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Daniel Bourke
31 Simple Pleasures Simple doesn’t mean small.
a month ago
Atoms vs Bits
Magic Cutoffs There's nothing magic about six berries, specifically
a year 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,...
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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...
The Ruffian
Why Are We So Bad at Grasping Difficult Things? The British State's Dependency On Louise Casey
a week ago
Atoms vs Bits
Jethro Tull: A Beginner's Guide To Turnips for Science
6 months ago
Scarlet Ink
Stories of Good and Bad Feedback Dave Received From His Managers A few anecdotal stories of times I received feedback from the senior leaders in my life
8 months ago
The Convivial...
The Enclosure of the Human Psyche The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 13
7 months ago
Diaries of Note
A disgusting day! In April of 1891, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky made the long journey to New York where...
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over a year ago
In April of 1891, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky made the long journey to New York where he was to play a pivotal role in the inauguration of the city’s new music hall, later known as Carnegie Hall—a momentous occasion and the first time he had set foot in the United...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Caring for Aging & Elderly Parents: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
a year ago
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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...
The Ruffian
The Orangutan Theory of Intelligence Why Thinking In Pairs Is Powerful and What It Tells Us About AI
8 months ago
The Honest Broker
An Ugly New Marketing Strategy Is Driving Me Nuts (and You Too) That's its purpose
3 weeks ago
The Honest Broker
The Ugly Truth About Spotify is Finally Revealed A year-long investigation by an independent journalist is very alarming
6 months ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
Six Things I Had to Give Up to Make 6-Figures Online #3: Dumb systems build 6-figure online empires
2 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
ATVBT Approves of Approval Voting you get approval, and you get approval
a week ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Hida Folk Village… eventually! I start this post about our second day in Takayama with a confession. If you’re a weeb and/or otaku,...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I start this post about our second day in Takayama with a confession. If you’re a weeb and/or otaku, you’re likely familiar with convenience store bundle offers. In exchange for buying from a list of items in store, you can redeem a piece of anime merchandise. I’ve long thought...
Jason Fried
Separation In my experience, a key skill to develop is the ability to separate one thing from another. To...
a year ago
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a year ago
In my experience, a key skill to develop is the ability to separate one thing from another. To prevent the small from becoming the all. Take a policy, for example. Could be a government, or a school, or a home owner’s association, or something at work. Whatever it is, you don’t...
Passing Time
UPPERCASE lowercase Andinbetvveen On stylized titling: the expanding canvas of musical expression
over a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
A Book on Minimalism and Simple Living Over the past three months or so I have been working on creating an ebook (and perhaps a printed...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Over the past three months or so I have been working on creating an ebook (and perhaps a printed edition to boot) for Minimalism Life—a side project I cofounded back in 2016. Well, it has now been completed and published, and is available for download. Inside Minimalism Vol.1 is...
Passing Time
High-Density Days Friendship is a function of time.
a year ago
The Ruffian
Delusional self-belief is a superpower until it's a disaster What's the optimal amount of self-deception for a politician?
a year ago
Diaries of Note
One feels as if one is dissolved into Nature Albert Einstein’s trip to the California Institute of Technology in December 1931, for the first of...
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a year ago
Albert Einstein’s trip to the California Institute of Technology in December 1931, for the first of three annual visiting professorships, marked a crucial juncture in his life. The rise of the Nazi party in Germany, with its vehement anti-Semitism, was forcing the physicist to...
Both Are True
was she born with it or was it god damn Maybelline? nature v makeup
5 months ago
Both Are True
hello from the other side a record of my first two days away from the internet and social media and wow
a year ago
Mind Mine
how good will you let it get? loosen your grip to let abundance flow in
3 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The UI/UX of Motorcycle Maintenance The motorcycle of tomorrow will be so simple to operate that you no longer need a driver’s license....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The motorcycle of tomorrow will be so simple to operate that you no longer need a driver’s license. Safety advances make it nearly impossible to kill yourself on the formerly dangerous vehicles.
The Convivial...
Secularization Comes for the Religion of Technology: Or, how to make sense of techno-optimist... The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
a year ago
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
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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...
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 29 Hot Streaks and Cohort-Based Courses
over 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...
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over 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...
Thu Le
Between worlds From moving between worlds to feeling at home wherever I am.
a month ago
Passing Time
Losing My Edge But I was there!
3 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
my multi-decade journey with migraines Writing some of my recent posts made me reflect on how far I’ve come with regards to my chronic...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Writing some of my recent posts made me reflect on how far I’ve come with regards to my chronic migraines so far, so I thought it’ll be fun (to nobody except myself)...
Ryan Hoover's...
Product Hunt + AngelList✌️😸
over a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
Thoughts on seed oil A friend has spent the last three years hounding me about seed oils. Every time I thought I was...
a year ago
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a year ago
A friend has spent the last three years hounding me about seed oils. Every time I thought I was safe, he’d wait a couple months and renew his attack: “When are you going to write about seed oils?” “Did you know that seed oils are why there’s so much {obesity, heart disease,...
Diaries of Note
I thought I should have vomited For three unhappy years, starting in August of 1835 when she was just nineteen, Charlotte Brontë...
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a year ago
For three unhappy years, starting in August of 1835 when she was just nineteen, Charlotte Brontë served as a teacher in the Yorkshire town of Mirfield at Roe Head—the same school where she had been a pupil just a few years earlier. With Jane Eyre a decade away, Brontë’s only...
Raptitude.com
How to Avoid Getting Lost in Thought Say you’re walking through Death Valley, trying to find your way back to the highway. Luckily you’ve...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Say you’re walking through Death Valley, trying to find your way back to the highway. Luckily you’ve got a good paper map. As you walk, you scan the territory around you for landmarks. You see some large-scale details: hills, rock formations, and gullies. Also some minute ones:...
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Ikebukuro and home This post has been back-dated a day to fit in the timeline properly. Last post also incoming this...
a month ago
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a month ago
This post has been back-dated a day to fit in the timeline properly. Last post also incoming this weekend. I’m sitting now in our Sydney apartment after half an hour on the train and airport monorail in Tōkyō, a ten hour flight due south, navigating Australia’s immigration and...
Ryan Hoover's...
Beware of labels
11 months ago
Left To Write
Playing Russian Roulette How understanding this morbid game can improve your decision making in life, health and business.
over a year ago
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over a year ago
How understanding this morbid game can improve your decision making in life, health and business.
DYNOMIGHT
OK, I can partly explain the LLM chess weirdness now We recently talked about a mystery: All large language models (LLMs) are terrible at chess. All,...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
We recently talked about a mystery: All large language models (LLMs) are terrible at chess. All, that is, except for gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, which for some reason can play at an advanced amateur level. This is despite the fact that this model is more than a year old and much...
