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Charlie Becker
Sandcastles and Wanderlust An Adventure at the Beach
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Lenin’s tomb is remarkable In January of 1924, a week after the death of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, his embalmed...
a year ago
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a year ago
In January of 1924, a week after the death of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, his embalmed body was placed on display in a temporary wooden tomb in Moscow’s Red Square—an ideological shrine that was visited by hundreds of thousands of onlookers over the next few months....
Luxagraf:...
I Like New Orleans Better After Galveston we headed north, bound for New Orleans. We broke up the drive with a stop at one of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
After Galveston we headed north, bound for New Orleans. We broke up the drive with a stop at one of the gates of hell, located in Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Sea Grim as we call it. Do not go there. Ever. For any reason. We had to abandon the bus there that night and retreat to a...
journal – Winnie Lim
on imagining myself as a game character On most days, I don’t feel like doing anything. This non-feeling taken to the extreme, can also mean...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
On most days, I don’t feel like doing anything. This non-feeling taken to the extreme, can also mean I may not feel like living. Everything including breathing itself can feel like a chore. I am not...
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 –...
a year ago
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a year ago
I haven’t been well since my birth day. The very next day I woke up with elevated heart rate again – I am more aware of this because I use a bunch...
journal – Winnie Lim
restarting from scratch I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini celebration with my partner. I am not sure if I overdid it, but...
Ryan Hoover's...
Request for (crazy) startups
over a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Brutalist Web Design I recently read an article by Tom MacWright on fancy software tools. Although tools such as Webflow,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I recently read an article by Tom MacWright on fancy software tools. Although tools such as Webflow, Squarespace, Semplice, and Notion are impressive in their own right and all fulfil specific needs, they are also needlessly complex (in a way). We have entered an era of design...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Unchecked Depression Boxes And are you feeling depressed? Why should that question enrage me so much? I realize depression is a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
And are you feeling depressed? Why should that question enrage me so much? I realize depression is a major health epidemic. I understand that they can't treat an invisible disease without asking if you are suffering from it. But all I wanted was to get a wart frozen off the...
Ryan Hoover's...
A dangerous new game called Camera Rollette
over a year ago
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...
a year ago
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a year ago
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...
Mind Mine
my phone is making me dumb is yours too?
6 months ago
Farza's Newsletter
just bit into a baklava but it was a cement brick damn what a scam It was a fun week. Tough, but fun! Zip doubled in size which is cool. Startups are a cool thing...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It was a fun week. Tough, but fun! Zip doubled in size which is cool. Startups are a cool thing where learnings really stack on top of each other regardless of the product/company… Going to try our best to keep the growth going into next week! Something that’s going well:...
Ryan Hoover's...
Why you should build your product in public
over a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
To Make Enough Money to Retire Early, Stop Doing These 7 Things What Harvard research bizarrely shows about retirement
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
Open Mic Day: Tells Us About Your Favorite Movies, Music, Books, Etc. of 2024 Share your best picks!
7 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Silicon Valley isn’t “Mainstream”
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
The Anti-Tech Canon: 30 Books My reading list for reviving human values in today's digital desert and liberating yourself from...
a month ago
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a month ago
My reading list for reviving human values in today's digital desert and liberating yourself from tech overreach
Both Are True
bad hair day (terrible, horrible, no good, very bad tbh) a new, never-before-seen haircut for Alexander
8 months ago
Stoic Simple
Stoicism and Facing Failure: Why Stoic Resilience Helps Us Fail Well Experiencing failure can be a difficult and draining experience. It can leave us feeling defeated,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Experiencing failure can be a difficult and draining experience. It can leave us feeling defeated, discouraged, and unsure of ourselves. However, it is important to remember that failure is a natural part of life and can be an opportunity for growth and learning. In this article,...
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...
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
I Am Data Drivel Consider quitting Google Analytics With Me
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Modelling People Smarter Than Me Models of models of models
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
Stoicism in the Gioia Family My brother Dana tells how our LA childhood gave us a direct connection to an ancient Roman worldview
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
I'm Writing a Book! Book Update 1
over a year ago
Charlie Becker
Good Lessons from Bad Men Paradoxical lessons in masculinity from crime cinema
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
12 Things I Learned from René Girard How a thinker who hated trends & fashions became trendy & fashionable
a year ago
Both Are True
full convo w claude about my demons lol and an actual convo with my meta-critic who, in the convo, I name Brad
4 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Three Words Invented by Buckminster Fuller A simple post to introduce you to three words coined by one of my heroes, Buckminster Fuller. When...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A simple post to introduce you to three words coined by one of my heroes, Buckminster Fuller. When current words couldn't contain his ideas, Bucky would invent new ones. Here are three terms you should know.
