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Regrets List / Things I Did Good List Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
2nd Aug 2023
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Regrets List / Things I Did Good List

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Aug 2023
Noticing the patterns of your personal life-lessons
Sumibiyaki Arashi Thanks to Ipanemagirl, I finally got to dine at Sumibiyaki Arashi.  Reservations are hard to come-by...
2 weeks ago
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Sumibiyaki Arashi

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

2 weeks ago
Thanks to Ipanemagirl, I finally got to dine at Sumibiyaki Arashi.  Reservations are hard to come-by since Pete Ho's yakitori omakase spot has become a Vancouver favourite since it opened in February of 2025.  The place has already earned a Michelin-star and places #17 on...
To Hell With Good Intentions, Silicon Valley Edition The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 14
11th Dec 2024
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To Hell With Good Intentions, Silicon Valley Edition

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Dec 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 14
[instagram] how i wish i can simply tell you how much she means to me every morning without fail when she wakes up she comes to greet me as though i’m the most precious...
2nd Jan 2026
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2nd Jan 2026
every morning without fail when she wakes up she comes to greet me as though i’m the most precious thing in the world. you would think after 116 months she would grow tired of me and just perceive me like i’m part of our home’s furniture but nope: still the sweetest smiles, the...
The Meaning of Logos Taken from Fr John Nepil‘s To Heights and Unto Depths: Letters from the Colorado Trail: “Creation...
11th Apr 2026
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The Meaning of Logos

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

11th Apr 2026
Taken from Fr John Nepil‘s To Heights and Unto Depths: Letters from the Colorado Trail: “Creation felt symphonic Everything from the wildflowers below to the stratus clouds above spoke of order and design. The ancients had a word for this-one that would in time become intensely...
24th Jul 2025
Looking for precious time Laetitia@Work #49
12th May 2022
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Looking for precious time

from Laetitia@Work [alt+shift+b] in life

12th May 2022
Laetitia@Work #49
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

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
I'm Recommending 14 New Albums Here are some of my favorite recordings of 2026 (so far)
1st Apr 2026
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I'm Recommending 14 New Albums

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

1st Apr 2026
Here are some of my favorite recordings of 2026 (so far)
Barenbrug House In the summer of 2021 I made the decision to plan a house project. Not just to save, find, and buy a...
3rd Jul 2022
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Barenbrug House

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

3rd Jul 2022
In the summer of 2021 I made the decision to plan a house project. Not just to save, find, and buy a pre-existing house—that would be far too easy—and boring (unless you're doing an interesting renovation). Instead, my partner and I are opting to buy a plot of land in Scotland...
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

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
Respecting Repose There's a difference between noise and sound.
29th Mar 2022
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Respecting Repose

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

29th Mar 2022
There's a difference between noise and sound.
Why Are We The Way We Are? A conversation with Chris Williamson
3rd Aug 2023
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Why Are We The Way We Are?

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

3rd Aug 2023
A conversation with Chris Williamson
Polaroid, you broke my heart. What does it feel like to be contacted by a brand you love and admire? Well, if the person reaching...
15th Sep 2015
23

Polaroid, you broke my heart.

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

15th Sep 2015
What does it feel like to be contacted by a brand you love and admire? Well, if the person reaching out to you is a lawyer from their trademark protection team it probably feels like a kick in the gut.
A Quick Introduction to PyTorch 2.0 PyTorch 2.0 is out! And it comes with plenty of updates. Also NVIDIA GTC March 2023 is around the...
17th Mar 2023
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A Quick Introduction to PyTorch 2.0

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

17th Mar 2023
PyTorch 2.0 is out! And it comes with plenty of updates. Also NVIDIA GTC March 2023 is around the corner, to celebrate they've given me an RTX 4080 to giveaway!
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
just drank a $4 bottle of smart water and im still dumb af someone help Hey all, been a while. Let me tell you a story. 2022 was one of the most challenging years of my...
23rd May 2023
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just drank a $4 bottle of smart water and im still dumb af someone help

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

23rd May 2023
Hey all, been a while. Let me tell you a story. 2022 was one of the most challenging years of my life. In 2022 — buildspace raised $10M at a $100M valuation. This company is by far the most valuable, impactful thing I’ve ever worked on. To this day, the company has continued to...
because we are both pessimists It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is...
2nd Mar 2025
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because we are both pessimists

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

2nd Mar 2025
It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is almost 9 years, a little less than a quarter of my life....
30 Ways to Revitalize Arts & Culture I can dream, can't I?
2nd May 2025
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30 Ways to Revitalize Arts & Culture

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

2nd May 2025
I can dream, can't I?
some scenes from chiang mai Sharing some straight out of the camera and phone shots from Chiang Mai. It is known for the coffee...
8th Dec 2024
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some scenes from chiang mai

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

8th Dec 2024
Sharing some straight out of the camera and phone shots from Chiang Mai. It is known for the coffee scene, but what I didn’t expect was that it has excellent matcha too,...
5th Apr 2024
My body is not a temple My body is a machine.
6th Apr 2025
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My body is not a temple

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

6th Apr 2025
My body is a machine.
44 I read last year’s post before writing this. Writing is a strange phenomenon. Though I am reading my...
6th Apr 2025
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44

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

6th Apr 2025
I read last year’s post before writing this. Writing is a strange phenomenon. Though I am reading my own writing, it feels like I am reading the writing of another person. Perhaps...
Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing The siren song of subs
9th Oct 2023
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Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing

