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Charlie Becker
The Enchanter Series Profiling Great Creators
over a year ago
The Intimate Mirror
Sincerity Makes Everything Possible The Radical Power of Loving Things for Their Own Sake
6 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
15 Years of Loving Curation In my previous post, I mentioned that Minimalissimo was coming to an end and that I'd be embarking...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
In my previous post, I mentioned that Minimalissimo was coming to an end and that I'd be embarking on a new adventure with FormFeelingFunction®. Well, I think it's worth explaining the site's journey, impact, and inevitable sunset. Because it has played a significant role in my...
The Honest Broker
The 6 New Rules of Communicating The era of teleprompters and talking points has come to an end
7 months ago
The Ruffian
27 Notes On Growing Old(er) A Universal Process That's Also Mighty Strange
a week ago
Nat Eliason's...
40 Lessons from 30 Years Why keep it to 30
over a year ago
Stoic Simple
The Role of Nature in Stoic Philosophy Stoicism is a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece and has continued to influence modern...
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over a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece and has continued to influence modern thought. One of its central ideas is the concept of living in accordance with nature. In this article, we'll explore how nature plays a critical role in the Stoic worldview and how it...
Raptitude.com
What’s Taking Up Your Mental Bandwidth Right Now? Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If you spent most of your day preoccupied with thoughts about a past failed relationship, for example, that makes for a different kind of day than one in which you’re preoccupied with...
Mind Mine
just show up stop postponing the act
5 months ago
Both Are True
The ONE Amazon Prime "Big Deal Days" (tf?) Deal they DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT Read this asap before Bezos & Co delete it !!! Surely I'm in jail by now, please spread the word!!!
9 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
gathering different pieces of myself I’ve been back home for a few days now. It feels good to be where I feel the safest, slowly working...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’ve been back home for a few days now. It feels good to be where I feel the safest, slowly working to get back to the routine I had before. Yesterday I...
The Honest Broker
The Hit Singles of Sun Ra On the 30th anniversary of the Afrofuturist's death, I explore the oddest discs in his discography
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
How Musicians Invented the Law Songs are far more powerful than you think
a year ago
The Honest Broker
The Ten Warning Signs A huge change is coming
a month ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Parenting & Children: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
over a year ago
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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...
Raptitude.com
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...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
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...
Farza's Newsletter
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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.
Both Are True
remember, dad, who we are? storytime in the land of milk and bee spit
2 days ago
The Honest Broker
How Many NY Times Journalists Does It Take to Write 500 Words? And other dismal stories from the culture business
3 months ago
Wait But Why
The 2024 Trump-Biden Debate Jeez The post The 2024 Trump-Biden Debate appeared first on Wait But Why.
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
My dad is gonna bash your dad's head in My friend was the kind of kid that parents don't let their kids play with. The kind of kid who eats...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My friend was the kind of kid that parents don't let their kids play with. The kind of kid who eats doggy biscuits to make his wiener dogs jealous, then laughs when the beasts take a bite out of your little sister. The kind of kid who yells the n word at the apartments down the...
Diaries of Note
Happy New Year It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared...
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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,...
Ryan Hoover's...
Let’s continue to build Product Hunt, together
over a year ago
The Intimate Mirror
Sunday Update: Gratitude, Growth, and Friends A break from our usual programming...
2 months ago
The Intimate Mirror
Emptiness and Values Realism Beyond the False Dichotomy
3 months ago
The Honest Broker
How to Survive as the Only Opera Fan in Elementary School My brother Dana shares a story about his unusual childhood
a year ago
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'
Diaries of Note
Armageddon in Europe! It was in 1915 that Vera Brittain left Somerville College, Oxford to become a nurse during the First...
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a year ago
It was in 1915 that Vera Brittain left Somerville College, Oxford to become a nurse during the First World War, a decision that would profoundly shape her life and literary career. Eighteen years later, having experienced the devastating realities of the battlefield, Brittain...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
When Unicorns and Robots Hold Hands Are you data-driven or design-driven? Doesn’t matter, either way you will probably fail.
over a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
Nursing doubts: Is breastfeeding good? If you ask the internet if breastfeeding is good, you will soon learn that YOU MUST BREASTFEED...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
If you ask the internet if breastfeeding is good, you will soon learn that YOU MUST BREASTFEED because BREAST MILK = OPTIMAL FOOD FOR BABY. But if you look for evidence, you’ll discover two disturbing facts. First, there’s no consensus about why breastfeeding is good. I’ve seen...