The Convivial...
Chats, Notes, and Patrons A brief welcome to the Convivial Society and update about new features
over a year ago
Paul Cudenec
Truth, essence, knowledge and light Being criticised or insulted by your political enemies is not too difficult to cope with – after...
7 months ago
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7 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.
The Honest Broker
Should We Get Angry When Artists Sell Out? Is it really okay to take the money and run?
8 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
generating mini turning points Because of multiple factors my mind seem to be perpetually stuck in an unwanted state of sadness,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Because of multiple factors my mind seem to be perpetually stuck in an unwanted state of sadness, fatigue and paralysis. I have learnt that it is possible to break out of this...
Atoms vs Bits
Best Investments For Everyone The best investments for *you*
5 months ago
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...
a year ago
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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...
The Honest Broker
In 2024, the Tension Between Macroculture and Microculture Will Turn into War And I can already tell you who will win
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
The New Product Hunt for iOS and Android
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Meditation Part of our 80/20 series sit on a cushion for 20 mins per day focus on your sensory experiences...
a year ago
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a year ago
Part of our 80/20 series sit on a cushion for 20 mins per day focus on your sensory experiences (touch, sight, smell, sound). Try to perceive them as accurately as possible [1] [2] [3] footnotes: is that really all? on one level, yes -- both in the sense that
How to Be a Stoic
The evolution of ancient Stoicism, and why it matters today Modern Stoics are interested in picking up the ancient tradition while at the same time updating it...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Modern Stoics are interested in picking up the ancient tradition while at the same time updating it and molding it to modern times. For some reason, this is often considered a controversial thing, with flying accusations of cherry picking and dire warnings about the result not...
The Honest Broker
Are We Living in a Time of Cultural Collapse? Some say I believe this—but do I really?
a month ago
Tech and Tea
When your post hits #1 on Hacker News A behind-the-scenes look at my initial reaction 😬, all the stats, cross-posting to Medium, and...
a year ago
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a year ago
A behind-the-scenes look at my initial reaction 😬, all the stats, cross-posting to Medium, and lessons learned
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
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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 $100...
Thu Le
Between away and home And the paradox of travel.
4 months ago
Thu Le
On selling Some thoughts on selling, URL and IRL.
7 months ago
Mark Manson
How to Make Friends as an Adult Romantic relationships get all the attention, but I'd argue that friendships are just as...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Romantic relationships get all the attention, but I'd argue that friendships are just as important—if not more so—for our health and happiness. Just like with romantic relationships, creating fulfilling, lasting friendships as an adult can be really hard. But… Why? I mean, sure,...
The Prism
Debunking Lies About Israel Some difficult truths
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
How Much Economic Activity Is Cross-Subsidized? how the @#$ does that store stay in business anyway?
a month ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: against corporate dictatorship In the second 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 second part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2016.
Atoms vs Bits
The Good Sides Of Nepotism It is very largely bad, to be clear. But the good sides are worth thinking about.
3 days ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimal Email Setup This is a follow-up to Manu's article on the same subject. I'll cover my experience and some desktop...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is a follow-up to Manu's article on the same subject. I'll cover my experience and some desktop visual results of applying this method. Some people love emails. Some people hate them. Most of us experience both emotions. Yet there's no denying—as Manu points out—emails are...
journal – Winnie Lim
co-existing with my broken mind I’ve been feeling more down these days. I am not sure if it is pms, covid, both, or just responding...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’ve been feeling more down these days. I am not sure if it is pms, covid, both, or just responding to reality in general. I don’t really get why people are not...
The Ruffian
The Enigma of Luigi Mangione And the Madness Of His Apologists
6 months ago
Farza's Newsletter
pointed my tv remote at my microwave and then i met the Beatles, wild. What’s going well: talking to users. I used to think that talking to users meant, like, talking to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
What’s going well: talking to users. I used to think that talking to users meant, like, talking to them on the phone. And, well, it does! That’s one way to talk to users. But, when I started Zip I wanted “talking to users” to be literally built into
Unfiltered by Tim...
