I sifted through the running data I have been collecting for the last nine...
4th Jun 2017
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Talent Myths and the Story of Imperceptible Gains

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jun 2017
I made a discovery as I sifted through the running data I have been collecting for the last nine years. After 897 runs and 4,659 miles I have gotten faster. How much faster? Well, for every mile I run I get 0.012 seconds faster. That's about as imperceptible as a fart.
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stones in my pocket a palm full of gems, next time I see you
29th Dec 2022
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stones in my pocket

from skin contact [alt+shift+b] in life

29th Dec 2022
a palm full of gems, next time I see you
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Castles in the Sky's Seven Most Underrated Essays A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
3rd Feb 2025
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Castles in the Sky's Seven Most Underrated Essays

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Feb 2025
A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
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Uniform Ever thought of having a personal uniform? Not the typical work attire, but a carefully curated...
3rd Feb 2024
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Uniform

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Feb 2024
Ever thought of having a personal uniform? Not the typical work attire, but a carefully curated capsule wardrobe that reflects a cohesive style. My interest in fashion is limited, yet the concept of capsule wardrobes has fascinated me for years. I've been chipping away at...
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The worthlessness of vitamin D is mildly exaggerated For a while there, many people thought vitamin D was magical—that it could improve bones, the heart,...
23rd Jun 2026
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The worthlessness of vitamin D is mildly exaggerated

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

23rd Jun 2026
For a while there, many people thought vitamin D was magical—that it could improve bones, the heart, infections, cancer, heart disease, longevity, even mental health. But among people I respect, opinion is now overwhelmingly that taking vitamin D does nothing unless you’re...
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just saw a pigeon rollerblading on the streets wow didn't know they made rollerblades for pigeons Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group...
2nd May 2021
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just saw a pigeon rollerblading on the streets wow didn't know they made rollerblades for pigeons

from Farza's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2021
Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group of like 25 people in front of me right now with fake samurai swords doing some sort of sword fighting class it’s pretty lit. They be dueling right now in groups of two. Poggers.
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This Is TASTE 832: Pim Techamuanvivit’s First Restaurant Job Was Opening a Now Legendary Restaurant Pim Techamuanvivit left a career in Silicon Valley to become one of the most important Thai chefs...
4th Sep 2026
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This Is TASTE 832: Pim Techamuanvivit’s First Restaurant Job Was Opening a Now Legendary Restaurant

from TASTE [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Sep 2026
Pim Techamuanvivit left a career in Silicon Valley to become one of the most important Thai chefs working today. The post This Is TASTE 832: Pim Techamuanvivit’s First Restaurant Job Was Opening a Now Legendary Restaurant appeared first on TASTE.
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Your life is your art use it to get to know yourself
10th Nov 2025
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Your life is your art

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Nov 2025
use it to get to know yourself
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James Talarico has an obligation to win Ken Paxton is a terrible candidate, but don’t take anything for granted.
1st Jun 2026
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James Talarico has an obligation to win

from Slow Boring [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2026
Ken Paxton is a terrible candidate, but don’t take anything for granted.
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Why Your Favorite Self-Help Book Sucks https://youtu.be/hQB3viVFhPA Yes, yes—I know you think that one book you read that one time changed...
1st Jun 2023
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Why Your Favorite Self-Help Book Sucks

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2023
https://youtu.be/hQB3viVFhPA Yes, yes—I know you think that one book you read that one time changed your life. Hell, maybe that was even my book. And don't get me wrong, self-help books can help, but I think people mistake what they're actually doing. Let me break this down for...
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Wishing for a Better Outcome Isn't a Mechanism. The COE Approach to Continual Improvement and... Focus on what you can control, and move past your narrow focus on outcomes. When mistakes happen,...
7th Jul 2025
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Wishing for a Better Outcome Isn't a Mechanism. The COE Approach to Continual Improvement and Avoiding Blame.