Diaries of Note
The hate stare was everywhere practiced In November 1959, at a time of profound racial tension and segregation in the American South,...
a year ago
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a year ago
In November 1959, at a time of profound racial tension and segregation in the American South, journalist John Howard Griffin embarked on a remarkable and controversial journey. In an attempt to better understand the Black American experience, Griffin underwent a medical treatment...
The Ruffian
Unveiling 'John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs' Yes It's an Actual Book With a Cover and Everything
8 months ago
Diaries of Note
I’ve given my pee to science On 23rd November 2014, former Italian Air Force pilot Samantha Cristoforetti embarked on a...
a year ago
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a year ago
On 23rd November 2014, former Italian Air Force pilot Samantha Cristoforetti embarked on a monumental journey. Strapped into the confines of a Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan, she was launched towards the International Space Station where she was to live for 199 days—the longest...
Diaries of Note
Spring will come Elsa Binder was twenty when, in October of 1941, German forces carried out a brutal massacre of...
a year ago
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a year ago
Elsa Binder was twenty when, in October of 1941, German forces carried out a brutal massacre of thousands of Jews in her hometown of Stanislawów, Poland. Two months later, she and her family were compelled to enter the Stanisławów Ghetto, joining 20,000 others in a harrowing...
Atoms vs Bits
Sleep Setup in case you were wondering
7 months ago
Isabel Unraveled
in defence of pleasure yin, yang
7 months 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...
a year ago
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a year 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...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Trusting Your Intuition In the world of digital product design, trusting your gut might not be considered the most...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In the world of digital product design, trusting your gut might not be considered the most responsible thing to do, particularly given that we have access to a ridiculous amount of analytical data to support 99% of the decisions we make. Now, I’m not against data-driven...
The Prism
A Conversation with Chris Williamson A recent podcast appearance
over a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
the wonder of miyajima A kind stranger dmed to tell me that my rss feed was broken – turns out the code for displaying...
a year ago
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a year ago
A kind stranger dmed to tell me that my rss feed was broken – turns out the code for displaying custom fields on rss was throwing a php fatal error (Uncaught TypeError:...
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: the violence of the system In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2019.
Stoic Simple
Did Stoicism Have Any Influence on Ancient Rome? Stoicism is a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece in the 3rd century BC. It was founded by...
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over a year ago
Stoicism is a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece in the 3rd century BC. It was founded by philosopher Zeno of Citium and was quickly adopted and expanded upon by his successors, including the influential Roman philosopher, Seneca. Stoicism's focus on self-discipline,...
journal – Winnie Lim
testing positive Today is the 9th day of my covid infection. I wanted to write something much earlier, but couldn’t...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Today is the 9th day of my covid infection. I wanted to write something much earlier, but couldn’t find it in me to do so. I guess after writing several times here...
journal – Winnie Lim
2024: one pull up One of my biggest goals last year was to run 10km – for me it is not just a distance goal for the...
a year ago
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a year ago
One of my biggest goals last year was to run 10km – for me it is not just a distance goal for the sake of having a distance goal, but rather cultivating...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Designer’s Invisible Skill Set How some designers become magicians while others remain stylists
over a year ago
The Ruffian
Five Bad Motivations With Good Outcomes Plus a Rattle Bag of Juicy Links
11 months ago
Both Are True
This isn't what I wanted to write even this subtitle is completely wrong
5 months ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Time Management Problems: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
Ryan Hoover's...
Decentralized Startups
over a year ago
Thu Le
On selling Some thoughts on selling, URL and IRL.
7 months ago
The Honest Broker
Why Love Songs Are Badass And how to read Sappho
11 months ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
Break Society's Money Rules If You Want to Be a Quiet Millionaire And never worry about money again
7 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
Thoughts while watching myself be automated An old friend visited me a few weeks ago. And we soon got to chatting about—what else—how long will...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
An old friend visited me a few weeks ago. And we soon got to chatting about—what else—how long will it be before all human intellectual work is automated. My position was: I dunno, because things are moving fast right now but what if we run out of data or scaling laws break and...
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...
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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...
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
Both Are True
i used to play poker, now i play social media "Raise," I say, splashing the pot with six $0.50 green chips like I’m Matt fuckin Damon in the...
a year ago
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a year ago
"Raise," I say, splashing the pot with six $0.50 green chips like I’m Matt fuckin Damon in the classic film Rounders, “three bucks.” // S1E9
Nat Eliason's...
7 Things I Learned Drafting a Novel in 26 Days 85,000 words and many caffeinated drinks later
9 months ago
Both Are True
How to quit social media without quitting the internet Leaving the doomscroll behind, finding real community, and demanding answers about a neighbor’s...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Leaving the doomscroll behind, finding real community, and demanding answers about a neighbor’s giant pig w/ Seth Werkheiser (Social Media Escape Club)
The Honest Broker
My Lost Gumby Essay Or how I overcame ontological horror with the help of a rubbery toy
a year ago
The Ruffian
Who Has The Better Final Pitch? It's Closing Time In America
7 months ago
The Convivial...
Learning to Receive the Day Listen now | The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 1 (supplement)
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
You're Not Struggling Alone If you're worried you don't have to worry
over a year ago
Scarlet Ink
How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and...
a month ago
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a month ago
Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and improve along the way.
The Honest Broker
How We Lost the Ability to Listen In this extract from my book 'Music to Raise the Dead' I look at how texts replaced songs as sources...
a year ago
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a year ago
In this extract from my book 'Music to Raise the Dead' I look at how texts replaced songs as sources of wisdom and guidance
Letters of Note
I’ve got a hunch In July of 1938, American novelist Thomas Wolfe was struck down with pneumonia and taken to...
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over a year ago
In July of 1938, American novelist Thomas Wolfe was struck down with pneumonia and taken to hospital. He was soon diagnosed as having tuberculosis of the brain, from which he would never recover. Wolfe died on 15th September, aged just 37. A month before his death, as he lay in...
The Honest Broker
I'm Confessing that I Love Doris Day As a jazz singer—but I don't know if that makes it better or worse
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
A wet day and all its luxuries Caroline Fox was an English diarist born in 1819 in Cornwall, England, into a prominent Quaker...
a year ago
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a year ago
Caroline Fox was an English diarist born in 1819 in Cornwall, England, into a prominent Quaker family—her father, Robert Were Fox, was a scientist and respected member of the community. Fox was sixteen when she began keeping the diary for which she is now known, posthumously...
Nat Eliason's...
Fast Cash vs. Slow Equity Knowing what you're building
4 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
You have one unread message 👀
over a year ago
Left To Write
№ 70: The Disappearance of The Great Good Place Finding Community - Ray Oldenburg's Third Place - Revolutions
a year ago
Passing Time
Manufactured Data Scarcity All your information is under the hood even if you’re be interested in seeing what is driving the...
over a year ago
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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.
Tech and Tea
Do you keep your wishes secret? Have you ever hoped that someone would notice your good work and give you more opportunities? Would...
a year ago
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a year ago
Have you ever hoped that someone would notice your good work and give you more opportunities? Would that have been even more meaningful than if you asked for what you wanted, and got it?
