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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...
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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...
Diaries of Note
Turkeys are beautiful in themselves Born in London in 1896, J. R. Ackerley was a distinguished author and editor celebrated for his...
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a year ago
Born in London in 1896, J. R. Ackerley was a distinguished author and editor celebrated for his candid autobiographical writing and his lengthy tenure as the literary editor of the BBC magazine, The Listener. On 22nd December 1952, as millions of households across Britain...
Both Are True
here's the link for today's batwrite starting in 49 minutes at 12p est
a month ago
Stoic Simple
The Stoic’s Guide to Achieving Lasting Contentment Are you tired of constantly searching for happiness? Do you find yourself feeling unsatisfied,...
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over a year ago
Are you tired of constantly searching for happiness? Do you find yourself feeling unsatisfied, regardless of your accomplishments and possessions? If so, you might benefit from adopting the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. In this guide, we will explore the principles of Stoicism...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
An Are.na of Wonder and Connection I've been mulling over my presence on social media for a while now. There's only three platforms I...
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6 months ago
I've been mulling over my presence on social media for a while now. There's only three platforms I actively use, but honestly, it feels like there should only be one — and that one, Are.na, breaks the mould of a typical social media space. You can find me on Instagram, X, and...
The Ruffian
How the Bud Light Debacle Predicted America's Corporate Vibe Shift Lessons In Navigating The Culture War
4 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
the beach I’ve had an affinity with the beach since I was young. Every time I had the opportunity to take a...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
I’ve had an affinity with the beach since I was young. Every time I had the opportunity to take a vacation, it would almost always be the beach. My younger self would...
Stoic Simple
What Is Stoicism, Basically? A Comprehensive Overview https://youtu.be/xHCIPz5tGYI Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for over two thousand...
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https://youtu.be/xHCIPz5tGYI Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for over two thousand years. The ancient Greeks developed it as a way to live a good life, free from the distractions of emotions, desires, and material possessions. Stoicism has been embraced by many...
Jason Fried
Hooks, towel bars, and software Strangely, a recent bathroom renovation crystalized my perspective on product development. When...
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a year ago
Strangely, a recent bathroom renovation crystalized my perspective on product development. When being asked to choose between towel hooks or a towel bar, the choice was obvious: Hooks, of course. Hooks take up no space. Towel bars suck up space. Hooks hold towels no matter how...
Scarlet Ink
4 (More) Good Things and 2 (More) Bad Things and 2 Misunderstandings About Working at Amazon: From... A continuation of my previous article about my experiences at Amazon. What they do well, what they...
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8 months ago
A continuation of my previous article about my experiences at Amazon. What they do well, what they don't do well, and in this article, I also mention a few common beliefs I disagree with.
The Honest Broker
How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult? Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
a year ago
Diaries of Note
God, living is enormous! When she wrote the following entry in her journal and imagined fleeing college to venture into the...
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When she wrote the following entry in her journal and imagined fleeing college to venture into the unknown, Susan Sontag was a precocious sixteen-year-old studying English at the University of California, Berkeley. By the end of the year she had indeed left—not on a bus to an...
Paul Cudenec
The power behind the "personalities" When I was a very young boy, my father used to call upon a very special accomplice to encourage me...
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4 months ago
When I was a very young boy, my father used to call upon a very special accomplice to encourage me to eat up the unfavoured remains on my plate.
The Map is Mostly...
July 4, 2024 Happy Independence Day my dear American friends. We are very lucky to have this country. Let us...
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a year ago
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...
Mind Mine
why i quit status games stumbling towards trusting myself
10 months ago
The Ruffian
Do You Wear the Mask or Does the Mask Wear you? Novak Djokovic, Boris Johnson, and the Art of Creating a Professional Persona
12 months ago
Daniel Bourke
Where’s the magic? I got asked once my favourite person from history in a job interview. I said Isaac Newton. An old...
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I got asked once my favourite person from history in a job interview. I said Isaac Newton. An old cricket coach told me about the laws of motion. And I never forgot. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. It helped fix my right arm leg spin. I later
Mark Manson
Why You’re So Unhappy This isn't going to be your typical pep talk about how the universe works in mysterious ways, or how...
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over a year ago
This isn't going to be your typical pep talk about how the universe works in mysterious ways, or how everything will fall into place if you're patient. Spoiler alert: it won’t. The cold hard truth is this: the universe doesn’t care about your happiness. You do. Maybe you've...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Blloc Phone I’ve been embedded within the Apple ecosystem for years, using an iMac at home as well as the...
