Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
Top Categories > life
#all #programming #technology #startups #life #science #history #literature #architecture #creative #design #finance #travel #comics #AI #indiehacker #cartography Muted Categories [alt+←][alt+→]
Diaries of Note
We spend our lives in tense expectation In the midst of the Russian Civil War, April 1919 saw the city of Odessa plunged further into...
a year ago
52
a year ago
In the midst of the Russian Civil War, April 1919 saw the city of Odessa plunged further into turmoil as the Bolshevik Red Army entered, leaving the future uncertain for the once-thriving port and its inhabitants. One person who found himself caught amidst the chaos was Ivan...
Ryan Hoover's...
How Has Turntable.fm Grown So Rapidly With No Marketing?
over a year ago
Laetitia@Work
Flowers of Fire: How South Korea’s Feminists Inspired the World Laetitia@Work #77
2 months ago
The Honest Broker
I Had to Say Something at My Son's Wedding So I'm sharing it with you too
a year ago
The Ruffian
On not tolerating intolerance Why all companies, institutions and leaders should care about free speech
a year ago
Diaries of Note
They have to fight an eagle on the top of the Empire State Building Michael Palin, born in Sheffield on 5th May 1943, is best known as a member of Monty Python, the...
a year ago
63
a year ago
Michael Palin, born in Sheffield on 5th May 1943, is best known as a member of Monty Python, the iconic comedy group who redefined the world of comedy with their surreal, subversive humour and innovative performances. However, Palin’s career extends beyond comedy thanks to...
The Honest Broker
Nobody Will Tell You the Ugly Reason Apple Acquired a Classical Music Label But you need to know, because it offers a glimpse into the dark future of streaming
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
100% Functional == Beautiful If something is 100% functional, it is always beautiful. There is no such thing as an ugly nail or...
over a year ago
7
over a year ago
If something is 100% functional, it is always beautiful. There is no such thing as an ugly nail or an ugly hammer, but there's lots of ugly cars, because not everything in a car is functional. Sometimes it's very beautiful, if the person who designed it has very good taste, but...
The Honest Broker
“The Only Sensible Person in the World” 10 Perspectives on Joan Didion
a year ago
The Honest Broker
13 Observations on Ritual And other responses to my 'dopamine culture' article
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
FormFeelingFunction® Sometimes things need to end so we can create something new. Essentially, what's ending is...
5 months ago
16
5 months ago
Sometimes things need to end so we can create something new. Essentially, what's ending is Minimalissimo, and what's beginning is a creative lab I’ve named FFF. I feel like I've done my part in curating beautiful minimalism on the web over the past 12+ years. Now, I’m ready to...
Nat Eliason's...
Using ChatGPT as a Writing Coach How to improve instead of atrophy
over a year ago
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...
a year ago
30
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...
Unfiltered by Tim...
Break Society's Money Rules If You Want to Be a Quiet Millionaire And never worry about money again
4 months ago
Both Are True
The ONLY Tip You Need To Become A Great Writer If you are ready to change your life, keep reading.
8 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
How we made our first dollar at Product Hunt
over a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Defining Constraints Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came...
over a year ago
18
over a year ago
Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came to buy land Curiosity — Advice on starting Research, Sketch, Collect — Essential research for home design Defining Constraints ← You are here The Elements
Both Are True
This really is it no time to review this cuz the kids are screaming again lol I hope it doesn't suck
7 months ago
Both Are True
why it's impossible to finish anything, especially the good things the effort paradox
a month ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
That Inspiration Stuck in Your Teeth Remember the last time inspiration blessed you with its divine presence? The clouds parted, angels...
over a year ago
10
over a year ago
Remember the last time inspiration blessed you with its divine presence? The clouds parted, angels sang, and an idea descended like a holy dove. What, it doesn't happen that way for you? Me neither.
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Problem With Too Much Conviction There are times when you may not know for sure if this is the right decision. There are times when...
over a year ago
2
over a year ago
There are times when you may not know for sure if this is the right decision. There are times when you don’t know anything about something, and you’re still asked to do something about it. These kinds of situations are in fact more common than others. What do you do then?
Diaries of Note
Oh Misery or the reverse! In January of 1932, Barbara Pym was diligently studying English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford,...
a year ago
44
a year ago
In January of 1932, Barbara Pym was diligently studying English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, honing her craft eighteen years before publication of her debut novel, Some Tame Gazelle. It was around this time that she was thinking deeply of Henry Harvey, a fellow student two...
Laetitia@Work
The Future of Work & the Sandwich Generation Laetitia@Work #63
a year ago
Mind Mine
slow down what’s the rush?
9 months ago
Jason Fried
Thoughts on the search for life Just listened to Lex Fridman and Sara Walker talk about the origins of life, the search for life,...
9 months ago
4
9 months ago
Just listened to Lex Fridman and Sara Walker talk about the origins of life, the search for life, what is life, etc. It was a wonderfully refreshing, nourishing conversation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwhTfyX9J34 It made me want to spill out some random thoughts on the...
Daniel Bourke
Apple M3 Machine Learning Speed Test I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Dealing with Loss & Suffering: What Stoicism Teaches In our lives, we all face moments of loss and suffering. Whether it's the loss of a loved one, a...
a year ago
36
a year ago
In our lives, we all face moments of loss and suffering. Whether it's the loss of a loved one, a job, a relationship, or something else, such experiences can be devastating and difficult to manage. While it may seem impossible to cope with these trying times, Stoicism offers a...
Ryan Hoover's...
Unwinding as a founder
4 months ago
Daniel Bourke
Those days when nothing gets done A lie.
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...
a year ago
161
a year ago
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...
Raptitude.com
Growth Means Choosing a Different Kind of Pain I never threw a party until I was in my late 30s. I was always afraid people wouldn’t show up, or,...
5 months ago
26
5 months ago
I never threw a party until I was in my late 30s. I was always afraid people wouldn’t show up, or, even worse, that they would show up and quickly want to leave. It felt like this particular fate could not be risked, which meant party-throwing was off the table. Other people...
Diaries of Note
ABBEY ROAD On the morning of 8th August 1969, as a policeman held back traffic, all four members of the Beatles...
a year ago
18
a year ago
On the morning of 8th August 1969, as a policeman held back traffic, all four members of the Beatles made their way across a zebra crossing outside EMI Studios in London. As they walked in line, one after the other, with a ten minute window in which to get the job done,...
Raptitude.com
Push the Fence I know how to replace a kitchen faucet. If you have a janky old faucet that needs to be replaced...
8 months ago
8
8 months ago
I know how to replace a kitchen faucet. If you have a janky old faucet that needs to be replaced with a smoothly operating new one, I can do that for you or show you how. This wasn’t always true. It became true May 27, 2024, after pulling everything out of the under-sink...
Diaries of Note
The sound of bombs makes the air tremble Mary Berg, much like Anne Frank, was a young girl who chronicled the horrors of the Holocaust...
a year ago
22
a year ago
Mary Berg, much like Anne Frank, was a young girl who chronicled the horrors of the Holocaust through the pages of her diary. However, while Anne’s ended when her family was in their Amsterdam hideout and was sent to a concentration camp, Mary’s extended until after her...
Diaries of Note
Man cannot live long without joy Dorothy Day was an influential American journalist and social activist who co-founded the Catholic...
a year ago
11
a year ago
Dorothy Day was an influential American journalist and social activist who co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement in the 1930s. Driven by her deep spiritual convictions, Day was a relentless advocate for social justice, and in the late 1930s and early 1940s her work took on a...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
What’s Your Talent Stack? Could understanding Donald Trump’s success help designers get hired?
over a year ago
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
journal – Winnie Lim
open-air dining in hong kong When I wrote about open-air dining in seoul I thought nobody would care, but surprisingly I got...
10 months ago
106
10 months ago
When I wrote about open-air dining in seoul I thought nobody would care, but surprisingly I got quite a bit of comments and DMs from fellow covid-cautious travellers. I would keep on...