Both Are True
"she looks exactly like you" she's my daughter, she's my twin
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
Both Are True
i think my son hates me PLUS: i am not handling it well AND ALSO: a baby update
a year ago
Charlie Becker
The Bookseller's Register #3 Two Customer Encounters
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Gravity Prayers A cube of ice trembled in the hand of a stupid boy. Like a loaded dice, its melting walls possessed...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A cube of ice trembled in the hand of a stupid boy. Like a loaded dice, its melting walls possessed the power to steer the fate of the foolish teenager. From the top of the bleachers the boy considers a dare as a high school marching band blares behind him. Two hundred feet below...
The Convivial...
The Waters of Lethe Flow From Our Digital Streams The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
3 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
I'm Writing a Book! Book Update 1
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
Where in the World Is the World's Fair? It's happening right now—but can you tell me where?
4 weeks ago
Both Are True
testing testing is this thing on hopefully not
9 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
TODAY'S THE DAY! This book is not what you think
11 months ago
Tech and Tea
On gentle personal growth in 2024 Reflections on things I’m learning and continue to learn this year.
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
The Strangest Hit Songwriter in History He wrote one of my favorite songs, but was so much more than a composer
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Special Hell 6, Dymaxion Man Meet Buckminster Fuller, the visionary crackpot who held Earth’s rudder.
over a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Everyday It's 1984 Nostalgia is commonly used pejoratively. As if the very idea of looking backward in time and saying,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Nostalgia is commonly used pejoratively. As if the very idea of looking backward in time and saying, hmm, maybe we lost something between then and now were... bad? The American Psychological Association considers nostalgia a subset of depression, which is, ahem, depressing. But...
Mind Mine
on trading potential for something actual just make a choice
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
How an Angry Woman in Baltimore Almost Killed the Jazz Age When Mrs. Martha Lee went to war against jazz (1922)
a year ago
Laetitia@Work
Single Mum By Default Laetitia@Work #45
over a year ago
Farza's Newsletter
woke up and found a beanie in my freezer fml now my head is cold pasta and sauce
a month ago
Farza's Newsletter
just used my car keys to lock my macbook wow 2021 is legit Was a busy week at ZipSchool! It’s interesting, we’re quickly moving more toward an experience that...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Was a busy week at ZipSchool! It’s interesting, we’re quickly moving more toward an experience that the student themselves can control. This sounds kinda obvious in retrospect (as most things do). For basically the last 6 months the experience we’ve been building has been pretty...
journal – Winnie Lim
more of the same Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and even, my legs were going at a consistent rhythm, and I found myself thinking:...
Isabel Unraveled
the mind is a trap be careful what you convince yourself of
4 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
Attitudes one can take towards people who have behaved badly Have you ever noticed that reality has some properties that are quite annoying? For example, have...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Have you ever noticed that reality has some properties that are quite annoying? For example, have you noticed that some people do bad things? And yet those same people sometimes have interesting ideas? Occasionally, I’ll bring up an idea in conversation and someone will gently...
Ryan Hoover's...
A Frightening Future
over a year ago
Scarlet Ink
3 Good Things and 3 Bad Things About Working at Amazon: From 12+ Years in Management Line manager to Senior Manager to Director. It was a great place to work, but I have a pretty...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Line manager to Senior Manager to Director. It was a great place to work, but I have a pretty balanced view of what Amazon does well, and what it doesn't.
Both Are True
24 super genuine resolutions for 2024 + one important thing at the end sort of
a year ago
Charlie Becker
Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of the things life and the world had to offer. It’s difficult to overstate the influence Anthony Bourdain has had on my worldview. For over a decade, whenever someone asked, “what do...
The Honest Broker
The New Romanticism Just Found an Unexpected Spokesperson Sometimes heroes really do wear white hats
a month ago
journal – Winnie Lim
osaka, and thoughts on travel blogging We were surprised to discover that Osaka has quite a number of outdoor dining options. Our first...
a year ago
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a year ago
We were surprised to discover that Osaka has quite a number of outdoor dining options. Our first meal was okonomiyaki of course, and my partner found a okonomiyaki restaurant with outdoor seating:...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
What Will Happen When Your Analytics Become Illegal? When your users become aware of the data you are collecting will they be angry? Will you lose their...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When your users become aware of the data you are collecting will they be angry? Will you lose their trust? How long do you think you will be able to keep this secret?
Paul Cudenec
An African henchman of the global mafia The importance of Rwanda to the imperialist agenda is confirmed by the fact that alongside Agnes...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
The importance of Rwanda to the imperialist agenda is confirmed by the fact that alongside Agnes Binagwaho on the Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees we find fellow Rwandan Donald Kaberuka. [156]
Luxagraf:...
California We didn't have long to settle into the cabin. A week later the kids and I flew out to California to...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
We didn't have long to settle into the cabin. A week later the kids and I flew out to California to visit my parents, trading the last of fall for some warmth and extra sunshine at the beach. I am a stranger in my hometown. The California of my youth is gone. Everything paved...
The Honest Broker
Investment Funds Are Now Selling the Rock Songs They Bought They will even take less than "fair market value"
a year ago
Both Are True
I felt more human after this conversation Isabel Cowles Murphy and I talk parenting and writing and and the “hideous and holy” aka babies with
2 months ago
Isabel Unraveled
it’s okay to want a beautiful life let yourself lust
3 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
It's Still a Long Game Don't get fooled by the lucky few
a year ago
Diaries of Note
In the world, yet not in it Born in Geneva in 1821, Henri-Frédéric Amiel was a poet and philosopher who found little in the way...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Born in Geneva in 1821, Henri-Frédéric Amiel was a poet and philosopher who found little in the way of recognition during his lifetime, perhaps due to the introspective nature that fuelled the journal for which he posthumously found fame. Always reaching for perfection and...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Rational, Not Reactive This week I was faced with an unusual situation. I was blocked on Twitter and Instagram by an...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This week I was faced with an unusual situation. I was blocked on Twitter and Instagram by an account I have followed for a long time. An account and company I have supported in various formats, and one that I have actually invested in. Sounds odd, right? Do I need to call them...
Naveen Arun's Blog
Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone A Graduate Student’s Attempt to Find Sunshine as the Cloud Reigns Summary: I tried doing my laundry...
a year ago
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a year ago
A Graduate Student’s Attempt to Find Sunshine as the Cloud Reigns Summary: I tried doing my laundry without a smartphone. This proved to be difficult, since our laundry machines can only be operated with a smartphone app. After lots of struggle, I finally managed to do it,...
Ryan Hoover's...
Why YourStack failed
a year ago
Passing Time
How Dangerous is Rock Climbing? There is an adage in climbing—there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There is an adage in climbing—there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no old bold climbers. I plan on getting pretty old.