Charlie Becker
Living the Questions, Reading the Clown-Arounds Embracing the Trivial in a World Obsessed with Takeaways
11 months ago
Left To Write
What A Bottle of Coke In A Luxury Five Star Resort Taught Me About Selling Where Is Just As Important As What
over a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Fastest Way To Ruin Your Life 8 easy steps
7 months ago
Both Are True
no, they don't hate you they're too busy worrying you hate them
a month ago
The Ruffian
The Improving Mentality Pt II Anton Howes on Britain's Industrial Revolution
a month ago
Atoms vs Bits
How To Make Decisions Under Stress (To be clear: I don't know how to make good decisions under stress)
5 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Dating Apps That Could Exist and wish I had the skills to make
a month ago
The Honest Broker
Why Is the Tesla Cybertruck So Depressingly Ugly? It's a bigger problem than just one sinister-looking car
8 months ago
The Honest Broker
The Death of the Magazine Or what happens when journalism forgets about quality writing
11 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
My Second Month of Paintings Since January 1, I have been posting one piece of art a day.
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
nostalgia in akihabara I’ve been to akihabara twice – once in 2008ish and another in 2018 – but back then I was more...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’ve been to akihabara twice – once in 2008ish and another in 2018 – but back then I was more interested in looking at the massive electronic stores like yodabashi and bic....
The Honest Broker
How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill? A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in...
9 months ago
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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%
Raptitude.com
Two Ways to Change Your Momentum This is hardly a brilliant insight, but I’ve noticed that making small, “good” decisions early in...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
This is hardly a brilliant insight, but I’ve noticed that making small, “good” decisions early in the day makes the whole day work better. If I wake up and avoid screen time and loafing around, I get more and better work done, I make more sensible meal choices, I’m less needy and...
Charlie Becker
The Power of Being Weird There are a lot of different ways to be an outsider. Nobody really wants to be a misfit or a "noob."...
a year ago
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a year ago
There are a lot of different ways to be an outsider. Nobody really wants to be a misfit or a "noob." But there is wisdom in outsiders. They can be characters who challenge societal norms and reshape our understanding of what it means to belong. There are some people for whom...
The Convivial...
What Is To Be Done? — Fragments The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 14
over a year ago
Thu Le
Between away and home And the paradox of travel.
5 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
I asked my friends for anonymous feedback
a year ago
Mind Mine
make more, care less what if i just published waaaaay more?
7 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Email’s not dead
over a year ago
The Prism
Debunking Lies About Israel Some difficult truths
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
psychological health vs physical health Travelling keeps me sane. It is only on this trip that I realised how much my brain craves being in...
a year ago
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a year ago
Travelling keeps me sane. It is only on this trip that I realised how much my brain craves being in some sort of engagement, and travelling is a way to keep it...
Mind Mine
to actualize yourself, actualize your ideas* *to completion! this part is very important!!
8 months ago
Tech and Tea
Leaving my full-time job Just in time to settle into the end of the year with a cozy holiday season
7 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Functional Energy Maintenance Are you as glad as I am that December is here? November did its best to bring me down. A pinched...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Are you as glad as I am that December is here? November did its best to bring me down. A pinched nerve derailed my running. There was an unexpected death in the family. Then there was the typical stress of interstate travel over Thanksgiving. And just as the worst of it seemed to...
Left To Write
#9 Writemas: What Is Driving You? I had a call with an old poker friend earlier. We both have similar backgrounds; we are reasonably...
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a year ago
I had a call with an old poker friend earlier. We both have similar backgrounds; we are reasonably well educated, started poker around the same time, and never felt like we were enough. Both of our poker careers were driven by insecurity. We both had this desire to prove...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Day Jennifer Smiled In order for a guy to get the girl he has to do something heroic. My chance came in a basketball...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In order for a guy to get the girl he has to do something heroic. My chance came in a basketball game in eighth grade. She was a cheerleader named Jennifer.
