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The Honest Broker
A Tribute to Tony Bennett (1926-2023) I've been a fan since childhood—and it feels like I've lost a part of my extended family
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
2015, the year I fell in love with music
over a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Let’s continue to build Product Hunt, together
over a year ago
Scarlet Ink
The Hidden Advantage of Sharp Edges — Why Being Disagreeable is Best Anyone can be valuable if they have the right motivation, but strangely enough, being disagreeable...
5 months ago
Rubenerd
Australia’s and Canada’s Elections We take a quick break from #Japan2025 to mention the results back home. Clara and I both submitted...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
We take a quick break from #Japan2025 to mention the results back home. Clara and I both submitted our postal votes before we left, and largely ignored the news while we tried to enjoy our holiday and break. My sister messaged last night to tell us it was safe to check now, and...
Charlie Becker
Who are the role models for the rest of us? Converted from a Note 12/9/25
5 months ago
Diaries of Note
I look forward to the operating theatre as a happy release The prospect of Christmas was rarely a thrill for Evelyn Waugh, the famously grumpy author behind...
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a year ago
The prospect of Christmas was rarely a thrill for Evelyn Waugh, the famously grumpy author behind razor-edged novels like Brideshead Revisited. But even for Waugh, the back-end of 1946 was particularly trying. Not only was he surrounded by the family who so regularly irritated...
Luxagraf:...
The Long Winter Winter drains the color from the world, turns the horizon to a monochrome ranging from pure black to...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Winter drains the color from the world, turns the horizon to a monochrome ranging from pure black to a dusty blue-white. Even the evergreens seem more darkness and shadow than color. When I lived in Massachusetts I...
Both Are True
a bookstore, joan didion, and me turning toward the mystery and the do-it-yourself guide to fighting the big motherfuckin' sad
8 months ago
Charlie Becker
The Individual Magic of Their Genius Introducing the Enchanter Series
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
Paik Jong Won …is a celebrity chef in South Korea. He also owns multiple restaurant franchises with thousands of...
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9 months ago
…is a celebrity chef in South Korea. He also owns multiple restaurant franchises with thousands of branches mainly in korea with some splattered all over the world. I first knew of him...
Stoic Simple
Comparing Stoicism & Buddhism: A Comparison of Two Philosophies When it comes to personal philosophies and ways of life, there are numerous options out there. One...
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When it comes to personal philosophies and ways of life, there are numerous options out there. One approach that has gained popularity in recent years is Stoicism, an ancient Greco-Roman philosophy that teaches individuals to find inner peace and contentment through discipline,...
Raptitude.com
What Human Civilization is All About An assassin is coming to kill you! At midnight tonight! Unless you do 100 pushups first, that is. If...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
An assassin is coming to kill you! At midnight tonight! Unless you do 100 pushups first, that is. If this were true, you would do the pushups, no question, no problem. Any motivation issues would evaporate, thanks to your assassin. If the assassin did this every weekday, you’d...
journal – Winnie Lim
some brief thoughts about hanoi Every year during the time of my birthday I would try to travel out of Singapore, even if it is just...
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over a year ago
Every year during the time of my birthday I would try to travel out of Singapore, even if it is just to somewhere an hour’s flight away. When I was much younger...
Jason Crawford
Precognition It’s almost impossible to predict the future. But it’s also unnecessary, because most people are...
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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...
The Honest Broker
The Parable of Anna Akhmatova Who is more powerful, the artist or the dictator?
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
The Hottest Drummer You've Never Heard A new book pays tribute to the amazing Chick Webb, the hardest swinging jazz drummer of his day
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
Jim Croce and Me 50 years ago today, the gifted singer-songwriter died in a plane crash
a year ago
Diaries of Note
The hell with you, Jack, I am looking after myself In March of 1942, following the two-week Battle of Java, Canadian RAF Lieutenant Robert Wyse became...
