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journal – Winnie Lim
my multi-decade journey with migraines Writing some of my recent posts made me reflect on how far I’ve come with regards to my chronic...
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10 months ago
Writing some of my recent posts made me reflect on how far I’ve come with regards to my chronic migraines so far, so I thought it’ll be fun (to nobody except myself)...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Nike's Two-Hour Marathon and the Source of Sensational Failure If Eliud Kipchoge's run had been one second per mile faster Eliud would be the man who did the...
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over a year ago
If Eliud Kipchoge's run had been one second per mile faster Eliud would be the man who did the impossible. Instead, he is a loser. Or maybe we are the ones who are losing.
Wait But Why
The Second Presidential Debate In case you missed it, here's what happened. The post The Second Presidential Debate appeared first...
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over a year ago
In case you missed it, here's what happened. The post The Second Presidential Debate appeared first on Wait But Why.
Both Are True
TODAY 12PM: Write alongside other weirdos with almost zero talking about writing!!
2 months ago
The Honest Broker
Why You Should Skip My Articles and Go Straight to the Comments Here are some highlights from yesterday's open mic anarchy thread
over a year ago
Scarlet Ink
No More Excuses: Trading Blame for Action. Practical Steps Towards Ownership Instead of Whining. I'll admit a lack of patience for people who prefer to make excuses when they're given advice. It's...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
I'll admit a lack of patience for people who prefer to make excuses when they're given advice. It's easier to make excuses rather than do the hard work.
Jason Fried
Lighten your grip I recently took up drumming. Again. One of the first things you realize, other than you suck, is...
a year ago
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a year ago
I recently took up drumming. Again. One of the first things you realize, other than you suck, is that you’re gripping the sticks too hard. A tight grip denies certain degrees of freedom, limits subtlety, and ups the fatigue factor. Plus you give up the gift of bounce the drum...
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: the struggle goes on In the final part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look at 2025...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
In the final part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look at 2025 and beyond.
Ryan Hoover's...
What’s in your stack?
over a year ago
Both Are True
remember me nots why do i forget the things i most want to remember?
4 months ago
Tech and Tea
On gentle personal growth in 2024 Reflections on things I’m learning and continue to learn this year.
6 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Optimal Suffering If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Values
11 months ago
Both Are True
'wtf is the batcave' a guide for ppl who already pay for both are true
2 months ago
Mark Manson
3 Principles for a Better Life I used to have a newsletter with the pitch, “3 Ideas That Can Change Your Life.” For years, I sent...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I used to have a newsletter with the pitch, “3 Ideas That Can Change Your Life.” For years, I sent out emails in that format: three ideas—one, two, three—thank you, drive through. News flash: I've got a new weekly newsletter now called The Breakthrough where I send out ideas and...
The Ruffian
Rattle Bag On a plot hole in Macbeth and much else besides
a year ago
Daily Stoic
Daily Stoic Podcast Assistant Producer The Daily Stoic Podcast  The Daily Stoic podcast is a weekly podcast hosted and recorded by...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The Daily Stoic Podcast  The Daily Stoic podcast is a weekly podcast hosted and recorded by bestselling author Ryan Holiday. Guests have included global pop star Camila Cabello, Academy-Award winning actor Matthew McConaughey, #1 New York Times bestselling author Tim Ferriss,...
journal – Winnie Lim
more of the same Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and...
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over a year ago
Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and even, my legs were going at a consistent rhythm, and I found myself thinking:...
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
Diaries of Note
Every lie pronounced is accepted as high truth itself William Shirer was an American journalist who found himself at the heart of unfolding history in...
a year ago
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a year ago
William Shirer was an American journalist who found himself at the heart of unfolding history in Nazi Germany, both in print and on the radio for CBS. In September of 1934, just one month after Hitler assumed the title of Führer, Shirer attended the Nuremberg rally, where an...
The Honest Broker
Nine Observations on the Avant-Garde Has it disappeared? Does anybody care? Should they?
11 months ago
Both Are True
hello from the other side a record of my first two days away from the internet and social media and wow
a year ago
Jason Fried
Motivation I can fake enough. I can fake a lot. But I’ve noticed there’s one thing in particular I can’t fake:...
a year ago
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a year ago
I can fake enough. I can fake a lot. But I’ve noticed there’s one thing in particular I can’t fake: Motivation. And in the end, at least for me, it all comes down to motivation. I may have the talent, I may know the tricks, I may be able to go through the motions. But if I deeply...
