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The Parable of Anna Akhmatova Who is more powerful, the artist or the dictator?
4th Jan 2025
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The Parable of Anna Akhmatova

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

4th Jan 2025
Who is more powerful, the artist or the dictator?
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A Prayer For The New Year God, grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change,the courage to change the things I...
31st Dec 2021
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A Prayer For The New Year

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31st Dec 2021
God, grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change,the courage to change the things I can,and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time,enjoying one moment at a time;accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;taking, as Your Divine Incarnations...
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From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 12
12th Jul 2022
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From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities

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12th Jul 2022
The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 12
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The One Weird Trick That Gave Humans Language An Extract From 'A Brief History of Intelligence' by Max Bennett
2nd Aug 2025
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The One Weird Trick That Gave Humans Language

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2nd Aug 2025
An Extract From 'A Brief History of Intelligence' by Max Bennett
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This Is TASTE 832: Pim Techamuanvivit’s First Restaurant Job Was Opening a Now Legendary Restaurant Pim Techamuanvivit left a career in Silicon Valley to become one of the most important Thai chefs...
4th Sep 2026
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This Is TASTE 832: Pim Techamuanvivit’s First Restaurant Job Was Opening a Now Legendary Restaurant

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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.
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Only 1 Week Left for the Husk Preorder Bundle And preorders end next week!
13th May 2025
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Only 1 Week Left for the Husk Preorder Bundle

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13th May 2025
And preorders end next week!
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Saddened by the tech industry Watching the pendulum swing away from people-centric leadership and wishing pendulums didn't swing...
17th Jun 2023
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Saddened by the tech industry

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17th Jun 2023
Watching the pendulum swing away from people-centric leadership and wishing pendulums didn't swing quite so far in the other direction.
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‘Masculine energy’ is costing companies billions Laetitia@Work #105
2 weeks ago
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‘Masculine energy’ is costing companies billions

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2 weeks ago
Laetitia@Work #105
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introducing the what to cook SHOW!!!! I mentioned earlier this summer that I have been working on something BIG and it’s finally time to...
16th Jul 2026
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introducing the what to cook SHOW!!!!

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16th Jul 2026
I mentioned earlier this summer that I have been working on something BIG and it’s finally time to share what that something is: I’m launching a show here on Substack!!! What To Cook is (for now!) an eight-episode series that takes you inside our home, right into the dinnertime...
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Bits from Boulder Three true stories from the People's Republic
5th Aug 2024
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Bits from Boulder

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5th Aug 2024
Three true stories from the People's Republic
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Re-sourcing the Mind The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No.
1st Aug 2024
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Re-sourcing the Mind

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1st Aug 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No.
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[instagram] 123 months: everything is perimenopause as we're both women in our mid 40s we're inevitably entering the dreaded phase in our lives when our...
2nd Aug 2026
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[instagram] 123 months: everything is perimenopause

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2nd Aug 2026
as we're both women in our mid 40s we're inevitably entering the dreaded phase in our lives when our hormones go out of whack and we start experiencing disturbing symptoms...these days one can search any medical symptom on google and it is definitely a possible perimenopause...
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End of Year Book Review (2022) I enjoy books (more so audio books than reading), but I don't consume them very much or as often as...
3rd Dec 2022
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End of Year Book Review (2022)

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

3rd Dec 2022
I enjoy books (more so audio books than reading), but I don't consume them very much or as often as I'd like. At least in my own mind I don't get through many, but what's the global average? I don't honestly care. This year I wanted to make a concerted effort to consume more...
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How to Save Substack From Certain Peril The "One Weird Trick" to Real Growth and Success on Substack
8th Jul 2025
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How to Save Substack From Certain Peril

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8th Jul 2025
The "One Weird Trick" to Real Growth and Success on Substack
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Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind the Inditex Group My top 10 highlights from the book:  1.  Ortega has created a business model that is studied in...
1st Dec 2024
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Amancio Ortega: The Genius Behind the Inditex Group

from David Senra [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Dec 2024
My top 10 highlights from the book:  1.  Ortega has created a business model that is studied in universities he could not access. 2.  “One afternoon, after school, I went with my mother to a store to buy food.  The store we walked into was one of those old-time grocery stores,...
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30 years old I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool. Being 9 years old and...
9th Sep 2023
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30 years old

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9th Sep 2023
I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool. Being 9 years old and telling my mum how excited I was to turn ten. Double digits! I feel the same way about 29 to 30. I hardly even got used to saying I’
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Winter White Here in the North, winter effectively begins with the first snow that doesn't melt. This year that...
25th Feb 2026
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Winter White

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25th Feb 2026
Here in the North, winter effectively begins with the first snow that doesn't melt. This year that was the day before Thanksgiving, almost exactly a month before the calendar says winter begins. It was heavy snow, over a foot, and just like that the world of color is...
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The Ambling Mind The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 6
9th May 2024
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The Ambling Mind

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9th May 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 6
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gossip steals your sovereignty talk is easy, action is hard
1st Oct 2024
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gossip steals your sovereignty

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1st Oct 2024
talk is easy, action is hard
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How to embrace the seasons of your life without guilt You’re not wasting time when you’re in alignment
12th Mar 2026
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How to embrace the seasons of your life without guilt

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12th Mar 2026
You’re not wasting time when you’re in alignment
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eating a pesto pasta salad in dubai but how can you grow salad in a desert wow Hey all :).
9th Dec 2025
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eating a pesto pasta salad in dubai but how can you grow salad in a desert wow

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9th Dec 2025
Hey all :).
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How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill? A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in...
6th Oct 2024
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How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill?