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a year ago
In March of 1942, following the two-week Battle of Java, Canadian RAF Lieutenant Robert Wyse became one of thousands of Allied personnel captured by Japanese forces on the island, and for more than three gruelling years he lived as a prisoner of war in various camps. In a subtle...
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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over a year ago
[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...
Stoic Simple
5 Stoic Strategies for Anger Management Are you someone who struggles with managing your anger? Do you find yourself constantly feeling...
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over a year ago
Are you someone who struggles with managing your anger? Do you find yourself constantly feeling frustrated and overwhelmed? If so, it might be time to consider turning to the ancient wisdom of Stoicism. In this article, we'll explore five Stoic strategies for anger management...
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:...
The Works in...
A syllabus for nuclear power A reading list about making nuclear power cheaper and faster
3 months ago
Thu Le
Ten pointless facts about me Maybe the first of who knows how many.
2 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
It’s probably just money: Why hosts do well at the Olympics They say that countries win more medals when they host the Olympics. But do they? And if so,...
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11 months ago
They say that countries win more medals when they host the Olympics. But do they? And if so, why? I’ve seen various theories: Jetlag. Maybe it’s because athletes from the host country don’t need to travel as far. Esprit de corps. Maybe athletes feel lifted up by the local crowd...
Diaries of Note
Arrived in Peking today As Adolf Hitler’s chief architect and later his Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer was a key...
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over a year ago
As Adolf Hitler’s chief architect and later his Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer was a key instrument in the murderous machine of the Third Reich, a role for which he was rightly convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials. During his...
The Honest Broker
If I Ran a Major Record Label... I'd do these 10 things
a year ago
The Convivial...
Embracing Sub-Optimal Relationships The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 10
11 months ago
Both Are True
numbers aren't real and other realizations during BATLIVE #002 Mike Sowden is an enemy of the BAT
a month ago
Atoms vs Bits
Ministry Of Silly Walks lift up your heels already
4 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
on imagining myself as a game character On most days, I don’t feel like doing anything. This non-feeling taken to the extreme, can also mean...
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over a year ago
On most days, I don’t feel like doing anything. This non-feeling taken to the extreme, can also mean I may not feel like living. Everything including breathing itself can feel like a chore. I am not...
Unfiltered by Tim...
Here's Why 99% of People Stay Stuck for Their Whole Lives And how you can become the 1% who break free from society's chains
2 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
looking back at 2023 I write these every year for the purpose of documenting my life. The caveat is that this is written...
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I write these every year for the purpose of documenting my life. The caveat is that this is written with some recency bias and that the act of recollection is always faulty:...
Atoms vs Bits
Natural Selection Everywhere Selection, selection everywhere
3 months ago
The Ruffian
The Age of Centrist Heroes Is Over I Hope You Like Pizza
a year ago
Diaries of Note
O God is there no redress, no peace, no justice in this land for us? Ida B. Wells was a trailblazing African American journalist, civil rights activist, and suffragist...
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Ida B. Wells was a trailblazing African American journalist, civil rights activist, and suffragist who courageously fought against racial injustice and gender inequality throughout her life. Born into slavery in 1862, she grew up to become a vocal advocate for the rights of Black...
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
journal – Winnie Lim
urgency A few days ago a Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence, causing one death and tens...
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a year ago
A few days ago a Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence, causing one death and tens of people to be injured. The night the news broke out I commented to my partner...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
White Space You’ve probably heard the term ‘white space’ before, which is also often referred to as negative...
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over a year ago
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...
Unfiltered by Tim...
Be Aware of the Quiet Ones like Keanu Reeves — They Are the Ones That Actually Make You Think The smarter you become, the less you speak.
8 months ago
The Honest Broker
How African Musicians Came to Medieval and Renaissance Europe Western music has always been multicultural
a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Christmas Cold After a week at Grayton we moved down the coastline to our favorite place in the Florida panhandle,...
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After a week at Grayton we moved down the coastline to our favorite place in the Florida panhandle, St George Island. This is the wildest, least developed area I know of down here. We've visited St. George more than any other spot in Florida and we never tire of it. We'd spend...