Both Are True
I got a perfect score on my SAT and all I got was this lousy feeling of never being enough S1E1 is free now, pls read it before the season ender coming soon!
a year ago
The Honest Broker
I Share Private Journal Entries Random jottings on music (and other topics) from my notebook
2 months ago
The Ruffian
The Orangutan Theory of Intelligence Why Thinking In Pairs Is Powerful and What It Tells Us About AI
5 months ago
Diaries of Note
I have been playing a new game called insomnia In December of 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 26-year-old Thomas Merton entered...
a year ago
46
a year ago
In December of 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 26-year-old Thomas Merton entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, where he began life as a Trappist monk. Over the next 27 years, until his death in 1968, Merton authored more than fifty books that...
Nat Eliason's...
Fast Cash vs. Slow Equity Knowing what you're building
a month ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
A Lambo for the People If you count eyeballs, the zombie-mobileis the most popular story I have written. This week instead...
over a year ago
10
over a year ago
If you count eyeballs, the zombie-mobileis the most popular story I have written. This week instead of my normal essay I want to simply point you to a show that will surely appeal to fans of car design and haters of the crossover.
Diaries of Note
Practically all were intact Frank Hurley was an audacious Australian photographer and adventurer best known for his remarkable...
a year ago
19
a year ago
Frank Hurley was an audacious Australian photographer and adventurer best known for his remarkable images of Antarctica, particularly those he took on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. When Hurley wrote this diary entry on 2nd November 1915,...
The Convivial...
Year End Miscellany and "What You Get Is the World" (Audio Version) Listen now (14 min) | The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 21 (supplement)
over a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Email’s not dead
over a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
Audiobooks Are Books and They’re Also Practice Speak low if you speak love. — Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing I’m very fond of audiobooks....
a year ago
42
a year ago
Speak low if you speak love. — Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing I’m very fond of audiobooks. There is something endearing, maybe even romantic, about the act of listening. I get this same sense often in early photographs of radio listeners, that they appreciate the romance of...
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
4 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Reductive Residence “The home is what a bear would know as a cave. It's a space to be an animal, really. You can chew...
over a year ago
8
over a year ago
“The home is what a bear would know as a cave. It's a space to be an animal, really. You can chew your bone in the corner and nobody will bother you. It's a laboratory for living—it's fluid.” —Michele Oka Doner Your home is your sanctuary, yet it's not a space that you should...
Unfiltered by Tim...
If You’re Poor, the Solution Isn’t to Save Money. It’s to Make More Money. “A lot of poor people stay poor because they’re too cheap to get rich”
3 months ago
Raw Thought (from...
Take a step back
over a year ago
Left To Write
Why I Write Five weeks ago, I had pledged to go on a writing journey to write my truth with Foster.co....
over a year ago
34
over a year ago
Five weeks ago, I had pledged to go on a writing journey to write my truth with Foster.co. Admittedly, I wasn’t too involved in many of the Season 2 workshops. However, the few I did attend left a significant impact on how I approached the writing process. As a result, here is my...
Farza's Newsletter
put a sandwich in my pocket and tsa told me to get rid of it thats messed up a short post about investors and getting money for what you're building.
a year ago
Stoic Simple
What Did Epictetus Teach About Stoicism? Stoicism is a philosophy that has been gaining popularity in recent years. It emphasizes personal...
a year ago
35
a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been gaining popularity in recent years. It emphasizes personal ethics, rationality, and self-control. One of the most influential Stoic philosophers was Epictetus, who lived in the first and second centuries AD. Epictetus was born a slave but...
Diaries of Note
He has quite a husky voice and is a great mimic By the late 1860s, Charles Dickens had transcended the realm of mere literary fame to become a...
a year ago
22
a year ago
By the late 1860s, Charles Dickens had transcended the realm of mere literary fame to become a theatrical sensation with his public reading tours. These performances, hundreds of which he staged during the final decade of his life, showcased his extraordinary talent for vocal...
Both Are True
i interviewed a bunch of cool ppl and now it's a...print publication??! Whoa, Vol 1: Conversations to make you feel human
4 months ago
The Ruffian
Leslie's Razors Nine Rules of Thumb For Life
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Everyone’s a generalist
6 months ago
Daniel Bourke
A Quick Introduction to PyTorch 2.0 PyTorch 2.0 is out! And it comes with plenty of updates. Also NVIDIA GTC March 2023 is around the...
over a year ago
16
over a year ago
PyTorch 2.0 is out! And it comes with plenty of updates. Also NVIDIA GTC March 2023 is around the corner, to celebrate they've given me an RTX 4080 to giveaway!
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
19
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 Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Research, Sketch, Collect Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came...
over a year ago
17
over a year ago
Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came to buy land Curiosity — Advice on starting Research, Sketch, Collect ← You are here Defining Constraints — What can we do without The Elements — Heating and cooling and airflow
Ryan Hoover's...
How are you doing?
12 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Winners of the Product Hunt Global Hackathon 2017
over a year ago
Left To Write
#10 Writemas: Uncovering High Agency Talent I’ve met many people in my adult life who are so much more intelligent than I am. But most of them...
a year ago
31
a year ago
I’ve met many people in my adult life who are so much more intelligent than I am. But most of them have ended up in well-paid corporate roles. Now, there’s nothing wrong with doing a 9 to 5. These corporate companies are needed, but whenever I walk away from conversations with...
Atoms vs Bits
Did the Cybertruck Bomber Have CTE? In what currently appears to be two unconnected events, two veterans committed acts of terrorism...
2 months ago
37
2 months ago
In what currently appears to be two unconnected events, two veterans committed acts of terrorism within just a few days. The Cybertruck bombing, in particular, is notable because the alleged perpetrator was in the US Army special forces. This suggests two things about him: He...
Stoic Simple
What Influence Did Stoicism Have on Early Christianity? Stoicism and Christianity are two of the most influential philosophical and religious traditions in...
a year ago
31
a year ago
Stoicism and Christianity are two of the most influential philosophical and religious traditions in human history. Both have helped shape our understanding of the world and our place in it. While they seem quite distinct from one another, there are many overlapping themes and...
The Honest Broker
Why Creatives Will Win by Thinking Small In 2024, the path to success has been turned upside down
10 months ago
Scarlet Ink
Work Enemies: Actions You Can Take to Protect Yourself From Bad Relationships You won't always get along with your co-workers. What can you do to protect yourself?
7 months 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...
a year ago
32
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...
Unfiltered by Tim...
Successful People Use "Anti-Productivity" to Achieve Extraordinary Results. You Should Too. Here's what it bizarrely is (without complexity)
4 months ago
Left To Write
Soul In The Game Going all in on life
a year ago
Jason Crawford
What I still want out of time management tools I made my first todo list almost 25 years ago. Ever since, I’ve been evolving my tools and system...
over a year ago
31
over a year ago
I made my first todo list almost 25 years ago. Ever since, I’ve been evolving my tools and system for tracking tasks, managing time, and improving productivity. A personal productivity toolbox is a very personal and contextual thing. I find that my own systems have to be revised...
Passing Time
What Makes a Local? Eventually, I'll be a local of somewhere
7 months ago
The Honest Broker
Nine Predictions for the Future of the Music Business I offer a forecast for 10 years in the future—and it's filled with good news (surprise!)
5 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Oversample Elections By Age Political pollsters have a problem. Certain groups in the population are much happier to talk to...
10 months ago
122
10 months ago
Political pollsters have a problem. Certain groups in the population are much happier to talk to pollsters than others, so if you call up 1000 people to ask who they're planning to vote for, the results you get won't really represent the voting intentions of the
Tech and Tea
Ask vs guess culture When unreasonable requests are followed up with "but you could have just said no!" Exploring the...
a year ago
19
a year ago
When unreasonable requests are followed up with "but you could have just said no!" Exploring the clashes of ask culture and guess culture, at home and at work.