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I’ve been embedded within the Apple ecosystem for years, using an iMac at home as well as the office, owning an iPhone since the iPhone 3G, and my latest investment was a pair of AirPods—probably Apple’s best product design for years. I was stuck on the iPhone 6s for a long time...
Unfiltered by Tim...
This Is the Single Breathtaking Moment When Your Entire Life Changes Don't miss it
8 months ago
The Ruffian
NEW POD: Jasmine Sun On How AI Will Change Writing and Work A (Mostly) Optimistic Take
a week ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
2020 Year End Review
over a year ago
Scarlet Ink
Failure is Necessary for Achievement and Growth — Why Success is Dangerous for Learning You can only succeed if you are willing to fail. You can only learn if you are willing to be...
4 months ago
Rubenerd
#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...
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2 months ago
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...
journal – Winnie Lim
messy thoughts while in hong kong I haven’t been well since my birth day. The very next day I woke up with elevated heart rate again –...
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a year ago
I haven’t been well since my birth day. The very next day I woke up with elevated heart rate again – I am more aware of this because I use a bunch...
Atoms vs Bits
Even Good People Make Teams Go Slower A simple model of a sad fact
8 months ago
The Honest Broker
I Get Into Dogfights on Social Media Did I win or lose? You can judge the results.
2 months ago
bookbear express
life design + matchmaking is open :)
3 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
to be willing to search I broke a personal distance record yesterday while running very slowly, though my current “slow”...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I broke a personal distance record yesterday while running very slowly, though my current “slow” speed would spike my heart rate at least by 10bpm just a few weeks ago. I accomplished...
Ryan Hoover's...
Planet of the Apps + Product Hunt, Coming to a City Near You 🙌
over a year ago
Both Are True
Let go AND let god? seems like a lot no?
9 months ago
Charlie Becker
"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
a year ago
Both Are True
BATWRITE IS NOW WAKE UP gonna happen for the next two hours here's the link
3 weeks ago
Mind Mine
it’s okay to want a beautiful life let yourself lust
3 months ago
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...
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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.
Passing Time
Manufactured Data Scarcity All your information is under the hood even if you’re be interested in seeing what is driving the...
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over a year ago
All your information is under the hood even if you’re be interested in seeing what is driving the engine.
Laetitia@Work
What if generative AI was actually underwhelming? Laetitia@Work #69
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Ajde (climbing diary) I first met Manu Moreale (online) about five years ago when I asked for his help to rescue the...
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I first met Manu Moreale (online) about five years ago when I asked for his help to rescue the Minimalissimo website after an unnamed agency created a shit-show that left me down a similarly named creek without a paddle. Since then, we have worked together on various projects and...
Passing Time
Slos 50k: Countdown Feel free to delete if not racing
2 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
My 16-month theanine self-experiment The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now sold as a nutritional supplement for anxiety or mood or memory. Many people try theanine and report wow or great for ADHD or cured my (social) anxiety or changing my life. And it’s...
The Ruffian
The Story Behind the Greatest Guitar Solo in Rock History The Dark Energies Behind Prince's Moment of Genius
10 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Care in Design Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of...
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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...
Ryan Hoover's...
2016, another year of great music 🎶
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
25 Questions You Didn’t Know You Needed “Art of the Living Dead” to Answer A starting point for anyone curious about reading a book about creativity and zombies
over a year ago
Charlie Becker
The Best Things I Read or Watched in April 2024 | Castles in the Sky Links These are all the best things I read and watched in April 2024. If you open this in a browser, you...
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These are all the best things I read and watched in April 2024. If you open this in a browser, you can click the link to take you straight to that part of the article. Cosmographia by M. E. Rothwell “On reaching the age of the TV anti-hero” by Erik Hoel
Wait But Why
The Big and the Small I have a surprise for you. The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
over a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Five Principles for Minimal Design Minimalism in design has been engrained within my thinking ever since I was introduced to the work...
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Minimalism in design has been engrained within my thinking ever since I was introduced to the work of Dieter Rams. He revolutionised industrial design in the 1950s and 60s through his ideology of “less, but better”. This resulted in his highly influential and ever inspiring Ten...
Nat Eliason's...
How I Finally Found the Magic of Meditation You're Approaching it Backwards
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Why should we consider the soul mortal? In October 1908, 20 years before publication of her groundbreaking children’s book Millions of Cats,...