Diaries of Note
I can’t remember his name E. J. Kahn Jr. began to write for The New Yorker in 1937, launching a career that would span decades...
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a year ago
E. J. Kahn Jr. began to write for The New Yorker in 1937, launching a career that would span decades and establish him as an influential figure in American journalism. Born on December 4, 1916, he was the son of renowned architect Ely Jacques Kahn, and in addition to his work at...
Diaries of Note
Our lovely Annex Anne Frank was thirteen years old when she and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam, her world...
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Anne Frank was thirteen years old when she and her family went into hiding in Amsterdam, her world contracting to a few small rooms behind a bookcase in her father’s office building. Three days later, she wrote the following entry in her diary and described the “secret annex” in...
Nat Eliason's...
The Best Books I Read in 2024 My first fiction-heavy roundup
7 months ago
The Ruffian
The Improving Mentality Listen now | Anton Howes on the Origins of the Industrial Revolution
a month ago
DYNOMIGHT
The real data wall is billions of years of evolution Say you have a time machine. You can only use it once, to send a single idea back to 2005. If you...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Say you have a time machine. You can only use it once, to send a single idea back to 2005. If you wanted to speed up the development of AI, what would you send back? Many people suggest attention or transformers. But I’m convinced that the answer is “brute-force”—to throw as much...
Tech and Tea
Some thoughts on interviewing Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how...
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Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how people are seeing work fitting into their lives
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: Zionism and the criminocracy In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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4 months ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2024.
Mark Manson
Are You Entertained—Or Addicted? In David Foster Wallace’s classic novel, Infinite Jest, there's a movie that is so entertaining that...
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over a year ago
In David Foster Wallace’s classic novel, Infinite Jest, there's a movie that is so entertaining that anyone who views even a small portion of it will give up all desire to do anything else in life in order to keep watching. Throughout the book, characters who see it give up...
Both Are True
The self is a gut-hole - the first podcast ever made Are Both True?? - The Podcast is a new form of media entertainment that is making studio execs go...
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Baseball is not without its charms Born in New Jersey in 1939, Jim Bouton spent six years pitching for the New York Yankees in a career...
a year ago
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a year ago
Born in New Jersey in 1939, Jim Bouton spent six years pitching for the New York Yankees in a career that spanned the sixties and seventies. However, it is for his diary that Bouton is now widely remembered—an amusing and candid record of the 1969 season that disrupted the...
Wait But Why
What’s Our Problem? a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But...
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a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But Why website The post What’s Our Problem? appeared first on Wait But Why.
journal – Winnie Lim
endure: book notes and thoughts In recent years I’ve begun to develop an interest in the concept of endurance, be it psychological...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
In recent years I’ve begun to develop an interest in the concept of endurance, be it psychological or physical. This is a response to a combination of recent world events, the imminent...
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: The Elements Heating and Cooling and Airflow Ensuring your house works well with the natural world is one of the...
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over a year ago
Heating and Cooling and Airflow Ensuring your house works well with the natural world is one of the most crucial parts of designing a home. Like I wrote in the first part, it’s also one of the most ignored. We wanted to build a house that would stay as naturally cool in the...
Nat Eliason's...
10 Things I Learned Losing 10 Million Dollars How to Stay Sane in a Mania
a year ago
Passing Time
Learning Not to Trust the All-In Podcast in Ten Minutes Gross incompetence or purposeful deception?
8 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Hanging Upside Down And Right Side Up You'll do it, if it's for you
2 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
How to Trigger Flow States with Coffee Most of us use coffee to get through the day. It's a routine that we probably don't think much...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Most of us use coffee to get through the day. It's a routine that we probably don't think much about. Wake up, pour a cup and go. When the buzz wears off it is time for another cup. But what if we used coffee more intentionally? Could we develop a system where coffee becomes your...