Stoic Simple
A Stoic Perspective on Achieving Happiness In today’s fast-paced and unpredictable world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the challenges and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In today’s fast-paced and unpredictable world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the challenges and pressures of daily life. Many of us are constantly searching for ways to achieve happiness and inner peace amidst the chaos. While some turn to meditation and mindfulness, others...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Greatest Jedi Mind Trick of All Time What percentage of your visible world would you say you can see? Yes, you read that correctly. The...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
What percentage of your visible world would you say you can see? Yes, you read that correctly. The obvious answer is "all of it." But stick with me.
Nat Eliason's...
Don't Work Faster. Transition Faster. A secret to creative output from endurance sports
8 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
9 years together To me, being in a relationship is like choosing to engage in a continuous power battle. I know it...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
To me, being in a relationship is like choosing to engage in a continuous power battle. I know it sounds unromantic but age has taught me that the way to truly sustain...
The Prism
40 Useful Concepts (Summer 2023) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Unfairly Angry Do we get angry at people *because* we've wronged them?
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
How I Got Scammed A retraction and an apology to Pitchfork
2 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
My Favorite People Don't Have Problems I walked into my boss’s office and said, "Mia, I have a problem." It was my first week as a graphic...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I walked into my boss’s office and said, "Mia, I have a problem." It was my first week as a graphic designer and I had no idea what I was doing. Before I could explain whatever trivial issue I couldn’t resolve, Mia stopped me.
Diaries of Note
It’s almost impossible to know what to say In 1990, the Royal National Theatre embarked on an ambitious international tour featuring two...
a year ago
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a year ago
In 1990, the Royal National Theatre embarked on an ambitious international tour featuring two towering Shakespearean plays, King Lear and Richard III, with groundbreaking lead performances from Brian Cox and Ian McKellen, respectively. Their first destination beyond the UK was...
The Ruffian
Why Britain's Elites Shun Highbrow Culture The Signal Has Flipped
9 months ago
Scarlet Ink
You Can't Schedule Creativity: Putting Inspiration Into Your Outlook Calendar Creation can't be forced, but it can certainly be encouraged gently.
5 months ago
The Ruffian
Why Giving Up On The Humanities Is Self-Destructive The Economic Case For the Liberal Arts In the Age of AI
8 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalism, Marketing, and Digital Sales A while ago I published a couple of articles on selling digital products and monetising minimalism....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A while ago I published a couple of articles on selling digital products and monetising minimalism. Over the past 12 months I have been working extensively in making and marketing digital products in various forms and on various platforms. In the aforementioned articles, I’ve...
The Honest Broker
An Open Letter to Taylor Swift I'm asking a favor—but not for me. I want you to do a favor for the music.
a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
Obvious travel advice Mindset matters more than where you go. Who you go with matters more than where you go. After seeing...
a year ago
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a year ago
Mindset matters more than where you go. Who you go with matters more than where you go. After seeing each other for a few months, many new couples take a short trip, which often ends in an apocalyptic, relationship-destroying fight. My theory is that’s the trip working as...
Diaries of Note
I want to be what I am, not a symbol of what I am In December of 1968, 35-year-old Martin Siegel began to keep a diary that would continue for ten...
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a year ago
In December of 1968, 35-year-old Martin Siegel began to keep a diary that would continue for ten months and record his every gripe with a job he was struggling to love. For a decade he had been a practising rabbi, and now, serving at Temple Sinai in suburban New York, his...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The First 31 Paintings of 2016 Since January 1, I have been posting one piece of art a day
over a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
How are you doing?
a year ago
The Ruffian
Thirty-One Insights Into Art, Writing and the Creative Process Nuggets from my commonplace book
a year ago
Charlie Becker
The Limits of Novelty as a Value Proposition Early thoughts on writing about Russian Cosmism and "the common task"
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Blogging is the New Resume
over a year ago
Raptitude.com
How to Stop Eating Candy for Breakfast There’s a particular scene in an early episode of the Simpsons that I found especially relatable, as...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
There’s a particular scene in an early episode of the Simpsons that I found especially relatable, as a ten-year-old whose main interest was candy. Bart and Lisa wake up the morning after Halloween, so miserable from eating sweets that they can’t even look at their candy pile....