Both Are True
How close we got to having an 8th day of the week (and other new truths learned during E1 and E2 of... Season One, Week One: A Recap
a year ago
Both Are True
dancing with the brain demons: what artists really need (spoiler: each other) answers to your questions + happy survey summer
2 weeks ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Designer’s Invisible Skill Set How some designers become magicians while others remain stylists
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
Who is there for me? When she wrote this entry in her journal, Elizabeth Smart was pregnant with the second of four...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When she wrote this entry in her journal, Elizabeth Smart was pregnant with the second of four children to fellow poet George Barker, a married man who, by the time of his death, had fathered fifteen children to four women. Smart essentially raised their brood alone, whilst...
Nat Eliason's...
Quarterly Author Update: October 2024 Book sales, next projects, and a blog update
9 months ago
Raptitude.com
Two Ways to Change Your Momentum This is hardly a brilliant insight, but I’ve noticed that making small, “good” decisions early in...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
This is hardly a brilliant insight, but I’ve noticed that making small, “good” decisions early in the day makes the whole day work better. If I wake up and avoid screen time and loafing around, I get more and better work done, I make more sensible meal choices, I’m less needy and...
Stoic Simple
Using Stoicism to Live a Balanced Life Maintaining balance and achieving personal contentment has been a pressing concern for people...
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over a year ago
Maintaining balance and achieving personal contentment has been a pressing concern for people throughout history. From ancient Greek philosophers to modern-day wellness coaches, experts have offered diverse approaches to balance the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual...
journal – Winnie Lim
open-air dining in hong kong When I wrote about open-air dining in seoul I thought nobody would care, but surprisingly I got...
a year ago
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a year ago
When I wrote about open-air dining in seoul I thought nobody would care, but surprisingly I got quite a bit of comments and DMs from fellow covid-cautious travellers. I would keep on...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Two Imaginary Cages One mouse, one bird, and two cages. A grim parable for modern workers.
over a year ago
RhysTranter.com
“When you seek from almost nothing”: Arvo Pärt’s Musical Diaries In a 30-minute documentary produced in collaboration with the Arvo Pärt Centre, the composer...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In a 30-minute documentary produced in collaboration with the Arvo Pärt Centre, the composer discusses the significance of his personal diaries to the formation and development of his music.
The Ruffian
Hitler's Willing Executioners On the genocidal mindset
a year ago
The Ruffian
The Social Media Cage Fight A Rattle Bag of Goodies, Including Some Shameless Self-Promotion
a year ago
Jason Fried
Randomly right One of the great lessons of nature: Randomness is the most beautiful thing. Every forest, every...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
One of the great lessons of nature: Randomness is the most beautiful thing. Every forest, every field, every place untouched by humans is full of randomness. Nothing lines up, a million different shapes, sprouting seeds burst where the winds — or birds — randomly drop...
Naveen Arun's Blog
Please Let Me Monetize My Hobbies Please, let me monetize my hobbies. After all, what’s the point of doing something purely for fun...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Please, let me monetize my hobbies. After all, what’s the point of doing something purely for fun when I could be making money off it? Please, let me turn my relaxing gaming sessions into high-pressure performances with commentary. Who wouldn’t enjoy transforming a leisurely...
The Ruffian
Movies as Discourse Generators Notes on Recent Films
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
A Map is Not a Blueprint: Why Fixing Nature Fails Ozempic, Fertilizer, Lobotomies, and the dangers of hubris
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Why you should build your product in public
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Ministry Of Silly Walks lift up your heels already
4 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The IKEA Defense of Flat Earthers Flat Earthers are perhaps the only group of people that it is still socially acceptable to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Flat Earthers are perhaps the only group of people that it is still socially acceptable to discriminate against. We just can’t bring ourselves to tolerate people who believe the world is flat. And yet the fundamental ideas powering a flat Earth believer is an approach that most...