Both Are True
today's batwrite starts in 25 minutes at 830am est and according to multiple sources on both sides of various aisles, 'you're not gonna...
a month ago
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a month ago
at 830am est and according to multiple sources on both sides of various aisles, 'you're not gonna wanna miss this'
The Ruffian
This Charming Man Glimpses of Joseph Stalin From Simon Sebag Montefiore's Biography
a month ago
Atoms vs Bits
Learn To Draw With ATVBT deliberate practice for portraiture
5 days ago
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Problem With Too Much Conviction There are times when you may not know for sure if this is the right decision. There are times when...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There are times when you may not know for sure if this is the right decision. There are times when you don’t know anything about something, and you’re still asked to do something about it. These kinds of situations are in fact more common than others. What do you do then?
Diaries of Note
It is so difficult to keep track of the days Born in Illinois in 1886, Minnie Vautrin became an unlikely hero in 1937 during one of history’s...
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a year ago
Born in Illinois in 1886, Minnie Vautrin became an unlikely hero in 1937 during one of history’s darkest episodes. As a missionary and educator, she turned Ginling College into a sanctuary for over 10,000 Chinese women and children as the Imperial Japanese Army unleashed a wave...
Diaries of Note
Getting shot hurts On 30th March 1981, as he emerged from a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel and...
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On 30th March 1981, as he emerged from a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel and headed towards a waiting limousine, U.S. President Ronald Reagan was hit by a bullet from the gun of would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. The President, initially unaware that he had...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The 2020 Simulator Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer over and...
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over a year ago
Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer over and over. I know that sounds like torture but stick with me.
The Honest Broker
14 YouTube Videos I'm Enjoying Right Now Today we cover everything from surf music to brain rot—and I tell you what really happens at an...
2 months ago
Charlie Becker
The Bookseller's Register #3 Two Customer Encounters
a year ago
Diaries of Note
A glorious, wonderful climax Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a poet, journalist, and occasional diarist who spent much of her life...
a year ago
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a year ago
Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a poet, journalist, and occasional diarist who spent much of her life advocating for the rights of African Americans and women during the tumultuous early decades of the twentieth century. Born in 1875 in New Orleans, Louisiana, her mixed-race heritage...
The Prism
A Conversation with Chris Williamson A recent podcast appearance
over a year ago
The Convivial...
To Hell With Good Intentions, Silicon Valley Edition The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 14
7 months ago
Stoic Simple
What Is Stoicism, Basically? A Comprehensive Overview Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for over two thousand years. The ancient Greeks...
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Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for over two thousand years. The ancient Greeks developed it as a way to live a good life, free from the distractions of emotions, desires, and material possessions. Stoicism has been embraced by many people throughout history,...
Atoms vs Bits
The Chimp-Pig Hypothesis My great-great-grandmother wasn't a chimp (she was a pig)
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
Slow Habits Change without Force
11 months ago
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 35 Thirteen Perspective Changing Experiences from July 2023
a year ago
The Intimate Mirror
The Mother Wound and the Return to Love Finding Our Way Back to Sacred World
5 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
pathological demand avoidance I first came across this term when I was browsing the subreddits for adhd and autistic women. After...
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a month ago
I first came across this term when I was browsing the subreddits for adhd and autistic women. After reading more about it I realised belatedly (in my 40s) that I have been...
Diaries of Note
He really wants me, as usual In 1991, three decades before she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, French author Annie...
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In 1991, three decades before she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, French author Annie Ernaux published Passion simple, a brief, semi-autobiographical novel in which its narrator recounts her intensely passionate, all-consuming two-year relationship with a married man....
Atoms vs Bits
Don't Meet Me In The Middle Against journey centerism
8 months ago
The Honest Broker
My 'Personal Favorites' Carla Bley Playlist I pay tribute to the jazz pianist and composer—who left us yesterday at age 87
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Design Masochism and the Five Stages of Anguish Early on I remember choking back tears when my designs made first contact with outside eyes. The...