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: we are the 99%! In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
a month ago
13
a month ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2020.
Passing Time
The Illusion of Solitude Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
4 months ago
Diaries of Note
You must be looking for Stuart Kevin Bentley was twenty-one when, in July of 1977, he left El Paso and headed for the bustling...
a year ago
18
a year ago
Kevin Bentley was twenty-one when, in July of 1977, he left El Paso and headed for the bustling streets of San Francisco—one of thousands of young gay men flocking to this vibrant city in search of acceptance, community, and hedonism. San Francisco offered an enticing allure of...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Talent Myths and the Story of Imperceptible Gains I made a discovery as I sifted through the running data I have been collecting for the last nine...
over a year ago
10
over a year ago
I made a discovery as I sifted through the running data I have been collecting for the last nine years. After 897 runs and 4,659 miles I have gotten faster. How much faster? Well, for every mile I run I get 0.012 seconds faster. That's about as imperceptible as a fart.
The Honest Broker
A Look at Bill Evans's 15-Year-Old Pianist Grandson And other updates on previous posts
a year ago
Wait But Why
Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level. The post Neuralink and the...
over a year ago
33
over a year ago
I knew the future would be shocking but this is a whole other level. The post Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future appeared first on Wait But Why.
Unfiltered by Tim...
Disappear from Public Life so You Can Build Something Online with Zero Fear Being invisible is the key to greatness.
2 months ago
Paul Cudenec
The US admiral in the globalist axis of evil James Stavridis, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation’s board of trustees, projects a wholesome...
2 months ago
70
2 months ago
James Stavridis, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation’s board of trustees, projects a wholesome and all-American image for the organisation, with his impressive list of military decorations.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalism Life®: A New Chapter This week sparked a new chapter, direction, and era for Minimalism Life®, a project I cofounded in...
a year ago
7
a year ago
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:...
Both Are True
The signal is the noise - how the sounds of an old ass calculator ended up on the website of the... You'd think it's boring but it's sorta cool and kinda wild how it's about everything but also...
8 months ago
Mark Manson
The Outrage Cycle The Outrage Begins First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far...
over a year ago
33
over a year ago
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...
The Convivial...
Secularization Comes For the Religion of Technology (Audio Version) The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Second-Time Founder Anxiety Starting a company is hard. Starting a company the second time can be even harder if you let it.
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
The Scariest Day of My Life What the hell am I supposed to do?
8 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Aggressive Curiosity On the edge of a lake a man sits at a bench with a camera on his lap. His expression is satisfied,...
over a year ago
10
over a year ago
On the edge of a lake a man sits at a bench with a camera on his lap. His expression is satisfied, the look of someone who has aimed at retirement and hit the bullseye a decade ahead of schedule. His life now has room for a hobby, he can become the wildlife photographer he has...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Why Leaders Should Never Back Their Car In The culture of a company is a hard thing to suss out from the outside. When you are thinking about...
over a year ago
9
over a year ago
The culture of a company is a hard thing to suss out from the outside. When you are thinking about switching jobs it can be hard to know what you are getting yourself into from interviews alone. Initial meetings are biased by employees who paint rosy pictures of the company in...
Diaries of Note
We simply dread the moon Hallie Eustace Miles was a writer and restaurateur who, along with her sportsman husband Eustace...
a year ago
17
a year ago
Hallie Eustace Miles was a writer and restaurateur who, along with her sportsman husband Eustace Hamilton Miles, opened a vegetarian restaurant in 1906, shortly after their marriage. The Eustace Miles Restaurant became an iconic meeting place in Edwardian London, drawing a wide...
Nat Eliason's...
Proof You Can Do Hard Things An Essential Piece to Your Life Resume
a year ago
Paul Cudenec
Rising to our feet How does it make you feel to know that the same people who five years ago assaulted the world with...
a week ago
7
a week ago
How does it make you feel to know that the same people who five years ago assaulted the world with their Covid scamdemic are today committing genocide in Palestine?
Mark Manson
Pain Is Part of the Process https://youtu.be/c3uoyCNIa5c You've probably never heard of Kazimierz Dąbrowski. He was a...
a year ago
95
a year ago
https://youtu.be/c3uoyCNIa5c You've probably never heard of Kazimierz Dąbrowski. He was a psychologist from the 1940s with a fascinating background. He studied with Freud's contemporaries in Vienna, worked with mentally ill patients, participated in the Polish resistance during...
Farza's Newsletter
me and satoru iwata were chilling at target and bought some beef jerky I’ve been having a ton of fun lately with ZipSchool. We’re evolving fast in terms of our...
over a year ago
19
over a year ago
I’ve been having a ton of fun lately with ZipSchool. We’re evolving fast in terms of our understanding of the product, problem, user. We’re following the data and have numbers we can point to when making a majority of our decisions. We’re focusing on growth.
Stoic Simple
Understanding the Basics of Stoic Philosophy Stoicism is a school of ancient Greek philosophy that aims to teach individuals how to live a good...
a year ago
36
a year ago
Stoicism is a school of ancient Greek philosophy that aims to teach individuals how to live a good life by focusing on rationality, self-control, and mindfulness. Despite its ancient roots, Stoicism has seen a resurgence in popularity in recent years as people look to improve...
The Honest Broker
Are There Alternating Cycles of Hot and Cool in American Cultural History? (Part 2 of 2) I grew up in a cool culture. But that era has now ended. Right now, we are clearly sizzling in the...
a year ago
Diaries of Note
How can men be so cruel, as many of them are In 1872, just two years after the death of her mother, five-year-old Martha Van Orsdol embarked on a...
a year ago
56
a year ago
In 1872, just two years after the death of her mother, five-year-old Martha Van Orsdol embarked on a journey with her family to the Kansas frontier. When she was fourteen, Martha began to keep a diary, and over the span of four decades diligently filled 4,000 pages with her...
Diaries of Note
Why me? Famous for the autobiographical monologues he performed on stage, American actor and writer Spalding...
a year ago
26
a year ago
Famous for the autobiographical monologues he performed on stage, American actor and writer Spalding Gray turned his life into riveting art, his unique shows, such as the acclaimed Swimming to Cambodia, providing a compelling insight into his personal experiences. In 2001, while...
The Map is Mostly...
[subscribers only] Ask Me Anything about My Home (or Yours)
over a year ago
Wait But Why
All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro Welcome to the 2030s. The post All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro appeared first on...
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Were the First Laws Sung? I make some radical claims in this extract from my new book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
If You Only Have 60 Minutes a Day to Build a One-Person Business, Do This Very, very dumb people are making $100K and even $1M with this approach
5 months ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Kindness: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/YzvbxsGNH0A There's an unfortunate mischaracterization of Stoic...
a year ago
39
a year ago
Previous Next https://youtu.be/YzvbxsGNH0A There's an unfortunate mischaracterization of Stoic philosophy that has recently sprung up that implies that Stoicism cares more about overcoming our feelings than it does about showing kindness to others. The truth is that a true Stoic...
The Ruffian
How To Be Charles Darwin Nine Darwinian Habits of Mind and Behaviour
6 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
5 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Better Connections Are we spending enough time with people we can really learn from? Are we having enough conversations...
over a year ago
4
over a year ago
Are we spending enough time with people we can really learn from? Are we having enough conversations that move us forward rather than discussing the mundane things in life? We are all seeking better connections—some people even the smallest of them. Today, we have the greatest...
Ryan Hoover's...
A Frightening Future
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
Every atom of hate we add to this world makes it still more inhospitable On 7th September 1943, a year after writing the following diary entry, 29-year-old Etty Hillesum and...
a year ago
21
a year ago
On 7th September 1943, a year after writing the following diary entry, 29-year-old Etty Hillesum and her family were sent from Westerbork transit camp to Auschwitz, where she would meet her tragic end two months later. Born in 1914 in the Netherlands, Hillesum was a woman of keen...