The Honest Broker
Could Any Other Jazz Trumpeter Match Up with Louis Armstrong in the 1930s? The short answer is no—but these eight horn players came close
a year ago
Left To Write
Your Map Is Not The Territory Afflictions of the human condition
over a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
Things to argue about over the holidays instead of politics III How much should a couple talk if they are having dinner in a restaurant, after being together for...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
How much should a couple talk if they are having dinner in a restaurant, after being together for one month/year/decade? If it’s safer to face backwards in vehicles, then what is it that’s shared by infants in cars and soldiers on military planes but no one else? Among rock bands...
The Ruffian
Jemima Kelly on Trump: Part II On Melania, and Trump's Taste In Music
4 months ago
Passing Time
FEEDBACK REQUEST: Making Meaning on Mt. Adams Alt title: "Mt. Adams or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Dismiss the Plan"
a year ago
The Honest Broker
How Lalo Schifrin Composed the Mission Impossible Theme Song I pay tribute to the Argentine composer who left us this week at age 93
2 weeks ago
Passing Time
Aridity Incarnate The American West, Fiction, and Water
9 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Rising to our feet How does it make you feel to know that the same people who five years ago assaulted the world with...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
How does it make you feel to know that the same people who five years ago assaulted the world with their Covid scamdemic are today committing genocide in Palestine?
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Cameras, and Ninomae Ina’nis I’m typing this today as we travel from Tōkyō to Nagoya on the Shinkansen, the best form of...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I’m typing this today as we travel from Tōkyō to Nagoya on the Shinkansen, the best form of transport in the world. It’s fast, quiet, convenient, smooth, spotless, punctual, and the booking system is even understandable after you’ve made a bunch of mistakes! The seats in the...
The Honest Broker
What You Can Learn from Just Seven Pages by Hannah Arendt She wrote this book in the 1950s, but it's frighteningly relevant right now
8 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Role models
over a year ago
The Prism
The Cure to Misinformation is More Misinformation Why we need fake news to know what's true
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS Woody Guthrie was a folk pioneer, social activist, and restless wanderer who journeyed across the...
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over a year ago
Woody Guthrie was a folk pioneer, social activist, and restless wanderer who journeyed across the country, connecting with the struggles and aspirations of the American people during the trying times of the Great Depression. He filled innumerable notebooks with lyrics, prose,...
The Honest Broker
Is There Such a Thing as Western Harmony? Does anyone really own music theory, and who gets to decide?
over a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Materials and Hardware After your floorplan, and along with your use of sunlight, the materials you choose will make the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
After your floorplan, and along with your use of sunlight, the materials you choose will make the biggest difference in the mood that inhabits your home. This post covers our own thinking and what we decided.
Jason Fried
Osmo Wiio: Communication usually fails, except by accident Osmo Wiio was a Finnish researcher of human communication. His laws of communication are the human...
a year ago
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a year ago
Osmo Wiio was a Finnish researcher of human communication. His laws of communication are the human communications equivalent of Murphy’s Laws. Wiio's laws state... If communication can fail, it will. If a message can be understood in different ways, it will be understood in...
Stoic Simple
How to Find Fulfillment in Life with Stoicism In a world that often emphasizes material success and external validation, it can be difficult to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In a world that often emphasizes material success and external validation, it can be difficult to find true fulfillment. Stoicism, an ancient philosophy that emphasizes personal virtue, inner resilience, and self-awareness, offers a roadmap for finding inner peace and...
Jason Crawford
Precognition It’s almost impossible to predict the future. But it’s also unnecessary, because most people are...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It’s almost impossible to predict the future. But it’s also unnecessary, because most people are living in the past. All you have to do is see the present before everyone else does. To be less pithy, but more clear: Most people are slow to notice and accept change. If you can...
Diaries of Note
Our surgeons never flagged Florence Farmborough was an English nurse, photographer, and diarist who moved to Russia in 1908,...
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a year ago
Florence Farmborough was an English nurse, photographer, and diarist who moved to Russia in 1908, aged twenty-one, to work as a governess for a Kiev family. Six years after her arrival, when World War I began, Farmborough joined the Red Cross as a nurse and was immediately sent...
Both Are True
if you drink enough coffee you start peeing coffee this piece has nothing to do with coffee!!