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over a year ago
Early on I remember choking back tears when my designs made first contact with outside eyes. The feedback stung. Every word holding a hint of negativity was a dart that penetrated my tender puerile flesh. I wondered if I had chosen the wrong career.
The Honest Broker
Why Is Music Getting Sadder? Songs are a cultural indicator—so what are they telling us right now?
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Mr. UFOs Go to Washington On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee had a hearing on UAP (aka UFOs). Most of what was said...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee had a hearing on UAP (aka UFOs). Most of what was said is already public knowledge, but it allowed witnesses to testify under oath, get information into the congressional record, and publicize the issue. The highlights: High-level...
Left To Write
№ 76: RIP Charlie Munger (1924-2023) The investing legend, the goat of common sense and wisdom, and the Vice Chairman of Berkshire...
a year ago
The Prism
The Riddle of Luigi Mangione My encounter with the alleged CEO killer
6 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
thoughts after the 2024 US election Sometime midway through the pandemic I felt like if I had any hope or optimism for humanity prior, I...
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8 months ago
Sometime midway through the pandemic I felt like if I had any hope or optimism for humanity prior, I had lost it all witnessing how we responded towards a disabling virus. If...
Charlie Becker
Questions Lead to the Good Life Formally Introducing Psychological Richness
a year ago
Passing Time
American Hedonism What do Thomas Aquinas, Pope Gregory I, and Walker Robinson of Your Neighbors have in common?
5 months ago
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5 months ago
What do Thomas Aquinas, Pope Gregory I, and Walker Robinson of Your Neighbors have in common?
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Time Management Problems: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
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over a year ago
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
Diaries of Note
Why am I always struggling to get them to blend? In March of 1976, Eleanor Coppola and her family waved goodbye to their home in California and...
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a year ago
In March of 1976, Eleanor Coppola and her family waved goodbye to their home in California and headed for the Philippines, the filming location for her husband’s next film, Apocalypse Now. As the lush landscape of the Southeast Asian archipelago sprawled out before them, little...
Atoms vs Bits
Optimal Suffering If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Black female life is worth nothing Between January and May of 1979, eleven Black women were killed in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in a...
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over a year ago
Between January and May of 1979, eleven Black women were killed in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in a spate of murders that went largely unreported in the national media. Instead, it was left to grassroots organisations like the Black feminist group Combahee River Collective,...
Stoic Simple
Becoming a Better Leader with Stoicism: The Stoic Leadership Lessons Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that originated in Greece in the 3rd century B.C. It is a...
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over a year ago
Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that originated in Greece in the 3rd century B.C. It is a philosophy that emphasizes the development of emotional resilience, personal ethics, and wisdom. Stoicism has gained popularity in recent years as an effective tool for personal growth,...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Jackson Pollock Found in Dumpster The world was beautiful before, back in my dumpster diving days. I remember standing knee-deep in...
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over a year ago
The world was beautiful before, back in my dumpster diving days. I remember standing knee-deep in garbage in an alley behind a grocery store. There, splattered on the side of a dumpster was a Jackson Pollock.
The Ruffian
Why Does Donald Trump Keep Happening? Notes On The Election
8 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Starmer's regime declares war on nature All that talk by the world’s biggest polluters about going “green” and wanting to “save the planet”...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
All that talk by the world’s biggest polluters about going “green” and wanting to “save the planet” has always been a transparent fraud.
How to Be a Stoic
Stoics should be vegetarian Vegetarianism is a big deal, ethically speaking. It was put on the map in terms of public philosophy...
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Vegetarianism is a big deal, ethically speaking. It was put on the map in terms of public philosophy by utilitarian Peter Singer, with his landmark Animal Liberation, published back in 1975. In truth, utilitarians have been very clear on the subject from the beginning. The...
The Honest Broker
Help!—AI Is Stealing My Readers I thought piracy was bad, but I've now seen something much worse
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
primal sadness I still feel afflicted by my mind in many ways. I try to focus on the present, and distract myself...