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6th Oct 2024
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in dreams
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Feeding on Illusions The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
8th Jul 2026
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Feeding on Illusions

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8th Jul 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
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The Problem with Too Much Fairness We care so much about fairness that we are willing to sacrifice economic well-being to enforce it....
7th Oct 2021
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The Problem with Too Much Fairness

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7th Oct 2021
We care so much about fairness that we are willing to sacrifice economic well-being to enforce it. Research shows that just to ensure shirkers get what they deserve, we are prepared to make ourselves poorer.
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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

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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...
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How do you want to spend your time? a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
21st Mar 2023
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How do you want to spend your time?

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21st Mar 2023
a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
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Indirect lessons from human alignment (Inspired by a post from Eli Tyre.) Many people make some variant of the following...
2nd Aug 2026
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Indirect lessons from human alignment

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2nd Aug 2026
(Inspired by a post from Eli Tyre.) Many people make some variant of the following argument: Evolution is an “outer optimizer”. It is trying to make us maximize reproductive fitness. We are “inner optimizers”. We just do what feels good. But what feels good has been set by...
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The unfairness of life with a baby Breastfeeding realities, new baby life, mental load, and zero sum games.
1st Sep 2024
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The unfairness of life with a baby

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1st Sep 2024
Breastfeeding realities, new baby life, mental load, and zero sum games.
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The Story Of Mu -James Cordova
1st Feb 2017
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The Story Of Mu

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1st Feb 2017
-James Cordova
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4 Reasons why too few of us will work in the future Laetitia@Work #84
14th Aug 2025
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4 Reasons why too few of us will work in the future

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14th Aug 2025
Laetitia@Work #84
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Soi Ram You have probably heard me go on and on about how good the Portland Thai food scene is compared to...
1st Nov 2025
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Soi Ram

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1st Nov 2025
You have probably heard me go on and on about how good the Portland Thai food scene is compared to what we have here in Vancouver.  Well, that doesn't mean we don't have good Thai food at all.  In fact, some of my favourites include Song, Siam Le Bien, Zab Zaab and Silom. ...
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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

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1st Jul 2025
Sharing my favorite books, games, and TV shows from the second quarter of 2025.
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What does psychological safety at work depend on? Laetitia@Work #75
21st Oct 2024
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What does psychological safety at work depend on?

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21st Oct 2024
Laetitia@Work #75
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Why Write? Other than the egotism, of course…
15th Jul 2023
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Why Write?

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15th Jul 2023
Other than the egotism, of course…
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Small steps, Big dreams proudly announcing Tech and Tea
2nd Apr 2023
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Small steps, Big dreams

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2nd Apr 2023
proudly announcing Tech and Tea
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Car trouble Some time ago—I’m not sure when exactly—my car started rattling. It would only rattle: When the...
6th Feb 2025
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Car trouble

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6th Feb 2025
Some time ago—I’m not sure when exactly—my car started rattling. It would only rattle: When the engine was on, sitting idle, or When accelerating with just the right amount of throttle. This rattle, I did not like it. It sounded like a tiny spoon in a garbage disposal. Which...
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me and skrillex at the club crying to scatman drinking lychee tea I decided to join Y Combinator, again.
2nd Apr 2026
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me and skrillex at the club crying to scatman drinking lychee tea

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2nd Apr 2026
I decided to join Y Combinator, again.
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Nothing shifted. | #106 Dispatches from vacation Summer 2026
3rd Jul 2026
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Nothing shifted. | #106

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3rd Jul 2026
Dispatches from vacation Summer 2026
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Care in Design Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of...
1st Sep 2022
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Care in Design

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1st Sep 2022
Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of users—of humans. It is designing product details that you might randomly discover (sometimes even years later) rather than only designing what should be seen. Care in design is worrying...
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Why Do Heroes Always Have Theme Songs (Part 1 of 2) An excerpt from my new book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
4th Oct 2023
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Why Do Heroes Always Have Theme Songs (Part 1 of 2)

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4th Oct 2023
An excerpt from my new book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
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Minimal Email Setup This is a follow-up to Manu's article on the same subject. I'll cover my experience and some desktop...
4th Jan 2022
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Minimal Email Setup

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

4th Jan 2022
This is a follow-up to Manu's article on the same subject. I'll cover my experience and some desktop visual results of applying this method. Some people love emails. Some people hate them. Most of us experience both emotions. Yet there's no denying—as Manu points out—emails are...
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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
3rd Jul 2023
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The Hottest Drummer You've Never Heard

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3rd Jul 2023
A new book pays tribute to the amazing Chick Webb, the hardest swinging jazz drummer of his day
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Nuggets from “Opening The Door Of Your Heart by Ajahn Brahm We all commit mistakes and have our shortcomings but at at the same time we have so much that is...
1st Nov 2019
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Nuggets from “Opening The Door Of Your Heart by Ajahn Brahm

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1st Nov 2019
We all commit mistakes and have our shortcomings but at at the same time we have so much that is good and right about us. If we remember this, we can live with peace with ourselves and others. Chaos and disorder can sometimes be perfect, like leaves strewn on the floor of the...
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Greenfield Village It's always seems slightly perverse to me to head east in a country that once lived by the slogan,...
4th Oct 2023
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Greenfield Village

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4th Oct 2023
It's always seems slightly perverse to me to head east in a country that once lived by the slogan, go west. Whatever the case, we're eastbound again and when planning our route we ran across something called Greenfield Village. Greenfield Village is difficult to describe, but...
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13 Lessons from 37 Years My Gift to You for my 37th Birthday
1st Oct 2024
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13 Lessons from 37 Years

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1st Oct 2024
My Gift to You for my 37th Birthday
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Render Unto the Machine The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 12
8th Jul 2023
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Render Unto the Machine

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8th Jul 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 12
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affinity how to know if you actually really like something
7th Aug 2025
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affinity