5 months ago
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky The reason I write
over a year ago
Stoic Simple
What Does Stoicism Teach About Pleasure and Pain? Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that has gained increasing popularity in recent years. At the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that has gained increasing popularity in recent years. At the heart of this school of thought is the idea that we can achieve true happiness by living in accordance with nature, accepting what we cannot change, and focusing on developing our own...
Passing Time
An Ode to Manchester Wall A 19th-century bridge's contribution to climbing culture
a year ago
Both Are True
remember, dad, who we are? storytime in the land of milk and bee spit
3 days ago
Wait But Why
It’s 2020 and you’re in the future Some people are young, just not you. The post It’s 2020 and you’re in the future appeared first on...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Some people are young, just not you. The post It’s 2020 and you’re in the future appeared first on Wait But Why.
The Honest Broker
How Picasso Turned Me into a Strategy Consultant I share a shameful incident from my student days
a year ago
Isabel Unraveled
the two dogs in me words from a private reading i did in Toronto
2 months ago
Both Are True
why it's impossible to finish anything, especially the good things the effort paradox
5 months ago
The Tao Of Wealth
The Little Book Of Big Weight Loss : Book Notes Big weight loss is mostly about the food. Exercise is important to a lesser extent. Do not eat...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Big weight loss is mostly about the food. Exercise is important to a lesser extent. Do not eat sugar, especially fructose. Aim for less than 3 added teaspoons per day, which is equal to 12 grams ( 1 teaspoon = 4 grams). Remember there are many names for sugar, so watch out when...
Both Are True
we're okay - a quick Asheville update and a list of places to donate
9 months ago
Diaries of Note
The news from remote France grows more ominous every day Siegfried Sassoon was a leading poet of the First World War, known for his vivid depictions of life...
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over a year ago
Siegfried Sassoon was a leading poet of the First World War, known for his vivid depictions of life in the trenches and his criticism of the conflict. In 1918, he had already gained recognition for his poetry, with his first collection, The Old Huntsman and Other Poems, published...
Left To Write
#3 Writemas: Developing Taste Last week, on a Bloomstory team day out to the Design Museum in London, I said to my friend Myles,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last week, on a Bloomstory team day out to the Design Museum in London, I said to my friend Myles, “Given we’re in a creative field, it’s important we develop taste.” I know it’s subjective, but I’ve often wondered about how universal ‘good’ taste is. However, instead of driving...
Passing Time
The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics and the Exploitation Problem In one of my favorite blog posts of all time, Jai writes: The Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In one of my favorite blog posts of all time, Jai writes: The Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics says that you can have a particle spinning clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time – until you look at it, at which point it definitely becomes one or the other....
The Intimate Mirror
Emptiness and Values Realism Beyond the False Dichotomy
3 months ago
The Ruffian
27 Takes On What It Means To Be a Serious Person Plus a rattle bag of goodies
a year ago
The Convivial...
Reading As Counter-Practice The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 19
over a year ago
The Ruffian
The Good Enough Trap How Technology Can Get Us Stuck In Place
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Regrets List / Things I Did Good List Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
a year ago
Isabel Unraveled
my phone is making me dumb is yours too?
6 months ago
Diaries of Note
My heroic composure was wasted Philip Toynbee, born in Oxford in 1916, was an English journalist and author best known for his...
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a year ago
Philip Toynbee, born in Oxford in 1916, was an English journalist and author best known for his insightful and often controversial reviews in the The Observer—including, most famously, his 1961 critique of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “dull, ill-written, whimsical and childish” Hobbit novels...
The Honest Broker
When Louis Armstrong Conquered Chicago Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract from his new book
Nat Eliason's...
The Scariest Day of My Life What the hell am I supposed to do?
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Environmentalism: What Stoicism Teaches on Ethics & Environment Stoicism, a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece, has gained significant attention in modern...
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over a year ago
Stoicism, a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece, has gained significant attention in modern times for its practical and pragmatic approach to life. While Stoicism is often associated with personal ethics and self-improvement, its principles can also be applied to...
Jason Fried
Questions and Answers vs. Features and Benefits When making products, you can think of them as a collection of features or answers. Some people may...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
When making products, you can think of them as a collection of features or answers. Some people may say "you mean features or benefits?" No, I mean answers. Answers are counterpoints to questions people have in their heads. Answers fill holes, answers snap into sockets. Benefits...