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Jul 2025
Focus on what you can control, and move past your narrow focus on outcomes. When mistakes happen, the right question is: Why did your system allow it? How could you have influenced that result?
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A Dream of Wild Turkeys A trip report from Sin City
13th Apr 2026
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A Dream of Wild Turkeys

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Apr 2026
A trip report from Sin City
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№ 73: Finding Faith How pursuing entrepreneurship taught me faith
3rd Nov 2023
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№ 73: Finding Faith

from Left To Write [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Nov 2023
How pursuing entrepreneurship taught me faith
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How Japan stopped civil war For three hundred years, Japan enjoyed enviable stability and peace. All it took was locking up its...
3rd Jun 2026
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How Japan stopped civil war

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jun 2026
For three hundred years, Japan enjoyed enviable stability and peace. All it took was locking up its warlike samurai elite in the world’s least efficient city.
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How I Make Room for the Year The first of a three part series marking the transition from 2024 to 2025
17th Jan 2025
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How I Make Room for the Year

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

17th Jan 2025
The first of a three part series marking the transition from 2024 to 2025
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Some thoughts on interviewing Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how...
27th Jan 2024
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Some thoughts on interviewing

from Tech and Tea [alt+shift+b] in life

27th Jan 2024
Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how people are seeing work fitting into their lives
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my body is a temple The people who brought me up have a sweet tooth, so I was allowed to snack on unregulated amounts of...
3rd Aug 2025
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my body is a temple

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Aug 2025
The people who brought me up have a sweet tooth, so I was allowed to snack on unregulated amounts of chocolate, sweets, chips and carbonated drinks whenever I wanted. I used to...
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how good will you let it get? loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
1st Apr 2025
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how good will you let it get?

from Mind Mine [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Apr 2025
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
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i failed vs. i'm a failure the life-changing magic of the failure bow
3rd Jun 2025
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i failed vs. i'm a failure

from Both Are True [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jun 2025
the life-changing magic of the failure bow
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Heritability puzzlers The heritability wars have been a-raging. Watching these, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s...
7th Aug 2025
1

Heritability puzzlers

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Aug 2025
The heritability wars have been a-raging. Watching these, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s near-universal confusion about what “heritable” means. Partly, that’s because it’s a subtle concept. But it also seems relevant that almost all explanations of heritability are very,...
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The military mechanism of zimperial occupation The first of two related book reviews
1st Dec 2025
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The military mechanism of zimperial occupation

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Dec 2025
The first of two related book reviews
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after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know + my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
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after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know

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Whose Time? Which Temporality? The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 4
14th Mar 2023
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Whose Time? Which Temporality?

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14th Mar 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 4
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How to Look the Sky in the Face Last week I had a friend for dinner, and she convinced me to do one of her favorite activities...
13th Aug 2026
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How to Look the Sky in the Face

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13th Aug 2026
Last week I had a friend for dinner, and she convinced me to do one of her favorite activities afterward: lie on the grass in the park and look at the sky. I was hesitant because I don’t like to lie down until nighttime, when the only goal is to end the day by losing...
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What We Have Given Up in Exchange for This Limitless Bounty Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
13th Jun 2024
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What We Have Given Up in Exchange for This Limitless Bounty

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13th Jun 2024
Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
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Notes From Cream-of-the-Valley Road Delayed Due Dates, Paternal Nerves, and the New York State Flag
3rd Sep 2025
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Notes From Cream-of-the-Valley Road

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Delayed Due Dates, Paternal Nerves, and the New York State Flag
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Genuine Poetry Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art,...
9th May 2026
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Genuine Poetry

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9th May 2026
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art, the true and the beautiful…
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Appetites instead of estimates The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong. Yes...
4th Oct 2024
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Appetites instead of estimates

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4th Oct 2024
The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong. Yes there's a 3 week version of something. And a 6 week version. And a 4 month version. And a 12 month version. That's correct. Yet, you'll almost always be wrong whichever you pick....
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Orto Artisan Pasta It's been almost 9 whole years I've been trying to dine at Orto.  Even since they opened in 2017,...
1st Jul 2026
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Orto Artisan Pasta

