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How to Be a Stoic
What Would a Stoic Do? Dating “Dating” is a word I was not familiar with before coming to the United States. Especially with the...
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“Dating” is a word I was not familiar with before coming to the United States. Especially with the advent of modern dating apps, it essentially means that you are trying out different people to see who “wins” the alleged honor of being your (next) partner. Except, of course, that...
Charlie Becker
Have you quit social media? Do you want to? I am looking for feedback on an idea I'm writing an essay about.
11 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Even Good People Make Teams Go Slower A simple model of a sad fact
8 months ago
Diaries of Note
I am glad to be on planet Earth with you It was in 2008 that famed British neurologist Oliver Sacks sent a letter to American writer and...
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a year ago
It was in 2008 that famed British neurologist Oliver Sacks sent a letter to American writer and photographer Bill Hayes, giving rise to a friendship that ultimately evolved into a deeply affectionate partnership, one that endured until Sacks’s death from cancer in 2015. With a...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
15 Years of Loving Curation In my previous post, I mentioned that Minimalissimo was coming to an end and that I'd be embarking...
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In my previous post, I mentioned that Minimalissimo was coming to an end and that I'd be embarking on a new adventure with FormFeelingFunction®. Well, I think it's worth explaining the site's journey, impact, and inevitable sunset. Because it has played a significant role in my...
Laetitia@Work
What the fear of ageing costs working women Laetitia@Work #68
a year ago
Both Are True
me saying the titular line in the film Holes (2003) Many have asked to see the footage of my scene in Holes (2003) when I came out in the middle and...
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9 months ago
Many have asked to see the footage of my scene in Holes (2003) when I came out in the middle and said "holes" - here it is
The Ruffian
In (Partial) Defence of Jeff Bezos It's Weird That Newspapers Endorse Politicians
8 months ago
Diaries of Note
This tedious battle against the mountain is almost over At 3:15 pm on 22nd May 1963, Luther ‘Lute’ Jerstad and his teammate Barry Bishop became the second...
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At 3:15 pm on 22nd May 1963, Luther ‘Lute’ Jerstad and his teammate Barry Bishop became the second and third Americans ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest, following an arduous journey that began alongside a formidable team of 17 other Americans, 32 Sherpas, and 909 porters...
The Honest Broker
What Can Music Do Today? Here's the final chapter of my new book 'Music to Raise the Dead'
5 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
This Moment is Your Life How to not waste it
a year ago
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
Diaries of Note
Last day of shoot Emma Thompson spent five years crafting the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility, a period that...
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Emma Thompson spent five years crafting the screenplay for Sense and Sensibility, a period that might be described as part love affair with Jane Austen’s novel, part wrestling match with the challenge of adapting it for the big screen. When finally released in 1995, boasting a...
Luxagraf:...
Before The Storm Your browser does not support video playback via HTML5. Watch on YouTube -->
over a year ago
Tech and Tea
Life is not a race Wisdom from a 6 year-old, and top regrets of the dying
11 months ago
Abhishek Chakraborty
Opportunity v FOMO Competition gives us a framework to measure ourselves against others. It tells us where we stand in...
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over a year ago
Competition gives us a framework to measure ourselves against others. It tells us where we stand in the world, how far ahead or behind we are from those similar to us. But too much of it is detrimental.
Diaries of Note
No sooner am I happy, than he crushes me It was on the eve of their wedding in September of 1862 that Russian writer Leo Tolstoy showed his...
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It was on the eve of their wedding in September of 1862 that Russian writer Leo Tolstoy showed his diaries to 18-year-old Sofia Behrs, the young woman with whom he was to spend his life. Filled with lurid confessions and tales of past affairs, these notebooks made an instant,...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Pain & Illness: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next There are more quotes available for us to read from the Stoics about pain and illness...
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Previous Next There are more quotes available for us to read from the Stoics about pain and illness than nearly any other topic. That's not because Stoicism teaches that we should like discomfort, but rather because the Stoics are concerned with how to NOT let pain and sickness...
journal – Winnie Lim
on seeing my self as a canvas I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can...
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a year ago
I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can remember, though I am not sure if my...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Font Blocking, Invisible Words, and Flames of Shame You never know when you will be confronted by a test of character. There will come a moment when you...