Set a Bar so High Average People Think You're a Psychopath “Your potential is determined by how much uncertainty you're willing to embrace”
8 months ago
Mind Mine
a return to soul bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
7 months ago
Both Are True
there's so much i want to tell you here i go
9 months ago
The Honest Broker
The New Aesthetics of Slop Or what happens when vulgar technocrats control the arts
4 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Bruised Peach Problems They couldn't have been a contender
a month ago
The Honest Broker
I'm Recommending These 10 New Albums Here are some highlights from my recent listening
a month ago
Rubenerd
Postal voting in the 2025 Australian election The 2025 Australian Federal election will be taking place when Clara and I are outside our...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
The 2025 Australian Federal election will be taking place when Clara and I are outside our electorate, so we opted for a postal vote. This means no democracy sausage on polling day, but we’re still able to perform our civic duty. Well, that and the fact voting is comulspry in...
The Honest Broker
Today I'm Starting My 5th Year on Substack—But Have I Learned Anything? Thank you for joining me on this wild ride
2 months 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
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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.
Laetitia@Work
What does psychological safety at work depend on? Laetitia@Work #75
8 months ago
The Convivial...
The Stuff of Life: Materiality and the Self The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 13
over a year ago
How to Be a Stoic
Stoic advice: can a salesperson be a Stoic? [Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
[Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org. However, consider that I have a significant backlog, and I may not get to your question for some time, or at all.] D. writes: How should a practising Stoic ethically approach their...
Both Are True
am i old now? on committing to the bit and becoming a dad v2
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
Great Writing is Invisible Helping the hallucination
over a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
Underrated reasons to be thankful IV That you can apparently learn to meditate your way into a state of profound relaxation and bliss and...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
That you can apparently learn to meditate your way into a state of profound relaxation and bliss and pleasure on par with heroin or orgasm, which was certainly not on my bingo card, which is good because bliss is good, and also because it’s cool that there can still be huge...
Charlie Becker
You are Giants to Me Castles in the Sky #37
a year ago
Scarlet Ink
How I Transformed Amazon's Internal Transfer Process Anecdotes, ranting, and some personal philosophy.
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
How to Know If You're Living in a Doom Loop Let's look at the warning signs
11 months ago
Diaries of Note
I no longer love the sun or the flowers It was only a year after first meeting, in 1895, that Marie and Pierre Curie became husband and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It was only a year after first meeting, in 1895, that Marie and Pierre Curie became husband and wife. Together, they made groundbreaking contributions to science, not least the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium, and in 1903 they were jointly awarded the Nobel...
The Honest Broker
How to Break Free from Dopamine Culture My quest for a healthier relationship with technology
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
The Most Useful Feedback Hurts Plus a sci-fi novel update
10 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
IT'S TIME! My Sci-Fi Thriller Husk is Now Available Plus some thoughts on this journey
a month ago
Paul Cudenec
Gordon Brown and the single global mafia Gordon Brown was prime minister of the UK from 2007 to 2010, having, from 1997, been chancellor of...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Gordon Brown was prime minister of the UK from 2007 to 2010, having, from 1997, been chancellor of the exchequer under Tony Blair, whose links to the Rothschilds I explored in 2023.
The Honest Broker
Substack Has Changed in the Last 30 Days The people who hate us now love us—should we be worried?
a month ago
The Honest Broker
Hey Madonna, Let Me Bring My Band to Your Concert My latest briefing paper on culture, arts & society
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Affordable Idealism How to maintain your ideals without obsoleting yourself
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
Live with Ted Gioia A recording from Ted Gioia's live video
2 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Leaving the "Left" behind I have never regarded myself as belonging to the “Left” or the “Right” – I think these labels have...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I have never regarded myself as belonging to the “Left” or the “Right” – I think these labels have been manufactured and maintained in order to limit our individual thinking and to rule over us by division.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Five Things I Learned After I Left the Marketing Agency World After about 8 years of working at advertising/marketing/design companies I hit a wall. I was...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
After about 8 years of working at advertising/marketing/design companies I hit a wall. I was disappointed in the work I was doing. This is the story of why I became an in-house designer.