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7th Aug 2025
how to know if you actually really like something
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the answer I must seek My partner pitter patters around the house constantly, always looking for something to do, always...
1st Sep 2024
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the answer I must seek

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

1st Sep 2024
My partner pitter patters around the house constantly, always looking for something to do, always scheming up some new creative project of hers. Being with her is an ongoing lesson and reminder...
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Special Hell 5, Ad-diction Today I am going to tell you the story of how I used my web design skills to steal from little old...
5th Mar 2016
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Special Hell 5, Ad-diction

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

5th Mar 2016
Today I am going to tell you the story of how I used my web design skills to steal from little old ladies and feed my ad-diction.
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Mouth Lookers and the Connection Illusion My girlfriend told me I was do it wrong. How was I supposed to know? They don’t teach this stuff in...
6th Aug 2016
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Mouth Lookers and the Connection Illusion

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6th Aug 2016
My girlfriend told me I was do it wrong. How was I supposed to know? They don’t teach this stuff in school.
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Healing Sounds Are the Medical Miracle of the 21st Century It sounds like sci-fi, but it's all coming true.
1st Jul 2026
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Healing Sounds Are the Medical Miracle of the 21st Century

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1st Jul 2026
It sounds like sci-fi, but it's all coming true.
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BATWRITE AUGUST DATES ARE LIVE "omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
1st Aug 2025
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BATWRITE AUGUST DATES ARE LIVE

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1st Aug 2025
"omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
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Introducing Writebook You know, it's really easy to publish short form content on a variety of social platforms. And...
3rd Jul 2024
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Introducing Writebook

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

3rd Jul 2024
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...
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Five Things I Learned After I Left the Marketing Agency World After about 8 years of working at advertising/marketing/design companies I hit a wall. I was...
3rd Nov 2013
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Five Things I Learned After I Left the Marketing Agency World

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

3rd Nov 2013
After about 8 years of working at advertising/marketing/design companies I hit a wall. I was disappointed in the work I was doing. This is the story of why I became an in-house designer.
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just saw a pigeon rollerblading on the streets wow didn't know they made rollerblades for pigeons Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group...
2nd May 2021
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just saw a pigeon rollerblading on the streets wow didn't know they made rollerblades for pigeons

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

2nd May 2021
Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group of like 25 people in front of me right now with fake samurai swords doing some sort of sword fighting class it’s pretty lit. They be dueling right now in groups of two. Poggers.
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Avoiding the Automation of your Heart A correspondence with Freya India
16th Mar 2025
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Avoiding the Automation of your Heart

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16th Mar 2025
A correspondence with Freya India
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Attitudes one can take towards people who have behaved badly Have you ever noticed that reality has some properties that are quite annoying? For example, have...
7th Nov 2024
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Attitudes one can take towards people who have behaved badly

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7th Nov 2024
Have you ever noticed that reality has some properties that are quite annoying? For example, have you noticed that some people do bad things? And yet those same people sometimes have interesting ideas? Occasionally, I’ll bring up an idea in conversation and someone will gently...
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Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
7th Nov 2024
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Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion

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7th Nov 2024
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
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me n Krillin just grabbed starbucks Putting a 20-minute timer on to write the ole newsletter this week. Zip has 4X’d in the last two...
18th Jan 2021
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me n Krillin just grabbed starbucks

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

18th Jan 2021
Putting a 20-minute timer on to write the ole newsletter this week. Zip has 4X’d in the last two weeks. So, that’s pretty wild. Just working hard to execute now. Create curriculum. Hire teachers. Scheudle classes. Add the necessary features to the product. All that jazz :).
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Let’s stop counting centuries Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Enlightenment is conventionally placed...
4th Jul 2024
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Let’s stop counting centuries

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4th Jul 2024
Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Enlightenment is conventionally placed in the last two-thirds of the 18th century, though it flowed out of the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Reason in the 17th century and spilled into the heyday of classical...
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Making Space After Burnout What to know if you’re considering a sabbatical
2nd Feb 2026
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Making Space After Burnout

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2nd Feb 2026
What to know if you’re considering a sabbatical
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How To Cure Anxiety: 9 Stoic Techniques That Work “We suffer more from imagination than from reality.” — Seneca The 21st century has been described as...
23rd Jun 2022
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How To Cure Anxiety: 9 Stoic Techniques That Work

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23rd Jun 2022
“We suffer more from imagination than from reality.” — Seneca The 21st century has been described as “The Age of Anxiety,” “The United States of Stress,” “The World of Worry.” The implication is that what we are experiencing—pandemics, terrorism, political and economic turmoil,...
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Links in Progress: Should we give babies the vote? And births rise in South Korea
28th Jan 2025
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Links in Progress: Should we give babies the vote?

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28th Jan 2025
And births rise in South Korea
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One week left to apply for Invisible College 2026 Our residential seminar for 18–22 year olds was such a success that we are running it again. Apply...
1st May 2026
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One week left to apply for Invisible College 2026

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1st May 2026
Our residential seminar for 18–22 year olds was such a success that we are running it again. Apply this week or forever hold your peace.
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Doctors Shouldn't Be Allowed To Work 28 Hour Shifts Whyever they're allowed, they shouldn't be
2nd Mar 2026
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Doctors Shouldn't Be Allowed To Work 28 Hour Shifts

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2nd Mar 2026
Whyever they're allowed, they shouldn't be
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Diaries of Note Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
11th Jul 2025
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Diaries of Note

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11th Jul 2025
Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
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happy birthday to my favouritest person Every year on our birth days we’ll try to make a trip overseas – Singapore is about 50km from east...
7th Jul 2024
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happy birthday to my favouritest person