Tech and Tea
Expectations, planning, and suffering Thoughts on planning and letting go of expectations
a year ago
Jason Fried
A company is a language Companies are akin to complex languages, each with its own unique dialect and cultural...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Companies are akin to complex languages, each with its own unique dialect and cultural nuances. And I think this explains why it’s so hard for executives — especially executives — to come in from outside an organization and find their way. At lower levels within an...
The Honest Broker
Now You Know the Rest of the Story... I share updates on recent articles
2 months ago
How to Be a Stoic
Stoic Q&A: can virtue justify evil? [Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org.]...
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[Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org.] V. writes: My question is: can Stoic virtues be used as excuses to conduct evil deeds? I’m asking this question for several reasons. First, in the current political climate, the...
Charlie Becker
The Best Things I Read or Watched in April 2024 | Castles in the Sky Links These are all the best things I read and watched in April 2024. If you open this in a browser, you...
a year ago
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a year ago
These are all the best things I read and watched in April 2024. If you open this in a browser, you can click the link to take you straight to that part of the article. Cosmographia by M. E. Rothwell “On reaching the age of the TV anti-hero” by Erik Hoel
The Ruffian
Why you should only trust people with imposter syndrome Or how to tell the difference between Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Say my name, say mye naym I have a name that a lot of people find hard to pronounce
a year ago
Diaries of Note
This tedious battle against the mountain is almost over At 3:15 pm on 22nd May 1963, Luther ‘Lute’ Jerstad and his teammate Barry Bishop became the second...
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At 3:15 pm on 22nd May 1963, Luther ‘Lute’ Jerstad and his teammate Barry Bishop became the second and third Americans ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest, following an arduous journey that began alongside a formidable team of 17 other Americans, 32 Sherpas, and 909 porters...
The Convivial...
The Ambling Mind The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 6
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
App Defaults I discovered this "app defaults" initiative through Manu, and although many of my defaults are the...
a year ago
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a year ago
I discovered this "app defaults" initiative through Manu, and although many of my defaults are the same, I thought I'd share my setup regardless, adding a few new ones: Type App(s) Mail Client Apple Mail Mail Server Google Workspace Notes iA Writer + Apple...
Nat Eliason's...
Announcing my Book: Crypto Confidential! Now available for preorder everywhere
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
The community trap
10 months ago
Luxagraf:...
Fort Pickens Just before new year's, Corrinne and the kids rejoined me at Big Lagoon. We had a quiet new year's...
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Just before new year's, Corrinne and the kids rejoined me at Big Lagoon. We had a quiet new year's around the fire, and then the next day we headed out to the Fort Pickens portion of Gulf Islands National Seashore. If St. George is the best spot in the panhandle, Fort Pickens is...
Charlie Becker
Relatable Flaws | Review of Ask the Dust by John Fante Ask the Dust is a great book that captures a specific feeling unlike anything else I’ve ever read....
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a year ago
Ask the Dust is a great book that captures a specific feeling unlike anything else I’ve ever read. The protagonist is a deeply flawed, almost perverse daydreamer, but it is his flaws that make him relatable in a way I’ve encountered in very few other places.
The Works in...
A syllabus for nuclear power A reading list about making nuclear power cheaper and faster
3 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
8 months ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
Set a Bar so High Average People Think You're a Psychopath “Your potential is determined by how much uncertainty you're willing to embrace”
8 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Let People Know When You're Doing Them A Favor It's nicer to let them know
4 days ago
The Ruffian
Why London's Famous Penguin Pool Has No Penguins In It A Tale From My Trip To The Zoo
a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
How to Build an Online Empire by Yourself (Without Any Hacks) Let's cut the cr*p
7 months ago
Both Are True
My son, the two year old soccer prodigy he just doesn't know it yet // S1E2
a year ago
Tech and Tea
Bridging the ask vs guess culture gap at work How we can reduce ask vs guess culture clashes by creating more shared context, aligning around when...
a year ago
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a year ago
How we can reduce ask vs guess culture clashes by creating more shared context, aligning around when to ask for help, and helping guess culture coworkers get clarity on what they want in their careers
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalism Life V3 Here we go again. New design. New structure. Better design. Better structure. Better use of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Here we go again. New design. New structure. Better design. Better structure. Better use of typography. Better readability. Better user-experience. Clearer focus. This is minimalism.life version 3. The updated design applies the principle of minimalism in its truest sense (or at...