The Honest Broker
15 Observations on the New Phase in Cultural Conflict If the old motto was watch out below, the new one ought to be: Watch out above!
7 months ago
The Ruffian
The Renaissance Redux 'Notes On the Florentine Renaissance' Free To Read This Time
a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
Fahren-height The Internet is well into middle-age, and yet doesn’t seem to have answered humanity’s most pressing...
a year ago
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a year ago
The Internet is well into middle-age, and yet doesn’t seem to have answered humanity’s most pressing question: If you pour boiling hot water from various heights, how much does it cool in flight? First attempt I figure there are two key variables: The height you pour from, and...
Raptitude.com
Feedback is What Makes Everything Work The other day I closed a savings account at a tiny credit union branch. I expected it to take about...
a year ago
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a year ago
The other day I closed a savings account at a tiny credit union branch. I expected it to take about five minutes, but the teller took so long that I started to experience time distortion. I knew it had been at least fifteen minutes, but perhaps it was much longer. Twenty-five...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
A Reflection in Birds Last Sunday I needed to make a decision. I was debating leaving my job, unsure which way to go. So I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Last Sunday I needed to make a decision. I was debating leaving my job, unsure which way to go. So I went for a run in search of clarity. I hit the trail dressed in black, only my white head exposed to the winter wind.
The Convivial...
Lonely Surfaces: On AI-generated Images The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 20
over a year ago
Tech and Tea
Coaching Toolkit: The Power of Positive Intent One small but meaningful shift to make hard conversations a little bit easier
2 months ago
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 32 Weight Loss, Civilization, and Good Reading
over a year ago
Charlie Becker
The map is clear but the road is bumpy. Castles in the Sky | October 27 - November 2, 2024
8 months ago
Farza's Newsletter
just used my car keys to lock my macbook wow 2021 is legit Was a busy week at ZipSchool! It’s interesting, we’re quickly moving more toward an experience that...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Was a busy week at ZipSchool! It’s interesting, we’re quickly moving more toward an experience that the student themselves can control. This sounds kinda obvious in retrospect (as most things do). For basically the last 6 months the experience we’ve been building has been pretty...
Diaries of Note
She’s going, boys! On 21st November 1915, following months of struggle against the implacable Antarctic ice, the crew...
a year ago
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a year ago
On 21st November 1915, following months of struggle against the implacable Antarctic ice, the crew of Endurance, led by the intrepid Sir Ernest Shackleton, witnessed the final sinking of their ship—a vessel that had promised passage across the continent. In his diary that night,...
Both Are True
local man sends 2nd email after 1st only gets 3 responses you won't believe how much shame he felt afterwards (not what you think!) // BREAKING NEWS - Survey...
3 weeks ago
Ryan Hoover's...
A virtual co-working space for makers
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
This must be a specially sad day Born Hermione Llewellyn in 1913, the life of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly took a dramatic turn in...
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Born Hermione Llewellyn in 1913, the life of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly took a dramatic turn in 1941 when her husband, a lieutenant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, was captured by Rommel’s Afrika Korps, leading to his imprisonment as a prisoner of war in Italy. She wrote...
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Dark Side of Making Money Online (That Very Few Are Qualified to Write About) Apparently, I helped create a genocide.
3 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Terrorism and the demonocracy One of the most shocking of all the harrowing accounts to come out of Gaza this year was provided by...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
One of the most shocking of all the harrowing accounts to come out of Gaza this year was provided by UK surgeon Nizam Mamode.
Both Are True
"she looks exactly like you" she's my daughter, she's my twin
a year ago
The Honest Broker
How to Break Free from Dopamine Culture My quest for a healthier relationship with technology
a year ago
Isabel Unraveled
my parents. the stewards of my soul!
4 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Enfeebling Supports Well I'm strong enough to know / you gotta go
a year ago
Daily Stoic
Stoicism and Christianity: The History of the Stoics and the Christians It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the...