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7th Jul 2024
Every year on our birth days we’ll try to make a trip overseas – Singapore is about 50km from east to west so we can’t do any local travelling. Travelling is vital...
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Memory > Blog I’ve always appreciated the word blog. It feels honest and informal; a small, functional word from...
3rd Oct 2025
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Memory > Blog

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3rd Oct 2025
I’ve always appreciated the word blog. It feels honest and informal; a small, functional word from the early web. Blogs were, and still are, places to share links, notes, ideas, and to find others doing the same. That spirit of exchange still matters. [See blogroll.org] Lately...
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What It Means to Be a Married Man in His 30s with Kids It's not what you think
4th Mar 2025
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What It Means to Be a Married Man in His 30s with Kids

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

4th Mar 2025
It's not what you think
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safe and alive both at once!
2nd Aug 2026
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safe and alive

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2nd Aug 2026
both at once!
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What I'm up to - June 2026 My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in...
1st Jun 2026
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What I'm up to - June 2026

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1st Jun 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in May - Went to Oaxaca for vacation, which was a culturally rich and walkable place. I enjoyed a lot of ...
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12 (Stoic) Rules For Life: An Ancient Guide to the Good Life It’d be wonderful if life never tempted you, if you could just go day-to-day, winging it and always...
16th Feb 2022
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12 (Stoic) Rules For Life: An Ancient Guide to the Good Life

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16th Feb 2022
It’d be wonderful if life never tempted you, if you could just go day-to-day, winging it and always do right. But that’s not how the world is. That’s not who you are. If left to our own devices, with enough opportunities, eventually we’ll mess up—we’ll drift, we’ll stray. That’s...
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The subtle shade of the clouds Garlic takes six to seven months to grow. I’m still working it out. I planted my garlic too...
27th Nov 2023
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The subtle shade of the clouds

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

27th Nov 2023
Garlic takes six to seven months to grow. I’m still working it out. I planted my garlic too late. Not the farm garlic though. They’ve had practice. Over a thousand bulbs this year, maybe more. Tens of thousands of cloves. Garlic is the biggest harvest of
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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...
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Out of the Wilderness In hope
25th Nov 2025
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Out of the Wilderness

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25th Nov 2025
In hope
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The journey and the destination When is it about the journey, and can it also be the destination?
20th Dec 2024
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The journey and the destination

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

20th Dec 2024
When is it about the journey, and can it also be the destination?
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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...
5th Aug 2017
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How to Trigger Flow States with Coffee

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

5th Aug 2017
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...
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san francisco: after the flood short story. our protagonist is named after a piece of fruit
20th Jan 2023
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san francisco: after the flood

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20th Jan 2023
short story. our protagonist is named after a piece of fruit
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Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of...
29th Apr 2022
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Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints

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29th Apr 2022
In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of Terrence Malick's 2019 biopic of the Austrian conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter—executed in 1943 for his refusal to swear allegiance to National Socialism. Cooprider explores...
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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?
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Record Labels Are Running on Empty The latest news is ominous
2nd Jul 2025
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Record Labels Are Running on Empty

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

2nd Jul 2025
The latest news is ominous
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[instagram] two years this giant moth appeared at our door a few days after you’d passed, @peenutkewlee. @launshae said it...
1st May 2026
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[instagram] two years

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

1st May 2026
this giant moth appeared at our door a few days after you’d passed, @peenutkewlee. @launshae said it could be you, i said it was just a co-incidence. but moths didn’t appear again since, especially one of this size. was it really you? or are moths somewhat drawn to households...
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The myth of Snow Leopard Snow Leopard was a version of Mac OS X released in 2010. It was billed by Apple as having “0 new...
1st Aug 2026
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The myth of Snow Leopard

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1st Aug 2026
Snow Leopard was a version of Mac OS X released in 2010. It was billed by Apple as having “0 new features”, with a focus on refining the system, improving efficiency, and fixing bugs. Those of us using Macs at the time welcomed the news after living with updates that seemingly...
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The 5 Whys of Running If you ask "Why?" five times you can discover the motivation behind anything. At least that is what...
17th Feb 2019
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The 5 Whys of Running

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

17th Feb 2019
If you ask "Why?" five times you can discover the motivation behind anything. At least that is what this simple interrogation method is supposed to do. It's never worked for me.
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Introducing Nutrify 2.0 Multi-Food Mode, 552 New Foods and Food Share
9th Dec 2025
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Introducing Nutrify 2.0

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9th Dec 2025
Multi-Food Mode, 552 New Foods and Food Share
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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...
6th May 2023
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Building a garden in the backyard

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

6th May 2023
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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Why Skills Matter More Than Goals Welcome to the first Monday of the new year. It’s 2022 and if you’re like me, it still feels like...
3rd Jan 2022
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Why Skills Matter More Than Goals

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

3rd Jan 2022
Welcome to the first Monday of the new year. It’s 2022 and if you’re like me, it still feels like 2019 was last year. Talk about a mindfuck. This is that time of year where most productive and growth-minded people sit down and focus on their goals, their identity, and who they...
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The Best Lawn in the Entire Post-Apocalypse What kind of an idiot am I that I would be doing lawn maintenance during the zombie apocalypse? Let...
1st Oct 2016
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The Best Lawn in the Entire Post-Apocalypse

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

1st Oct 2016
What kind of an idiot am I that I would be doing lawn maintenance during the zombie apocalypse? Let me tell you.
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Social Media is the Opposite of Social Life I remember a surreal moment about twenty years ago, which felt like the beginning of something bad,...
10th Apr 2026
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Social Media is the Opposite of Social Life