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
journal – Winnie Lim
Paik Jong Won …is a celebrity chef in South Korea. He also owns multiple restaurant franchises with thousands of...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
…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...
Passing Time
My Aspirational People List These are the people I would invest in
over a year ago
Stoic Simple
What Caused the Growing Popularity of Stoicism in Modern Culture? Stoicism - a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece - has been gaining increased popularity in...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Stoicism - a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece - has been gaining increased popularity in modern culture. It has been embraced by people from all walks of life, from high-powered business executives to the average person seeking ways to cope with the daily stresses of...
The Honest Broker
The Brilliant Bad Decisions of John Luther Adams He never finished high school, took demanding work outside of music, moved to a cabin in Alaska,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
He never finished high school, took demanding work outside of music, moved to a cabin in Alaska, etc. Can you really win a Pulitzer Prize this way? Well, yes. . .
Diaries of Note
Magic must always triumph Keith Haring was a magnetic force in the 1980s New York City art scene, his vibrant street art...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Keith Haring was a magnetic force in the 1980s New York City art scene, his vibrant street art redefining the boundaries between high art and pop culture; his animated figures, marked by bold lines and vivid colours, becoming potent symbols of social commentary on issues like...
Diaries of Note
This must be a specially sad day Born Hermione Llewellyn in 1913, the life of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly took a dramatic turn in...
a year ago
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a year ago
Born Hermione Llewellyn in 1913, the life of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly took a dramatic turn in 1941 when her husband, a lieutenant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, was captured by Rommel’s Afrika Korps, leading to his imprisonment as a prisoner of war in Italy. She wrote...
The Honest Broker
I'm Recommending These 12 New Recordings You can still find great music in 2025—you just need to know where it's hiding
4 months ago
Both Are True
i want to be good but i am bad - help? at what point are we no longer able to change our brains?
a year ago
Diaries of Note
I have seen something splendid It was towards the end of his life in 1979 that John Cheever told his son, Benjamin, about his...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It was towards the end of his life in 1979 that John Cheever told his son, Benjamin, about his journals, and of his wish for them to be published after his death. These journals comprised twenty-nine looseleaf notebooks filled with entries that, in Cheever’s inimitable style,...
Stoic Simple
How to Find Fulfillment in Life with Stoicism In a world that often emphasizes material success and external validation, it can be difficult to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In a world that often emphasizes material success and external validation, it can be difficult to find true fulfillment. Stoicism, an ancient philosophy that emphasizes personal virtue, inner resilience, and self-awareness, offers a roadmap for finding inner peace and...
Thu Le
50 things I learned in 2024 In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
In 2024, I set a goal to document one interesting thing I learn each week, drawing insights from books, conversations, and everyday life.
Both Are True
free t-shirts +a lil story + a genuinely useful lil tip!!
a year ago
The Honest Broker
13 Observations on Ritual And other responses to my 'dopamine culture' article
a year ago
Tech and Tea
I spent my morning talking to an AI chatbot A tech "late-adopter" plays around with chat-gpt and other chatbots and is blown away by some use...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A tech "late-adopter" plays around with chat-gpt and other chatbots and is blown away by some use cases and underwhelmed by others.
DYNOMIGHT
Consciousness will slip through our fingers I guess life makes sense: For some reason there’s a universe and that universe has lots of atoms...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
I guess life makes sense: For some reason there’s a universe and that universe has lots of atoms bouncing around and sometimes they bounce into patterns that copy themselves and then those patterns go to war for billions of years and voilà—you. But consciousness is weird. Why...
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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:...
The Designer’s Invisible Skill Set How some designers become magicians while others remain stylists
over a year ago
Thu Le
Ten pointless facts about me Maybe the first of who knows how many.
a month 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
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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...
Diaries of Note
I thought once or twice we were done for In the late 1860s, amid the rugged landscapes of post-Civil War America, countless cowboys undertook...
a year ago
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a year ago
In the late 1860s, amid the rugged landscapes of post-Civil War America, countless cowboys undertook arduous journeys herding cattle from Texas to Kansas where the demand for beef was on the rise. One such cowboy was Jack Bailey, a 37-year-old North Texan who herded approximately...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Fruity Cereal Version of Your Predicament A dazed bunny landed inches from my head. It was the night before a race, the precious hours of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A dazed bunny landed inches from my head. It was the night before a race, the precious hours of sleep before my 4am wake up call.
