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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...
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over 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...
Scarlet Ink
9 Simple Actions You Can Take to Build a Culture of Empathy You can build an accidental culture, or a purposeful culture. Take action to build a culture of...
a year ago
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a year ago
You can build an accidental culture, or a purposeful culture. Take action to build a culture of empathy, and reap the rewards.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Heart Sneeze Important Medical Advice for Creative People
over a year ago
Luxagraf:...
Sticks On Dirt I think we've always know that if we got ourselves another patch of dirt with some sticks on it,...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
I think we've always know that if we got ourselves another patch of dirt with some sticks on it, it'd be in one of a handful of very small places. The short list was, in the order we visited them: Apalachicola FL, Mancos CO, Washburn WI, and the Outer Banks NC (especially...
Both Are True
The masks we wear (rom com, act three) A denoument? In this economy? You betcha. Let's boogie.
a year ago
Both Are True
bits all the way down also: remember when you said you'd write something and then you just...didn't? i have a solution lol
3 months ago
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3 months ago
also: remember when you said you'd write something and then you just...didn't? i have a solution lol
Atoms vs Bits
The Mystery Of The Pots Does quantity lead to quality?
a year ago
Jason Crawford
My simple guide to life I first made a version of this chart seven years ago today. It’s worth a re-up (and it’s never been...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I first made a version of this chart seven years ago today. It’s worth a re-up (and it’s never been on my blog). The meaning of this chart is: Everything you do should be justified either by being inherently enjoyable, or by being important for some other purpose. Absolutely...
Passing Time
South of the Haimish Line Orienteering on the hedonic treadmill
2 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Toyama wanderings I’m doing something a bit different today, and writing about yesterday’s adventures on the Ainokaze...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
I’m doing something a bit different today, and writing about yesterday’s adventures on the Ainokaze Toyama Train in… wait for it… Toyama. That wit won’t win me a spot on any of the late night Japanese variety shows for which Clara and I currently harbour an addiction, but is a...
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Light In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Bed in Summer This post is part of a series about building a house that looks and feels traditional in New Hampshire. However, this...
The Tao Of Wealth
How To Live Slowly and Simply In A Frantic World This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel of want-buy-want upgrade, opt out of the comparison games, stop cramming a month’s worth of engagements into a weekend, refuse to live your life according to trends, tread lighter...
journal – Winnie Lim
do we cherish our selves Human beings are very strange creatures. We often do not make decisions based on what we truly want...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Human beings are very strange creatures. We often do not make decisions based on what we truly want and need, or what would generate positive outcomes for us. Instead most of us...
The Honest Broker
My 12-Month Immersive Course in Humanities—The Final Installment! I deliver on my promise to provide a full survey of arts & culture in just 52 weeks
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
A Major Newspaper Publishes a Summer Reading List—but the Books Don't Exist The AI disaster is getting worse—and a new survey of 48,000 people in 47 countries makes clear that...
3 months ago
The Ruffian
If Gervais and Chappelle are so unfunny why are they so popular? An enquiry into the nature of comedy
a year ago
The Honest Broker
The 30 Most Intriguing Musicians of 2025 (Part 1 of 3) Join my on a voyage of music discovery
5 months ago
Diaries of Note
A black and empty future Of the many first-person accounts of World War I, the diary of Edwin Campion Vaughan stands as one...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Of the many first-person accounts of World War I, the diary of Edwin Campion Vaughan stands as one of the most vivid and harrowing ever kept. Joining the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 19th June 1916 as a second lieutenant, eighteen-year-old Vaughan soon found himself on the...
Passing Time
The Highest Impact Thing You Can Do in Your Everyday Life Making friends is hard; introducing others is easy.
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,...
9 months ago
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9 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...
Both Are True
This isn't what I wanted to write even this subtitle is completely wrong
7 months ago
Left To Write
Nashing Out How Playing Good Poker Connects With Behavioural Economics
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
Death: A Literary Guide Can you really prepare for it or even understand it? These 10 books are my cherished touchstones on...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Can you really prepare for it or even understand it? These 10 books are my cherished touchstones on the matter.
journal – Winnie Lim
my strange memory I’ve been on a rabbit hole to learn more about the human memory after watching college kids perform...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
I’ve been on a rabbit hole to learn more about the human memory after watching college kids perform seemingly impossible memory feats on a tv variety show. It has made me reflect...
Diaries of Note
Arrived in Peking today As Adolf Hitler’s chief architect and later his Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer was a key...
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over a year ago
As Adolf Hitler’s chief architect and later his Minister of Armaments, Albert Speer was a key instrument in the murderous machine of the Third Reich, a role for which he was rightly convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials. During his...