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over a year ago
You never know when you will be confronted by a test of character. There will come a moment when you are forced to choose. Do you stick to your beliefs, or do you fold under the pressure and sacrifice your very identity?
Diaries of Note
We are like helpless animals Born in Paris in 1920, Benoîte Groult was nineteen when her beloved city fell under Nazi occupation...
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a year ago
Born in Paris in 1920, Benoîte Groult was nineteen when her beloved city fell under Nazi occupation and the repressive rule of the Vichy regime. Throughout the war, she and her younger sister Flora kept a diary, chronicling the increasing constraints and daily indignities imposed...
Ryan Hoover's...
Role models
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
All Watched Over some fiction
a month ago
The Ruffian
Congrats Keir, You Won, Now Change Prime Minister Starmer Needs To Be Very Different To Opposition Leader Starmer
a year ago
The Ruffian
Why You Should Ignore All the Polls They Aren't Telling Anything You Need To Know
8 months ago
Luxagraf:...
Going Up North Eight days of travel. Six days driving. 1508 miles from the shores of St George Island to the shores...
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over a year ago
Eight days of travel. Six days driving. 1508 miles from the shores of St George Island to the shores of Lake Superior. It was too fast. I knew it was too fast, but we wanted to get out of the heat. I was ready for the toll it takes on us, but I was not prepared for the toll it...
The Convivial...
Too Many Words, and Not Enough The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 6
over a year ago
Raptitude.com
The Tiniest Mission Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is:...
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5 months ago
Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is: placing a jigsaw puzzle piece into the right slot, wiping your phone screen spotless, returning a tool to its designated hook, or making a nice diagonal cut across a lovingly-made...
The Tao Of Wealth
The Little Book Of Big Weight Loss : Book Notes Big weight loss is mostly about the food. Exercise is important to a lesser extent. Do not eat...
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Big weight loss is mostly about the food. Exercise is important to a lesser extent. Do not eat sugar, especially fructose. Aim for less than 3 added teaspoons per day, which is equal to 12 grams ( 1 teaspoon = 4 grams). Remember there are many names for sugar, so watch out when...
The Honest Broker
A Landlubber’s Guide to Sea Shanties You don't need to be a sailor to put these songs to work
a year ago
bookbear express
Dear Bear: how to get over a crush, ex-friends at a wedding, and conflict + weekly recs
3 months ago
Rubenerd
#Japan2025 Toyama Tower, Castle, and French Pentax Yesterday’s wanderings around Toyama were a bit all over the place, but there were a few highlights!...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Yesterday’s wanderings around Toyama were a bit all over the place, but there were a few highlights! I’m starting to feel the self-imposed effects of running around every day, so this post will be briefer. After breakfast at a local Doutor we went to get… wait for it… another IC...
Passing Time
Overthrowing Overstimulation Making time to do nothing doesn’t have to be in pursuit of the profound
over a year ago
The Intimate Mirror
Guide to Healing the Mother Wound A Practical Path to Fundamental Safety and Belonging
5 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Boiling Your Kermit Drop a frog in boiling water and it jumps out in shock. Place him in room-temperature water and he...
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over a year ago
Drop a frog in boiling water and it jumps out in shock. Place him in room-temperature water and he won’t mind if you slowly crank up the heat. He’ll look you square in the eye, absorbing the heat until it all goes black. Sorry, Kermit.
Both Are True
When You're Done with that Condom, Just Throw it Anywhere just a lil guy
6 months 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...
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My reading list for reviving human values in today's digital desert and liberating yourself from tech overreach
Left To Write
Your Map Is Not The Territory Afflictions of the human condition
over a year ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
3-6 Months of Beginner Hell Is What It Takes to Become Successful (And Join the Top 1%) 99% of people can't stand it – that's your big opportunity
3 months ago
Isabel Unraveled
the two dogs in me words from a private reading i did in Toronto
2 months ago
Both Are True
anxiety at work!! hey boss, are you mad at me?
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
crazy fall colours in tokyo
a year ago
Passing Time
Backcountry Skiers and Venture Capitalists Skiing in the proverbial River
10 months ago
Diaries of Note
I have woken fairly early to think about human life Frances Partridge was a remarkable British diarist born in 1900 whose long life was interwoven with...