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over a year ago
It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the same time. That’s right, Seneca and Jesus were both born in the year 4BC. Not only that, they lived roughly parallel lives despite being separated by geography, culture, and social...
The Honest Broker
What You Can Learn from Just Seven Pages by Hannah Arendt She wrote this book in the 1950s, but it's frighteningly relevant right now
8 months ago
Diaries of Note
How could such courage be? On 20th July 1969, the world held its collective breath as the Apollo 11 mission made its historic...
a year ago
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a year ago
On 20th July 1969, the world held its collective breath as the Apollo 11 mission made its historic landing on the moon, Neil Armstrong’s immortal words, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” echoing around the globe and cementing the moment as a...
The Ruffian
Podcast: How To Get The Most Out of LLMs Part II Of My Excellent Conversation With Jasmine Sun
a week ago
Diaries of Note
A night of terror In September of 1939, English housewife Nella Last began keeping a diary that would span 30 years,...
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In September of 1939, English housewife Nella Last began keeping a diary that would span 30 years, ultimately producing one of the longest diaries in the English language at more than 12 million words. Born Nellie Lord in 1890, she was a voluntary participant in the Mass...
Atoms vs Bits
I Have Opinions About The Production Of Pizza The low-hanging fruit of pizza happiness, possibly
a year ago
Passing Time
Tipping is Spreading and It Sucks Every tip given in the United States is a blow at our experiment in democracy.
over a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
My Ikigai I first came across the philosophy of ikigai when I discovered and read the book by the same name. A...
a year ago
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a year ago
I first came across the philosophy of ikigai when I discovered and read the book by the same name. A book written by Francesc Miralles and Héctor García. It's the Japanese word that signifies 'a reason to live' or 'a reason to get out of bed in the morning'. It's a state of...
The Honest Broker
Hollywood Will Be a Ghost Town in Five Years Insiders worry that Hollywood is the next Detroit—but it's actually much worse than that
2 months ago
Both Are True
here's the link for today's batwrite starting in 49 minutes at 12p est
a month ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Evidence that Steve Jobs was aware of his reality distortion field I thought that the reality distortion field theory was just an invention that Apple haters invented...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I thought that the reality distortion field theory was just an invention that Apple haters invented in hindsight. I didn’t realize that it was a part of Steve Jobs vision from the beginning.
RhysTranter.com
Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of...
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In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of Terrence Malick's 2019 biopic of the Austrian conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter—executed in 1943 for his refusal to swear allegiance to National Socialism. Cooprider explores...
RhysTranter.com
Robert Pirsig on Selfless Climbing While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition...
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a year ago
While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition of Henri Nouwen’s The Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery.
Unfiltered by Tim...
Six Things I Had to Give Up to Make 6-Figures Online #3: Dumb systems build 6-figure online empires
3 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Masterpiece Hallucinations What can you see through blurry eyes that you can't see with 20/20 vision?
over a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
Car trouble Some time ago—I’m not sure when exactly—my car started rattling. It would only rattle: When the...
5 months ago
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5 months ago
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...
The Prism
30 Useful Concepts (Autumn 2023) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
Preorder My Sci-Fi Novel, Husk A limited time, first-edition signed hardcover with bonuses
4 months ago
The Prism
Wisdom from Marcus Aurelius 10 thoughts to improve the mind
a year ago
Diaries of Note
The instinct explains so much Born in Dorset in 1890, Mary Butts was a modernist writer who fused spirituality, mythology, and...
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over a year ago
Born in Dorset in 1890, Mary Butts was a modernist writer who fused spirituality, mythology, and reality in that were largely unappreciated during her lifetime. Twice married, first to writer John Rodker in 1918, and later to artist Gabriel Atkin in 1930, Mary navigated...
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Nagoya for the first time Yesterday we took the Shinkansen fron Tōkyō to Nagoya, a city I’ve never been to before. Clara had...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Yesterday we took the Shinkansen fron Tōkyō to Nagoya, a city I’ve never been to before. Clara had been for a brief stopover, but hadn’t seen much of it beyond its port. Much of yesterday’s post may have been spent extolling the virtues of high-speed trains before I even got to...