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
journal – Winnie Lim
documenting my mom making kueh lapis I cannot remember how long has it been that my mother has been making kueh lapis for the lunar new...
a year ago
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a year ago
I cannot remember how long has it been that my mother has been making kueh lapis for the lunar new year every year. Kueh means cake, and lapis means layers, so kueh...
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Cooking In short: Salt, fat, acid, heat
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Reader Mailbag: Struggling to do it all A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and...
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A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and getting in touch with their identity outside of work.
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Make Big Money Mistakes Early It's just a cafe, how hard can it be?
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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...
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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.
Mark Manson
Why You Should Have Fewer Opinions https://youtu.be/qJ8aRl1UNgw I'm on an old man rant today. The world's a shitfest, and something...
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https://youtu.be/qJ8aRl1UNgw I'm on an old man rant today. The world's a shitfest, and something needs to be said: Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one, and most are full of shit. So, here's my argument: people need to have fewer fucking opinions. The problem is that...
Daniel Bourke
Superglue and milk We walked out of the movies and it was still daylight. I helped Dad get onto the escalators. He...
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We walked out of the movies and it was still daylight. I helped Dad get onto the escalators. He moves slower than most. It keeps me in check when I’m steaming along. Walking into the movies I looked at the time. We were late. Friday afternoon traffic. So
Atoms vs Bits
If Not Could Not Suppose you're hiring for a sales job. In the first interview, the candidate says: "I'm very good at...
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Suppose you're hiring for a sales job. In the first interview, the candidate says: "I'm very good at selling things." Well, that's nice: the job is all about selling things, so someone good at selling things would indeed be a good fit.
The Ruffian
James Marriott on Jordan Peterson The inaugural episode of The Ruffian's podcast
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Blogging is the New Resume
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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...
The Tao Of Wealth
The Thoughts You Want To Have By Your Side It is far more exciting to create a miracle than waiting for one to happen. It is only your life...
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It is far more exciting to create a miracle than waiting for one to happen. It is only your life that grows old, not you, nor your spirit. When you die, you won’t think of how much money you made, you will think of how much love you gave. The universe is ready when youContinue...
Atoms vs Bits
Alien Intelligence I regularly commune with an alien intelligence (my cat)
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Daily Stoic
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What Is Regret? “Two elements must therefore be rooted out once for all, – the fear of future suffering, and the recollection of past suffering; since the latter no longer concerns me, and the former concerns me not yet.” – Seneca, from Letters from a Stoic After a long day at...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Taking Risks: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/86mSy3jnSr0 For Stoics, taking risks is something that they feel we...
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Previous Next https://youtu.be/86mSy3jnSr0 For Stoics, taking risks is something that they feel we should never fear to do . . . if, that is, the risk is actually something that will help us live a more virtuous life, fulfill our potentials, or help other people. However (and...
Jason Fried
Avoiding pile-ups One of the reasons we work in six week cycles, is that it gives us a different definition of...
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One of the reasons we work in six week cycles, is that it gives us a different definition of later. When you work on really long projects — say 3, 6, 9 month projects — or projects that don’t have any end in sight, “we can do that later” typically means you’ll get to it...
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DYNOMIGHT
Fancy math doesn’t make simple math stop being true What are you supposed to do when someone disagrees with you using a bunch of math you can’t...
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What are you supposed to do when someone disagrees with you using a bunch of math you can’t understand? I’ve been thinking about that recently because of the NordICC colonoscopy trial. It took 85k Europeans aged 55-64, invited a third of them for a free one-time screening...
Diaries of Note
I am dead and, exactly as I foresaw, I still exist Born to American parents in Paris in 1900, Julian Green spent much of his life in France, and...
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Born to American parents in Paris in 1900, Julian Green spent much of his life in France, and despite his American heritage he wrote exclusively in French, becoming the first non-French national to be inducted into the esteemed Académie Française. His prolific career spanned...
Farza's Newsletter
just popped a white claw w/ kevin from the office Zip Good week. Went through a product pivot this week. We shut down our small class program, where...
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over a year ago
Zip Good week. Went through a product pivot this week. We shut down our small class program, where students would have a class with a ratio of 1 teacher-to-5 students. Why did we pivot? Growth wasn’t going anywhere w/ the small class program. Our growth curve for the last 4...
Paul Cudenec
The global mafia and its designs on Africa Rwanda has in recent years become an important nerve-centre for the global criminocracy’s...
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6 months ago
Rwanda has in recent years become an important nerve-centre for the global criminocracy’s financial-imperialist designs on Africa, as I set out in an August 2023 article entitled ‘Cogs of corruption and control’.
Both Are True
All the prompts & ideas for members of the 🦇 BATCAVE 🦇 - join now and get em all you silly goosebat
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Both Are True
Cops with Subs - a buddy comedy starring Mike Sowden and Alex Dobrenko we also talk knock knock jokes, asking for money, and dive deep into a past creative project of mine...
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we also talk knock knock jokes, asking for money, and dive deep into a past creative project of mine that I have NOT fully processed!!!
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Special Hell 7, Stasis Crackers On the hard days I get close to walking away from everything. Goodbye world. So far I have never...
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On the hard days I get close to walking away from everything. Goodbye world. So far I have never given in. Except for that very first time.
Luxagraf:...
Fort Klock We left the shores of Lake Ontario on a blustery, cold day. Fortunately the wind was with us. The...
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We left the shores of Lake Ontario on a blustery, cold day. Fortunately the wind was with us. The bus blew down the road into the Mohawk Valley, to a small town on the shores of the Erie Canal where there was a marina that also had a few campsites. The campground was wedged...
Daily Stoic
How To Find And Keep Joy Today it’s all about passion. Find your passion. Live passionately. Inspire the world with your...
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Today it’s all about passion. Find your passion. Live passionately. Inspire the world with your passion. Passion, we tell ourselves, is the source of joy. The Stoics disagreed. In fact, they believed that passion(s) were what contributed to our misery. To the experts and gurus...
Charlie Becker
Once the Cosmos Become Commonplace Castles in the Sky #59
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bookbear express
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The Honest Broker
Audiences Prove that the Experts Are Dead Wrong Or why 'Abundance' is more than just a political agenda
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Liszt was a bad composer On 31st July 1886, the world lost the extraordinary talent of Franz Liszt, the pioneering Hungarian...
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On 31st July 1886, the world lost the extraordinary talent of Franz Liszt, the pioneering Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist. Liszt redefined music with his innovative symphonic poems and transformative piano compositions, pushing the boundaries of technique and reshaping...
Diaries of Note
Now all is gone For a period of four years, beginning in 1860, William Henry Brewer travelled the length and breadth...
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For a period of four years, beginning in 1860, William Henry Brewer travelled the length and breadth of California as part of the state’s first official geological survey, his role as the survey’s principal assistant providing him with a unique vantage point from which to...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Got a brand problem? Put a bird on it. The story behind why there weren’t any logos on the thousands of RVs that were sent to the victims...