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

10th Apr 2026
I remember a surreal moment about twenty years ago, which felt like the beginning of something bad, and it was. I was at a bowling alley with some friends, and a few people in our group were talking about Facebook. I knew what it was but had no interest in it. Then one of them...
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Nike's Two-Hour Marathon and the Source of Sensational Failure If Eliud Kipchoge's run had been one second per mile faster Eliud would be the man who did the...
6th May 2017
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Nike's Two-Hour Marathon and the Source of Sensational Failure

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

6th May 2017
If Eliud Kipchoge's run had been one second per mile faster Eliud would be the man who did the impossible. Instead, he is a loser. Or maybe we are the ones who are losing.
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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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Fans flooded the streets to celebrate Toronto Blue Jays' star Guerrero Jr. in his hometown

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

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...
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Big Companies Don’t Get Slower Because They Become Stupid Designing processes and software to scale is expensive but necessary. I'll walk through why scaling...
2nd Mar 2026
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Big Companies Don’t Get Slower Because They Become Stupid

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.
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Your Choice: Trophy Wife or Servant Laetitia@Work #90
4th Jan 2026
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Your Choice: Trophy Wife or Servant

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4th Jan 2026
Laetitia@Work #90
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Wagoneer My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved. As we've slowed...
1st Mar 2023
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Wagoneer

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

1st Mar 2023
My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved. As we've slowed down our travels though, spending more time in an area makes it nice to have a car to go exploring, run errands, and get to places the bus can't. For that reason we bought a 2006...
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On Being a Slow Thinker For a long time I considered myself a slow thinker. Meaning, I felt I wasn't particularly good at...
2nd Jan 2023
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On Being a Slow Thinker

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

2nd Jan 2023
For a long time I considered myself a slow thinker. Meaning, I felt I wasn't particularly good at thinking on the spot and articulating what I wanted to express. Probably one of the reasons why I never do podcasts and why job interviews are met with such trepidation. But I...
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Is Civility a Fantasy? Maybe - But It's One That Democracy Depends On
4th Oct 2025
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Is Civility a Fantasy?

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

4th Oct 2025
Maybe - But It's One That Democracy Depends On
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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...
1st Oct 2015
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In the future everyone will be creative for fifteen minutes

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

1st Oct 2015
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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Sometimes Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long...
13th Nov 2024
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Sometimes

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

13th Nov 2024
Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long shadows cut the cold honey sunlight of afternoons that begin to fade at three, turning to a blue-pink twilight over the lake before darkness descends at five. Then four-thirty. Then...
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Create Slowly The concept of slow design is one I've applied for several years. As time passes (quickly) and new...
6th Jul 2023
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Create Slowly

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

6th Jul 2023
The concept of slow design is one I've applied for several years. As time passes (quickly) and new technologies land on our desks, the expectation that we need to react at lightning speed to prove to the world we're always in the know of what's trending, is exhausting. Even if...
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Happy New Year It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared...
1st Jan 2024
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Happy New Year

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1st Jan 2024
It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared 365 diary entries written by 365 different people—each offering a chance to live a day in someone else’s shoes. It’s been an intense and remarkable year, filled with insights,...
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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...
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Stumbling Toward the Cosmopolitan Christ On Apocalypse, Schism, and "Trad" Religion
21st May 2026
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Stumbling Toward the Cosmopolitan Christ

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21st May 2026
On Apocalypse, Schism, and "Trad" Religion
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Short Posts Why are posts so long?
14th Feb 2024
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Short Posts

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

14th Feb 2024
Why are posts so long?
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Little Girl's Point The rest of my family loves rock hounding. I don't even know if that's what you call it, but that's...
24th Jul 2023
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Little Girl's Point

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

24th Jul 2023
The rest of my family loves rock hounding. I don't even know if that's what you call it, but that's what I'm going with. They enjoy walking around, hunting for rocks. Agates are especially popular with rock lovers, and one of the best agate beaches in the area is across the lake...
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A Day in the Life of a Solo-ish Builder What my days actually look like right now, AI workflows, and some random tangents.
12th Mar 2026
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A Day in the Life of a Solo-ish Builder

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12th Mar 2026
What my days actually look like right now, AI workflows, and some random tangents.
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July 4, 2024 Happy Independence Day my dear American friends. We are very lucky to have this country. Let us...
5th Jul 2024
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July 4, 2024

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

5th Jul 2024
Happy Independence Day my dear American friends. We are very lucky to have this country. Let us always be grateful for it. And let us always remember that good things are created not when people decide they have claims against an institution or a society, but when they have...
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Steep Embankments My police officer friend (and design mentor) once told me the story of a strange death he...
4th Jun 2016
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Steep Embankments

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

4th Jun 2016
My police officer friend (and design mentor) once told me the story of a strange death he investigated where a woman was found floating face down next to a shopping cart.
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Doing what you think, not what you thought Whenever I talk about working in real-time, making decisions as you go, figuring things out now...
8th Apr 2025
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Doing what you think, not what you thought

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

8th Apr 2025
Whenever I talk about working in real-time, making decisions as you go, figuring things out now rather than before, I get a question like this... "If you don't have a backlog, or deep sets of prioritized, ranked items, how do you decide what to do next?" My answer:  The same...
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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...
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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...
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Coaching Toolkit: Balance coaching to find new perspectives The power of mindset shifts and choice and a Tech and Tea balance coaching tool to guide you through...
7th Jul 2025
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Coaching Toolkit: Balance coaching to find new perspectives

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

7th Jul 2025
The power of mindset shifts and choice and a Tech and Tea balance coaching tool to guide you through uncertain times.
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#Japan2025 Off to Toyama and Takaoka When we were first planning our trip up to Toyama, the original plan was to take the scenic train up...
2nd May 2025
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#Japan2025 Off to Toyama and Takaoka