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Frances Partridge was a remarkable British diarist born in 1900 whose long life was interwoven with the illustrious Bloomsbury Group. By 1967, when she wrote the following entry, she had already lost two of her nearest and dearest: her husband, Ralph, in 1960, and then tragically...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Focused Reading I have never been a particularly big reader. I enjoy books and I enjoy reading blog posts, but I...
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I have never been a particularly big reader. I enjoy books and I enjoy reading blog posts, but I seem to make more room for the latter, even though I enjoy reading novels far more than I do blogs. The reason is simple enough: I spend the vast majority of my day behind a computer...
The Ruffian
Maybe Your Opinion Is Just a Feeling About a Story On Changing My Mind About the Elgin Marbles. Plus: How To Get Hold of An Advance Copy of 'John &...
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7 months ago
On Changing My Mind About the Elgin Marbles. Plus: How To Get Hold of An Advance Copy of 'John & Paul'. Plus a Juicy Rattle Bag of Goodies.
Diaries of Note
I have been playing a new game called insomnia In December of 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 26-year-old Thomas Merton entered...
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In December of 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, 26-year-old Thomas Merton entered the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky, where he began life as a Trappist monk. Over the next 27 years, until his death in 1968, Merton authored more than fifty books that...
Both Are True
parenting as improv yes and yes and yes and
8 months ago
Diaries of Note
The human is a creature of paradox When he wrote the following diary entry in 1973, 30-year-old Arthur Ashe had already carved out a...
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a year ago
When he wrote the following diary entry in 1973, 30-year-old Arthur Ashe had already carved out a distinguished place in sporting history, not just as a formidable tennis player, but also as a pioneering African-American athlete in a predominantly white sport. With the US Open...
The Ruffian
How To Love Classical Music And Why You Should
5 months ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Powered by a Whisper As promised, today we are going to take a journey to the heart of the web. The web has become...
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As promised, today we are going to take a journey to the heart of the web. The web has become bloated and gluttonous. We need hungry scalpels, sharp mental x-acto knives to cut away the excess. What will we find at the center? Is there a truth worth saving at the heart of the...
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...
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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:...
Stoic Simple
Comparing Stoicism & Buddhism: A Comparison of Two Philosophies When it comes to personal philosophies and ways of life, there are numerous options out there. One...
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When it comes to personal philosophies and ways of life, there are numerous options out there. One approach that has gained popularity in recent years is Stoicism, an ancient Greco-Roman philosophy that teaches individuals to find inner peace and contentment through discipline,...
journal – Winnie Lim
minimum effective dose I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the...
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5 months ago
I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the procedure), so I have been hesitant in taking up my regular exercise again because I...
The Ruffian
Can You Imitate a Genius? What the new Amy Winehouse film tells us about singing, talent, and AI
a year ago
Diaries of Note
A greater public calamity could not have occurred On 6th November 1817, the British public was plunged into deep mourning following the unexpected...
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a year ago
On 6th November 1817, the British public was plunged into deep mourning following the unexpected death of Princess Charlotte of Wales. The only child of the Prince Regent (later King George IV) and Caroline of Brunswick, Princess Charlotte was admired for her spirited personality...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Uniform Ever thought of having a personal uniform? Not the typical work attire, but a carefully curated...
a year ago
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a year ago
Ever thought of having a personal uniform? Not the typical work attire, but a carefully curated capsule wardrobe that reflects a cohesive style. My interest in fashion is limited, yet the concept of capsule wardrobes has fascinated me for years. I've been chipping away at...
Left To Write
№ 78: Bloomstory Codex, Changing of Seasons, Unproductivity Is The New Productivity A brief update of the last months
a year ago
Both Are True
TODAY 12PM: Write alongside other weirdos with almost zero talking about writing!!
2 months ago
RhysTranter.com
Adolphe Tanquerey on the Psalter A quiet evening reading from Tanquerey’s The Spiritual Life, first published in 1923
a year ago
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky's Seven Most Underrated Essays A look back to celebrate my son being ~7 days old
5 months ago
Laetitia@Work
The Authority Gap Laetitia@Work #47
over a year ago
The Intimate Mirror
Dangerous Safety How genuine safety dissolves both personal and systemic control (Breaking Open: Part 5)
6 months 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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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...