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The story behind why there weren’t any logos on the thousands of RVs that were sent to the victims of hurricane Katrina?
Diaries of Note
I am absolutely convinced that George is going to lose When she wrote the following diary entry in October of 1992, First Lady Barbara Bush had been living...
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When she wrote the following diary entry in October of 1992, First Lady Barbara Bush had been living at the White House for more than three years and was accustomed to the constant scrutiny and pace of political life. Exactly a month later, as she predicted, Bill Clinton won the...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Screw Management, Point Yourself at Piles of Rubble I knew a guy who cashed in by matching odd jobs with cheap workers. There is good money to be made...
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I knew a guy who cashed in by matching odd jobs with cheap workers. There is good money to be made in convincing people to do subhuman work. I was an easy mark.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Focus Is About Saying No Focusing our minds is essential to productivity, high performance, and awareness, but our focus is...
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Focusing our minds is essential to productivity, high performance, and awareness, but our focus is constantly under siege by things grasping for our attention. Some of us may excel in multitasking, but you will undoubtedly perform better with full, selective attention. It’s not...
The Ruffian
Why It's Good To Be Biased When everyone is rational, reasonable and nice, we all get a little dimmer
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Mind Mine
write like you are mortal because you are
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Diaries of Note
Adolf Hitler is said to be dead On 1st September 1939, Friedrich Kellner, a German justice inspector and committed Social Democrat,...
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On 1st September 1939, Friedrich Kellner, a German justice inspector and committed Social Democrat, embarked upon a courageous mission that would continue until 1945. In defiance of the Nazi regime, he secretly documented the brutal realities of life under Hitler’s rule,...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Mouth Lookers and the Connection Illusion My girlfriend told me I was do it wrong. How was I supposed to know? They don’t teach this stuff in...
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Diaries of Note
The film had killed me On the morning of 27th August 1945, shooting commenced on La Belle et la Bête, a French-language...
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On the morning of 27th August 1945, shooting commenced on La Belle et la Bête, a French-language adaptation of the 1757 fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Directing this grand endeavour in his 57th year was poet and artist Jean Cocteau, a multi-talented creative force known for his...
Both Are True
How close we got to having an 8th day of the week (and other new truths learned during E1 and E2 of... Season One, Week One: A Recap
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The Prism
25 Useful Ideas for 2025 Mental models to kickstart the new year
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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...
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Anxiety can be a debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide. While there are countless treatments available, many individuals find relief in ancient philosophies like Stoicism. In this article, we explore Stoicism's teachings and practical techniques for...
The Map is Mostly...
Let the world dawn on you (influences pt. 2) I know the houses too. As I walk along they seem to run forward in the streets to look out at me...
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I know the houses too. As I walk along they seem to run forward in the streets to look out at me from every window, and almost to say: "Good-morning! How do you do? I am quite well, thank God, and I am to have a new storey in May," or, "How are you? I am being redecorated...
Tech and Tea
Owning your unique experience moving away from a deficiency mindset
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Why Do the Homeless Hate Whoppers? A story about the stories we tell ourselves.
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Passing Time
Book Review: Primates of Park Avenue Despite my quips, far from a hate read
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Diaries of Note
A duty, not a pleasure John Fowles was twenty-three when he wrote this journal entry in 1949. Just a few years after...
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John Fowles was twenty-three when he wrote this journal entry in 1949. Just a few years after spending two years in the military, he was now navigating his final year at Oxford, and as the festive season descended he found himself back at home, enveloped in the annual Christmas...
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...
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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...
Passing Time
Mourning a Dam to Love a River Hurricane Michael's Destruction of Kapps Mill Dam
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Mark Manson
The Power (and Limitations) of Self-Belief In 1959, a surgeon named Leonard Cobb called bullshit. At the time, the most common procedure to...
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In 1959, a surgeon named Leonard Cobb called bullshit. At the time, the most common procedure to help people with chest pain caused by heart disease was something called “internal mammary artery ligation,” where basically, they would intentionally close one of the main arteries...
Paul Cudenec
Impact imperialists eye big 'opportunities' in India Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees member Ravi Venkatesan was formerly chairman of Microsoft...
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Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees member Ravi Venkatesan was formerly chairman of Microsoft India, where he “helped build India into Microsoft’s second-largest presence in the world”.
Both Are True
this is some real game of thrones shit this season of USA is insane
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Left To Write
What A Bottle of Coke In A Luxury Five Star Resort Taught Me About Selling Where Is Just As Important As What
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The Honest Broker
When Louis Armstrong Conquered Chicago Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract...
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Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract from his new book
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 35 Thirteen Perspective Changing Experiences from July 2023
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Left To Write
Sinking To Survive I always feel like I’m drowning. At this point I’m used to it. But I do question how much of this is...
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I always feel like I’m drowning. At this point I’m used to it. But I do question how much of this is inherited and how much of this is self-inflicted. Last year, I read an article on Epigenetics. The gist of it is that we’re shaped by the genes of our parents and grandparents,...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Frank Lloyd Wright and Kitchen Toilet Camo Don't let anyone say you can't have a toilet in your kitchen. You can. It isn't about aesthetics, a...
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Don't let anyone say you can't have a toilet in your kitchen. You can. It isn't about aesthetics, a kitchen toilet is all about utility. It is about convenience. It is about value add. Efficiency. Optimization. ROI. If your architect tries to talk you out of that request that's...
Tech and Tea
Life is not a race Wisdom from a 6 year-old, and top regrets of the dying
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Carl Barenbrug RSS...
I Have a Design Portfolio For the longest time, I’ve shared my work through blog posts or social media, rather than having a...
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For the longest time, I’ve shared my work through blog posts or social media, rather than having a typical portfolio. But I’ve decided it’s time to pull together a more cohesive collection of my work, focusing on product design and creative direction. My projects are usually...
Diaries of Note
My love of solitude is growing with my growth Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an eminent 19th-century British poet most famous for her two-volume...
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an eminent 19th-century British poet most famous for her two-volume collection, Poems, published in 1844, and the verse novel Aurora Leigh, which came out in 1856. It was in 1831, three years after the death of her mother, that Barrett Browning kept...
Tech and Tea
Fall Delights A few things that have brought me joy lately during this time of transition
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The Honest Broker
The World's Largest Search Doesn't Want You to Search Why is Google abandoning its core mission?
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Ryan Hoover's...
The accountability experiment
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Luxagraf:...
In The Dunes Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried.—Henry David Thoreau,...
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Nothing can be more useful to a man than a determination not to be hurried.—Henry David Thoreau, Journal, March 22, 1842 Mornings grow colder with every passing day. The sunrise edges a little further south every time I crest the dunes to watch. The wind howls most mornings, a...
The Honest Broker
12 Things I Learned from René Girard How a thinker who hated trends & fashions became trendy & fashionable
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
Building Your Personal Efficiency-O-Meter Inefficiency is the result of wasted energy. Understanding this you can start looking for ways to...