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd May 2025
When we were first planning our trip up to Toyama, the original plan was to take the scenic train up from Nagoya like so many of those NHK travel documentaries we’d seen. We laboured for days deciding whether we had the time to stop in Takoyama along the way; and if so, whether...
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Softening Our Inner Critic Find nourishment in the weeds
4th Dec 2023
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Softening Our Inner Critic

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

4th Dec 2023
Find nourishment in the weeds
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The True Meaning Of Concentration Q: My sweet beloved Mother, I read in the Conversations: “Concentration alone will lead you to this...
24th Jan 2020
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The True Meaning Of Concentration

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

24th Jan 2020
Q: My sweet beloved Mother, I read in the Conversations: “Concentration alone will lead you to this goal.” Should one increase the time of meditation? Concentration does not mean meditation; on the contrary, concentration is a state one must be in continuously, whatever the outer...
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restarting from scratch I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini...
5th May 2023
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restarting from scratch

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

5th May 2023
I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini celebration with my partner. I am not sure if I overdid it, but...
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10 Pointless Facts About Me This topic has been doing the rounds on the indie web recently, initially prompted by David and...
6th Nov 2025
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10 Pointless Facts About Me

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

6th Nov 2025
This topic has been doing the rounds on the indie web recently, initially prompted by David and subsequently by Manu. But instead of using the original template of questions, as many others have done, I’ve decided to create my own pointless series of questions and answers to give...
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There Is Only Time Balance is a really tricky word, because I don’t think there’s such a thing. There’s just time....
6th Dec 2020
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There Is Only Time

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

6th Dec 2020
Balance is a really tricky word, because I don’t think there’s such a thing. There’s just time. There’s just where you are and what you do. And it doesn’t make sense for me to have to spend time on something that feels like a sacrifice. I try to do things that are part of the big...
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Please consider my own position The King's Final Plea
2nd Jun 2026
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Please consider my own position

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

2nd Jun 2026
The King's Final Plea
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The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were...
29th Sep 2019
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The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox

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

29th Sep 2019
Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were crushed or drowned as their sleeping quarters filled with water after the collision. At the heart of the tragedy is a single checkbox on a touchscreen. This is the untold story of...
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The Outrage Cycle The Outrage Begins First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far...
7th Mar 2022
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The Outrage Cycle

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

7th Mar 2022
The Outrage Begins First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far and wide. Most of this happens on Twitter, but placeholder web pages are thrown together on various news sites and cable news channels interrupt the latest car chase to give you...
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Hemiphytophilia A journal entry about a house plant
1st Feb 2024
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Hemiphytophilia

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

1st Feb 2024
A journal entry about a house plant
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30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
5th May 2024
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30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)

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

5th May 2024
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
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"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
1st May 2024
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"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet

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

1st May 2024
A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
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Precognition It’s almost impossible to predict the future. But it’s also unnecessary, because most people are...
13th Jun 2021
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Precognition

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

13th Jun 2021
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...
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Emptiness and Values Realism Beyond the False Dichotomy
1st Apr 2025
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Emptiness and Values Realism

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

1st Apr 2025
Beyond the False Dichotomy
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Minimalissimo 6.0 A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you...
6th Apr 2022
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Minimalissimo 6.0

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6th Apr 2022
A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you like. The sixth iteration of Minimalissimo is here and it's probably the strongest one to date yet probably the most raw and uncompromising. But before I break down what is new, I want...
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Einbürgerungsantragsjubiläum A personal look at Germany’s slow citizenship process and why it matters for the skilled immigrants...
19th May 2026
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Einbürgerungsantragsjubiläum

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19th May 2026
A personal look at Germany’s slow citizenship process and why it matters for the skilled immigrants the country says it needs.
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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?
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how good will you let it get? loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
1st Apr 2025
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how good will you let it get?

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1st Apr 2025
loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
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My body is not a temple My body is a machine.
6th Apr 2025
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My body is not a temple

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6th Apr 2025
My body is a machine.
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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

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3rd Dec 2021
All your information is under the hood even if you’re be interested in seeing what is driving the engine.
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You Don't Want to Be Rich, You Want Independence “Autonomy is wealth”
2nd May 2025
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You Don't Want to Be Rich, You Want Independence

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2nd May 2025
“Autonomy is wealth”
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Building a new publication After a two-year absence from running a digital publication, namely Minimalissimo, I’m returning...
3 weeks ago
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Building a new publication

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3 weeks ago
After a two-year absence from running a digital publication, namely Minimalissimo, I’m returning with a new project. Just when I thought I was out... Okay, no Pacino impressions. I definitely needed that break from curation and probably also from the constraints of minimalism for...
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To day has bin a memorable day Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in...
1st Jan 2023
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To day has bin a memorable day

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1st Jan 2023
Born in 1838, Emilie Davis was a free African American woman who lived and worked as a seamstress in the city of Philadelphia. It was in 1863, aged 24, that Davis began to keep a written record of life during the Civil War in the first of three pocket diaries to have survived,...
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Should seniority be a criterion for pay? Laetitia@Work #74
19th Sep 2024
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Should seniority be a criterion for pay?