Tech and Tea
Space to do whatever How letting go of being productive with my time made space for creativity
a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
What if you just bought everyone air purifiers? I haven’t written about air quality in a while. Ominously, sometimes people ask me if I still care...
a year ago
11
a year ago
I haven’t written about air quality in a while. Ominously, sometimes people ask me if I still care about it. So, lest anyone think I have some kind of dreadful healthy mental balance, I thought I should do some Fermi estimates. Say you’re one of the five humans who have $100...
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...
a year ago
37
a year ago
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...
The Honest Broker
The Dying Singer Who Cured Himself with Music The strange case of Leo Kofler
6 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Rediscovering Your Stride I felt the pain before I could see the wart. I thought it was a bruise, one of the many little tiny...
over a year ago
13
over a year ago
I felt the pain before I could see the wart. I thought it was a bruise, one of the many little tiny injuries that come and go as part of any runner’s training routine. But the little nemesis on the ball of my foot stuck around. It put up a good fight, injecting pain into my runs,...
RhysTranter.com
World Youth Day Pilgrimage, Portugal 2023 In July and August, I accompanied the Archdiocese of Cardiff and the Diocese of Menevia on a...
a year ago
22
a year ago
In July and August, I accompanied the Archdiocese of Cardiff and the Diocese of Menevia on a two-week pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal. I acted as one of the Team Leaders joining over fifty other pilgrims on the journey, including Archbishop Mark O'Toole and five...
Diaries of Note
This is where it hits It was in Africa in 1963, aged 31, that Dian Fossey first caught a glimpse of the animal to which...
a year ago
16
a year ago
It was in Africa in 1963, aged 31, that Dian Fossey first caught a glimpse of the animal to which she would soon dedicate her life: the mountain gorilla. By the time she wrote the following diary entry in 1985, Fossey had been living among these creatures in Rwanda’s Volcanoes...
Passing Time
27 Things I know
10 months ago
Scarlet Ink
Six Reader Questions About Meetings, Feedback, Communication, and Ideas I regularly receive questions over email and in comments on my newsletter. I decided to answer a few...
7 months ago
Diaries of Note
Almost flying apart at the seams In the spring of 1965, American author Gail Godwin found herself at a crossroads. For five years,...
a year ago
49
a year ago
In the spring of 1965, American author Gail Godwin found herself at a crossroads. For five years, she had been living in London, and it was there, while working for the U.S. embassy, that she endured the disappointment of her novel, Gull Key, being rejected by multiple...
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...
a year ago
15
a year ago
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...
journal – Winnie Lim
the answer I must seek My partner pitter patters around the house constantly, always looking for something to do, always...
6 months ago
60
6 months ago
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...
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
Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess A year ago, there was a lot of talk about large language models (LLMs) playing chess. Word was that...
4 months ago
27
4 months ago
A year ago, there was a lot of talk about large language models (LLMs) playing chess. Word was that if you trained a big enough model on enough text, then you could send it a partially played game, ask it to predict the next move, and it would play at the level of an advanced...
Luxagraf:...
Water Under The Bridge Halfway through our stay on St. George we had a little problem called Friday night. The problem was...
a year ago
52
a year ago
Halfway through our stay on St. George we had a little problem called Friday night. The problem was that the campground at St George was full for Friday night. One night missing in a string of twelve nights. We knew that when we came out here, but I was really hoping something...
Stoic Simple
What Does Stoicism Teach About Money, Wealth & Poverty? Stoicism is a philosophical belief system that has been around since the ancient times. It aims to...
a year ago
30
a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophical belief system that has been around since the ancient times. It aims to promote ethical living and personal fulfillment by closely examining one's values and beliefs. One area where Stoicism offers interesting insights is wealth and poverty. This...
The Honest Broker
What Happened to Sly Stone? At age 80, he tells his tale—but is it a story of recovery, or mere survival?
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Where Do Music Genres Come From? A new section from my online book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
How Musicians Invented the Law Songs are far more powerful than you think
a year ago
Left To Write
#13 Writemas: Merry Christmas! This will be the last issue of Writemas ‘23. It’s been tough juggling this, Bloomstory and other...
a year ago
32
a year ago
This will be the last issue of Writemas ‘23. It’s been tough juggling this, Bloomstory and other projects, but it’s been a lot of fun producing these short emails. As we enter the last week of the year, I’m trying to let the dust of 2023 settle so that I can regain
Both Are True
The ONE Black Friday Deal they DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT this deal will change everything i gotta send this before they shoot a dart into my neck and silence...
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Twelve Brutal Truths about AI Music Ignore the hype—here's what the bots will really do to our songs
a year ago
Left To Write
What Did The Doorman Say To ChatGPT? A few weeks ago, my friend Asad asked me how I was feeling about chatGPT. I’ve talked about it...
a year ago
43
a year ago
A few weeks ago, my friend Asad asked me how I was feeling about chatGPT. I’ve talked about it before but given how fast the landscape is changing, I want to expand further: How I feel about chatGPT is complicated. The short answer is: From a business and writing point of view,...
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
1
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.
Luxagraf:...
Photo Shoot After shining up the bus in Rocky Bayou we headed back over to Fort Pickens where we were scheduled...
over a year ago
36
over a year ago
After shining up the bus in Rocky Bayou we headed back over to Fort Pickens where we were scheduled to meet up with a photographer who was shooting the bus for an article I wrote for Wired magazine. Both Wired and I wanted us to be out west for the photo shoot, but that didn't...
Ryan Hoover's...
Techniques for Getting Traction with your Social Site
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
Hop tu naa! Richard Adams, born in Berkshire, England, in 1920, is best known for his bestselling debut novel,...
a year ago
27
a year ago
Richard Adams, born in Berkshire, England, in 1920, is best known for his bestselling debut novel, Watership Down, a tale that follows a group of rabbits escaping their doomed warren. However, beyond fiction, Adams had an eye for the rhythms of nature and a knack for capturing...
Diaries of Note
I can’t find the words Andy Horwitz had been sitting at his desk for a quarter of an hour when a loud bang shattered the...
a year ago
14
a year ago
Andy Horwitz had been sitting at his desk for a quarter of an hour when a loud bang shattered the morning calm. The time was 8:46 a.m., and the first of two planes had just been flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center that stood two blocks from his office. But soon...
Both Are True
i was a murder mystery dinner theater actor my role? first-to-die. the job? weird as hell.
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Non-obvious problems
10 months ago
Diaries of Note
War raises the tone of life In August of 1950, shortly after receiving the distinguished Strega Prize for his literary...
a year ago
34
a year ago
In August of 1950, shortly after receiving the distinguished Strega Prize for his literary contributions, Italian novelist, poet, and translator Cesare Pavese tragically ended his life. He was just forty-one. Among his personal effects was found a deeply introspective diary that...
Diaries of Note
Humility Dag Hammarskjöld was en route to negotiate peace in Congo when, in 1961, the plane in which he was...
a year ago
12
a year ago
Dag Hammarskjöld was en route to negotiate peace in Congo when, in 1961, the plane in which he was travelling crashed, ending the lives of all its passengers. Born in 1905, Hammarskjöld was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United...
Unfiltered by Tim...
3-6 Months of Beginner Hell Is What It Takes to Become Successful (And Join the Top 1%) 99% of people can't stand it – that's your big opportunity
a week ago
Castles in the Sky
Statistics are people, too. What we celebrate is what we value, and what we ignore is what we normalize.
5 months ago
Paul Cudenec
The truth about Davos Monday January 20 sees the start of the World Economic Forum’s 2025 meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
2 months ago
42
2 months ago
Monday January 20 sees the start of the World Economic Forum’s 2025 meeting at Davos, Switzerland.
Ryan Hoover's...