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Inefficiency is the result of wasted energy. Understanding this you can start looking for ways to plug the leaks and recapture the lost energy that is slowing you down.
Both Are True
i know i should fix my toe fungus, and yet the strange pleasures of refusing to change
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Both Are True
This week in BATCAVE! live AMA on Wednesday, live cowrite on Saturday
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Paul Cudenec
Who was behind the vaccine bonds? In the last of these 14 profiles from The Single Global Mafia, we turn to the president of The...
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In the last of these 14 profiles from The Single Global Mafia, we turn to the president of The Rockefeller Foundation itself, who acts as an ex-officio member of its board of trustees.
Jason Fried
Appetites instead of estimates The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong. Yes...
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The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong. Yes there's a 3 week version of something. And a 6 week version. And a 4 month version. And a 12 month version. That's correct. Yet, you'll almost always be wrong whichever you pick....
Scarlet Ink
Don't Let Others Run Your Life — Cut Your Schedule Like a Slasher Movie If you don't make hard choices to focus on your top priorities, then you're choosing to fail at your...
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Paul Cudenec
The stench of the system: conspiracy Something is smelling decidedly ‘off’ in today’s world, with nauseating levels of corruption, mass...
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Something is smelling decidedly ‘off’ in today’s world, with nauseating levels of corruption, mass murder, lies, hypocrisy and repression.
The Honest Broker
12 Outstanding New Albums by 12 Artists from 12 Countries These under-the-radar records absolutely deserve your attention
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The Prism
How to Find Good Information And some examples of "Good Information"
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Naveen Arun's Blog
“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese I asked ChatGPT to rewrite “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese. This is...
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I asked ChatGPT to rewrite “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese. This is what it gave me: “WHEREAS, this Agreement is made, entered into and fully understood on this day, by and between two primary entities, both of distinct characteristics and...
The Ruffian
Why You Should Ignore All the Polls They Aren't Telling Anything You Need To Know
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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...
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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...
Both Are True
date night in the time of parenting do you believe in love after kids?
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DYNOMIGHT
Is there a homeless crisis? A few years ago, I took a look at the data on homelessness in the United States. We now have new...
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A few years ago, I took a look at the data on homelessness in the United States. We now have new data (and a new reality) so let’s revisit things, this time in superior list format. 1. After holding steady for years, homelessness recently jumped up a bit. Here is the percentage...
journal – Winnie Lim
chronic unease Some people are good at denial, forgetting, and moving on. I am good at none of those. I accumulate...
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Some people are good at denial, forgetting, and moving on. I am good at none of those. I accumulate trauma, remember them deeply like they are etched into my bones helpless as...
Isabel Unraveled
the taste issue things i've loved this past year / things i'm excited about in 2025
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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?
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The New Aesthetics of Slop Or what happens when vulgar technocrats control the arts
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Frozen The last few years in this area have not been good to ice fishermen. At least that's what I hear....
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The last few years in this area have not been good to ice fishermen. At least that's what I hear. Last year the lake barely froze over. By March it had thawed. This year started more optimistically. Parts of the bay were already frozen by New Year's -- the shallower, calmer water...
Both Are True
how to write about the vulnerable stuff your family doesn't know about (and other fun easy topics... therapy for writers // batcave live #001 w special guest Isabel Cowles Murphy
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The Convivial...
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Diaries of Note
The Difficulty with Our Time Known to many as the “father of existentialism,” Søren Kierkegaard was a pivotal Danish philosopher,...
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Known to many as the “father of existentialism,” Søren Kierkegaard was a pivotal Danish philosopher, theologian, and cultural critic of the 19th century. His extensive published writings grappled with complex themes including ethics, religion, and the intricate facets of...
Ryan Hoover's...
Why you should build your product in public
over a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
I Used to Be Impressed by People Who Had a Lot of Money — But Now I’m Impressed by People Who Have... Being told what to do is the adult daycare 99% of people live in.
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The Map is Mostly...
Reading Well Reading is alluring. It has a nameless quality beyond satisfying desires for information and...
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Reading is alluring. It has a nameless quality beyond satisfying desires for information and pleasure. Despite more colorful and interactive media, reading text somehow remains more refined, more seductive. There is a visceral feeling to good reading. Partly this is because...
Diaries of Note
You drunken dog In 1773, Dr. Samuel Johnson, the eminent intellectual and moralist, and James Boswell, a young...
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In 1773, Dr. Samuel Johnson, the eminent intellectual and moralist, and James Boswell, a young Scottish lawyer captivated by Johnson’s brilliance, embarked on a journey through the Highlands of Scotland. Their relationship was one of mentorship and friendship, a dynamic that...
journal – Winnie Lim
42 Last year, I wrote I wanted to learn how to cope. I don’t think I have learnt to cope well yet, but...
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Last year, I wrote I wanted to learn how to cope. I don’t think I have learnt to cope well yet, but I do think I have made some progress compared to...
Diaries of Note
In the multitude I become bewildered When he wrote the following entry in his journal in October 1940, André Gide was living through a...
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When he wrote the following entry in his journal in October 1940, André Gide was living through a chaotic period in history. A French literary titan known for probing works like The Immoralist and The Counterfeiters, Gide now found himself grappling with the profound impact that...
Both Are True
am i old now? on committing to the bit and becoming a dad v2
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The Honest Broker
An Executive Briefing Paper on the Creative Economy Here's my latest culture and arts survey
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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
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Charlie Becker
Pure Research is a Bet on Progress Normally I spend part of my summer convincing a group of reluctant students that pure research is an...
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Normally I spend part of my summer convincing a group of reluctant students that pure research is an essential part of the progress and preservation of civilization. But for the first time in four years, my calendar was blank for the middle weeks of June. I would usually teach a...
Passing Time
Hemiphytophilia A journal entry about a house plant
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Both Are True
Being an idiot and writing your newsletter - an interview I did for Creator Spotlight + my brand deal with an indie shoe company called ADIDAS
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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...
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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...
Diaries of Note
ABBEY ROAD On the morning of 8th August 1969, as a policeman held back traffic, all four members of the Beatles...
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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,...
The Honest Broker
Is Silicon Valley Building Universe 25? How a creepy experiment from 1968 is eerily relevant today
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Both Are True
the detonator no, i will not 'grieve' my pre-parent self
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Diaries of Note
I did so want to be a great actress Rachel Roberts was a formidable Welsh actress whose performances on stage and screen garnered praise...
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Rachel Roberts was a formidable Welsh actress whose performances on stage and screen garnered praise and awards, her name often spoken with a mix of reverence and endearment within theatrical circles. Sadly, her personal life was at odds with her professional one, and in the last...