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19th Sep 2024
Laetitia@Work #74
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Anti-Hero, Abandoning the Movie Inside Your Head If we are stuck as the heroes in our imaginary movies our lives are destined to be controlled by...
7th Jan 2017
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Anti-Hero, Abandoning the Movie Inside Your Head

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7th Jan 2017
If we are stuck as the heroes in our imaginary movies our lives are destined to be controlled by rationalization. Change is not possible. But if accept the movie for what it is, an illusion, perhaps we can abandon our imaginary hero personas and become people that actually change...
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The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory Why do we forget what we want to remember and remember what we want to forget?
1st Sep 2023
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The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory

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1st Sep 2023
Why do we forget what we want to remember and remember what we want to forget?
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In the Time of The Juncos Autumn comes in on the coattails of a storm, a cool wind chasing clouds. Humidity breaks, there's a...
8th Oct 2025
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In the Time of The Juncos

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8th Oct 2025
Autumn comes in on the coattails of a storm, a cool wind chasing clouds. Humidity breaks, there's a colder edge to mornings and evenings. Yellow and red leaves sprout in clusters, and a gradual panorama of color sweeps across the horizon of trees. It's a time of contrasts and...
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Anti-Rivalrous Goods the rivalrousness s-curve
3rd Jul 2024
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Anti-Rivalrous Goods

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3rd Jul 2024
the rivalrousness s-curve
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Why Buy a House (or Land)? A lesson in ignoring economics
15th Apr 2024
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Why Buy a House (or Land)?

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15th Apr 2024
A lesson in ignoring economics
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SpaceX’s Big Fucking Rocket – The Full Story It's gonna take you to Mars. The post SpaceX’s Big Fucking Rocket – The Full Story appeared first on...
28th Sep 2016
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SpaceX’s Big Fucking Rocket – The Full Story

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28th Sep 2016
It's gonna take you to Mars. The post SpaceX’s Big Fucking Rocket – The Full Story appeared first on Wait But Why.
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Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism...
8th May 2023
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Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe

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8th May 2023
by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism (referenced in the diagram above), and I wanted to use this opportunity to go over each of these in a little more detail. Hopefully you’ll get an understanding of what they mean,...
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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...
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Remote work and sick days a double-edged sword
11th Feb 2023
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Remote work and sick days

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11th Feb 2023
a double-edged sword
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Staring at a Rotten Shingle Running on Empty
4 days ago
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Staring at a Rotten Shingle

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4 days ago
Running on Empty
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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...
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A New Role at St David’s Catholic College, Cardiff I have just started a new role as a pastoral tutor at St David's Catholic College in Cardiff. Over...
14th Dec 2019
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A New Role at St David’s Catholic College, Cardiff

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14th Dec 2019
I have just started a new role as a pastoral tutor at St David's Catholic College in Cardiff. Over the last two years I have been looking for a secure full-time job that would allow me to draw on my teaching skills and experience, while also offering an opportunity to serve my...
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James Talarico has an obligation to win Ken Paxton is a terrible candidate, but don’t take anything for granted.
1st Jun 2026
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James Talarico has an obligation to win

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1st Jun 2026
Ken Paxton is a terrible candidate, but don’t take anything for granted.
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Thoughts while watching myself be automated An old friend visited me a few weeks ago. And we soon got to chatting about—what else—how long will...
5th Sep 2024
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Thoughts while watching myself be automated

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5th Sep 2024
An old friend visited me a few weeks ago. And we soon got to chatting about—what else—how long will it be before all human intellectual work is automated. My position was: I dunno, because things are moving fast right now but what if we run out of data or scaling laws break and...
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Designing a New Old Home: Mistakes But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
5th Mar 2026
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Designing a New Old Home: Mistakes

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5th Mar 2026
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
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Notes From Cream-of-the-Valley Road Delayed Due Dates, Paternal Nerves, and the New York State Flag
3rd Sep 2025
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Notes From Cream-of-the-Valley Road

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3rd Sep 2025
Delayed Due Dates, Paternal Nerves, and the New York State Flag
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[subscribers only] Ask me Anything
13th Aug 2023
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[subscribers only] Ask me Anything

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13th Aug 2023
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Castles in the Sky's Seven Most Underrated Essays A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
3rd Feb 2025
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Castles in the Sky's Seven Most Underrated Essays

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

3rd Feb 2025
A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
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Alpine Starts II Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
26th Nov 2023
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Alpine Starts II

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26th Nov 2023
Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
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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...
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Why You’re Always Right My cat refuses all medicine because she doesn’t understand the benefits. Nothing can make her see...
9th Feb 2026
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Why You’re Always Right

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9th Feb 2026
My cat refuses all medicine because she doesn’t understand the benefits. Nothing can make her see that having bitter liquid squirted into her mouth will prevent her from getting intestinal worms. So I have to force the matter by wrapping her in a towel like a burrito, so that she...
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One Month of Building the Used Bookstore of the Future + Things I loved in July Charlie Becker Letter #97
8th Aug 2025
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One Month of Building the Used Bookstore of the Future + Things I loved in July

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

8th Aug 2025
Charlie Becker Letter #97
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№ 79: Allowing Those You Love The Right To Be Wrong Why you’re getting this: I’m Jason Nguyen.
14th May 2024
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№ 79: Allowing Those You Love The Right To Be Wrong

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14th May 2024
Why you’re getting this: I’m Jason Nguyen.
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scenes from tsukiji & asakusa Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at...
1st Dec 2023
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scenes from tsukiji & asakusa

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

1st Dec 2023
Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at 740am because I read that the crowds will start to get crazy at...
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hello depression my old friend i guess we're talking once again
10th Dec 2025
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hello depression my old friend

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10th Dec 2025
i guess we're talking once again
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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
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What's not to like about work-life balance? Laetitia@Work #43
14th Oct 2021
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What's not to like about work-life balance?