Diaries of Note
Demented with grief Franz Baermann Steiner was a Czech-born anthropologist and poet whose life was tragically cut short...
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a year ago
Franz Baermann Steiner was a Czech-born anthropologist and poet whose life was tragically cut short in 1952 by a heart attack—the final blow in a series of health struggles since his parents were claimed by the Holocaust. His enduring trauma from this profound loss had been a...
Paul Cudenec
There's only one global mafia! I have noticed that some people, even those generally receptive to my point of view, beg to differ...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
I have noticed that some people, even those generally receptive to my point of view, beg to differ when it comes to the existence of a single global mafia – the entity I have taken to calling the criminocracy or even demonocracy.
Diaries of Note
My love of solitude is growing with my growth Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an eminent 19th-century British poet most famous for her two-volume...
a year ago
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a year ago
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an eminent 19th-century British poet most famous for her two-volume collection, Poems, published in 1844, and the verse novel Aurora Leigh, which came out in 1856. It was in 1831, three years after the death of her mother, that Barrett Browning kept...
The Tao Of Wealth
The 7 Common ( But Unhelpful) Beliefs That Keep Us From Feeling OK Your mind is not wise. From an early age we are taught to listen to our mind, remember that reason...
over a year ago
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After more than two decades of drinking, last summer, I decided to stop drinking alcohol for good. There were a lot of reasons for this, and obviously, there were benefits—I lost some weight, slept better at night, and no more ungodly hangovers. But also some life changes...
The Honest Broker
Terry Gibbs Celebrates His 100th Birthday—but Why Isn't He a NEA Jazz Master? A newly-discovered recording from 1959 reminds us of this artist's greatness
9 months ago
Scarlet Ink
RTO is a lie, 3rd party misinformation, the source of my anecdotes, and how (not) to make decisions.... Sometimes writing about one topic just isn't good enough.
3 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Flying into Haneda Yesterday we flew into Haneda Airport in Tōkyō to start our Japan trip! Non-stop Japan Airlines...
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Yesterday we flew into Haneda Airport in Tōkyō to start our Japan trip! Non-stop Japan Airlines trips used to fly from Sydney to Narita, but this seems to have switched to Handea after COVID started. JAL remains one of my favourite airlines. It doesn’t have that premium feeling...
The Convivial...
On Two Ways of Relating to the World The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 18
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
Why I Ran Away from Philosophy Because of Sam Bankman-Fried Or how flawed thinking can make $10 billion disappear
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Farza's Newsletter
drinking a spanish latte but i dont speak spanish is this legal I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a...
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a year ago
I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a society, no matter where you're from -- we have a tendency to look at those that did something really hard, but didn't figure it out as a person who "failed".
Stoic Simple
How Stoicism Can Help You Achieve Personal Growth Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for over 2000 years, yet its teachings are still...
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over a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for over 2000 years, yet its teachings are still relevant today. In recent years, stoicism has gained popularity as a tool for personal growth. The principles of stoicism can help us develop emotional intelligence, resilience, and...
Left To Write
№ 66: Why Do We Brush Our Teeth? The opposite of a good idea - Finding the real reason behind brushing our teeth - Let's not jump to...
a year ago
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a year ago
The opposite of a good idea - Finding the real reason behind brushing our teeth - Let's not jump to conclusions
Both Are True
Beautiful Disasters “you can’t get addicted to weed.” wanna bet?
a year ago
Scarlet Ink
My 61k subscriber newsletter, about marketing, and a bit about relationships. An off-topic holiday... An off-topic holiday newsletter. And a happy New Year to you!
6 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Conversation-Catalysing Events There's a famous British politics quote where the 1960s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, aka...
a year ago
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a year ago
There's a famous British politics quote where the 1960s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, aka Supermac, is asked the hardest thing about government and replies “Events, dear boy, events”. This probably never happened and is absolutely irrelevant to this blogpost regardless, but I...
Both Are True
testing testing is this thing on hopefully not
10 months ago
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...
a year ago
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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...
Ryan Hoover's...