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In October 1908, 20 years before publication of her groundbreaking children’s book Millions of Cats, American artist and author Wanda Gág embarked on a 30-year diary-keeping journey. This detailed and intimate record not only encompassed her personal experiences and reflections...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Seven Minutes on David Letterman Abandon it in a garden and it may never catch anyone’s gaze. Lost in plain sight, it could be...
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Abandon it in a garden and it may never catch anyone’s gaze. Lost in plain sight, it could be mistaken for an odd stone or the tip of a dark root protruding from the earth. The steel egg is alien, not beautiful in the way humans have decided is appropriate for display in art...
Nat Eliason's...
How to Build Your Own Software with AI (No Experience Necessary) By popular demand...
6 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
ATVBT Approves of Approval Voting you get approval, and you get approval
2 weeks ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Techniques for Stress Management: How to Live a More Peaceful Life In today's fast-paced world, it's difficult not to become overwhelmed by stress. Whether it's work,...
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over a year ago
In today's fast-paced world, it's difficult not to become overwhelmed by stress. Whether it's work, family, or personal struggles, stress seems to be an inevitable part of our lives. However, the ancient philosophy of stoicism provides powerful techniques for managing stress and...
The Map is Mostly...
Sketches of Beauty, Shades of Remoteness A little moth asked the other day, what makes something beautiful? I wonder and doubt if I could...
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A little moth asked the other day, what makes something beautiful? I wonder and doubt if I could ever give a fulfilling answer. As a topic it is almost too monumental to touch. Certainly to write about all at once. But maybe we can glance at it from time to time. So, a short...
The Honest Broker
How James Bond Can Fix the Crisis in Masculinity Here's what I'd do if I owned the 007 franchise
3 months ago
The Ruffian
How the World Failed Greta Thunberg The Perils of Praising Teenagers
9 months ago
Laetitia@Work
Bureaucrats are our heroes now Laetitia@Work #80
2 months ago
Laetitia@Work
AI’s battle of the skills: upskilling vs deskilling Laetitia@Work #78
4 months ago
Both Are True
forget thanksgiving its time for fearsharing a new holiday
a year ago
Left To Write
№ 71: You Had A Sh*t Day But Tomorrow Is A New Day I didn’t have the greatest start to 2023. My emails were being ignored, offers rescinded, a bout of...
a year ago
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a year ago
I didn’t have the greatest start to 2023. My emails were being ignored, offers rescinded, a bout of writer’s block, and I struggled to complete any climbing projects. Pipe in a layer of never feeling enough, feeling behind, and financial struggles and what you’ve got is a...
Both Are True
the thoughts that think me i'm not aware of almost anything I am thinking on a daily basis, surely that's not good doc???
11 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Weekend Fund 2.0
over a year ago
Both Are True
Love myself? Knowing what I know? A lunchtime meditation on whether 'being the best' is even a real thing
a year ago
Mark Manson
Are You Entertained—Or Addicted? In David Foster Wallace’s classic novel, Infinite Jest, there's a movie that is so entertaining that...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In David Foster Wallace’s classic novel, Infinite Jest, there's a movie that is so entertaining that anyone who views even a small portion of it will give up all desire to do anything else in life in order to keep watching. Throughout the book, characters who see it give up...
Atoms vs Bits
Unfairly Angry Do we get angry at people *because* we've wronged them?
over a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Sometimes Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long...
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7 months ago
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...
The Honest Broker
AI Is Defeated in Hollywood—But What About Music? I describe a legit pathway to victory, but we need a general to lead the battle
a year ago
Diaries of Note
The air crackled with a mixture of excitement and tension On the day of her 77th birthday in 1997, proving that it’s never too late to begin, acclaimed...
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On the day of her 77th birthday in 1997, proving that it’s never too late to begin, acclaimed detective novelist P. D. James wrote her first diary entry—one of many she would pen over the course of twelve months in a concerted effort to “record just one year that otherwise might...
Passing Time
Season-Chasing Life is like the snow; it'll come and it will go
a year ago
Both Are True
prompts for human beings if you try putting these into AI, a shoe will fall on your head
a month ago
Diaries of Note
Blood, sweat and tears Sir John Colville served three Prime Ministers as private secretary, most notably to Winston...
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Sir John Colville served three Prime Ministers as private secretary, most notably to Winston Churchill during the tumultuous years of World War II, and in this capacity had a front-row seat to some of the most consequential decisions and events of the 20th century. His diaries,...