Passing Time
The Illusion of Solitude Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
8 months ago
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...
Tech and Tea
Space to create (and bonus kids' art 👩🏻‍🎨) Unexpected creative outlets beyond writing
over a year 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
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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...
Laetitia@Work
How housing scarcity influences everything Laetitia@Work #81
a month ago
The Honest Broker
The State of the Culture, 2024 Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty)
a year ago
Diaries of Note
I care not what becomes of me On the evening of 14th April 1865, as he sat in Ford’s Theatre with his wife Mary, U.S. President...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
On the evening of 14th April 1865, as he sat in Ford’s Theatre with his wife Mary, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth, who fired a .44 caliber Derringer pistol at the back of Lincoln’s head and then fled the scene. A...
The Convivial...
The Work of Art The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
a year ago
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...
Ryan Hoover's...
Dumb Apps
over a year ago
Charlie Becker
Tracking how many of The Atlantic's Great American Novels I've Read An ongoing project
a year ago
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 26 The Power of Meeting Weirdos
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Typo Donuts I end each of my Saturday stories with two words of encouragement. _Stay creative._ Why? Because...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I end each of my Saturday stories with two words of encouragement. _Stay creative._ Why? Because your creativity is under attack. Tell me you don’t feel it. It takes tremendous determination to defend your best ideas day after day. Isn’t it tempting to take the easy path, to...
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
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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 Intimate Mirror
Facing the Truth of Your Desire Why spiritual practice is about clarifying desire, not transcending it (Breaking Open: Part 3)
6 months ago
Farza's Newsletter
me and george lucas just made a sound cloud hit Below are some of my thoughts on doing work you’re passionate about. If you don’t care about my...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Below are some of my thoughts on doing work you’re passionate about. If you don’t care about my thoughts here, ignore this :). — I hear this really often from friends: I am currently doing X I really really want to do Y In order for me to leave X to do Y, I need to first do A, B,...
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
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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...
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9 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Why I’m excited about profit-sharing startups
a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
5 Years of Product Hunt
over a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Hidden Power of Working on Your Goal in the Early Morning or Late Night The intensity determines the outcome
5 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Startup Side Projects
over a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
Bayes is not a phase People make fun of techie/rationalist/effective-altruist types for many weird obsessions, like...
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4 months ago
People make fun of techie/rationalist/effective-altruist types for many weird obsessions, like stimulants or meditation or polyamory or psychedelics or seed oils or air quality or re-deriving all of philosophy from scratch. Some of these seem fair to me, or at least...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Slow, Steady, Inevitable March Towards Oatmeal Pushing back against the idea that you are doomed to become a commodity.
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
Is This the Dominant Personality Type of Our Time? Or how we all became Clint Eastwood
2 months ago
Wait But Why
The 2024 Trump-Biden Debate Jeez The post The 2024 Trump-Biden Debate appeared first on Wait But Why.
a year ago
The Ruffian
On not tolerating intolerance Why all companies, institutions and leaders should care about free speech
a year ago
Charlie Becker
CATHEDRAL | Chapter One - Four Years Out Cathedral | Castles in the Sky #60
a year ago
Diaries of Note
One pheasant behaved like a madman In November 1974, upon learning that his friend and mentor, film critic Lotte Eisner, was critically...
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a year ago
In November 1974, upon learning that his friend and mentor, film critic Lotte Eisner, was critically ill in Paris and close to death, German filmmaker Werner Herzog immediately packed a duffel bag and began to walk in her direction from Munich, convinced that “she would stay...
Nat Eliason's...
Avoiding the Prep Trap: A Key to Rapid Learning And why so much "rapid learning" is bullshit
9 months ago
Daniel Bourke
A Learners Fight: Adaptation vs. Education Education saves time. Adaptation sharpens instincts.
a year ago
The Prism
Avoiding the Automation of your Heart A correspondence with Freya India
3 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Artificial Intelligence Natives
over a year ago
Left To Write
Why? and Why Not? Thoughts on behaviour change, risk, faith and love.
over a year ago
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...
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over 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...
Luxagraf:...
Lemon Lyme Summer The sun rises as a thin band of orange squeezed between twin blue worlds of lake and cloud. The tips...