Diaries of Note
The home of the chimps 14th July 1960 was a pivotal moment in the annals of primate research. It was on this day, with...
a year ago
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a year ago
14th July 1960 was a pivotal moment in the annals of primate research. It was on this day, with nothing more than binoculars, a notebook, her boundless curiosity, and the company of her mother, that 26-year-old Jane Goodall first stepped into the wild and untamed landscape of...
Diaries of Note
The degradation machine is running Jean Guéhenno was a French essayist and intellectual known for his unwavering commitment to freedom...
a year ago
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a year ago
Jean Guéhenno was a French essayist and intellectual known for his unwavering commitment to freedom and truth during a period when both were under severe threat. In the midst of World War II, France had become an eerie silhouette of its former self, ruled by a government that had...
Diaries of Note
Y’all are under arrest On 4th May, 1961, a courageous group of activists, later known as the Freedom Riders, set off on an...
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On 4th May, 1961, a courageous group of activists, later known as the Freedom Riders, set off on an arduous journey during which they would protest the segregation laws of various states. Beginning in Washington, D.C. they headed for the South aboard two buses, their ultimate...
journal – Winnie Lim
getting closer to my darkness I have always struggled with my mind, but the intensity seemed to worsen in the past few months....
a year ago
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a year ago
I have always struggled with my mind, but the intensity seemed to worsen in the past few months. Tracing back, I think it was since my covid infection.  I wasn’t surprised to...
journal – Winnie Lim
the experience of completing a sketchbook for my japan trip Last year I started sketching, and for the first time in my life I started bringing art materials on...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last year I started sketching, and for the first time in my life I started bringing art materials on my travels. I did the same when I went to Japan, except a...
The Intimate Mirror
Love's Inevitable Gravity The Sacred Archaeology of Desire
3 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Ridding the World of Talent One Child at a Time Do you believe in a talent fairy fluttering around blessing special folks with abilities and flying...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Do you believe in a talent fairy fluttering around blessing special folks with abilities and flying over the rest of us unlucky souls? I don’t believe it. I prefer to use the word _skill_ and give credit to the countless hours spent honing one’s craft.
The Convivial...
Embrace Your Crookedness The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 13
a year ago
Both Are True
THE BATCAVE IS OPEN FOR BATNESS paying subscribers get monthly lives, cowrites, mini-workshops and more
2 months ago
Left To Write
№ 77: Reflecting on 2023 Doubt, love and growing more into myself.
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
When Unicorns and Robots Hold Hands Are you data-driven or design-driven? Doesn’t matter, either way you will probably fail.
over a year ago
bookbear express
How They Made It: Todd and Elaine of Dandelion Chocolate on work and marriage for all the people who fantasize about working with their spouse
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Halfway through our stay on St. George we had a little problem called Friday night. The problem was that the campground at St George was full for Friday night. One night missing in a string of twelve nights. We knew that when we came out here, but I was really hoping something...
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In 1990, the Royal National Theatre embarked on an ambitious international tour featuring two towering Shakespearean plays, King Lear and Richard III, with groundbreaking lead performances from Brian Cox and Ian McKellen, respectively. Their first destination beyond the UK was...
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I forget who pointed this out, but Netflix has a subtle feature where it periodically tries to inspire you to get off the couch and live the life you really want. Whenever an episode of the show you’re watching ends, and the next is queueing up, there’s a moment in which the...
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In 1768, British botanist Joseph Banks was one of nearly a hundred crew members to join Captain James Cook on the first of three historic voyages of exploration. For three years they journeyed, visiting South America, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia and Java as they...
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You’ve probably heard the term ‘white space’ before, which is also often referred to as negative space and is used widely in digital and print design. It is the portion of a canvas left unmarked: margins, gutters, and space between columns, lines of type, graphics, figures, or...
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Paul Polman first drew my attention in 2019 when he was one of the “business leaders” who publicly voiced their support for Extinction Rebellion, the UK-based “climate” campaign group.