The Ruffian
Zadie Smith and the 'Both Sides' Problem On Centrist Meta-Commentaries
a year ago
Both Are True
meeting my demons with the help of ai is this why i'm so stuck all the time? no, it can't be, unless...
6 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Video: The Corruption is Real and Sickening I am delighted to be able to share a link to a new 16-minute video that has just been published by...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
I am delighted to be able to share a link to a new 16-minute video that has just been published by Drs Mark and Sam Bailey in New Zealand, based on some of my recent writing.
The Honest Broker
How to Read Plato And other remarks on teaching yourself great books
a year ago
Both Are True
after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know + my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
a year ago
Jason Crawford
What I still want out of time management tools I made my first todo list almost 25 years ago. Ever since, I’ve been evolving my tools and system...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I made my first todo list almost 25 years ago. Ever since, I’ve been evolving my tools and system for tracking tasks, managing time, and improving productivity. A personal productivity toolbox is a very personal and contextual thing. I find that my own systems have to be revised...
Diaries of Note
The shells have begun falling During the month of January in 1871, from their surrounding positions, Prussian forces fired more...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
During the month of January in 1871, from their surrounding positions, Prussian forces fired more than 12,000 shells into Paris and brought a wave of death and destruction to the magnificent city. This deadly bombardment marked the end of a four month-long siege and in turn 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...
over a year ago
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over 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...
Luxagraf:...
Renaissance Fair One of the things I find most peculiar about our current pop culture worldview is the utter...
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over a year ago
One of the things I find most peculiar about our current pop culture worldview is the utter disregard for the past. The past is a far away thing that is almost always a-thing-you-are-so-lucky-you-don't-have-to-live-in. Step outside that increasingly tunneled vision the media...
Charlie Becker
Tracking how many of The Atlantic's Great American Novels I've Read An ongoing project
a year ago
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:...
Mind Mine
the mind is a trap be careful what you convince yourself of
7 months ago
The Ruffian
My Ten Favourite Books of the Year Plus a Rattle Bag of Goodies (and a special Christmas offer)
9 months ago
The Honest Broker
How the Music Business Can Tame the Dangerous AI Dragon Here's a five point plan that makes a difference (and not just for music)
a year ago
Passing Time
A Morning and Night in the Desert These moments in time seem to have a higher density than usual.
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
I Am Data Drivel Consider quitting Google Analytics With Me
over a year ago
The Ruffian
Seven Underrated Forms of of Diversity Different Kinds of Difference At Work
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Family: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/f4sPP8SkiYQ Family was, without a doubt, an important element in the...
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Previous Next https://youtu.be/f4sPP8SkiYQ Family was, without a doubt, an important element in the lives of the ancient Stoic philosophers. While Stoicism teaches that we shouldn't become too attached to people and that we should remember everyone can be taken from us, it also...
Jason Fried
Thoughts on the search for life Just listened to Lex Fridman and Sara Walker talk about the origins of life, the search for life,...
a year ago
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a year ago
Just listened to Lex Fridman and Sara Walker talk about the origins of life, the search for life, what is life, etc. It was a wonderfully refreshing, nourishing conversation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwhTfyX9J34 It made me want to spill out some random thoughts on the...
Tech and Tea
Reader Mailbag: Architect having a hard time letting go A reader writes in with a challenging situation on a new team and an architect who is having trouble...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
A reader writes in with a challenging situation on a new team and an architect who is having trouble getting out of the weeds.
journal – Winnie Lim
chiang mai’s scenes of creativity Chiang Mai is a city that is buzzing with creative energy, though I am not sure why. Is it the long...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Chiang Mai is a city that is buzzing with creative energy, though I am not sure why. Is it the long history of their hill tribes and their crafts? I thought I’ll...
Luxagraf:...
Wagoneer My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved. As we've slowed...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved. As we've slowed down our travels though, spending more time in an area makes it nice to have a car to go exploring, run errands, and get to places the bus can't. For that reason we bought a 2006...
Left To Write
#8 Writemas: 3 Lessons from Steve Jobs' Biography Last week, I finished Steve Jobs’ biography by Walter Isaacson. Isaacson portrays Jobs as a complex...
a year ago
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a year ago
Last week, I finished Steve Jobs’ biography by Walter Isaacson. Isaacson portrays Jobs as a complex character with many paradoxes and personal contradictions. For example, he was adopted and struggled with ‘rejection’, yet rejected his own daughter, Lisa Jobs.
The Convivial...
Apocalyptic AI The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 5
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
I Do My First Video Interview in More Than a Year Here's my guest appearance on Rick Beato's video channel
a year ago