We are Porter
8 months ago
The Intimate Mirror
Dangerous Safety How genuine safety dissolves both personal and systemic control (Breaking Open: Part 5)
2 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimal Twitter Community Pilot My search for an alternative community platform has led me back to, yes, Twitter. Although I am...
over a year ago
7
over a year ago
My search for an alternative community platform has led me back to, yes, Twitter. Although I am still experimenting with a couple of other platforms, namely Minus and Discord, this new Twitter Communities pilot is interesting. We're all aware of the trials and tribulations of...
Unfiltered by Tim...
It's Absolutely Pointless to Start Anything Unless You'll Do It Daily The simple shift in thinking that'll help you work on less so you get deep focus.
3 months ago
Luxagraf:...
Wagoneer My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved. As we've slowed...
over a year ago
35
over a year ago
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...
Jason Crawford
Announcing Progress Studies for Young Scholars Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of...
over a year ago
25
over a year ago
Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of technology: Progress Studies for Young Scholars. Daily online content, plus a speaker series featuring Tyler Cowen, Patrick Collison, Max Roser, Joel Mokyr, Deirdre McCloskey, and more....
Diaries of Note
Blood, sweat and tears Sir John Colville served three Prime Ministers as private secretary, most notably to Winston...
a year ago
25
a year ago
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,...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The 2020 Simulator Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer over and...
over a year ago
12
over a year ago
Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer over and over. I know that sounds like torture but stick with me.
Laetitia@Work
7 Reasons Women Feel More Guilt At Work Laetitia@Work #73
7 months ago
The Convivial...
Vision Con (Audio Version) The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 2 (supplement)
a year ago
Both Are True
forget thanksgiving its time for fearsharing a new holiday
a year ago
Diaries of Note
The human is a creature of paradox When he wrote the following diary entry in 1973, 30-year-old Arthur Ashe had already carved out a...
a year ago
23
a year ago
When he wrote the following diary entry in 1973, 30-year-old Arthur Ashe had already carved out a distinguished place in sporting history, not just as a formidable tennis player, but also as a pioneering African-American athlete in a predominantly white sport. With the US Open...
The Prism
A Conversation with Chris Williamson A recent podcast appearance
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Five Words That Might End Your Design Career It is rare to be confronted with a truth so obvious, so devastating, that it causes you to abandon...
over a year ago
11
over a year ago
It is rare to be confronted with a truth so obvious, so devastating, that it causes you to abandon your belief system, to walk away from the thing that defines you as a person. My design career ended when I read five words.
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...
3 weeks ago
16
3 weeks 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...
Diaries of Note
Oh God, it was awful It was in March of 1907, aged 15, that Edna St. Vincent Millay began to keep a diary—an intimate...
a year ago
73
a year ago
It was in March of 1907, aged 15, that Edna St. Vincent Millay began to keep a diary—an intimate chronicle that would continue throughout her life, with her final entry penned in 1949, a year before her death. By that time, of course, she was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet....
The Honest Broker
10 YouTube Videos I'm Enjoying Right Now My life is pretty much like yours. Except that total strangers send me all sorts of things.
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Jackson Pollock Found in Dumpster The world was beautiful before, back in my dumpster diving days. I remember standing knee-deep in...
over a year ago
11
over a year ago
The world was beautiful before, back in my dumpster diving days. I remember standing knee-deep in garbage in an alley behind a grocery store. There, splattered on the side of a dumpster was a Jackson Pollock.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
A Studio, but Simpler I love designing websites. It’s something I’ve been doing for almost 15 years. Yes, I’m that old....
over a year ago
9
over a year ago
I love designing websites. It’s something I’ve been doing for almost 15 years. Yes, I’m that old. Whether basic one pagers or comprehensive sites with design systems, I’ve had the opportunity to create some interesting projects. You could say I’m a multidisciplinary designer, but...
Both Are True
i think my son hates me PLUS: i am not handling it well AND ALSO: a baby update
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Will Writing It's not as hard as you think
2 months ago
The Honest Broker
12 Predictions on the Future of Song Investing Who will eventually own all the dead stars of rock & roll?
a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Dark Side of Making Money Online (That Very Few Are Qualified to Write About) Apparently, I helped create a genocide.
5 hours ago
Paul Cudenec
Keeping it in the deep-state family It is obviously important for maintenance of the “Rockefeller” façade to have at least one person...
2 months ago
37
2 months ago
It is obviously important for maintenance of the “Rockefeller” façade to have at least one person bearing the family name on the Foundation’s board of trustees.
Luxagraf:...
Notes From The Road Your browser does not support video playback via HTML5. Watch on YouTube
a year ago
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify | A Pokédex for Food Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
a year 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.
4 days ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Home Investments Many people are choosing to slowly improve, enhance, and invigorate their living spaces by making...
over a year ago
8
over a year ago
Many people are choosing to slowly improve, enhance, and invigorate their living spaces by making subtle but significant changes to their homes with the addition of good quality, easily transportable furniture and fittings. Even those who are not home owners are taking this...
The Ruffian
Why you should only trust people with imposter syndrome Or how to tell the difference between Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
the experience of completing a sketchbook for my japan trip Last year I started sketching, and for the first time in my life I started bringing art materials on...
a year ago
87
a year ago
Last year I started sketching, and for the first time in my life I started bringing art materials on my travels. I did the same when I went to Japan, except a...
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
25
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.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
What Is Too Minimal? I'm currently facing a design and marketing challenge related to minimalism. So I want to present a...
over a year ago
8
over a year ago
I'm currently facing a design and marketing challenge related to minimalism. So I want to present a series of questions that you are welcome to help answer in whatever format you like (email, tweet, blog post, or meme). If you run a website related to minimalism, is it only...
Ryan Hoover's...
Your invite to Product Hunt’s 4th annual community meetup 🎉
over a year ago
Laetitia@Work
AI’s battle of the skills: upskilling vs deskilling Laetitia@Work #78
4 weeks ago
Castles in the Sky
Have you quit social media? Do you want to? I am looking for feedback on an idea I'm writing an essay about.
8 months ago
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...
over a year ago
14
over a year ago
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...
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 –...
11 months ago
87
11 months 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...
Mark Manson
My Response to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock Last weekend, Will Smith walked on stage at the Oscars and slapped Chris Rock for making a joke...
over a year ago
26
over a year ago
Last weekend, Will Smith walked on stage at the Oscars and slapped Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife. Since that moment, my phone and inbox have been inundated non-stop with people (friends, family, readers, journalists) wanting my “take” on the situation. After all, I...
journal – Winnie Lim
when goodness is not so good Last week I briefly wrote that the push for humans to be good is a net negative for this world....
9 months ago
62
9 months ago
Last week I briefly wrote that the push for humans to be good is a net negative for this world. There were a couple of comments asking me to elaborate, so I...
Left To Write
№ 79: Allowing Those You Love The Right To Be Wrong Why you’re getting this: I’m Jason Nguyen. I run Bloomstory.co.uk and The Mailroom. This is my...
10 months ago
106
10 months ago
Why you’re getting this: I’m Jason Nguyen. I run Bloomstory.co.uk and The Mailroom. This is my newsletter. I used to write this every week, but now I send this out when I can — life got in the way. Updates on what’s been going on in my life are at the bottom of this newsletter.
The Convivial...
Impoverished Emotional Lives Is this anything?
over a year ago
Letters of Note
My heart almost stood still The following letter was written exactly 100 years ago. It’s a remarkable piece of writing that...
a year ago
87
a year ago
The following letter was written exactly 100 years ago. It’s a remarkable piece of writing that never fails to move me. And because you deserve it, above the transcript I’ve included audio of the letter being read by the lovely Juliet Stevenson, taken from the Letters of Note:...
journal – Winnie Lim
the amazing tools and research we now have for our metabolic health [cw: metabolic health, diet] My paternal grandmother died before I was born, apparently of diabetes...
a year ago
84
a year ago
[cw: metabolic health, diet] My paternal grandmother died before I was born, apparently of diabetes complications. When I was younger I couldn’t understand what it meant to die of diabetes complications –...
Tech and Tea
🍲 Announcing Startup Soup: A Pragmatic Take on Startup Operations A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage...