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1st Jul 2026
It's been almost 9 whole years I've been trying to dine at Orto.  Even since they opened in 2017, I've received recommendations from friends about the place.  From its beautiful garden to their handmade pastas, this was apparently the new hot place to go in North Van.  Well, it...
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The 2020 Simulator Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer over and...
24th Nov 2020
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The 2020 Simulator

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24th Nov 2020
Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer over and over. I know that sounds like torture but stick with me.
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gentle advice for sensitive souls who wanna make somethin outta nothin
3rd Sep 2024
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gentle advice for sensitive souls

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3rd Sep 2024
who wanna make somethin outta nothin
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Diaries of Note Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
11th Jul 2025
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Diaries of Note

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11th Jul 2025
Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
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Male Fertility Protocol A bet on general health principles leading to favourable male fertility outcomes.
30th Jul 2026
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Male Fertility Protocol

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30th Jul 2026
A bet on general health principles leading to favourable male fertility outcomes.
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Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism...
8th May 2023
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Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe

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8th May 2023
by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism (referenced in the diagram above), and I wanted to use this opportunity to go over each of these in a little more detail. Hopefully you’ll get an understanding of what they mean,...
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Render Unto the Machine The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 12
8th Jul 2023
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Render Unto the Machine

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8th Jul 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 12
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Building a new publication After a two-year absence from running a digital publication, namely Minimalissimo, I’m returning...
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Building a new publication

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After a two-year absence from running a digital publication, namely Minimalissimo, I’m returning with a new project. Just when I thought I was out... Okay, no Pacino impressions. I definitely needed that break from curation and probably also from the constraints of minimalism for...
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When Louis Armstrong Conquered Chicago Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract...
5th Feb 2025
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When Louis Armstrong Conquered Chicago

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5th Feb 2025
Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract from his new book
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Fancy math doesn’t make simple math stop being true What are you supposed to do when someone disagrees with you using a bunch of math you can’t...
11th Jan 2024
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Fancy math doesn’t make simple math stop being true

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11th Jan 2024
What are you supposed to do when someone disagrees with you using a bunch of math you can’t understand? I’ve been thinking about that recently because of the NordICC colonoscopy trial. It took 85k Europeans aged 55-64, invited a third of them for a free one-time screening...
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A Tiny City in the Wilderness On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
6th Apr 2025
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A Tiny City in the Wilderness

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6th Apr 2025
On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
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me n Krillin just grabbed starbucks Putting a 20-minute timer on to write the ole newsletter this week. Zip has 4X’d in the last two...
18th Jan 2021
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me n Krillin just grabbed starbucks

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18th Jan 2021
Putting a 20-minute timer on to write the ole newsletter this week. Zip has 4X’d in the last two weeks. So, that’s pretty wild. Just working hard to execute now. Create curriculum. Hire teachers. Scheudle classes. Add the necessary features to the product. All that jazz :).
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How I passed the time in 2025 Stories, books, albums, & blogs
28th Dec 2025
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How I passed the time in 2025

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28th Dec 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
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Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing The controlled accident. Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing". Because the...
4th Jun 2023
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Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing

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4th Jun 2023
The controlled accident. Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing". Because the characters 无为 (wu wei) mean nothing (wu, 无) and doing (wei, 为). So although a literal translation would be doing nothing, it doesn’t mean the same as sitting
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40 Useful Concepts (Summer 2023) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
18th Jun 2023
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40 Useful Concepts (Summer 2023)

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18th Jun 2023
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
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One pheasant behaved like a madman In November 1974, upon learning that his friend and mentor, film critic Lotte Eisner, was critically...
1st Dec 2023
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One pheasant behaved like a madman