RIP emojis. The future of communication.
over a year ago
Stoic Simple
How Stoicism Can Calm Anxiety and Bring Peace of Mind Anxiety can be a debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide. While there are...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Anxiety can be a debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide. While there are countless treatments available, many individuals find relief in ancient philosophies like Stoicism. In this article, we explore Stoicism's teachings and practical techniques for...
The Honest Broker
How We Lost the Ability to Listen In this extract from my book 'Music to Raise the Dead' I look at how texts replaced songs as sources...
a year ago
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a year ago
In this extract from my book 'Music to Raise the Dead' I look at how texts replaced songs as sources of wisdom and guidance
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
For Digital, For Print Over the past decade, the debate between print and digital has been prevalent. For those dedicated...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Over the past decade, the debate between print and digital has been prevalent. For those dedicated to and passionate about print, there is an unwavering defiance and likely stubborn denial that print will come to an end as a means of publication—at least as a profitable one. And...
Abhishek Chakraborty
Don’t Seek Too Much Stability A stable life is one where—in theory—nothing goes wrong. You have an okay job, a happy marriage,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A stable life is one where—in theory—nothing goes wrong. You have an okay job, a happy marriage, good kids, and live in a decent neighbourhood. But soon we’ll learn that longterm stability is only a ticking time bomb and, if we know any better, we should avoid it at all costs.
DYNOMIGHT
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...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
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...
Diaries of Note
I hear some funny noise Born in Alaska in 1898, Ada Blackjack was an Iñupiaq woman who found fame in the 1920s after...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Born in Alaska in 1898, Ada Blackjack was an Iñupiaq woman who found fame in the 1920s after surviving a doomed two-year expedition to Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean. Hired as a seamstress and cook, Ada, who had no survival skills to speak of, was the sole female in a...
Diaries of Note
You can see the magic in him Each weekday at 9 a.m., beginning in November 1976 and continuing until just days before his death...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Each weekday at 9 a.m., beginning in November 1976 and continuing until just days before his death in 1987, Andy Warhol would engage in a lengthy phone call with Pat Hackett, a close friend who had initially started working for him as a typist in 1968. During his conversations...
Tech and Tea
Some thoughts on interviewing Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how...
a year ago
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a year ago
Recent experience interviewing candidates, reflections on the job market, and the shift in how people are seeing work fitting into their lives
The Works in...
Links in Progress: Where's my winter robot chauffeur? What we've been reading: science, metascience, tech, housing, fertility and more ...
3 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Special Hell 6, Dymaxion Man Meet Buckminster Fuller, the visionary crackpot who held Earth’s rudder.
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
How Virtual Reality Died Meta, Microsoft, and Apple lost billions trying to convince us to live in the Matrix. Can you guess...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Meta, Microsoft, and Apple lost billions trying to convince us to live in the Matrix. Can you guess what they're doing next?
Thu Le
Reading out loud Lately I find myself reading stuff out loud and enjoying it.
6 months ago
Diaries of Note
What a pack of lies intimate journals are Charles Ritchie was a renowned Canadian diplomat whose career spanned some of the most significant...
a year ago
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a year ago
Charles Ritchie was a renowned Canadian diplomat whose career spanned some of the most significant events of the 20th century and, at the time of writing this brief entry, saw him stationed in London during the tumult of World War II. Amidst the chaos, Ritchie meticulously...
The Honest Broker
My Search for Hidden Meanings in Beatles Songs Before the Internet, we often had no idea what hit songs were about
7 months ago
The Ruffian
We're All Viennese Now On a Royal Suicide Pact and Ages of Anxiety
a month ago
Passing Time
How Dangerous is Rock Climbing? There is an adage in climbing—there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There is an adage in climbing—there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no old bold climbers. I plan on getting pretty old.
Both Are True
A study of the heart (guest post) cardiology and a dream rendezvous
a year ago
The Ruffian
James Marriott on Jordan Peterson The inaugural episode of The Ruffian's podcast
7 months ago
Both Are True
BATWRITE tomorrow // Saturday // 830am est get some shit done and then start the weekend RIGHT
4 weeks ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Doom Loop Triggers Today I want to talk about the difference between unproductive mopes and highly successful people....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Today I want to talk about the difference between unproductive mopes and highly successful people. Imagine a spectrum with prolific artists at the top and ineffective slugs at the bottom.