3 weeks ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Marriage: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next What exactly did the ancient Stoics think about marriage? It's true, there isn't a...
a year ago
93
a year ago
Previous Next What exactly did the ancient Stoics think about marriage? It's true, there isn't a huge amount of quotes to find from them specifically about marriage, although there are plenty about love, relationships and caring for people in our lives. It's worth keeping in mind...
Ryan Hoover's...
Blogging is the New Resume
over a year ago
The Ruffian
A Ruffian Catch-Up In Case You Missed...
a year ago
Jason Fried
The Teenage Engineering TP-7 I finally picked up a Teenage Engineering TP-7. I've been experimenting with dictating random ideas...
5 months ago
5
5 months ago
I finally picked up a Teenage Engineering TP-7. I've been experimenting with dictating random ideas lately. And while the phone is typically more convenient, I wanted to have a separate recorder on my desk. The TP-7 is an absolutely charming piece of hardware. Reminds me of all...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
There Is Only Time Balance is a really tricky word, because I don’t think there’s such a thing. There’s just time....
over a year ago
6
over a year ago
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...
Passing Time
Fun, Fellowship, and Fractures On the downside of activity-based friendships
9 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
minimum effective dose I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the...
a month ago
23
a month ago
I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the procedure), so I have been hesitant in taking up my regular exercise again because I...
Diaries of Note
The news from remote France grows more ominous every day Siegfried Sassoon was a leading poet of the First World War, known for his vivid depictions of life...
a year ago
79
a year ago
Siegfried Sassoon was a leading poet of the First World War, known for his vivid depictions of life in the trenches and his criticism of the conflict. In 1918, he had already gained recognition for his poetry, with his first collection, The Old Huntsman and Other Poems, published...
The Ruffian
Jemima Kelly: What Is Trump Like Up Close? And How Does His Personality Explain His Political Appeal?
a month ago
Paul Cudenec
The Global Gang Running Our World and Ruining Our Lives My understanding of the world in which we live has undoubtedly increased greatly since I wrote the...
4 days ago
6
4 days ago
My understanding of the world in which we live has undoubtedly increased greatly since I wrote the material which formed the first of a series of compilations, Fascism rebranded: exposing the Great Reset, a selection of essays from 2018 to 2021.
The Honest Broker
Give Me Your Best Suggestions for Movies and TV Shows It's open mic day at The Honest Broker
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Divorce, Separations & Breakups: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
a year ago
69
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...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
What makes tech fun? When asking this question, I'm not really thinking too literally. For instance, I'm not asking,...
9 months ago
9
9 months ago
When asking this question, I'm not really thinking too literally. For instance, I'm not asking, "what is a fun piece of tech?" Because the answer to that would be simple: any game, gaming device, or immersive VR experience that's engineered to be fun to use. That's far too...
Wait But Why
SpaceX’s Big Freaking Rocket – The Full Story (G-Rated Version) It's not a small rocket. The post SpaceX’s Big Freaking Rocket – The Full Story (G-Rated Version)...
over a year ago
28
over a year ago
It's not a small rocket. The post SpaceX’s Big Freaking Rocket – The Full Story (G-Rated Version) appeared first on Wait But Why.
Diaries of Note
Excrement is the thread of life Salvador Dalí, born in Spain in 1904, was the mustachioed maestro of surrealism, with a flair for...
a year ago
14
a year ago
Salvador Dalí, born in Spain in 1904, was the mustachioed maestro of surrealism, with a flair for the fantastical in both his life and art. His paintings, like The Persistence of Memory with its melting clocks, are playful explorations of the dream world, but this love of the...
Stoic Simple
What Does Stoicism Teach About Fate and Destiny? Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for centuries, with roots that can be traced back to...
a year ago
33
a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for centuries, with roots that can be traced back to ancient Greece. It is a philosophy that emphasizes personal ethics, logic, and rationality, which are often used to help individuals cope with the hardships and unpredictability of...
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...
a year ago
33
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
I do not seem to care for the “boys” very much Annie Cooper Boyd (born Annie Burnham Cooper) was an artist and feminist who hailed from the whaling...
a year ago
56
a year ago
Annie Cooper Boyd (born Annie Burnham Cooper) was an artist and feminist who hailed from the whaling village of Sag Harbor, New York, where her father, William H. Cooper, had for years thrived as a local boat builder. She adored her family, painting, and writing, and it’s thanks...
journal – Winnie Lim
existing in an unsafe world Our current minister of defence had made a public speech last week, stating that the US’s image has...
a month ago
18
a month ago
Our current minister of defence had made a public speech last week, stating that the US’s image has “changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent.” Considering that Singapore...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The IKEA Defense of Flat Earthers Flat Earthers are perhaps the only group of people that it is still socially acceptable to...
over a year ago
12
over a year ago
Flat Earthers are perhaps the only group of people that it is still socially acceptable to discriminate against. We just can’t bring ourselves to tolerate people who believe the world is flat. And yet the fundamental ideas powering a flat Earth believer is an approach that most...
Left To Write
Playing Russian Roulette How understanding this morbid game can improve your decision making in life, health and business.
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
documenting everyday moments because they will become precious A few months ago someone popped up on the Singapore reddit and started posting photos of old...
a year ago
38
a year ago
A few months ago someone popped up on the Singapore reddit and started posting photos of old Singapore from the 1950s-1970s. He is the grandson of Ivan Polunin, a medical doctor who...
The Honest Broker
Are Harvard Graduates Better Than Harvard Dropouts? Or how I spent $503,402 on college education
a year ago
The Honest Broker
The Best Books of the 21st Century The Honest Broker assesses the NY Times list
8 months ago
Diaries of Note
The Luminous Man As Deputy Director-General of MI5 from 1940 to 1952, Guy Liddell was one of the its key figures...
a year ago
13
a year ago
As Deputy Director-General of MI5 from 1940 to 1952, Guy Liddell was one of the its key figures during a pivotal time that included World War II and the early years of the Cold War. Known for his role in elaborate counter-espionage schemes including the famous “Double Cross...
Luxagraf:...
Microcosm We sprinted across Florida, from St. Augustine to the far end of the panhandle in two quick drives....
a year ago
30
a year ago
We sprinted across Florida, from St. Augustine to the far end of the panhandle in two quick drives. We stopped in the middle at the Tallahassee Car Museum, an odd little museum with a few campsites out front (not everything on Harvest Hosts is a farm). The kids and I wandered...
Mind Mine
one thing at a time the only antidote to overwhelm
8 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Deceptive Simplicity All design should be simple for users to understand. However, simplicity in design is one of the...
over a year ago
8
over a year ago
All design should be simple for users to understand. However, simplicity in design is one of the most difficult things to do well—to find a balance between intuitive functionality and aesthetics. And yet ironically, design that appears effortless often takes far more work than...
Naveen Arun's Blog
Please Let Me Monetize My Hobbies Please, let me monetize my hobbies. After all, what’s the point of doing something purely for fun...
a year ago
19
a year ago
Please, let me monetize my hobbies. After all, what’s the point of doing something purely for fun when I could be making money off it? Please, let me turn my relaxing gaming sessions into high-pressure performances with commentary. Who wouldn’t enjoy transforming a leisurely...
Diaries of Note
Only work can save me Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Berryman was just eleven when his father took his own life, a...
a year ago
19
a year ago
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Berryman was just eleven when his father took his own life, a trauma that profoundly affected Berryman and resulted in a lifelong struggle with mental illness and alcoholism. At thirty-two, while teaching at Princeton University and five years...
Both Are True
parenting as improv yes and yes and yes and
4 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
How to use your AirPod Pros to Trigger Flow It’s 2020 and if you are like me you are hoping to spend as much of this year in a flow state as...
over a year ago
10
over a year ago
It’s 2020 and if you are like me you are hoping to spend as much of this year in a flow state as possible. I am always looking for hacks that allow my to get into the zone faster, stay there longer, and increase my creative output. Here’s a new trick that has been working for me...