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1st Dec 2023
In November 1974, upon learning that his friend and mentor, film critic Lotte Eisner, was critically ill in Paris and close to death, German filmmaker Werner Herzog immediately packed a duffel bag and began to walk in her direction from Munich, convinced that “she would stay...
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camouflage reflections on fitting into many places
5th Jul 2024
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camouflage

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5th Jul 2024
reflections on fitting into many places
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Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of...
5th Jul 2024
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Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jul 2024
I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of the things life and the world had to offer. It’s difficult to overstate the influence Anthony Bourdain has had on my worldview. For over a decade, whenever someone asked, “what do...
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Obvious travel advice Mindset matters more than where you go. Who you go with matters more than where you go. After seeing...
20th Jun 2024
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Obvious travel advice

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20th Jun 2024
Mindset matters more than where you go. Who you go with matters more than where you go. After seeing each other for a few months, many new couples take a short trip, which often ends in an apocalyptic, relationship-destroying fight. My theory is that’s the trip working as...
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You’re Not “Letting People Go”—You're Firing Them Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager...
5th Jan 2026
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You’re Not “Letting People Go”—You're Firing Them

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5th Jan 2026
Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager chair.
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a return to soul bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
9th Nov 2024
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a return to soul

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9th Nov 2024
bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
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How Dangerous is Rock Climbing? There is an adage in climbing—there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no...
28th Nov 2022
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How Dangerous is Rock Climbing?

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28th Nov 2022
There is an adage in climbing—there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no old bold climbers. I plan on getting pretty old.
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I'm Recommending 12 New YouTube Videos Let's support indie voices instead of Netflix
1st Feb 2026
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I'm Recommending 12 New YouTube Videos

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1st Feb 2026
Let's support indie voices instead of Netflix
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Creating Space: A 6-Week Journaling Course Announcing a journaling course in collaboration with Buster Benson at 750 Words — designed to help...
9th Jun 2025
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Creating Space: A 6-Week Journaling Course

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9th Jun 2025
Announcing a journaling course in collaboration with Buster Benson at 750 Words — designed to help you step back, breathe, and reconnect with what truly matters. Join us!
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Inequality, galactic and planetary Is the relationship between inequality and homicide casual? Should we expect it to be?
26th May 2023
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Inequality, galactic and planetary

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26th May 2023
Is the relationship between inequality and homicide casual? Should we expect it to be?
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Growth Means Choosing a Different Kind of Pain I never threw a party until I was in my late 30s. I was always afraid people wouldn’t show up, or,...
1st Oct 2024
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Growth Means Choosing a Different Kind of Pain

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1st Oct 2024
I never threw a party until I was in my late 30s. I was always afraid people wouldn’t show up, or, even worse, that they would show up and quickly want to leave. It felt like this particular fate could not be risked, which meant party-throwing was off the table. Other people...
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[instagram] there will still be 125 pieces of my love lingering somewhere on the internet i used to be one of those people who would say, marriage is just a piece of paper. but after being...
2 weeks ago
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[instagram] there will still be 125 pieces of my love lingering somewhere on the internet

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2 weeks ago
i used to be one of those people who would say, marriage is just a piece of paper. but after being with her for years and years through all the tears and laughter it is starting to make me sad that if anything were to happen to me she wouldn’t be able to do things like make...
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Looking for precious time Laetitia@Work #49
12th May 2022
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Looking for precious time

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12th May 2022
Laetitia@Work #49
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The most profound message in the history of junk literature I have always been a slow reader. I get discouraged by dense text and I struggle to finish books...
1st Jul 2017
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The most profound message in the history of junk literature

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1st Jul 2017
I have always been a slow reader. I get discouraged by dense text and I struggle to finish books thicker than the width of my thumb.
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on learning the piano with baby steps I’ve been learning the piano for about 3 months now. When I first picked it up again I was very...
1st Mar 2026
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on learning the piano with baby steps