The Honest Broker
What's the Most Profitable Movie of the Year? (No, I Won't Watch It.) I share updates on ten recent articles
8 months ago
The Honest Broker
The Final Triumph of Cormac McCarthy (1933-2023) The novelist delivered an end-of-life masterpiece, but the culture machine was barely interested
over a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
You're Not Struggling Alone If you're worried you don't have to worry
over a year ago
The Ruffian
Hitler's Willing Executioners On the genocidal mindset
a year ago
Charlie Becker
Get into Character Characters drive the story
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
My Ultimate Texas Songwriter Playlist I've handpicked 56 tracks from the Lone Star State (3 hours of music)
a year ago
Left To Write
#5 Writemas: The Way You Present Something Matters If you had asked me 5 years ago, “Would you do sales?” I would’ve looked at you with disgust. I’m...
a year ago
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a year ago
If you had asked me 5 years ago, “Would you do sales?” I would’ve looked at you with disgust. I’m introverted, typically quiet and observant. But as Bloomstory’s co-founder, it’s one of my roles within the business. In fact, I volunteered for it. Most of my responsibilities...
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 Map is Mostly...
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a year ago
Raptitude.com
In Favor of Reading Aloud When I read Jane Eyre, I stalled for a full year between the opening part at the boarding school and...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
When I read Jane Eyre, I stalled for a full year between the opening part at the boarding school and the rest of the book. I tend to dislike boarding-school openings in books, but the real problem was I found myself having to reread too many of Charlotte Brontë’s winding,...
Luxagraf:...
Bus Work and Baseball Our last few days on St. George between all of us we saw a Scarlet Tanager, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Our last few days on St. George between all of us we saw a Scarlet Tanager, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, and an Indigo Bunting. The migrant birds were moving through. That's one of our cues that it's time to go. When the birds are headed north it's about time for us to do likewise. A...
Diaries of Note
Magic must always triumph Keith Haring was a magnetic force in the 1980s New York City art scene, his vibrant street art...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Keith Haring was a magnetic force in the 1980s New York City art scene, his vibrant street art redefining the boundaries between high art and pop culture; his animated figures, marked by bold lines and vivid colours, becoming potent symbols of social commentary on issues like...
Diaries of Note
Industry, Thrift, and Loyalty On 13th September 1840, the day after their wedding and on Clara’s 21st birthday, Robert Schumann...
a year ago
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a year ago
On 13th September 1840, the day after their wedding and on Clara’s 21st birthday, Robert Schumann wrote the first entry in a diary with a difference. Designed to be a shared sanctuary for the newlyweds, the diary was a place for them to alternately record their aspirations, joys,...
Diaries of Note
The French coast was torn up On July 1, 1944, Vincent “Roi” Ottley boarded S.S. Scythia in New York and began his unprecedented...
a year ago
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a year ago
On July 1, 1944, Vincent “Roi” Ottley boarded S.S. Scythia in New York and began his unprecedented journey as the first African American war correspondent in World War II. Arriving in a Europe scarred by conflict, Ottley reported for three different publications, providing...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Why is the Boston Marathon So Slow? The perception is that the Boston Marathon is a fast race. True, the winners always post blazing...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The perception is that the Boston Marathon is a fast race. True, the winners always post blazing fast times, but what about everyone else? It might surprise you to learn that that the majority of Boston participants perform far below their capabilities.
bookbear express
the wince avoidance is a signal
6 months ago
The Ruffian
The Ruffian Speaks For Money
a year ago
Farza's Newsletter
just drank green tea liquid death and now 15mg of caffeine is coursing through my gd veins bim bop boom boom boom bop bam
4 months ago
The Honest Broker
Fela Kuti in Prison How Nigeria literally went to war against one musician—and lost
10 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
It's Not A Bad Restaurant, It's A Bad Dish You go to a restaurant with great reviews, but find the food completely mediocre. What happened? Of...
a year ago
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a year ago
You go to a restaurant with great reviews, but find the food completely mediocre. What happened? Of course there's lots of options: other people have bad taste, the reviews are fake, the place went downhill. But I think an underrated explanation is that there's high variance