Diaries of Note
Nobody wants to give me what I don’t want Walter Ripton Morris was fifty-four when he was fired from his job. The year was 1961, and the...
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a year ago
Walter Ripton Morris was fifty-four when he was fired from his job. The year was 1961, and the company for which he had worked for some time had been swallowed up by a bigger corporation who deemed him to be disposable. Four years later, Morris published the diary he had kept...
DYNOMIGHT
Bayes is not a phase People make fun of techie/rationalist/effective-altruist types for many weird obsessions, like...
4 months ago
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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...
Both Are True
Talking comedy with God (David Javerbaum who is “tv royalty” according to Arthur from Substack) A recording from Alex Dobrenko`'s live video
5 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
what does it mean to live well A while ago an old friend texted me that an unexpected event had once again reminded her how...
a year ago
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a year ago
A while ago an old friend texted me that an unexpected event had once again reminded her how transient life can be, and she thought of me because I was one of...
The Convivial...
The Stuff of Life: Materiality and the Self The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 13
over a year ago
Farza's Newsletter
me n Krillin just grabbed starbucks Putting a 20-minute timer on to write the ole newsletter this week. Zip has 4X’d in the last two...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Putting a 20-minute timer on to write the ole newsletter this week. Zip has 4X’d in the last two weeks. So, that’s pretty wild. Just working hard to execute now. Create curriculum. Hire teachers. Scheudle classes. Add the necessary features to the product. All that jazz :).
Diaries of Note
To Nobody, then, will I write my Journal! Born in Norfolk in 1752, Frances Burney was fifteen when she began to keep a journal, and this...
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Born in Norfolk in 1752, Frances Burney was fifteen when she began to keep a journal, and this entry, in which she identifies her audience, was the first she ever wrote. For 72 years she continued, by which time she was a famous novelist—most notably as the author of Evelina, or...
Diaries of Note
The ocean is strewn with a litter of woodwork, chairs and bodies On the fateful morning of 21st April 1912, cable engineer Frederick A. Hamilton steeled himself for...
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over a year ago
On the fateful morning of 21st April 1912, cable engineer Frederick A. Hamilton steeled himself for a harrowing task. Six days earlier, the RMS Titanic had met its doom, striking an iceberg and plummeting to the depths, taking with it over 1,500 passengers and crew members in one...
Passing Time
Reasons Not to Burn Coal That Have Nothing to Do with Climate Change You don't need to talk about CO2 to have reasons to stop using coal for electricity generation
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
I long for vigour and clear thought, but only meet with chaos When she wrote the following diary entry, English author, poet, and garden designer Vita...
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When she wrote the following diary entry, English author, poet, and garden designer Vita Sackville-West was 28. Living in Long Barn, Kent, with her husband and fellow writer, Harold Nicolson, she was nearing the end of an intense, two-year romance with Violet Keppel, with whom...
The Intimate Mirror
The Essence of Aletheia Unfolding Opening to Life's Natural Intelligence
6 months ago
Diaries of Note
Very many delightful things were shown On 12th July 1520, German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer, accompanied by his wife, Agnes,...
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a year ago
On 12th July 1520, German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer, accompanied by his wife, Agnes, embarked on a significant journey from Germany to the Netherlands, both to attend the coronation of Charles V in October and ensure the continuation of the pension he had received for...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were...
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over a year ago
Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were crushed or drowned as their sleeping quarters filled with water after the collision. At the heart of the tragedy is a single checkbox on a touchscreen. This is the untold story of...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Trusting Your Intuition In the world of digital product design, trusting your gut might not be considered the most...
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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...
Unfiltered by Tim...
The Fastest Way To Ruin Your Life 8 easy steps
7 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
New Creative Direction I have been involved in running Minimalissimo since 2012, when I took it over from two Dutch...
over a year ago
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I have been involved in running Minimalissimo since 2012, when I took it over from two Dutch designers Maarten P Kappert and Stan Grootes—who did an incredible job to gain a substantial readership. Since then, I’ve looked to evolve the site from a blog into a more rounded...
The Honest Broker
Why You Should Skip My Articles and Go Straight to the Comments Here are some highlights from yesterday's open mic anarchy thread
over a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
My Favourite Designers (ever) I think I've spent almost every day for the past 10+ years thinking about design and designers, as...
over a year ago
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I think I've spent almost every day for the past 10+ years thinking about design and designers, as well as architects and artists. Over that time, I've come to admire and truly appreciate the work of some highly notable individuals and teams, and others that probably fly under...