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1st Mar 2026
I’ve been learning the piano for about 3 months now. When I first picked it up again I was very skeptical because I have a history of learning things at short intense...
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Why (And How) I'm Self-Publishing My Novel The First HUSK Update!
11th Dec 2024
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Why (And How) I'm Self-Publishing My Novel

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11th Dec 2024
The First HUSK Update!
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The Hardo-Normie Alignment Graph I don't know how I get invited to anything either
1st Apr 2024
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The Hardo-Normie Alignment Graph

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1st Apr 2024
I don't know how I get invited to anything either
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State Championships My daughters have been grappling (both in juijitsu and wrestling) since they were eight years old....
1st Apr 2026
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State Championships

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1st Apr 2026
My daughters have been grappling (both in juijitsu and wrestling) since they were eight years old. This winter marks almost six years of training (with some gaps when we were on the road). In all that time they've never really tested themselves in any formal way. They've wrestled...
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The Bookseller's Register #3 Two Customer Encounters
6th Sep 2023
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The Bookseller's Register #3

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Sep 2023
Two Customer Encounters
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To day has bin a memorable day Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in...
1st Jan 2023
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To day has bin a memorable day

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1st Jan 2023
Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in the city of Philadelphia. It was in 1863, aged 24, that Davis began to keep a written record of life during the Civil War in the first of three pocket diaries to have survived,...
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Let Us Fulfill Our Obligation That nice, warm feeling you’re carrying over from Thanksgiving? That fullness after your big family...
27th Nov 2025
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Let Us Fulfill Our Obligation

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27th Nov 2025
That nice, warm feeling you’re carrying over from Thanksgiving? That fullness after your big family get-together? From the meal, from the company, from all of it? It’s important that you realize not everyone is feeling that right now. In fact, many people are experiencing the...
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My Rule of the 6 Spheres Like most people, I'm reluctant to discuss personal matters, but I take this rule very...
2nd Feb 2024
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My Rule of the 6 Spheres

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2nd Feb 2024
Like most people, I'm reluctant to discuss personal matters, but I take this rule very seriously—it's at the heart of my worldview and keeps me on the right path
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i guess i wrote a song??? a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
2nd Apr 2024
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i guess i wrote a song???

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2nd Apr 2024
a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
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Culture is Friction How Convenience Kills Human Relationships
12th Mar 2026
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Culture is Friction

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12th Mar 2026
How Convenience Kills Human Relationships
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Release Valve Principles The choices you make when you can't make a choice.
11th Oct 2023
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Release Valve Principles

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11th Oct 2023
The choices you make when you can't make a choice.
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biometrics pre, during & post-covid A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health...
3rd Sep 2023
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biometrics pre, during & post-covid

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3rd Sep 2023
A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health trends from the health app: Obviously this is because I had covid: being...
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Dogs Of The S&P CNX Nifty: 2016 Update You can read about my previous post here: Dogs of the Nifty 2015 Update. The returns of the strategy...
2nd Jan 2017
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Dogs Of The S&P CNX Nifty: 2016 Update

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2nd Jan 2017
You can read about my previous post here: Dogs of the Nifty 2015 Update. The returns of the strategy for 2016 are as follows: Dogs of the Nifty: 23.52 Small Dogs of the Nifty: 45.50% S&P CNX 50: 4.17% The strategy  had a strong beating in 2015 and at the end of 2015 had not...
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Five Things I Learned After I Left the Marketing Agency World After about 8 years of working at advertising/marketing/design companies I hit a wall. I was...
3rd Nov 2013
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Five Things I Learned After I Left the Marketing Agency World

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3rd Nov 2013
After about 8 years of working at advertising/marketing/design companies I hit a wall. I was disappointed in the work I was doing. This is the story of why I became an in-house designer.
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what's your favorite summer book? Zhang Enli, The Wires (3), 2015
2nd Jun 2026
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what's your favorite summer book?

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2nd Jun 2026
Zhang Enli, The Wires (3), 2015
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What’s Taking Up Your Mental Bandwidth Right Now? Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If...
6th Feb 2025
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What’s Taking Up Your Mental Bandwidth Right Now?