6 days ago
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6 days ago
I still feel afflicted by my mind in many ways. I try to focus on the present, and distract myself by trying to live life in my fullest possible manner, but once...
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify 1.2: Calorie and Macronutrient Goals, Breakdowns and 57 New Foods Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57...
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Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57 new foods in Nutridex. Available on the App Store.
The Ruffian
How To Communicate The Health Risks of Drinking Without Being Really F*!*ing Annoying Plus a Very Juicy Rattle Bag
3 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Are You Torturing Your Innie? Probably?
4 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Alien Intelligence Housecats give us the most realistic insight to what it would be like to encounter space aliens.
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Housecats give us the most realistic insight to what it would be like to encounter space aliens.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Got a brand problem? Put a bird on it. The story behind why there weren’t any logos on the thousands of RVs that were sent to the victims...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The story behind why there weren’t any logos on the thousands of RVs that were sent to the victims of hurricane Katrina?
Passing Time
Backyard Skiing You don’t have to go far from home for adventure
a year ago
Passing Time
27 Things I know
a year ago
Diaries of Note
I found myself nervous and tense to the point of tears On 21st March 1960, the South African Police opened fire on thousands of black protestors in what...
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On 21st March 1960, the South African Police opened fire on thousands of black protestors in what came to be known as the Sharpeville Massacre, a shocking event which saw 69 people killed, triggered a state of emergency, and led to mass detentions—including that of Hilda...
journal – Winnie Lim
a hole in my soul I didn’t actually feel like writing today, but I’m worried if I don’t write I would forget the...
a year ago
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a year ago
I didn’t actually feel like writing today, but I’m worried if I don’t write I would forget the feelings and thoughts I have at this point in time. It doesn’t seem right...
Abhishek Chakraborty
Problem Trading: Why We Should Learn to Live With Our Problems It’s interesting that the most practical problem-solving lessons are business lessons. It’s because...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It’s interesting that the most practical problem-solving lessons are business lessons. It’s because the stakes are real in business and you have real skin in the game. If you don’t make the right decisions, death is certain. In fact, the default outcome for any startup is death.
Tech and Tea
Coaching Toolkit: The Stories We Tell Ourselves How to reframe the stories that hold you back at work
3 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
The 20-Minute MVP
over a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Notes From The Road Your browser does not support video playback via HTML5. Watch on YouTube
over a year ago
Charlie Becker
How I Make Room for the Year The first of a three part series marking the transition from 2024 to 2025
6 months ago
Diaries of Note
Every atom of hate we add to this world makes it still more inhospitable On 7th September 1943, a year after writing the following diary entry, 29-year-old Etty Hillesum and...
a year ago
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Dame Barbara Hepworth was a trailblazing force in 20th-century British sculpture who profoundly impacted modern art with her dedication to form, space, and abstraction. Born in Yorkshire in 1903, she endured a heart-wrenching tragedy in February 1953, when her son Paul, an RAF...
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Creativity Needs Stupidity How artists think and unthink
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"I Told Three Big Lies That Changed My Life" A story from the comments section
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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...
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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...
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Both Are True
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Stoic Quotes on Pain & Illness: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next There are more quotes available for us to read from the Stoics about pain and illness...
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Previous Next There are more quotes available for us to read from the Stoics about pain and illness than nearly any other topic. That's not because Stoicism teaches that we should like discomfort, but rather because the Stoics are concerned with how to NOT let pain and sickness...
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A disgusting day! In April of 1891, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky made the long journey to New York where...
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In April of 1891, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky made the long journey to New York where he was to play a pivotal role in the inauguration of the city’s new music hall, later known as Carnegie Hall—a momentous occasion and the first time he had set foot in the United...
Daniel Bourke
Building a garden in the backyard I started building a garden in the backyard. It’s a small space but it took almost a year to get...