The Honest Broker
How Picasso Turned Me into a Strategy Consultant I share a shameful incident from my student days
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Passing Time
My Aspirational People List These are the people I would invest in
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Left To Write
Soul In The Game Going all in on life
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The same feeling Starting something new. A business, a relationship, an adventure, a creation. Hell, it doesn’t even...
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Starting something new. A business, a relationship, an adventure, a creation. Hell, it doesn’t even have to be new. Or even the start. Still, the feelings creep in. Am I going to make it? Does she like me? What does he think? Goodness what if I go broke?
Atoms vs Bits
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Can audio engineering ideas help us deal with life in the city?s
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The virus has displaced me British filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman paid £32,000 for Prospect Cottage, a humble fisherman’s...
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British filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman paid £32,000 for Prospect Cottage, a humble fisherman’s shack perched on the stark yet striking shingle beach of Dungeness, Kent. In 1986, following his diagnosis with HIV, Jarman found solace and creative refuge in this secluded spot—its...
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...
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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...
The Ruffian
A Brief History of Suburban Creativity The power of not being with the in-crowd
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The Honest Broker
The 6 New Rules of Communicating The era of teleprompters and talking points has come to an end
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Both Are True
the 'many escape rooms' theory of why our smartphones suck the big one a confession that things have also been v hard + a pretty elaborate escape room metaphor // S1E8
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Atoms vs Bits
Enfeebling Supports Well I'm strong enough to know / you gotta go
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Mark Manson
Why We Do Things We Hate Many of us harbor a deep-seated desire to adopt a particular identity, often picturing ourselves as...
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Many of us harbor a deep-seated desire to adopt a particular identity, often picturing ourselves as something that we are not. For example, I've longed to be a surfer for years. The idea fascinated me so much that I even booked several weeks of surf lessons in Costa Rica. Surfing...
DYNOMIGHT
Fahren-height The Internet is well into middle-age, and yet doesn’t seem to have answered humanity’s most pressing...
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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...
Jason Fried
We increased conversion ~30% and we don't know exactly how Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows. The aim was...
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Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows. The aim was to increase conversion from trial to paid by smoothing out the initial experience of getting going, doing a better job of quick-teaching the basics, and making a few things a...
Charlie Becker
The Moral Case for Small Business Starting, running, and supporting our way to a better world
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Diaries of Note
It seemed like a general conflagration In 1807, three years after shooting Alexander Hamilton dead in a duel, former Vice President of the...
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In 1807, three years after shooting Alexander Hamilton dead in a duel, former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr was indicted for a second time, for treason. Having once been at the pinnacle of American politics, he was now accused of plotting to carve out his own...
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...
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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...
Unfiltered by Tim...
A Tiny Goal That Will Change Your Life Is to Make $1 on the Internet You need a catalyst that fires off a series of unusual events
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
If a manifesto is published on Medium and no one recommends it, does it make a sound? Anybody can write a manifesto and there is nothing that says it has to inspire anybody. But if you...
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over a year ago
Anybody can write a manifesto and there is nothing that says it has to inspire anybody. But if you are going to fill space with corporate jargon, what are you hoping to accomplish? Why would you share it with the world if you have nothing new to contribute?
Both Are True
What does your stupid art even do for the world? asking for a friend asking for nick cave asking for my son asking for me
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Time Management Problems: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
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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...
Isabel Unraveled
Discussing King, Warrior, Magician, Lover with Co-Author Douglas Gillette masculine archetypes, understanding our shadow, and how we can raise the collective consciousness
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Jason Fried
Doing what you think, not what you thought Whenever I talk about working in real-time, making decisions as you go, figuring things out now...
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2 months ago
Whenever I talk about working in real-time, making decisions as you go, figuring things out now rather than before, I get a question like this... "If you don't have a backlog, or deep sets of prioritized, ranked items, how do you decide what to do next?" My answer:  The same...
Passing Time
Sweatshop Labor and the Exploitation Problem Labor faces a coordination problem: the actors involved can’t reach a better moral position via...
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Labor faces a coordination problem: the actors involved can’t reach a better moral position via unilateral action.
The Honest Broker
What Happened to the Celebrities? Something has changed in the culture
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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
Abhishek Chakraborty
Success Comes With a Price Tag Like everything, even success comes with a price tag. The key is figuring out what that price is and...
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over a year ago
Like everything, even success comes with a price tag. The key is figuring out what that price is and being willing to pay it. The problem however is that the price of a lot of things is not obvious (or remain hidden) till the very end.
The Honest Broker
Open Thread: What Is Your Spiciest Hot Take? Tell us your most controversial views on music, books, movies & other arts
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The Honest Broker
An Analysis of 47 Million Transactions Tells an Amazing Story about the Music Business Forget about streaming—physical merchandise is now the key to success
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Stoic Simple
The Most Powerful Lesson To Be Learned From Stoicism by Michael McGill There are a lot of powerful lessons to be learned from the ancient philosophy of...
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over a year ago
by Michael McGill There are a lot of powerful lessons to be learned from the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. Stoicism gives us ways of thinking to help us to be mentally stronger. It teaches us mental frameworks that allow us to live more tranquil lives. But there's one lesson...
Mark Manson
3 Hard Truths You Need to Hear Welcome to the realm of uncomfortable truths, where I, Mark Manson, will make you question...
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Welcome to the realm of uncomfortable truths, where I, Mark Manson, will make you question everything you've ever believed in. Buckle up, buttercup. Let's dive into the rabbit hole of reality. Remember the past you? The one with embarrassing beliefs and naïve ideas? Well, guess...
The Map is Mostly...
[subscribers only] Office Hours & Tidings The Map is Mostly Water Office Hours are open For about 2 days. What do you need feedback or advice...
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The Map is Mostly Water Office Hours are open For about 2 days. What do you need feedback or advice on, what questions do you have, what secret trouble stirs thy breast? Feel free to ask about house design, New Hampshire, philosophy, parenting, or anything else you want to...
The Works in...
Links in Progress: Snakebites, Pig Hearts, and More A round up of the most important things happening in biotechnology and medicine
4 months ago
The Honest Broker
I Had to Say Something at My Son's Wedding So I'm sharing it with you too
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Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalissimo Shop V2 The second project of the year has successfully shipped: Minimalissimo Shop Version 2. I don’t know...
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over a year ago
The second project of the year has successfully shipped: Minimalissimo Shop Version 2. I don’t know why I held WordPress in such high regard for so many years—it’s Starbucks of the CMS world. So migrating my sites over to Kirby is a great feeling. The latest of which was the...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Deadly UI A look at the design decisions that lead to the death of Anton Yelchin
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Unfiltered by Tim...
Study Human Psychology, Then Make Money Doing Whatever You Want The way to legitimately influence people without being manipulative
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Diaries of Note
Nothing can be less beautiful than the first sight of London Emily Shore was just nineteen when she died of tuberculosis—a short life, but one brimming with...