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

9th Oct 2023
The siren song of subs
Y’all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments Say an alien spaceship is headed for Earth. It has 30 aliens on it. The aliens are weak and small....
2nd Oct 2025
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Y’all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Oct 2025
Say an alien spaceship is headed for Earth. It has 30 aliens on it. The aliens are weak and small. They have no weapons and carry no diseases. They breed at rates similar to humans. They are bringing no new technology. No other ships are coming. There’s no trick—except that they...
Backcountry Skiers and Venture Capitalists Skiing in the proverbial River
3rd Sep 2024
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Backcountry Skiers and Venture Capitalists

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

3rd Sep 2024
Skiing in the proverbial River
me and the beatles just ate some waffles in tokyo I've raised $12M for my company + hired amazing people -- and until very recently, whenever anyone...
16th May 2024
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me and the beatles just ate some waffles in tokyo

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

16th May 2024
I've raised $12M for my company + hired amazing people -- and until very recently, whenever anyone would ask me my 10-year plan I would flat out say "I have no idea".
28th Nov 2024
some ruminations on the inherent dislike of my self [cw: suicidal thoughts] I guess this does not come as a surprise to anyone – I think I have an...
3rd Mar 2024
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some ruminations on the inherent dislike of my self

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

3rd Mar 2024
[cw: suicidal thoughts] I guess this does not come as a surprise to anyone – I think I have an inherent dislike for my self. No one who inherently likes them selves...
History We crossed the Mason Dixon line on our way to Assateague, but it didn't really feel like we were in...
1st Nov 2023
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History

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Nov 2023
We crossed the Mason Dixon line on our way to Assateague, but it didn't really feel like we were in the south yet. No offense Maryland, but it wasn't until I stopped at a gas station in Virginia that I heard the friendly twang of a southern accent. A few miles later I passed a...
Motivation: What It Is, How It Works, and Where to Find It We all want to be motivated. We want to feel energized and excited about the things we do. We want...
1st Dec 2022
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Motivation: What It Is, How It Works, and Where to Find It

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

1st Dec 2022
We all want to be motivated. We want to feel energized and excited about the things we do. We want to wake up in the morning with a sense of purpose and drive, ready to tackle the day ahead. But the truth is, motivation is not always easy to come by. We tell ourselves lies about...
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

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

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...
A Woodchuck's Daydream In Search of a Swamp
1st Apr 2026
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A Woodchuck's Daydream

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Apr 2026
In Search of a Swamp
Namespace Clashes what's in a name?
5th Jan 2026
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Namespace Clashes

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Jan 2026
what's in a name?
Is an AI company buying up all the used books? (Part 2: Maybe yes, actually.) #109 updates the record on AI companies and used book buying
17th Aug 2026
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17th Aug 2026
#109 updates the record on AI companies and used book buying
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
Week 22 of 2025- W222025 What we obtain too cheaply
2nd Jun 2025
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Week 22 of 2025- W222025

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

2nd Jun 2025
What we obtain too cheaply
This Moment is Your Life How to not waste it
5th Mar 2024
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This Moment is Your Life

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

5th Mar 2024
How to not waste it
Niwa Recently, Air Canada released its list of the best new restaurants in Canada.  One of the places...
2nd Jan 2026
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Niwa

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

2nd Jan 2026
Recently, Air Canada released its list of the best new restaurants in Canada.  One of the places mentioned is Niwa out on a strip of great restaurants on Powell Street near Victoria Drive.  After great meals at other nominated restaurants such as Le Violon, Elem, June, Linny's...
Ten food hacks to make your life easier This was almost a post on why millennial motherhood is so challenging, but turned into tactical food...
10th Sep 2023
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Ten food hacks to make your life easier

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

10th Sep 2023
This was almost a post on why millennial motherhood is so challenging, but turned into tactical food hacks.
Give Yourself a Ripcord to Pull When you’re worked up over some dilemma, talking about it with someone else can give you a whoosh of...
18th Jul 2025
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Give Yourself a Ripcord to Pull

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

18th Jul 2025
When you’re worked up over some dilemma, talking about it with someone else can give you a whoosh of perspective, mostly because the other person’s mind isn’t stuck in a black cloud like yours is. The overwhelmed mind tends to regard everything as bad. The optimistic and...
What I Read in January 2026 Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.
2nd Feb 2026
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What I Read in January 2026

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

2nd Feb 2026
Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.
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

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
Goal Setting: A Philosophical Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?” — Epictetus What do the...
28th Apr 2022
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Goal Setting: A Philosophical Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

28th Apr 2022
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?” — Epictetus What do the goals we set, whether personal or professional, require? If we hope to accomplish our goals, we need the discipline to hold ourselves accountable. We need the self-control to stay...
The Moral Case for Small Business Starting, running, and supporting our way to a better world
7th Apr 2023
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The Moral Case for Small Business

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

7th Apr 2023
Starting, running, and supporting our way to a better world
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

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

10th Aug 2025
Your money isn't going to the bands you love, it's going to the ones everyone else listens to.
Blanco I've never been much of a car driver. I had one in high school, but pretty shortly after I got a...
11th Mar 2026
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Blanco

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Mar 2026
I've never been much of a car driver. I had one in high school, but pretty shortly after I got a truck and never looked back. Trucks are an entirely different, and better, driving experience. You get an elevated view of the world, and the drive is more relaxed, like you're...
The Good Enough Trap How Technology Can Get Us Stuck In Place
4th May 2024
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The Good Enough Trap

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

4th May 2024
How Technology Can Get Us Stuck In Place
Strategies for making your ideas happen This post contains my notes from the book: More Fearless Change: Strategies for making your ideas...
1st Aug 2019
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Strategies for making your ideas happen

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

1st Aug 2019
This post contains my notes from the book: More Fearless Change: Strategies for making your ideas happen by Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising. The book contains many useful strategies for making change happen in an effective manner. Read the strategies from two perspectives: As a...
San Francisco Sketchbook It is hard to tell this story without it starting here: when I was in high school, I developed a...
18th Mar 2026
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San Francisco Sketchbook