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I started building a garden in the backyard. It’s a small space but it took almost a year to get going. A year! Mostly because of laziness and other things going on. A little dream I have is to one day eat a full feast that consists 100%
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Introducing Writebook You know, it's really easy to publish short form content on a variety of social platforms. And...
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You know, it's really easy to publish short form content on a variety of social platforms. And individual blog posts on a number of other platforms. These are solved problems. But it's surprisingly challenging to publish books on the web in nice, cohesive, tight, easy-to-navigate...
Left To Write
#13 Writemas: Merry Christmas! This will be the last issue of Writemas ‘23. It’s been tough juggling this, Bloomstory and other...
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This will be the last issue of Writemas ‘23. It’s been tough juggling this, Bloomstory and other projects, but it’s been a lot of fun producing these short emails. As we enter the last week of the year, I’m trying to let the dust of 2023 settle so that I can regain
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Somebody Has Already Figured It Out for You Let’s say you want to cross a river. There’s no bridge, because it’s 3000 BC and you are a nomadic...
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Let’s say you want to cross a river. There’s no bridge, because it’s 3000 BC and you are a nomadic goat herder. You’ve never seen a bridge that wasn’t just a log over a creek. Crossing a big river is something you haven’t figured out. Maybe nobody has. You could maybe make a...
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Stories of Good and Bad Feedback Dave Received From His Managers A few anecdotal stories of times I received feedback from the senior leaders in my life
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27 Notes On Growing Old(er) A Universal Process That's Also Mighty Strange
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80/20 Meditation Part of our 80/20 series sit on a cushion for 20 mins per day focus on your sensory experiences...
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Part of our 80/20 series sit on a cushion for 20 mins per day focus on your sensory experiences (touch, sight, smell, sound). Try to perceive them as accurately as possible [1] [2] [3] footnotes: is that really all? on one level, yes -- both in the sense that
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Why Margaret Thatcher Didn't Jump The Difference Between Charisma and Charm
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what does it mean to live well A while ago an old friend texted me that an unexpected event had once again reminded her how...
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A while ago an old friend texted me that an unexpected event had once again reminded her how transient life can be, and she thought of me because I was one of...
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The Surest Way To Make an AI Lie Is To Tell It Not To Lie Shouldn't We Have Learnt This From Humans?
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The Most Powerful Sound in the World Is Just One Syllable And it comes from you
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Today is my 40th birthday. When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to survive your 20s and crowd-sourced advice on how to excel in your 30s. And apparently you guys loved it. So, here's more of the good stuff: 40 life lessons I now know at 40 that I...
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First Snow Snow brings a stillness to the world. Life hides away, burrowed under, tucked in. Sound is muted,...
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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....
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Disappear from Public Life so You Can Build Something Online with Zero Fear Being invisible is the key to greatness.
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On selling Some thoughts on selling, URL and IRL.
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Pseudo Sacrifice vs. Speculation Observers are stunned when they witness a queen sacrifice. For a chess player to abandon their most...
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Observers are stunned when they witness a queen sacrifice. For a chess player to abandon their most powerful piece seems like a daring risk. The sacrifice is followed by a decisive combo resulting in checkmate. Bravo, the crowd goes wild.
Mark Manson
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...
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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...
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The slow death of all that is known The know-it-all can never be surprised. Everything he learns is an appendix to some distant...
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The know-it-all can never be surprised. Everything he learns is an appendix to some distant education. What little new insight is gained is but a footnote to that framework of original knowledge, the dusty document of knowledge canonized long ago when his education was...
Stoic Simple
Self-Help Books & Stoicism: Why Stoic Thought is Having a Resurgence In recent years, there has been a growing interest in Stoicism as a philosophy for personal...
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In recent years, there has been a growing interest in Stoicism as a philosophy for personal development. Once considered a relic of ancient Greece and Rome, its teachings are being rediscovered and repackaged for modern audiences. In this article, we'll explore the origins of...