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The following letter was written exactly 100 years ago. It’s a remarkable piece of writing that never fails to move me. And because you deserve it, above the transcript I’ve included audio of the letter being read by the lovely Juliet Stevenson, taken from the Letters of Note:...
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practicing creativity while in recovery Prior to getting covid I revolved my life around getting healthier: exercising, recovering from...
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Prior to getting covid I revolved my life around getting healthier: exercising, recovering from exercise, cooking. Now I am just focused on getting back to my baseline, which till now I am...
DYNOMIGHT
Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess A year ago, there was a lot of talk about large language models (LLMs) playing chess. Word was that...
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A year ago, there was a lot of talk about large language models (LLMs) playing chess. Word was that if you trained a big enough model on enough text, then you could send it a partially played game, ask it to predict the next move, and it would play at the level of an advanced...
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The global industrial-financial complex has been doing its best for decades now to ensure there is no real ideological opposition to its life-hating agenda.
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Yesterday we took the Shinkansen fron Tōkyō to Nagoya, a city I’ve never been to before. Clara had been for a brief stopover, but hadn’t seen much of it beyond its port. Much of yesterday’s post may have been spent extolling the virtues of high-speed trains before I even got to...
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Kevin Bentley was twenty-one when, in July of 1977, he left El Paso and headed for the bustling streets of San Francisco—one of thousands of young gay men flocking to this vibrant city in search of acceptance, community, and hedonism. San Francisco offered an enticing allure of...
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Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of...
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In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of Terrence Malick's 2019 biopic of the Austrian conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter—executed in 1943 for his refusal to swear allegiance to National Socialism. Cooprider explores...
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One of my biggest goals last year was to run 10km – for me it is not just a distance goal for the sake of having a distance goal, but rather cultivating...
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Rachel Roberts was a formidable Welsh actress whose performances on stage and screen garnered praise and awards, her name often spoken with a mix of reverence and endearment within theatrical circles. Sadly, her personal life was at odds with her professional one, and in the last...
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Artificial intelligence is capable of forging philosophical concepts that transcend the organic limitations of human neural networks. Is there a way for us to comprehend a "shadow" of this new form of AI wisdom? by Phil Van Treuren Humanity has practiced philosophy for thousands...
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Esteemed midwife Martha Ballard was fifty when she began to keep a diary—a unique and detailed record of life in 18th-century rural America that would grow to 10,000 entries and cover 27 years. On the day of the following entry in October of 1794, Ballard successfully delivered...
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By Michael McGill The Stoics had a name for a person who fully realized the virtues of Stoicism. A person who overcame all of their personal defects to achieve a life of complete tranquility and goodness. The perfect Stoic, if you will.  They referred to this person as the Stoic...
journal – Winnie Lim
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I thought I’ll document my favourite things in hanoi in case some internet stranger finds it useful, else I’ll just drown in nostalgia some time later when I look back upon this...
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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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No sooner am I happy, than he crushes me It was on the eve of their wedding in September of 1862 that Russian writer Leo Tolstoy showed his...
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It was on the eve of their wedding in September of 1862 that Russian writer Leo Tolstoy showed his diaries to 18-year-old Sofia Behrs, the young woman with whom he was to spend his life. Filled with lurid confessions and tales of past affairs, these notebooks made an instant,...
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We would never have come this way if weren't for the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Not that I wanted to go there that badly, but when we took the kids to a baseball game back in Florida the Baseball Hall of Fame somehow came up and I remember Elliott saying "can...
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She’s going, boys! On 21st November 1915, following months of struggle against the implacable Antarctic ice, the crew...
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On 21st November 1915, following months of struggle against the implacable Antarctic ice, the crew of Endurance, led by the intrepid Sir Ernest Shackleton, witnessed the final sinking of their ship—a vessel that had promised passage across the continent. In his diary that night,...
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Where’s the magic? I got asked once my favourite person from history in a job interview. I said Isaac Newton. An old...
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I got asked once my favourite person from history in a job interview. I said Isaac Newton. An old cricket coach told me about the laws of motion. And I never forgot. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. It helped fix my right arm leg spin. I later
Wait But Why
Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level. The post Neuralink and the...
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I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level. The post Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future appeared first on Wait But Why.