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9 months ago
The sun rises as a thin band of orange squeezed between twin blue worlds of lake and cloud. The tips of the pines above glow for a moment before the sun slides up and behind the distant clouds. The sun rises near the center of the bay when we arrive in April, but by the solstice...
bookbear express
sorry, I forgot to add the matchmaking link Here it is :)
5 months ago
The Honest Broker
My 'Personal Favorites' Carla Bley Playlist I pay tribute to the jazz pianist and composer—who left us yesterday at age 87
a year ago
Daniel Bourke
Operation zero commute I’d like to setup a life where my commute time is basically zero. As much as possible from...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’d like to setup a life where my commute time is basically zero. As much as possible from home. Work from home, gym from home, practice farming from home, community from home. Everything walking or riding distance, the rest delivered. I don’t even live in one
The Honest Broker
How I Disintermediated My Writing Career It's a clumsy word, but a lovely thing to do
over a year ago
The Prism
Why You Are Probably An NPC And what to do about it
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
taipei after 7 years The last time we’ve been to taiwan was in 2018, just a couple years fresh into our relationship. 7...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
The last time we’ve been to taiwan was in 2018, just a couple years fresh into our relationship. 7 years later we’re both radically different people with different interests: back then she...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
End of Year Book Review (2022) I enjoy books (more so audio books than reading), but I don't consume them very much or as often as...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I enjoy books (more so audio books than reading), but I don't consume them very much or as often as I'd like. At least in my own mind I don't get through many, but what's the global average? I don't honestly care. This year I wanted to make a concerted effort to consume more...
The Honest Broker
Now You Know the Rest of the Story... I share updates on recent articles
2 months ago
Diaries of Note
Hot weather is the mother of procrastination Although Thomas Edison filled numerous notebooks with writings pertaining to his groundbreaking...
a year ago
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a year ago
Although Thomas Edison filled numerous notebooks with writings pertaining to his groundbreaking inventions, he kept a personal diary only once in his eighty-four years. Spanning a period of just nine days in July of 1885, the diary was written when Edison was already renowned and...
Diaries of Note
A cord breaking American playwright Tennessee Williams shared a deep bond with his beloved sister, Rose, whose life...
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over a year ago
American playwright Tennessee Williams shared a deep bond with his beloved sister, Rose, whose life began in 1919, two years before his. In 1937, her increasingly erratic behaviour was seemingly explained by a diagnosis of dementia praecox—now known as schizophrenia—and six years...
The Honest Broker
“The Only Sensible Person in the World” 10 Perspectives on Joan Didion
a year ago
Both Are True
2025 recap what a year it's been
5 months ago
The Honest Broker
Are There Alternating Cycles of Hot and Cool in American Cultural History? (Part 1 of 2) And are we midway through a hot cycle right now?
over a year ago
Both Are True
the essay formerly known as romcom (act two) Rom and Com are perfect for each other, but the universe has other plans
a year ago
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
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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...
Mark Manson
How to Stop Caring About What People Think There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think. We all...
a year ago
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a year ago
There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think. We all wish we could be impervious to others' opinions, like Superman deflecting bullets. But instead of bullets, we're out here trying to deflect the fucks we wish we didn't give. We...
bookbear express
no exit love is the best kind of trap
3 months ago
Diaries of Note
For the love of God, give me a flea! Born in 1880 in the mining town of Diamantina, Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant was in her sixties when...
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a year ago
Born in 1880 in the mining town of Diamantina, Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant was in her sixties when she found fame, for it was then that her teenage diary was published to wide acclaim. Written under the pseudonym Helena Morley between the ages of 12 and 15, the diary tells the...
Rubenerd
Australian airline refunding overcharged passengers SBS News: Tens of thousands of Virgin Australia customers are in line for refunds after the airline...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
SBS News: Tens of thousands of Virgin Australia customers are in line for refunds after the airline found a system error that overcharged travellers for years. Some 61,000 customers will get refunds averaging $55 for the error, which occurred between April 2020 and March...
Both Are True
well this is embarrassing when you're madsad about the caviar problems
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
how we were loved profoundly influences how we live and love a personal review of "A general theory of love"
a year ago
Passing Time
Your Social Universe Imagine yourself as a star.
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Eleven Predictions: Here's What AI Does Next Are you ready? Is anybody ready?