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

18th Mar 2026
It is hard to tell this story without it starting here: when I was in high school, I developed a habit of walking around and drawing what I see.
Being a High Performer Is Lonely as Hell It's also the best feeling in the world
10th Oct 2024
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Being a High Performer Is Lonely as Hell

from Unfiltered by Tim Denning [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Oct 2024
It's also the best feeling in the world
HIRING: YouTube Video Producer – Daily Stoic YouTube Video Producer – Daily Stoic Daily Stoic is a leading philosophy and self-improvement brand,...
18th Aug 2025
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HIRING: YouTube Video Producer – Daily Stoic

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

18th Aug 2025
YouTube Video Producer – Daily Stoic Daily Stoic is a leading philosophy and self-improvement brand, reaching millions of people each month across our newsletter, YouTube, podcasts, and books. We’re looking for a YouTube Video Producer to help us continue growing our channel....
Pen and paper The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
11th Apr 2025
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Pen and paper

from Thu Le [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Apr 2025
The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
How inflation destroyed communism Communism had reforming optimists too. Their failure can help today’s reformers to avoid the same...
3rd Mar 2026
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How inflation destroyed communism

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

3rd Mar 2026
Communism had reforming optimists too. Their failure can help today’s reformers to avoid the same fate.
How Empathy Makes Us Cruel and Irrational The strange movement to free the Menendez brothers
13th Dec 2024
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How Empathy Makes Us Cruel and Irrational

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

13th Dec 2024
The strange movement to free the Menendez brothers
Collaboration & Denial [I read the article here)
2nd Feb 2026
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Collaboration & Denial

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

2nd Feb 2026
[I read the article here)
If Not Could Not Suppose you're hiring for a sales job. In the first interview, the candidate says: "I'm very good at...
10th Apr 2024
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If Not Could Not

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Apr 2024
Suppose you're hiring for a sales job. In the first interview, the candidate says: "I'm very good at selling things." Well, that's nice: the job is all about selling things, so someone good at selling things would indeed be a good fit.
Why I Don't Name Names On The Blog if no-one is around you, etc
1st Jun 2026
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Why I Don't Name Names On The Blog

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2026
if no-one is around you, etc
Open Source, uh, Finds a Way Who Can Deploy the Most Intelligence per Dollar of Compute?
4th Aug 2026
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Open Source, uh, Finds a Way

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

4th Aug 2026
Who Can Deploy the Most Intelligence per Dollar of Compute?
How Senior Leaders Evaluate Ideas — And a Story of Amazon's 3-Year Planning Process Ideas are valuable if they're not simply a desired outcome. A path to an outcome is the core element...
29th Jul 2024
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29th Jul 2024
Ideas are valuable if they're not simply a desired outcome. A path to an outcome is the core element of a good idea.
On financial freedom When I was five years old, my school teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote...
6th Oct 2019
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On financial freedom

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

6th Oct 2019
When I was five years old, my school teacher asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy”. My teacher told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. – John Lennon When you believe something is impossible, your mind...
notes on the brothers karamazov Chuck Palahniuk once wrote: “To begin a new novel, I look for the biggest problem in my life that I...
2nd Sep 2026
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notes on the brothers karamazov

from bookbear express [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Sep 2026
Chuck Palahniuk once wrote: “To begin a new novel, I look for the biggest problem in my life that I can’t solve or tolerate.
My 2025 Q2 Highlights: Favorite Books, Games, and TV Shows Sharing my favorite books, games, and TV shows from the second quarter of 2025.
1st Jul 2025
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My 2025 Q2 Highlights: Favorite Books, Games, and TV Shows

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

1st Jul 2025
Sharing my favorite books, games, and TV shows from the second quarter of 2025.
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

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

14th Apr 2026
How to take on a troll, 1950s style
Beauty Is Stone Cold in the Arts, but Hot as a Consumer Product The state of aesthetics in the 21st century is very, very strange
1st Jun 2025
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Beauty Is Stone Cold in the Arts, but Hot as a Consumer Product

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

1st Jun 2025
The state of aesthetics in the 21st century is very, very strange
Alpine Starts II Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
26th Nov 2023
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Alpine Starts II

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

26th Nov 2023
Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
Keeping Silence Saturday afternoon. Revisiting Merton, Newman, and this from Madeleine Delbrêl…
11th May 2024
104

Keeping Silence

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

11th May 2024
Saturday afternoon. Revisiting Merton, Newman, and this from Madeleine Delbrêl…
Look at the trees I pick my Dad up from the aged care facility he lives at and we go for drives. There’s a nice bakery...
3rd May 2026
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Look at the trees

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

3rd May 2026
I pick my Dad up from the aged care facility he lives at and we go for drives. There’s a nice bakery 25 minutes out onto the peninsula. We always take the scenic route. Because I’ve got nothing but time Dad says. Not far from the
The Life of Saint Pambo Reading Butler's Lives of the Saints, I come across a passage on St Pambo, an Egyptian monk (c.390)...
18th Jul 2020
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The Life of Saint Pambo

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

18th Jul 2020
Reading Butler's Lives of the Saints, I come across a passage on St Pambo, an Egyptian monk (c.390) thought to be a disciple of St Antony. I was struck by the following passage...
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
109

A Short History of My Last Six Years

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

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.
Stoicism and The Law of Attraction: The Ancient Truth About Manifestation and Magical Thinking “The things you think about determine the quality of your mind,” the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius...
4th Nov 2021
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4th Nov 2021
“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind,” the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote. “Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.” Does that mean Marcus Aurelius and the ancient Stoics believed in the Law of Attraction, as popularized by Rhonda Byrne? It’s...
Workspace Setup Revisited I shared my workspace setup last year, but since then, I have changed a few things, so I felt it’s...
31st Dec 2021
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Workspace Setup Revisited

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

31st Dec 2021
I shared my workspace setup last year, but since then, I have changed a few things, so I felt it’s probably time to share an update on my current setup for both hardware and software. Given the continued Covid restrictions here in sunny Scotland, I am now working from home...
Vote for Nobody! Nobody cares.
1st Nov 2024
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Vote for Nobody!