The Honest Broker
8 Pieces of Advice for Struggling Young Musicians (or Other Creative People) They keep reaching out to me with the same sad story—and here's what I say
over a year ago
The Ruffian
42 Reflections On the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything An oldie but goldie
a year ago
The Honest Broker
40 Observations on Public Discourse What we have here is a failure to communicate
3 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Product Hunt + AngelList✌️😸
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Pattern Recognition Machine At some point our work inevitably makes contact with people who won’t be able to match your work...
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At some point our work inevitably makes contact with people who won’t be able to match your work with their mental patterns. Pattern recognition is convenient when we are stocking the shelves but it can be stifling when we interact with concepts that want to change us.
Scarlet Ink
The Ideal Manager Exercise — How to Choose and Communicate With Your Current or Future Manager The reflection exercise that helped me find and cultivate a successful relationship with my manager.
11 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Search for Words that Transcend The perfect sentence. Lifetimes are spent in search of words that transcend. If you are lucky enough...
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over a year ago
The perfect sentence. Lifetimes are spent in search of words that transcend. If you are lucky enough to find the words, the battle has just begun.
Atoms vs Bits
The Al Capone Problem Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion, and didn't go to prison for tax evasion.
a year ago
The Ruffian
Donald Trump and The End of Power I've Got Good News and Bad News
a week ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
You’ll Never Be a Millionaire with a Salary Here's the quiet path to become a different type of millionaire
7 months ago
Diaries of Note
Black female life is worth nothing Between January and May of 1979, eleven Black women were killed in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in a...
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Between January and May of 1979, eleven Black women were killed in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in a spate of murders that went largely unreported in the national media. Instead, it was left to grassroots organisations like the Black feminist group Combahee River Collective,...
DYNOMIGHT
Please show lots of digits Hi there. It’s me, the person who stares very hard at the numbers in the papers you write. I’ve...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Hi there. It’s me, the person who stares very hard at the numbers in the papers you write. I’ve brought you here today to ask a favor. Say you wrote something like this: There were 446 students tested. The left-handed students passed 5.67664% more often than right-handed...
Diaries of Note
I need solitude. I need space. I need air. English novelist Virginia Woolf was fifteen when she began her first diary; by the time of her death...
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English novelist Virginia Woolf was fifteen when she began her first diary; by the time of her death in 1941, she had filled more than thirty handwritten volumes with reflections, observations, and personal struggles that offer a window into her complex mind. When she wrote the...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism & Politics: Should Stoics be Apolitical? By Tanner Campbell Recently it was suggested to me that a Stoic could be apolitical. While I believe...
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over a year ago
By Tanner Campbell Recently it was suggested to me that a Stoic could be apolitical. While I believe this is theoretically true, I don’t believe, in practice, that anyone could call themselves a Stoic while abstaining entirely from political involvement. I want to talk about why...
Letters of Note
Never get a bulldog When he wrote this letter to his mother in 1944, Roald Dahl was working at the British Embassy in...
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When he wrote this letter to his mother in 1944, Roald Dahl was working at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C.—one of hundreds of undercover agents employed by Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service to spy on the United States. Dahl’s debut novel, The Gremlins, had been...
The Intimate Mirror
Truth Beyond Reason Breaking Free from the Prison of Justification
4 months ago
Stoic Simple
Using Stoicism to be Less Emotional About Politics & News Media by Bob Cymber Most Stoics are aware of the famous "Dichotomy of Control." In this view, there are...
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over a year ago
by Bob Cymber Most Stoics are aware of the famous "Dichotomy of Control." In this view, there are things that are directly under our influence and things that are not directly under our influence (although those who know about modern Stoic William Irvine’s commentary realize that...
Jason Fried
Version 1 is for you A few weeks ago I was at our company meetup in Montreal, on stage in a big room in front of...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
A few weeks ago I was at our company meetup in Montreal, on stage in a big room in front of everyone, sharing progress on two brand new products in development. We went one at a time. First Product 1 for a half hour, then Product 2. The lead designers for each product were...
DYNOMIGHT
Things that don’t work (Or: Things where there’s a case worth considering that they don’t work all that well for most...
a year ago
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(Or: Things where there’s a case worth considering that they don’t work all that well for most people.) Acupuncture. (link) Phenylephrine. (link) Multivitamins. (link) Phosphoric acid. (for nausea; link) Tree-based knowledge organization. The physical world whispers to us to...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
First Loop Fright Breakthrough success and catastrophic failure seem random at first, but they are more systematic...