Abhishek Chakraborty
Opportunity v FOMO Competition gives us a framework to measure ourselves against others. It tells us where we stand in...
over a year ago
2
over a year ago
Competition gives us a framework to measure ourselves against others. It tells us where we stand in the world, how far ahead or behind we are from those similar to us. But too much of it is detrimental.
The Honest Broker
Western Music Isn't What You Think Or how my views on culture proved to be all wet
11 months ago
Passing Time
Sweatshop Labor and the Exploitation Problem Labor faces a coordination problem: the actors involved can’t reach a better moral position via...
over a year ago
34
over a year ago
Labor faces a coordination problem: the actors involved can’t reach a better moral position via unilateral action.
Ryan Hoover's...
New haircut, Product Hunt?
over a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Divorce, Separations & Breakups: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
a year ago
36
a year ago
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
Diaries of Note
The greatest day in the world’s history At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, an unprecedented chapter in...
a year ago
17
a year ago
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, an unprecedented chapter in world history was brought to a close as the Armistice came into effect, ending the bloodshed of the First World War. In an instant, four years of relentless warfare, which had...
Passing Time
Mixing Memory and Desire Rage & tranquility; decay & rebirth; memory and desire.
a year ago
Castles in the Sky
CATHEDRAL | Chapter One - Four Years Out Cathedral | Castles in the Sky #60
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
How to Be (Reasonably) Hard on Yourself The mantra
8 months ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: smears and revelations In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
2 weeks ago
10
2 weeks ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2023.
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
41
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
after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know + my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
10 months ago
Diaries of Note
Whoomp-whoomp-whoomp On 7th August 1942, Allied forces landed on the shores of Guadalcanal, igniting one of the most...
a year ago
14
a year ago
On 7th August 1942, Allied forces landed on the shores of Guadalcanal, igniting one of the most significant campaigns in the Pacific during World War II. While U.S. forces grappled with a formidable Japanese defence in a treacherous jungle environment, American journalist Richard...
Diaries of Note
On sculptures Born in Prague in 1875, celebrated poet Rainer Maria Rilke was twenty-two when he began to keep a...
a year ago
24
a year ago
Born in Prague in 1875, celebrated poet Rainer Maria Rilke was twenty-two when he began to keep a diary—a practice encouraged by his lover and mentor, Lou Andreas-Salomé, who was fifteen years his senior. That diary, titled Florence, would be the first of three that he kept...
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...
a month ago
22
a month 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...
Raptitude.com
Managing Life is About Managing Friction Bananas used to be a lot more difficult to eat than they are now. The seeds were huge and plentiful,...
a month ago
15
a month ago
Bananas used to be a lot more difficult to eat than they are now. The seeds were huge and plentiful, and ran throughout the flesh of the fruit, which itself was starchier, stringier, and less sweet. Other foods were similarly obtuse. Watermelons, for example — instead of having...
Passing Time
My Aspirational People List These are the people I would invest in
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
Fela Kuti in Prison How Nigeria literally went to war against one musician—and lost
7 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Truth, essence, knowledge and light Being criticised or insulted by your political enemies is not too difficult to cope with – after...
4 months ago
21
4 months ago
Being criticised or insulted by your political enemies is not too difficult to cope with – after all, you do not really care what they think of you.
Luxagraf:...
Stop Breaking Down I had a bad feeling pulling out of Washburn. The bus had sat for nearly four months. The bus hates...
a year ago
14
a year ago
I had a bad feeling pulling out of Washburn. The bus had sat for nearly four months. The bus hates sitting. I had time to drive it to the upholstery shop and back and that was the extent of my test driving. I was hoping, whatever was going to break, would do it in a populous area...
The Tao Of Wealth
A Prayer For The New Year God, grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change,the courage to change the things I...
over a year ago
17
over a year ago
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...
The Honest Broker
30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok And why did youth mental health problems accelerate after 2010?
11 months ago
Diaries of Note
People who gush at me and don’t really like me Antonia White, born Eirene Botting in 1899, was a British writer who won plaudits for Frost in May,...
a year ago
33
a year ago
Antonia White, born Eirene Botting in 1899, was a British writer who won plaudits for Frost in May, a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1933 in which her experiences in a Catholic convent school were vividly depicted. At this point in her life, White had been married three...
Diaries of Note
I have woken fairly early to think about human life Frances Partridge was a remarkable British diarist born in 1900 whose long life was interwoven with...
a year ago
19
a year ago
Frances Partridge was a remarkable British diarist born in 1900 whose long life was interwoven with the illustrious Bloomsbury Group. By 1967, when she wrote the following entry, she had already lost two of her nearest and dearest: her husband, Ralph, in 1960, and then tragically...
The Ruffian
Introducing 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs' Free To Read (This Post, Not the Book)
5 months ago
Stoic Simple
Stoicism and the Subtle Art of Acceptance Stoicism is a philosophy that has been practiced for centuries and has more recently been gaining...
a year ago
38
a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been practiced for centuries and has more recently been gaining popularity as a means of promoting mental well-being. At its core, Stoicism teaches us the art of acceptance, that is, the ability to accept what we cannot control and focus on what...
Paul Cudenec
Video: The Corruption is Real and Sickening I am delighted to be able to share a link to a new 16-minute video that has just been published by...
6 months ago
22
6 months ago
I am delighted to be able to share a link to a new 16-minute video that has just been published by Drs Mark and Sam Bailey in New Zealand, based on some of my recent writing.
The Prism
The Pathologization Pandemic Why youth mental illness is surging
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
How to Emasculate the Mississippi What kind of filth was being carried downstream, rolling by, hidden under the muddy Mississippi...
over a year ago
12
over a year ago
What kind of filth was being carried downstream, rolling by, hidden under the muddy Mississippi River? Massive flooding had lifted the water to the top steps climbing closer to the base of the St. Louis Arch. As a photographer I stood in awe of the destruction, wondering how my...
Diaries of Note
The coffee was about the substance of mud On 31st July 1875, 21-year-old Howard Williams, his two brothers, and two of their friends embarked...
a year ago
19
a year ago
On 31st July 1875, 21-year-old Howard Williams, his two brothers, and two of their friends embarked on a 454-mile rowing adventure that took them from Oxford to London. Over the course of three weeks, they navigated through 231 locks and 4 tunnels in a hired “light pine...
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
13
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...
Jason Fried
Osmo Wiio: Communication usually fails, except by accident Osmo Wiio was a Finnish researcher of human communication. His laws of communication are the human...
11 months ago
4
11 months ago
Osmo Wiio was a Finnish researcher of human communication. His laws of communication are the human communications equivalent of Murphy’s Laws. Wiio's laws state... If communication can fail, it will. If a message can be understood in different ways, it will be understood in...
Diaries of Note
O God is there no redress, no peace, no justice in this land for us? Ida B. Wells was a trailblazing African American journalist, civil rights activist, and suffragist...
a year ago
61
a year ago
Ida B. Wells was a trailblazing African American journalist, civil rights activist, and suffragist who courageously fought against racial injustice and gender inequality throughout her life. Born into slavery in 1862, she grew up to become a vocal advocate for the rights of Black...
Nat Eliason's...
A Map is Not a Blueprint: Why Fixing Nature Fails Ozempic, Fertilizer, Lobotomies, and the dangers of hubris
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
what does it mean to live well A while ago an old friend texted me that an unexpected event had once again reminded her how...
a year ago
62
a year ago
A while ago an old friend texted me that an unexpected event had once again reminded her how transient life can be, and she thought of me because I was one of...
Scarlet Ink
Fake It Till You Make It — To Become a Leader, Act Like One I found, rather than waiting for my promotions at Amazon, I was more fulfilled and grew myself as a...