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

1st Nov 2024
Nobody cares.
Leaning into joy and community Processing this past week and some joyful things in my life
11th Nov 2024
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Leaning into joy and community

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

11th Nov 2024
Processing this past week and some joyful things in my life
18th Sep 2025
Labour Isn't Thinking The Real Point of Blair's Essay
1st Jun 2026
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Labour Isn't Thinking

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

1st Jun 2026
The Real Point of Blair's Essay
As the Old Ways of Wintertime Wane Why You Can't Do Winter Alone
5th Feb 2026
1

As the Old Ways of Wintertime Wane

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Feb 2026
Why You Can't Do Winter Alone
What Would a Stoic Do? Dating “Dating” is a word I was not familiar with before coming to the United States. Especially with the...
22nd Jun 2018
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What Would a Stoic Do? Dating

from How to Be a Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

22nd Jun 2018
“Dating” is a word I was not familiar with before coming to the United States. Especially with the advent of modern dating apps, it essentially means that you are trying out different people to see who “wins” the alleged honor of being your (next) partner. Except, of course, that...
Transformed into a couch On taking this time to slooooooow down
28th Dec 2022
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Transformed into a couch

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

28th Dec 2022
On taking this time to slooooooow down
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?

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

6th Oct 2024
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in dreams
Nature’s laboratory Millions of years of evolution have given us genomes that are like giant datasets for drug...
3rd Dec 2025
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Nature’s laboratory

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

3rd Dec 2025
Millions of years of evolution have given us genomes that are like giant datasets for drug development. Finally, we are learning how to use them.
1st Jan 2025
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

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
15th Sep 2024
gossip steals your sovereignty talk is easy, action is hard
1st Oct 2024
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gossip steals your sovereignty

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

1st Oct 2024
talk is easy, action is hard
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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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.
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
Trading stuff for money Examples are good. Let’s start with some examples: We all need kidneys, or at least one kidney....
1st May 2025
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Trading stuff for money

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

1st May 2025
Examples are good. Let’s start with some examples: We all need kidneys, or at least one kidney. Donating a kidney sucks, but having zero working kidneys really sucks. Paying people for kidneys would increase the number available, but it seems gross to pay people for part of their...
Why the chicken crossed the road, according to various entities When I started this blog, I promised myself that I would always steer into weirdness. (As they say,...
4th Dec 2025
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Why the chicken crossed the road, according to various entities

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Dec 2025
When I started this blog, I promised myself that I would always steer into weirdness. (As they say, “Get busy being weird, or get busy dying.”) While time has shown there are limits to what y’all will tolerate [1 2 3 4], I still sometimes feel an uncontrollable need to publish...
It’s a masterpiece Martin Scorsese's filmmaking idol sends some glowing feedback
14th Nov 2025
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It’s a masterpiece

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

14th Nov 2025
Martin Scorsese's filmmaking idol sends some glowing feedback
Brainstorming Advice from a Long Lost Isaac Asimov Letter When a writer like Isaac Asimov talks about creativity I take note. What can a lost letter about...
19th Jan 2015
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Brainstorming Advice from a Long Lost Isaac Asimov Letter

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

19th Jan 2015
When a writer like Isaac Asimov talks about creativity I take note. What can a lost letter about creativity written by Isaac Asimov from 1959 teach us?
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

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

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...
Second-Time Founder Anxiety Starting a company is hard. Starting a company the second time can be even harder if you let it.
17th Oct 2023
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Second-Time Founder Anxiety

from Ryan Hoover's Writing [alt+shift+b] in life

17th Oct 2023
Starting a company is hard. Starting a company the second time can be even harder if you let it.
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...
13th Jun 2022
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3 Principles for a Better Life

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

13th Jun 2022
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 Wonder of Wool by Justine Lee and Jess Morency This was a brilliant Christmas present from my husband. It's partly a non-fiction exploration of the...
1st Jan 2026
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The Wonder of Wool by Justine Lee and Jess Morency

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

1st Jan 2026
This was a brilliant Christmas present from my husband. It's partly a non-fiction exploration of the history of British sheep and wool, partly a directory of all the different breeds with notes on their suitability for knitting/spinning, and partly a book of knitting patterns...
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

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

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...
Avoiding the Automation of your Heart A correspondence with Freya India
16th Mar 2025
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Avoiding the Automation of your Heart

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

16th Mar 2025
A correspondence with Freya India
2nd Apr 2026
The Tiniest Mission Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is:...
15th Jan 2025
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The Tiniest Mission

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

15th Jan 2025
Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is: placing a jigsaw puzzle piece into the right slot, wiping your phone screen spotless, returning a tool to its designated hook, or making a nice diagonal cut across a lovingly-made...
our memories belong together Yesterday I checked-in on swarm (yes I still use that app) at Loft, and the app reminded me that I...
2nd Nov 2025
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our memories belong together

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

2nd Nov 2025
Yesterday I checked-in on swarm (yes I still use that app) at Loft, and the app reminded me that I was last there in 2018 with my partner: I had zero recollection...
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

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

5th Feb 2025
Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract from his new book
A Practical Guide to Modern Dating So you've thrown yourself into the modern dating pool, eh? You brave, brave soul. Look, I know...
1st Jan 2023
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A Practical Guide to Modern Dating