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Feb 2025
Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If you spent most of your day preoccupied with thoughts about a past failed relationship, for example, that makes for a different kind of day than one in which you’re preoccupied with...
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6 Ways that Good People Build Trust, and Become Leaders That Others Follow What type of leader do you want to be? One core identifying feature of admired leaders is how many...
2nd Dec 2024
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6 Ways that Good People Build Trust, and Become Leaders That Others Follow

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2nd Dec 2024
What type of leader do you want to be? One core identifying feature of admired leaders is how many people follow them to their next role. And trust is the core tool to improve that metric.
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Pissing in the Wind Questioning the results of a study criticizing Dyson's hand dryer.
7th May 2016
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Pissing in the Wind

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7th May 2016
Questioning the results of a study criticizing Dyson's hand dryer.
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Maybe Your Sleep Tracking is Killing You? The Lure of the Measurable
6th Feb 2023
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Maybe Your Sleep Tracking is Killing You?

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6th Feb 2023
The Lure of the Measurable
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How to process news of the Israel-Hamas conflict A guide for the ignorant and perplexed like me
1st Nov 2023
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How to process news of the Israel-Hamas conflict

from The Ruffian [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Nov 2023
A guide for the ignorant and perplexed like me
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can everyone kindly shut the fuck up about AI The robots aren't coming, but the people who can't shut the fuck up about them are already here.
5th Jun 2024
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can everyone kindly shut the fuck up about AI

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5th Jun 2024
The robots aren't coming, but the people who can't shut the fuck up about them are already here.
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In Favor of Enjoying Things on Purpose The human being is an enjoyment-seeking creature. There’s a reason people are always trying to...
17th Mar 2026
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In Favor of Enjoying Things on Purpose

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17th Mar 2026
The human being is an enjoyment-seeking creature. There’s a reason people are always trying to restrain themselves from excessive eating, drinking, scrolling, and shopping. It’s perfectly normal to pursue these and other pleasures even to the point of serious problems and early...
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You can just eradicate things The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease already exists. We just have to be brave enough...
a week ago
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You can just eradicate things

from The Works in Progress Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

a week ago
The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease already exists. We just have to be brave enough to use it.
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The Pathologization Pandemic Why youth mental illness is surging
6th Jul 2023
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The Pathologization Pandemic

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Jul 2023
Why youth mental illness is surging
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a toast to breastfeeding Hi! First of all, I recorded a voiceover of this So Into That! Click the play button above if you’d...
11th Mar 2026
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a toast to breastfeeding

from What To Cook [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Mar 2026
Hi! First of all, I recorded a voiceover of this So Into That! Click the play button above if you’d like to listen. I really, really tried not to cry, but it was just a crying kind of day apparently. I’ve had a wild few weeks of travel — both for pleasure to Mexico with the...
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Data hubris and the illusion of certainty Laetitia@Work #102
15th Jul 2026
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Data hubris and the illusion of certainty

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15th Jul 2026
Laetitia@Work #102
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Flowers of Fire: How South Korea’s Feminists Inspired the World Laetitia@Work #77
8th Jan 2025
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Flowers of Fire: How South Korea’s Feminists Inspired the World

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8th Jan 2025
Laetitia@Work #77
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He looks like a blimp An Important Announcement from the US President
6th Feb 2026
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He looks like a blimp

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6th Feb 2026
An Important Announcement from the US President
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When Google killed Google Reader, the bloggosphere took a severe hit and the content quality went down because there weren't enough readers to justify the effort it takes to maintain a high quality blog.

What's left is a decaying wasteland of blogs, most abandoned, a lot are now SEO spam, and 99% are not worth reading. BoredReading is a way to read the remaining great blogs that survived the ice age.

To add your favorite blog, please suggest it here! I get emails every day which helps me maintain a high quality selection of blogs!

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht on Twitter.
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