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over a year ago
Emily Shore was just nineteen when she died of tuberculosis—a short life, but one brimming with intellectual curiosity. Born in Suffolk, England in 1819, her now-celebrated journal contains not just her intricate observations of the natural world, but also thoughtful reflections...
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...
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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...
Passing Time
Sometimes It's About the Destination Trying & failing to seek extrinsic motivation
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The Ruffian
The Six Million Dollar Banana Why I Find Conceptual Artists Inspiring
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Diaries of Note
BlooOOP, blooOOP In 1949, as she searched for obscure books to feed her reading habit, American author Helene Hanff...
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a year ago
In 1949, as she searched for obscure books to feed her reading habit, American author Helene Hanff struck up a correspondence with Frank Doel, chief buyer for Marks & Co., an antiquarian bookshop nestled at 84, Charing Cross Road in London. These letters, filled with Hanff’s...
journal – Winnie Lim
Paik Jong Won …is a celebrity chef in South Korea. He also owns multiple restaurant franchises with thousands of...
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…is a celebrity chef in South Korea. He also owns multiple restaurant franchises with thousands of branches mainly in korea with some splattered all over the world. I first knew of him...
Both Are True
THE BATCAVE IS OPEN FOR BATNESS paying subscribers get monthly lives, cowrites, mini-workshops and more
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The Ruffian
Yog, Andy, and George Wham! and the Struggle For Fun
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Luxagraf:...
Microcosm We sprinted across Florida, from St. Augustine to the far end of the panhandle in two quick drives....
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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...
Paul Cudenec
Basketball, neo-imperialism and Zionism Sport today is just another sector of big business – just another way of making money.
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The Honest Broker
What's the Greatest Live Music Event You Ever Saw? Today is open mic day at The Honest Broker
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The Prism
The Rise of Neotoddlerism Why activists are behaving like infants
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
The 5 Whys of Running If you ask "Why?" five times you can discover the motivation behind anything. At least that is what...
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over a year ago
If you ask "Why?" five times you can discover the motivation behind anything. At least that is what this simple interrogation method is supposed to do. It's never worked for me.
Left To Write
#4 Writemas: When A Man Loves A Woman Dear Ladies, I wish you could see inside a man’s head when he falls in love with a woman. It’s so...
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Dear Ladies, I wish you could see inside a man’s head when he falls in love with a woman. It’s so surreal and stunning that you’ve got to experience it to believe it. First, it starts small. He begins to notice things about her appearance. Like the curve of her small nose, the...
Diaries of Note
Mr. Daniels took a picture just as it left the tracks At 10:35 a.m. on 17th December 1903, Orville Wright, alongside his brother Wilbur, embarked on a...
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At 10:35 a.m. on 17th December 1903, Orville Wright, alongside his brother Wilbur, embarked on a historic journey that would change the course of human history. They achieved the first powered, controlled flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina....
The Convivial...
Embrace Your Crookedness The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 13
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The Honest Broker
How to Write Dana Gioia shares the secrets of his craft in this deep 3-hour conversation with David Perrell
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Dana Gioia shares the secrets of his craft in this deep 3-hour conversation with David Perrell
Diaries of Note
His tiny tadpole body… When she wrote this diary entry in April of 1890, Beatrice Potter could not have imagined that a...
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over a year ago
When she wrote this diary entry in April of 1890, Beatrice Potter could not have imagined that a mere two years later, this man with the “tiny tadpole body,” Sidney Webb, would become her husband. Nor could she have foreseen the powerful intellectual partnership that would...
Charlie Becker
What We Have Given Up in Exchange for This Limitless Bounty Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
a year ago
Passing Time
The Hardo-Normie Alignment Graph I don't know how I get invited to anything either
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Diaries of Note
God invented art as a regulating device Born in Paris in 1911, French-American artist Louise Bourgeois’ most famous work is, on the surface,...
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a year ago
Born in Paris in 1911, French-American artist Louise Bourgeois’ most famous work is, on the surface, the stuff of nightmares: a 30-ft high spider made of bronze, marble, and stainless steel that towers above the landscapes of art institutions around the world. Yet, this...
Letters of Note
You would be so proud Uhuru Houston was born in Brooklyn in 1969. He joined the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey...
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over a year ago
Uhuru Houston was born in Brooklyn in 1969. He joined the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department in 1993, and three years later married Sonya, whom he had met when they were both students at Norfolk State University. In 1999, he was assigned to the World...
Nat Eliason's...
The Scariest Day of My Life What the hell am I supposed to do?
11 months ago
Isabel Unraveled
just show up stop postponing the act
5 months ago
The Ruffian
Birth Of the Nudge Economy Minutes of a momentous meeting in Napa Valley
a year ago
Both Are True
good word / bad word - issue 1 because some words are good and others are bad
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoicism as a Way to Learn Patience, Acceptance & Be Calm Whether it's waiting in line at the grocery store, dealing with a difficult coworker, or facing a...
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over a year ago
Whether it's waiting in line at the grocery store, dealing with a difficult coworker, or facing a personal setback, we all encounter moments that test our patience. While it's natural to feel frustrated or angry in these situations, practicing patience can bring a sense of...
journal – Winnie Lim
happiness is a difficult thing to bear I am an unhappy person in general. But once in a while, an acute sense of awareness strikes me and I...
a year ago
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a year ago
I am an unhappy person in general. But once in a while, an acute sense of awareness strikes me and I experience the totality of that particular moment – I catch a...
The Prism
Overchoice and How to Avoid it Five Heuristics to Help You Decide
a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Winter Storm The afternoon of the day we decided to leave the Jeep behind a ranger stopped by to tell us they...
a year ago
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a year ago
The afternoon of the day we decided to leave the Jeep behind a ranger stopped by to tell us they were closing the campground the next day due to a large storm front that was headed our way. Winds were expected to be in the 50 MPH range, with gusts even higher. We've sat out a...
journal – Winnie Lim
endure: book notes and thoughts In recent years I’ve begun to develop an interest in the concept of endurance, be it psychological...
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8 months ago
In recent years I’ve begun to develop an interest in the concept of endurance, be it psychological or physical. This is a response to a combination of recent world events, the imminent...
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Between January and May of 1979, eleven Black women were killed in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in a spate of murders that went largely unreported in the national media. Instead, it was left to grassroots organisations like the Black feminist group Combahee River Collective,...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Personal Perpetual Energy Machines Science tells us that perpetual motion is impossible. Something about thermodynamics and physics....
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over a year ago
Science tells us that perpetual motion is impossible. Something about thermodynamics and physics. Does the same thing apply to emotional energy? Could you build a system that allows you to stay fully charged no matter what life throws at you?
Luxagraf:...
Niagara Fails We left Long Point Canada bright and early, headed back to the United States to check out Niagara...
a year ago
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a year ago
We left Long Point Canada bright and early, headed back to the United States to check out Niagara Falls. We originally planned to see the falls from the Canadian side because the view is better, but then there was a lot of traffic and on the map it didn't look like there was much...