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

1st Jan 2023
So you've thrown yourself into the modern dating pool, eh? You brave, brave soul. Look, I know meeting new people, going on dates, figuring out if you even like the person sitting across from you—it can all be confusing, frustrating, and just exhausting at times. But before you...
Postcard From Venice Reflections on a Stupefying City
1st Nov 2025
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Postcard From Venice

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

1st Nov 2025
Reflections on a Stupefying City
Taste games I bet you like it when beautiful people laugh at your jokes. And I bet you like the taste of sugar....
15th Feb 2024
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Taste games

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

15th Feb 2024
I bet you like it when beautiful people laugh at your jokes. And I bet you like the taste of sugar. I sure do. But what about camping or dubstep or chain restaurants or installation art? What about blue cheese or pick-up trucks or reality TV? Me, I like some and loathe others....
Coaching Toolkit: The Stories We Tell Ourselves How to reframe the stories that hold you back at work
3rd Apr 2025
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Coaching Toolkit: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

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

3rd Apr 2025
How to reframe the stories that hold you back at work
Some things are worth preserving. | #98 Christmas in the stacks
13th Dec 2025
Remote work and sick days a double-edged sword
11th Feb 2023
38

Remote work and sick days

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

11th Feb 2023
a double-edged sword
Women’s Experience Trap Laetitia@Work #82
13th Jun 2025
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Women’s Experience Trap

from Laetitia@Work [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Jun 2025
Laetitia@Work #82
Tales from Toddlerhood Eight thoughts from a strange and harrowing world The post Tales from Toddlerhood appeared first on...
24th Oct 2025
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Tales from Toddlerhood

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

24th Oct 2025
Eight thoughts from a strange and harrowing world The post Tales from Toddlerhood appeared first on Wait But Why.
Everyday It's 1984 Nostalgia is commonly used pejoratively. As if the very idea of looking backward in time and saying,...
9th Aug 2023
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Everyday It's 1984

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Aug 2023
Nostalgia is commonly used pejoratively. As if the very idea of looking backward in time and saying, hmm, maybe we lost something between then and now were... bad? The American Psychological Association considers nostalgia a subset of depression, which is, ahem, depressing. But...
In Search of Dupree Bolton (Part 2 of 2) I conclude the story of my quest to find a legendary jazz musician who disappeared in the early...
3rd Apr 2024
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In Search of Dupree Bolton (Part 2 of 2)

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

3rd Apr 2024
I conclude the story of my quest to find a legendary jazz musician who disappeared in the early 1960s
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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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.
The Last Lunch A Short Story
1st Aug 2026
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The Last Lunch

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

1st Aug 2026
A Short Story
First Snow Snow brings a stillness to the world. Life hides away, burrowed under, tucked in. Sound is muted,...
11th Dec 2024
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First Snow

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Dec 2024
Snow brings a stillness to the world. Life hides away, burrowed under, tucked in. Sound is muted, lost in the hush of falling flakes. Only the soft brush of wind through the pines. I would like to say that Winter's first snow dumped a substantive number of feet, but it did not....
Diaries of Note Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
11th Jul 2025
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Diaries of Note

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

11th Jul 2025
Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
Manufactured Data Scarcity All your information is under the hood even if you’re be interested in seeing what is driving the...
3rd Dec 2021
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Manufactured Data Scarcity

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

3rd Dec 2021
All your information is under the hood even if you’re be interested in seeing what is driving the engine.
Choose to trust yourself Some businesses—not all, and not even most!—don’t trust you. They design their products and...
1st Jun 2026
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Choose to trust yourself

from Herbert Lui [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jun 2026
Some businesses—not all, and not even most!—don’t trust you. They design their products and marketing to lock you in and make you feel reliant on them.  The incentive for them is to have lots of steady customers; if you can come and go at any point, then that business isn’t as...
Once it's built, it's built The pawn can only move forward
11th Jun 2026
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Once it's built, it's built

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

11th Jun 2026
The pawn can only move forward
Hey, I’m back! I want to go to Jersey I was knocked out hard by something this week. It wasn’t a flu or COVID thankfully, but it turned my...
3rd Apr 2026
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Hey, I’m back! I want to go to Jersey

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Apr 2026
I was knocked out hard by something this week. It wasn’t a flu or COVID thankfully, but it turned my head to mush and my sinuses into fire ants, which among other things made sleep all but impossible. I did in fact do a bunch of work on the blog yesterday, but it was all backend...
Good Tokens 2025-10-01 Dinosaurs for sale
3rd Oct 2025
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Good Tokens 2025-10-01

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Oct 2025
Dinosaurs for sale
trading off love is freedom
2 weeks ago
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trading off

from bookbear express [alt+shift+b] in life

2 weeks ago
love is freedom
Heaven's Featureless Plain A Thesis on Liminality
2nd Jul 2026
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Heaven's Featureless Plain

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jul 2026
A Thesis on Liminality
The Problem With Too Much Comfort The recurring advice for writing any good story: keep the interesting parts, remove everything else....
6th Jan 2022
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The Problem With Too Much Comfort

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

6th Jan 2022
The recurring advice for writing any good story: keep the interesting parts, remove everything else. If you watch a good biopic, you wouldn’t want to know about their boring afternoon visit to the doctor unless it contributed to the screenplay of the movie.
Gardens of Grief and of Joy On Speed-Running the Circle of Life
13th Aug 2025
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Gardens of Grief and of Joy

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Aug 2025
On Speed-Running the Circle of Life
Chapter 2: prioritize your favorite people the friendship theory of everything: longform edition
3rd Nov 2025
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Chapter 2: prioritize your favorite people

from bookbear express [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Nov 2025
the friendship theory of everything: longform edition
Coaching Toolkit: Sitting With the Unknown Practices for navigating uncertainty even when it's uncomfortable
21st Aug 2025
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Coaching Toolkit: Sitting With the Unknown