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14th Oct 2021
Laetitia@Work #43
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Growing a Hornbeam Hedge What's involved and the cost
12th Apr 2025
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Growing a Hornbeam Hedge

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12th Apr 2025
What's involved and the cost
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'all food is unhealthy' and other dumb shit I believe about cooking Some strange realizations I had while making some truly delicious fuckin yum yum food from Hungry as...
2nd Nov 2023
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'all food is unhealthy' and other dumb shit I believe about cooking

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

2nd Nov 2023
Some strange realizations I had while making some truly delicious fuckin yum yum food from Hungry as Hell, the new cookbook by Michelle Albanes-Davis that I highly recommend !
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Bandwidth I try not to pay too much attention to time, but sometimes it's hard to ignore. It passes far too...
3rd Oct 2023
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Bandwidth

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

3rd Oct 2023
I try not to pay too much attention to time, but sometimes it's hard to ignore. It passes far too quickly for my liking, but that's also because I'm nearing an age of self-reflection, but let's not go there! I enjoy routine and with that, life can get a little hazy albeit...
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The Work of Art The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
11th Jun 2024
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The Work of Art

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11th Jun 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
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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...
28th Feb 2023
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Seeing Beauty in Basic To-Do Lists

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28th Feb 2023
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...
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Not just fishing knots Took mum to her childhood home Sunday just gone to see Papa. We walked in and mum saw Nana and they...
2nd Apr 2024
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Not just fishing knots

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

2nd Apr 2024
Took mum to her childhood home Sunday just gone to see Papa. We walked in and mum saw Nana and they both started to cry. Papa, Alan, Alby, my grandfather was quite sick. The room was quiet and somber but had an unshakable aura of warmth and love. Everyone was
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The worthlessness of vitamin D is mildly exaggerated For a while there, many people thought vitamin D was magical—that it could improve bones, the heart,...
23rd Jun 2026
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The worthlessness of vitamin D is mildly exaggerated

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

23rd Jun 2026
For a while there, many people thought vitamin D was magical—that it could improve bones, the heart, infections, cancer, heart disease, longevity, even mental health. But among people I respect, opinion is now overwhelmingly that taking vitamin D does nothing unless you’re...
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Vote for Nobody! Nobody cares.
1st Nov 2024
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Vote for Nobody!

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1st Nov 2024
Nobody cares.
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rare is this feeling i blame noah kahan's tiny desk concert also
21st Apr 2026
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rare is this feeling

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21st Apr 2026
i blame noah kahan's tiny desk concert also
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What We Have Given Up in Exchange for This Limitless Bounty Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
13th Jun 2024
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What We Have Given Up in Exchange for This Limitless Bounty

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

13th Jun 2024
Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
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40 Useful Concepts (Summer 2023) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
18th Jun 2023
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40 Useful Concepts (Summer 2023)

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18th Jun 2023
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
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what is the shape of your mind? a visual essay on the topography of internal spaces
19th Mar 2025
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what is the shape of your mind?

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19th Mar 2025
a visual essay on the topography of internal spaces
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Minimalism Life®: A New Chapter This week sparked a new chapter, direction, and era for Minimalism Life®, a project I cofounded in...
5th Jan 2024
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Minimalism Life®: A New Chapter

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

5th Jan 2024
This week sparked a new chapter, direction, and era for Minimalism Life®, a project I cofounded in 2016. Almost 8 years on from then, with much experimentation, many highs and lows, strategy changes, and a lot of ground work, we announced the relaunch of our website:...
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Seasonal Changes Finding space and time to sloooooow down
19th Nov 2023
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Seasonal Changes

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19th Nov 2023
Finding space and time to sloooooow down
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A Tiny City in the Wilderness On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
6th Apr 2025
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A Tiny City in the Wilderness

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6th Apr 2025
On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
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stones in my pocket a palm full of gems, next time I see you
29th Dec 2022
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stones in my pocket

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29th Dec 2022
a palm full of gems, next time I see you
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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

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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.
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In Praise Of Bulletpoints - they are great
4 weeks ago
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In Praise Of Bulletpoints

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4 weeks ago
- they are great
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You’re Not “Letting People Go”—You're Firing Them Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager...
5th Jan 2026
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You’re Not “Letting People Go”—You're Firing Them

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5th Jan 2026
Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager chair.
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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
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How To Find And Keep Joy

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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...
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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

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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...
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Why You Should Ignore All the Polls They Aren't Telling Anything You Need To Know
2nd Nov 2024
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Why You Should Ignore All the Polls

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2nd Nov 2024
They Aren't Telling Anything You Need To Know
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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
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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...
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on seeing my self as a canvas I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can...
5th Nov 2023
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on seeing my self as a canvas

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

5th Nov 2023
I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can remember, though I am not sure if my...
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Let the world dawn on you (influences pt. 2) I know the houses too. As I walk along they seem to run forward in the streets to look out at me...
7th Oct 2023
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Let the world dawn on you (influences pt. 2)

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7th Oct 2023
I know the houses too. As I walk along they seem to run forward in the streets to look out at me from every window, and almost to say: "Good-morning! How do you do? I am quite well, thank God, and I am to have a new storey in May," or, "How are you? I am being redecorated...
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Coming 2nd in a Kaggle Competition How my brother and I came second in a Google Health + AI competition.
31st Mar 2026
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Coming 2nd in a Kaggle Competition

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

31st Mar 2026
How my brother and I came second in a Google Health + AI competition.
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12 observations of people i know here are the things I resist saying
21st Aug 2026
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12 observations of people i know

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21st Aug 2026
here are the things I resist saying
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50 things I learned in 2024 In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from...
5th Jan 2025
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50 things I learned in 2024

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

5th Jan 2025
In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from books, conversations, and everyday life.
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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

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2nd May 2025
I can dream, can't I?
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How To Choose Your Nemesis What Makes a Rivalry Productive?
6th Dec 2025
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How To Choose Your Nemesis

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6th Dec 2025
What Makes a Rivalry Productive?
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American Hedonism What do Thomas Aquinas, Pope Gregory I, and Walker Robinson of Your Neighbors have in common?
7th Feb 2025
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American Hedonism

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7th Feb 2025
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