10 months ago
Mind Mine
on trading potential for something actual just make a choice
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
"The Infrastructure of the Recording Industry Is About to Fail” The entire Hollywood ecosystem is tottering on the brink
5 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Is This Anything? 3 some attempts
a month ago
Both Are True
"she looks exactly like you" she's my daughter, she's my twin
a year ago
The Ruffian
Who Has The Better Final Pitch? It's Closing Time In America
8 months ago
Charlie Becker
Once the Cosmos Become Commonplace Castles in the Sky #59
a year ago
Tech and Tea
My First Vibe Coding Project: The Trader Joe’s Snack Box Builder A surprisingly delightful experience
2 months ago
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...
7 months ago
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7 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.
Tech and Tea
How do you want to spend your time? a question that seems to be on lots of people's minds
over a year ago
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
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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.
Atoms vs Bits
Meta-Surprise Surprise!
4 months ago
Luxagraf:...
The End of the Road For a long time I had the idea that one day I would write a book about this trip and call it The End...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
For a long time I had the idea that one day I would write a book about this trip and call it The End of the Road. It was an incomplete idea, but it seems to me we are, culturally, at the end of a metaphor when it comes to The Road. I had the idea that you could trace a thread...
Luxagraf:...
Eight After New Orleans we hightailed it to Florida, looking for some warmer beaches. Our first stop was...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
After New Orleans we hightailed it to Florida, looking for some warmer beaches. Our first stop was Grayton Beach, where we spent Elliott's birthday -- in the white sands with afternoons warm enough to swim. The sunsets were pretty spectacular too. We'd go down in the evenings,...
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...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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.
The Map is Mostly...
Why Buy a House (or Land)? A lesson in ignoring economics
a year ago
The Honest Broker
How We Lost the Flow The flow state was our pathway to liberation—before it got taken over by profiteers
4 months ago
Mark Manson
Narcissism: Where It Comes From and How to Deal With It Ah, narcissists. Checking themselves out in every reflective surface they walk by. Yammering on...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Ah, narcissists. Checking themselves out in every reflective surface they walk by. Yammering on about that one time they won the third-grade spelling bee. Thinking they're God's gift to the universe—after all, why else would He have put them right in the middle of it? But here's...
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
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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...
The Ruffian
Seven Features Of Post-Literate Politics Inspired By Walter Ong's Classic Book, 'Orality and Literacy'
2 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Mirror As the year draws to a close with gloomy December days compensated with lots of artificial lighting,...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
As the year draws to a close with gloomy December days compensated with lots of artificial lighting, it's not surprising that many people take the time to reflect on their recent past — what we've managed to achieve, what we learned, what we failed in, where we went, and what we...
Tech and Tea
Reader Mailbag: Struggling to do it all A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and...
a year ago
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a year ago
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.
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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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,...
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...
Diaries of Note
Now is the winter… When 35-year-old Anthony Sher took on the role of Richard III at the Royal Shakespeare Company in...
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over a year ago
When 35-year-old Anthony Sher took on the role of Richard III at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1984, two years after playing the Fool to Michael Gambon’s King Lear, he delivered a transformative performance. Using crutches to evoke a spider-like figure, Sher crafted a...
Wait But Why
A Short History of My Last Six Years On June 18, 2016, I slipped and fell down a deep, deep hole. The post A Short History of My Last Six...
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over a year ago
On June 18, 2016, I slipped and fell down a deep, deep hole. The post A Short History of My Last Six Years appeared first on Wait But Why.
Diaries of Note
GREAT JEOPARDY In September of 1992, in an abandoned bus on the bank of the Sushana River in Alaska, three moose...
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a year ago
In September of 1992, in an abandoned bus on the bank of the Sushana River in Alaska, three moose hunters discovered a decomposing human body wrapped in a sleeping bag, surrounded by possessions that included a rifle, a camera, and, written on the pages of a book used to identify...
Diaries of Note
To Day is the most Best day ever in my Life On 25th August 1989, Canadian geneticist Lap-Chee Tsui and his stellar team at Toronto’s Hospital...
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a year ago
On 25th August 1989, Canadian geneticist Lap-Chee Tsui and his stellar team at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children made a groundbreaking announcement: they had pinpointed the gene behind cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that can lead to serious breathing problems and chronic...