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

21st Aug 2025
Practices for navigating uncertainty even when it's uncomfortable
cooking with caro (and thrive!): smoky mole chicken enchiladas Thanks to everyone who joined for today’s Substack live cooking demo — if you couldn’t make it, find...
27th Apr 2026
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cooking with caro (and thrive!): smoky mole chicken enchiladas

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

27th Apr 2026
Thanks to everyone who joined for today’s Substack live cooking demo — if you couldn’t make it, find a full replay above! In the demo, I cooked smoky mole chicken enchiladas with lime crema, a recipe that turns a few humble pantry staples (peanut butter, chocolate chips,...
The Renaissance Redux 'Notes On the Florentine Renaissance' Free To Read This Time
1st Jun 2024
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The Renaissance Redux

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

1st Jun 2024
'Notes On the Florentine Renaissance' Free To Read This Time
Aridity Incarnate The American West, Fiction, and Water
1st Oct 2024
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Aridity Incarnate

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

1st Oct 2024
The American West, Fiction, and Water
14th Aug 2025
The 100 Best Recordings of 2025 (Part 1 of 2) Music discovery without boundaries—all genres, all styles, all regions
1st Dec 2025
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The 100 Best Recordings of 2025 (Part 1 of 2)

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

1st Dec 2025
Music discovery without boundaries—all genres, all styles, all regions
An Unconventional Guide to Happiness Every day, we're bombarded with messages telling us that we need to be happy all the time—and that,...
1st Nov 2022
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An Unconventional Guide to Happiness

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

1st Nov 2022
Every day, we're bombarded with messages telling us that we need to be happy all the time—and that, in order to be happy, we need the perfect job, the perfect partner, the perfect life. And we're made to think that anything less than perfect happiness is a failure. But the...
Nothing to Fix The third cohort of Foundations of Dyadic Unfolding begins October 8.
2 weeks ago
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Nothing to Fix

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

2 weeks ago
The third cohort of Foundations of Dyadic Unfolding begins October 8.
Announcing Progress Studies for Young Scholars Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of...
19th May 2020
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Announcing Progress Studies for Young Scholars

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

19th May 2020
Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of technology: Progress Studies for Young Scholars. Daily online content, plus a speaker series featuring Tyler Cowen, Patrick Collison, Max Roser, Joel Mokyr, Deirdre McCloskey, and more....
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

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

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.
I Like New Orleans Better After Galveston we headed north, bound for New Orleans. We broke up the drive with a stop at one of...
7th Dec 2022
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I Like New Orleans Better

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Dec 2022
After Galveston we headed north, bound for New Orleans. We broke up the drive with a stop at one of the gates of hell, located in Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Sea Grim as we call it. Do not go there. Ever. For any reason. We had to abandon the bus there that night and retreat to a...
Embrace Your Crookedness (Audio Version) Listen now | The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 13 (supplement)
1st Aug 2023
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Embrace Your Crookedness (Audio Version)

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Aug 2023
Listen now | The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 13 (supplement)
The map is clear but the road is bumpy. Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
6th Nov 2024
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The map is clear but the road is bumpy.

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

6th Nov 2024
Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
One Hundred Laps Reflections on repetition in the Flatirons
11th Mar 2026
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One Hundred Laps

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

11th Mar 2026
Reflections on repetition in the Flatirons
Dear PendingKetchup PendingKetchup comments on my recent post on what it means for something to be heritable: The...
11th Sep 2025
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Dear PendingKetchup

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

11th Sep 2025
PendingKetchup comments on my recent post on what it means for something to be heritable: The article seems pretty good at math and thinking through unusual implications, but my armchair Substack eugenics alarm that I keep in the back of my brain is beeping. Saying that variance...
How to Stop Caring About What People Think There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think. We all...
3rd Aug 2023
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How to Stop Caring About What People Think

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

3rd Aug 2023
There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think. We all wish we could be impervious to others' opinions, like Superman deflecting bullets. But instead of bullets, we're out here trying to deflect the fucks we wish we didn't give. We...
Rereading The Brothers Karamazov It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park,...
5th Jul 2024
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Rereading The Brothers Karamazov

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

5th Jul 2024
It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park, sitting under a tree overlooking the river. I remember that it was the Penguin Classics edition translated by David McDuff, and that I couldn’t put it down.
The Authority Gap Laetitia@Work #47
7th Apr 2022
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The Authority Gap

from Laetitia@Work [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Apr 2022
Laetitia@Work #47
more of the same Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and...
5th Mar 2023
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more of the same

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

5th Mar 2023
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:...
on inner expectations I am not sure when it started, but I tend to feel like I am wasting my life if I am not doing...
1st Jun 2025
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on inner expectations

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

1st Jun 2025
I am not sure when it started, but I tend to feel like I am wasting my life if I am not doing something creative or enriching. Hence it has been difficult...
Vikings, Origami, and New Mexico | Friday Footnotes #1 What are the things that enrich your life?
14th Mar 2025
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Vikings, Origami, and New Mexico | Friday Footnotes #1

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

14th Mar 2025
What are the things that enrich your life?
Quarterly Author Update: April 2025 Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
8th Apr 2025
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Quarterly Author Update: April 2025

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

8th Apr 2025
Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
Fans flooded the streets to celebrate Toronto Blue Jays' star Guerrero Jr. in his hometown Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a playoff performance for the ages. His eight home runs were the most by...
8th Nov 2025
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8th Nov 2025
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a playoff performance for the ages. His eight home runs were the most by a Toronto Blue Jays batter in a single postseason. The 29 hits he registered ranked second all-time in MLB postseason history. He also became the first player to hit a grand slam...
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