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over a year ago
Breakthrough success and catastrophic failure seem random at first, but they are more systematic than they appear.
Left To Write
#8 Writemas: 3 Lessons from Steve Jobs' Biography Last week, I finished Steve Jobs’ biography by Walter Isaacson. Isaacson portrays Jobs as a complex...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last week, I finished Steve Jobs’ biography by Walter Isaacson. Isaacson portrays Jobs as a complex character with many paradoxes and personal contradictions. For example, he was adopted and struggled with ‘rejection’, yet rejected his own daughter, Lisa Jobs.
The Honest Broker
Tony Bennett’s Greatest Jazz Collaborations I pick a dozen favorite tracks—each showcasing the vocalist in tandem with a jazz legend
a year ago
Tech and Tea
Space to do whatever, Part II Insights from carving out space for creativity
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Doing Things Differently The salience of different-ness gets in the way of doing things differently.
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
How We Became a Techno-Optimist Family You can too!
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Strength: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/ELM6pYo76DQ For Stoics of antiquity, the most admirable and important...
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Previous Next https://youtu.be/ELM6pYo76DQ For Stoics of antiquity, the most admirable and important kind of strength was the type that came from an inner fortitude that was nurtured with discipline and devotion to philosophy. The most difficult trials of our lives come not from...
Thu Le
Things worth spending on Worthwhile investments, in my experience, and occasional treats that make my day more delightful.
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Worthwhile investments, in my experience, and occasional treats that make my day more delightful.
Raptitude.com
The Best Things in Life Don’t Make Themselves Happen You spend your life doing things. Some of the things you do make themselves happen, and some don’t....
3 months ago
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3 months ago
You spend your life doing things. Some of the things you do make themselves happen, and some don’t. Sweeping the floor, even if you don’t love doing it, will eventually make itself happen, because you’ll get annoyed by walking through filth every day. Same with things like...
The Honest Broker
In 2025, Your Boss Will Launch a Podcast I warn about new grifts in my latest arts & culture briefing paper
6 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
The Most Useful Feedback Hurts Plus a sci-fi novel update
10 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Basketball, neo-imperialism and Zionism Sport today is just another sector of big business – just another way of making money.
6 months ago
The Prism
The Pathologization Pandemic Why youth mental illness is surging
over a year ago
Tech and Tea
This world was not built for working parents and trying to find our way anyways in this season of life
a year ago
The Honest Broker
How I Survived (Barely) as a Jazz Musician at Business School Nobody was a less suitable MBA candidate than me at age 23
a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Notes From The Road Your browser does not support video playback via HTML5. Watch on YouTube
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
random scenes from busan I tend to forget about my photos once too much time had passed, so today I deliberately dug into the...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
I tend to forget about my photos once too much time had passed, so today I deliberately dug into the archive from my korea trip a couple months ago. It is an...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism and Facing Failure: Why Stoic Resilience Helps Us Fail Well Experiencing failure can be a difficult and draining experience. It can leave us feeling defeated,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Experiencing failure can be a difficult and draining experience. It can leave us feeling defeated, discouraged, and unsure of ourselves. However, it is important to remember that failure is a natural part of life and can be an opportunity for growth and learning. In this article,...
Abhishek Chakraborty
Black Swan Bias: Rare Events Don’t Happen Everyday There’s wisdom in the saying, “Lightning never strikes (the same place) twice.” Black Swan events...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There’s wisdom in the saying, “Lightning never strikes (the same place) twice.” Black Swan events maybe rare but the distortions caused by them don’t disappear for a long time.
Passing Time
Alpine Starts II Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
a year ago
Passing Time
UPPERCASE lowercase Andinbetvveen On stylized titling: the expanding canvas of musical expression
over a year ago
Both Are True
i was a murder mystery dinner theater actor my role? first-to-die. the job? weird as hell.
a year ago
Left To Write
Fresh&Thick Exploring Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity in the age of social media
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
Work under any circumstances Benjamin Robert Haydon was a 19th-century British artist and writer whose career was plagued by...
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Benjamin Robert Haydon was a 19th-century British artist and writer whose career was plagued by financial hardship and legal troubles. Born in 1786, Haydon’s passion for historical painting led him down a tumultuous path, as mounting debts and controversial public statements...
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...
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,...
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