The Ruffian
FLASHPOINTS #12: Are machines becoming more intelligent than us - and what does that even mean? A conversation with Professor David Krakauer
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[subscribers only] Office Hours & Tidings The Map is Mostly Water Office Hours are open For about 2 days. What do you need feedback or advice...
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The Map is Mostly Water Office Hours are open For about 2 days. What do you need feedback or advice on, what questions do you have, what secret trouble stirs thy breast? Feel free to ask about house design, New Hampshire, philosophy, parenting, or anything else you want to...
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Coaching Toolkit: The Power of Positive Intent One small but meaningful shift to make hard conversations a little bit easier
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Blloc Phone I’ve been embedded within the Apple ecosystem for years, using an iMac at home as well as the...
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I’ve been embedded within the Apple ecosystem for years, using an iMac at home as well as the office, owning an iPhone since the iPhone 3G, and my latest investment was a pair of AirPods—probably Apple’s best product design for years. I was stuck on the iPhone 6s for a long time...
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In the future everyone will be creative for fifteen minutes We were promised a future of flying cars and robot slaves. I love my smart phone, but pinch me if...
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We were promised a future of flying cars and robot slaves. I love my smart phone, but pinch me if the future doesn’t look an awful lot like the 80's. I blame the creative people.
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Tactical parenting I'm so confused TACTICAL PARENTING Written by Dynomight INT TACTICAL HOME - DAY WE OPEN on...
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I'm so confused TACTICAL PARENTING Written by Dynomight INT TACTICAL HOME - DAY WE OPEN on TACTICAL GUY’s house. A small tree is visible in a window. We see TACTICAL GUY staring at TACTICAL BABY on the ground. CUT TO: INT DESK - SAME DAY TACTICAL GUY uses keyboard plugged...
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
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Give The New York Subway Stations Different Names Please!
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The Firm’s photocopiers, by John Grisham I’ve been a massive John Grisham fan for years, but I never read his first book The Firm. I’ll save...
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I’ve been a massive John Grisham fan for years, but I never read his first book The Firm. I’ll save my review for a future post, but wow! I’m so glad I saw it in one of those Street Libraries and decided to give it a try. No spoilers, but in chapter 18 our protagonist Mitch is...
Both Are True
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Gaza, God, and turning toward the hard stuff without needing to solve it Noha Beshir on Both Are True LIVE
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Diaries of Note
Heavy rains have fallen On 18th November of 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple cult met a tragic end...
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On 18th November of 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple cult met a tragic end in Jonestown, Guyana, in a mass murder-suicide orchestrated by their leader, Jim Jones. Among the victims was Edith Roller. Born in Colorado in 1915, she had worked at San...
The Ruffian
No, Joe Biden Is Not a Hero There's Only One Politician Who Comes Out Of This Well
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Diaries of Note
The Jewish police have been ordered to erect the gallows Avraham Tory (born Avraham Golub in 1909) was a Lithuanian Jew who played a significant role during...
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Avraham Tory (born Avraham Golub in 1909) was a Lithuanian Jew who played a significant role during one of history’s most harrowing periods. As the secretary of the Jewish Council of Elders in the Kovno Ghetto during World War II, he was privy to the inner workings of the...
Diaries of Note
A decaying mass of flesh and bone Remembered chiefly for his short stories, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hamlin Garland earned praise...
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over a year ago
Remembered chiefly for his short stories, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hamlin Garland earned praise for his vivid portrayals of Midwestern life, and for finding the profound in the mundane. Born in Wisconsin in 1860, it was in 1898 that Garland began to keep a daily diary in...
Farza's Newsletter
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...
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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,...
journal – Winnie Lim
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...
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[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...
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Seeing Beauty in Basic To-Do Lists I like making lists. A lot of people do. And this is reflected in the abundance of to-do apps...
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over a year ago
I like making lists. A lot of people do. And this is reflected in the abundance of to-do apps available today. There's a silly amount of them. Designed to augment and organise our lives, they end up being far more complex and clunky than they need to be. The rise of the...