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

9th May 2026
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art, the true and the beautiful…
I Have a Design Portfolio For the longest time, I’ve shared my work through blog posts or social media, rather than having a...
3rd Jun 2024
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I Have a Design Portfolio

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

3rd Jun 2024
For the longest time, I’ve shared my work through blog posts or social media, rather than having a typical portfolio. But I’ve decided it’s time to pull together a more cohesive collection of my work, focusing on product design and creative direction. My projects are usually...
Family After a few weeks in the Pensacola area we headed back east, across the Florida panhandle to St....
8th Feb 2023
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Family

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Feb 2023
After a few weeks in the Pensacola area we headed back east, across the Florida panhandle to St. Andrews state park, a little postage stamp of protected land off the coast of Panama City Beach. Apparently this was once a gem in the Florida State Park system, but the universal...
Careful technology Dear friends, There is a commonplace opinion that technology and the natural world, or that...
21st May 2024
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Careful technology

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

21st May 2024
Dear friends, There is a commonplace opinion that technology and the natural world, or that technological pursuits and natural pursuits, are at odds. An example: I think this is a false position. But if this kind of sentiment is so often repeated, its worth thinking about why it...
Visit to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia In July, Jenn and I travelled to Estonia to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa. Pärt is the...
21st Aug 2023
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Visit to the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia

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

21st Aug 2023
In July, Jenn and I travelled to Estonia to visit the Arvo Pärt Centre in Laulasmaa. Pärt is the most-performed living composer in the world, and his life and work played a key role in the development of my faith. We even saw Arvo Pärt and his wife Nora shopping at their local...
Don't delegate your word As you build your business, you'll end up delegating plenty. Much of what you did before is now...
20th Feb 2024
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Don't delegate your word

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

20th Feb 2024
As you build your business, you'll end up delegating plenty. Much of what you did before is now better done by someone else. To make more progress, you release your grip and allow. But there’s one thing you should hold tight and never let go. It’s the thing that should never be...
The Consciousness Box Sorry for the inconvenience.
11th Dec 2023
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The Consciousness Box

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

11th Dec 2023
Sorry for the inconvenience.
A lot with a little Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool,...
10th Mar 2023
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A lot with a little

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Mar 2023
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool, King Lear Some works are better for their brevity. Fan Ho needs very little: Most of the image is black, or blurry. You can scarcely tell what materials you’re looking at. But the...
Seasonal Changes Finding space and time to sloooooow down
19th Nov 2023
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Seasonal Changes

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

19th Nov 2023
Finding space and time to sloooooow down
The film had killed me On the morning of 27th August 1945, shooting commenced on La Belle et la Bête, a French-language...
1st Jun 2023
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The film had killed me

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

1st Jun 2023
On the morning of 27th August 1945, shooting commenced on La Belle et la Bête, a French-language adaptation of the 1757 fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Directing this grand endeavour in his 57th year was poet and artist Jean Cocteau, a multi-talented creative force known for his...
The Strange Fruits of Exploration And maybe a beach bar
13th Feb 2025
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The Strange Fruits of Exploration

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

13th Feb 2025
And maybe a beach bar
thoughts on the suicidal mind [tw: suicide] I watched Roadrunner, a documentary about Anthony Bourdain, and it left me a lot of...
6th Aug 2023
57

thoughts on the suicidal mind

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

6th Aug 2023
[tw: suicide] I watched Roadrunner, a documentary about Anthony Bourdain, and it left me a lot of thoughts as someone who has struggled with my own existence my entire life. Though I am writing...
A new role I am delighted to say that today I accepted a role as Head of Religious Education and Chaplaincy...
14th Dec 2023
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A new role

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

14th Dec 2023
I am delighted to say that today I accepted a role as Head of Religious Education and Chaplaincy Coordinator at St David's Catholic College. I joined the college as a pastoral tutor four years ago this month, after a religious conversion prompted me to seek out a new career in...
Viscerality some notes on pleasure
2nd Nov 2025
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Viscerality

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Nov 2025
some notes on pleasure
The Cure to Misinformation is More Misinformation Why we need fake news to know what's true
24th Apr 2023
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The Cure to Misinformation is More Misinformation

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

24th Apr 2023
Why we need fake news to know what's true
15th Apr 2026
1

HOW TO LIBERATE YOUR CAGED GENIUS (and become who you already are)

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

15th Apr 2026
A counter-intuitive guide to excellence.
Please consider my own position The King's Final Plea
2nd Jun 2026
1

Please consider my own position

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

2nd Jun 2026
The King's Final Plea
Quarterly Author Update: January 2025 Book sales, Husk update, and a new podcast
2nd Jan 2025
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Quarterly Author Update: January 2025

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

2nd Jan 2025
Book sales, Husk update, and a new podcast
Maybe there’s a pattern here? 1. It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine—a gun—which could by its rapidity of fire,...
4th Mar 2026
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Maybe there’s a pattern here?

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Mar 2026
1. It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine—a gun—which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a large extent supersede the necessity of large armies, and consequently, exposure to battle and disease...
Why Write? Other than the egotism, of course…
15th Jul 2023
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Why Write?