4 months ago
24
4 months ago
I found, rather than waiting for my promotions at Amazon, I was more fulfilled and grew myself as a leader by pretending I had already been promoted.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Lost in Sawdust Most personal development takes the form of blade sharpening. You see an edge, take a class, and add...
over a year ago
12
over a year ago
Most personal development takes the form of blade sharpening. You see an edge, take a class, and add a bullet point to your resume. You polish that blade, perfect it, and imagine yourself as a Samurai. Then you step out into the woodworking shop where a sword is not just...
RhysTranter.com
“When you seek from almost nothing”: Arvo Pärt’s Musical Diaries In a 30-minute documentary produced in collaboration with the Arvo Pärt Centre, the composer...
over a year ago
36
over a year ago
In a 30-minute documentary produced in collaboration with the Arvo Pärt Centre, the composer discusses the significance of his personal diaries to the formation and development of his music.
Unfiltered by Tim...
Keanu Reeves Rarely Talks About Money — But When He Does, It’s Life-Changing Choosing one of these goals as your focus will produce more money than you could ever expect.
4 months ago
The Honest Broker
The Rise of the Anonymous Music Star Do streaming platforms view famous artists as a threat to their brands?
11 months ago
Mark Manson
Why I Quit Drinking Alcohol After more than two decades of drinking, last summer, I decided to stop drinking alcohol for good....
a year ago
89
a year ago
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...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Abandon Your New Year’s Resolutions and Perform 6 System Checks I had trouble making resolutions this year. Normally I love the process, I make my list, sketch out...
over a year ago
11
over a year ago
I had trouble making resolutions this year. Normally I love the process, I make my list, sketch out a plan, maybe even buy an online course or two. But this year I couldn’t do it. Why was my brain blocking the New Year’s resolution tradition?
The Prism
40 Useful Concepts (Summer 2023) Ideas to help you make sense of the world
a year ago
Both Are True
Like the mirror and the moon, let's reflect some thoughts on season one and some kind words from paid subscribers!
a year ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: tide turning, fog lifting In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
4 weeks ago
12
4 weeks ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2021.
Ryan Hoover's...
The community trap
7 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
living life like a solo rpg player One of my all-time favourite games is stardew valley. I don’t actually play a lot of games,...
5 months ago
60
5 months ago
One of my all-time favourite games is stardew valley. I don’t actually play a lot of games, partially because they trigger migraines and motion sickness for me, and partially because a combination...
Diaries of Note
The important thing is to keep going Born in London in 1909, Stephen Spender’s talent was recognised early on by T.S. Eliot, who...
a year ago
18
a year ago
Born in London in 1909, Stephen Spender’s talent was recognised early on by T.S. Eliot, who published Spender’s first book, Poems, at Faber & Faber in 1933. Spender wrote the following diary entry six years later, a few days after lunching with Eliot and with the world teetering...
Both Are True
how can I write when *gestures at…everything* between certainty and silence, a third path "forward"
2 weeks ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Phone Setup 2020 Throughout 2019 I was using Android, which was an interesting experiment. Using the minimalist...
over a year ago
8
over a year ago
Throughout 2019 I was using Android, which was an interesting experiment. Using the minimalist launcher by Blloc, it really made me aware of my phone usage and encouraged me to reduce not just my screen time, but also the number of apps I installed in the first place. This year...
Laetitia@Work
What if generative AI was actually underwhelming? Laetitia@Work #69
11 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
journal – Winnie Lim
100 days of post-covid infection: state of mind, health & writing It has been 100 days since I tested negative for covid. I know this because I count it incrementally...
a year ago
21
a year ago
It has been 100 days since I tested negative for covid. I know this because I count it incrementally in my morning pages. If I do develop long covid it would be...
The Ruffian
Five Myths About Trump Why We Keep Underestimating Him
a year ago
Castles in the Sky
Castles in the Sky 29 Hot Streaks and Cohort-Based Courses
a year ago
The Ruffian
How Silicon Valley Hacked the Science of Human Behaviour Revisiting My 2016 Piece on The Phones
11 months ago
Daniel Bourke
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...
a year ago
37
a year ago
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
journal – Winnie Lim
10 quick scenes from seoul I missed yesterday’s every-sunday-I-will-publish-a-post day because we’re now travelling in seoul. I...
a year ago
65
a year ago
I missed yesterday’s every-sunday-I-will-publish-a-post day because we’re now travelling in seoul. I used to write more stream of consciousness posts while I travelled, but somehow over the past few years my writing...
The Convivial...
On Two Ways of Relating to the World The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 18
over a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
How I Finally Found the Magic of Meditation You're Approaching it Backwards
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
my experience on starting exercise from zero I don’t know if people know this, but I used to be extremely sedentary and I hated any form of...
9 months ago
89
9 months ago
I don’t know if people know this, but I used to be extremely sedentary and I hated any form of physical activity. Only upon hindsight I realised it was probably related to...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
3D Printing and Rethinking How You Buy I previously wrote about the beauty of 3D printing and how in recent years, we have seen incredible...
over a year ago
9
over a year ago
I previously wrote about the beauty of 3D printing and how in recent years, we have seen incredible advancements and accessibility to technologies that have impacted the health sector and everyday consumers. 3D printing is still a very new concept to most of us. At least in terms...
Atoms vs Bits
Interlinking Makes Communities You're only as strong as (some complicated function of) your weakest links
a month ago
Diaries of Note
The most sensual thing I’ve ever seen When Pamela Des Barres graduated from high school in 1966, she headed straight for the Sunset Strip...
a year ago
35
a year ago
When Pamela Des Barres graduated from high school in 1966, she headed straight for the Sunset Strip where the rock stars she had idolised from afar roamed—a path that led her to become one of the most celebrated groupies of the rock and roll era. She kept a diary throughout and...
The Ruffian
The Historian and the Culture Warrior Plus: Thoughts on Responses To the Kaba Verdict
5 months ago
RhysTranter.com
These are some of the things that we see on our walks.
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
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...
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
My Cousin Went To Greece Once How relevant does your anecdote have to be before you'll mention it in a conversation?
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
chiang mai’s scenes of creativity Chiang Mai is a city that is buzzing with creative energy, though I am not sure why. Is it the long...
3 months ago
46
3 months ago
Chiang Mai is a city that is buzzing with creative energy, though I am not sure why. Is it the long history of their hill tribes and their crafts? I thought I’ll...
Paul Cudenec
Modernisation means pillage and profit As I have pointed out before, a big disruptive event like a war serves multiple purposes for the...
a month ago
18
a month ago
As I have pointed out before, a big disruptive event like a war serves multiple purposes for the criminocrats.
Stoic Simple
Stoicism’s Relationship with Learning and the Pursuit of Knowledge Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for centuries, and it has evolved throughout history...
a year ago
36
a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for centuries, and it has evolved throughout history to become the mature and insightful philosophy that it is today. Stoicism is a school of philosophy that originated in Athens in the third century BCE and was founded by Zeno of...
The Ruffian
No, Joe Biden Is Not a Hero There's Only One Politician Who Comes Out Of This Well
8 months ago
Diaries of Note
Two less among many, many hundreds of thousands Born in Norway in 1901, Odd Nansen was an architect and humanitarian whose life took a drastic turn...
a year ago
37
a year ago
Born in Norway in 1901, Odd Nansen was an architect and humanitarian whose life took a drastic turn in 1942 when he was arrested by the Nazis for his courageous work with the resistance. For three and a half years he was imprisoned at concentration camps in both Norway and...
Castles in the Sky
Open Thread: Castles in the Sky in Your Life Castles in the Sky #37
a year ago
Mind Mine
gossip steals your sovereignty talk is easy, action is hard
5 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
precarious health, and bringing the whole self to every encounter I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my...
a year ago
14
a year ago
I had another health episode this past week after our penang trip. I have a habit of measuring my heart rate and heart rate variability every morning when I wake up to...
Laetitia@Work
Xi Jinping, Emmanuel Macron & demographic “warfare” Laetitia@Work #65
a year ago