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

15th Jul 2023
Other than the egotism, of course…
Linny's After all these tasting menus and elevated fine-dining experiences, it was time to...  go for...
24th Sep 2025
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Linny's

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

24th Sep 2025
After all these tasting menus and elevated fine-dining experiences, it was time to...  go for another tasting menu!  Now, this was a little different as we made our way out to Ossington for Linny's.  This high-class deli and steakhouse elicits vibes from yesteryear with New York...
4th Nov 2025
Meta-Surprise Surprise!
3rd Mar 2025
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Meta-Surprise

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Mar 2025
Surprise!
Everything is Connected to the Heart In a modern vehicle you could cross 500 miles of rocky desert in one day, without even getting your...
22nd Sep 2025
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Everything is Connected to the Heart

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

22nd Sep 2025
In a modern vehicle you could cross 500 miles of rocky desert in one day, without even getting your pants dirty. This is made possible by the many layers of insulation modernity puts between you and the world. The car sits on inflated rubber tires, on top of which sits a chamber...
11th Apr 2023
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
Twelve Career Lessons They Don’t Put in Onboarding A few hard-earned lessons about people, politics, consistency, and the parts of work we pretend...
8th Dec 2025
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Twelve Career Lessons They Don’t Put in Onboarding

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

8th Dec 2025
A few hard-earned lessons about people, politics, consistency, and the parts of work we pretend aren’t part of the job. But really are.
A company is a language Companies are akin to complex languages, each with its own unique dialect and cultural...
26th Aug 2024
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A company is a language

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

26th Aug 2024
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...
25 Questions You Didn’t Know You Needed “Art of the Living Dead” to Answer A starting point for anyone curious about reading a book about creativity and zombies
3rd Nov 2015
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25 Questions You Didn’t Know You Needed “Art of the Living Dead” to Answer

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

3rd Nov 2015
A starting point for anyone curious about reading a book about creativity and zombies
Relying on Your Manager Isn’t a Career Plan The steps to take to grow your skills and career without your manager helping.
6th Apr 2026
1

Relying on Your Manager Isn’t a Career Plan

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

6th Apr 2026
The steps to take to grow your skills and career without your manager helping.
Wendell Berry’s Nine Rules I pay tribute to this poet and gadfly, who left us yesterday at age 92, with an article from the...
1st Sep 2026
2

Wendell Berry’s Nine Rules

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

1st Sep 2026
I pay tribute to this poet and gadfly, who left us yesterday at age 92, with an article from the archive
How To Find And Keep Joy Today it’s all about passion. Find your passion. Live passionately. Inspire the world with your...
8th Aug 2022
33

How To Find And Keep Joy

from Daily Stoic [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Aug 2022
Today it’s all about passion. Find your passion. Live passionately. Inspire the world with your passion. Passion, we tell ourselves, is the source of joy. The Stoics disagreed. In fact, they believed that passion(s) were what contributed to our misery. To the experts and gurus...
a return to soul bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
9th Nov 2024
18

a return to soul

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

9th Nov 2024
bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
Your Communication Leakage Rate Over 85% of your communication is lost. It is wasted on deaf ears, hidden agendas, wandering minds,...
13th Mar 2017
21

Your Communication Leakage Rate

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

13th Mar 2017
Over 85% of your communication is lost. It is wasted on deaf ears, hidden agendas, wandering minds, good intentions, and the low fidelity of human memory. I made the 85% number up, but it can't be far off. If you think my guess is unreasonable let me try to distort your reality.
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

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

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...
What is a City Super App and Why Every City Needs One Why I believe every city needs a super app and how it will transform the way we engage with digital...
1st Dec 2025
1

What is a City Super App and Why Every City Needs One

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

1st Dec 2025
Why I believe every city needs a super app and how it will transform the way we engage with digital devices.
The Truth is a Niche Interest for Human Beings By the time you’re three or four years old, you’ve already learned the tremendous value of...
31st May 2025
1

The Truth is a Niche Interest for Human Beings

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

31st May 2025
By the time you’re three or four years old, you’ve already learned the tremendous value of dishonesty. Even if you were the one who unrolled all the toilet paper onto the floor, you know it’s possible for your parents to believe it was someone else, and that’s a better outcome...
Stop using your health wearables Against the tyranny of data
17th Sep 2025
26

Stop using your health wearables

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

17th Sep 2025
Against the tyranny of data
me and george lucas just made a sound cloud hit Below are some of my thoughts on doing work you’re passionate about. If you don’t care about my...
7th Feb 2021
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me and george lucas just made a sound cloud hit

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

7th Feb 2021
Below are some of my thoughts on doing work you’re passionate about. If you don’t care about my thoughts here, ignore this :). — I hear this really often from friends: I am currently doing X I really really want to do Y In order for me to leave X to do Y, I need to first do A, B,...
How I passed the time in 2025 Stories, books, albums, & blogs
28th Dec 2025
1

How I passed the time in 2025

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

28th Dec 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
18th Dec 2025
Why I’m skeptical of minimum prices for ride-sharing The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies...
2nd Jan 2025
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Why I’m skeptical of minimum prices for ride-sharing

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jan 2025
The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies must be paid at least $32.50 per hour. Now, if you’re a hardcore libertarian, then you probably hate the minimum wage. You already disagree with this policy, so you need no convincing...
Heritability of intrinsic human life span is about 50% when heritability is redefined to be... How heritable is hair color? Well, if you’re a redhead and you have an identical twin, they will...
5th Feb 2026
1
5th Feb 2026
How heritable is hair color? Well, if you’re a redhead and you have an identical twin, they will definitely also be a redhead. But the age at which twins go gray seems to vary a bit based on lifestyle. And there’s some randomness in where melanocytes end up on your skull when...
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
63

Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Nov 2024
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
Subjectivity in productivity Precision. Certainty. Specificity. Everyone wants to know exactly what and exactly when, and they...
23rd Jan 2025
30

Subjectivity in productivity

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

23rd Jan 2025
Precision. Certainty. Specificity. Everyone wants to know exactly what and exactly when, and they want a statistic attached to corroborate it. But numbers are rarely answers — just as projects are rarely math problems. Where are we in this process exactly? How far along in this...
Week 21 of 2025- W212025 Luck is the residue
25th May 2025
1

Week 21 of 2025- W212025

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

25th May 2025
Luck is the residue
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