Ryan Hoover's...
2015, a year of firsts
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
40 Observations on Public Discourse What we have here is a failure to communicate
3 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
I'm Writing a Book! Book Update 1
over a year ago
Paul Cudenec
China, Hong Kong and the global bankers “China is today the most important BRIC in the wall of global greed”, I wrote in July 2023.
6 months ago
Laetitia@Work
Back-to-school impostor syndrome Laetitia@Work #50
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
How Miles Davis Hired John Coltrane A fascinating interlude from James Kaplan's new book '3 Shades of Blue'
a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
099 on Product Hunt If you're unfamiliar with Product Hunt, it's a platform used to share and discover new digital...
a year ago
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a year ago
If you're unfamiliar with Product Hunt, it's a platform used to share and discover new digital products. Its usefulness has probably waned a lot in recent years unless you're prepared to inject an advertising budget, but I still think there's value in sharing projects...
DYNOMIGHT
The real data wall is billions of years of evolution Say you have a time machine. You can only use it once, to send a single idea back to 2005. If you...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Say you have a time machine. You can only use it once, to send a single idea back to 2005. If you wanted to speed up the development of AI, what would you send back? Many people suggest attention or transformers. But I’m convinced that the answer is “brute-force”—to throw as much...
Raptitude.com
Do Quests, Not Goals South Island, New Zealand, a.k.a. Middle-Earth If you were to make a list of what you want to get...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
South Island, New Zealand, a.k.a. Middle-Earth If you were to make a list of what you want to get done this week, it would mostly consist of things you have to do. Get groceries. Book a hair appointment. Get back to so-and-so. Read that health and safety thing for work. If you...
Daniel Bourke
My book Charlie Walks: A Novel is now available worldwide Charlie Walks: A Novel now shipping paperback copies worldwide.
over a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimal Twitter Community Pilot My search for an alternative community platform has led me back to, yes, Twitter. Although I am...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
My search for an alternative community platform has led me back to, yes, Twitter. Although I am still experimenting with a couple of other platforms, namely Minus and Discord, this new Twitter Communities pilot is interesting. We're all aware of the trials and tribulations of...
Atoms vs Bits
Why That Hat? Investigated Chefs wear a chef's hat. Soldiers wear a beret. WHY?
2 months ago
Stoic Simple
The Intersection of Stoicism and Modern Psychology In recent years, there has been a growing interest among psychologists and mental health...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In recent years, there has been a growing interest among psychologists and mental health professionals in the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. Despite being developed over two thousand years ago, many of the core principles of this philosophy have been found to be highly relevant...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Pattern Recognition Machine At some point our work inevitably makes contact with people who won’t be able to match your work...
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over a year ago
At some point our work inevitably makes contact with people who won’t be able to match your work with their mental patterns. Pattern recognition is convenient when we are stocking the shelves but it can be stifling when we interact with concepts that want to change us.
The Honest Broker
In 2025, Your Boss Will Launch a Podcast I warn about new grifts in my latest arts & culture briefing paper
6 months ago
RhysTranter.com
Of Gods and Men (2010): Witnesses to Faith Xavier Beauvois’s 2010 film, Of Gods and Men, begins with this ominous epitaph from the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Xavier Beauvois’s 2010 film, Of Gods and Men, begins with this ominous epitaph from the eighty-second psalm. It is to be a portent of the narrative’s themes of death and dignity, explored in conversation with the theological virtues of faith, hope, and love.
Unfiltered by Tim...
Your 9-5 Isn’t Killing Your Dreams. Wasting Your 5-9 Is. Complaining does nothing. It's time to get even.
4 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
Trading stuff for money Examples are good. Let’s start with some examples: We all need kidneys, or at least one kidney....
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Examples are good. Let’s start with some examples: We all need kidneys, or at least one kidney. Donating a kidney sucks, but having zero working kidneys really sucks. Paying people for kidneys would increase the number available, but it seems gross to pay people for part of their...
Mark Manson
4 Fascinating Psychological Theories That Explain Your Whole Life Welcome, dear readers, to a mind-bending adventure into the labyrinth of the human psyche. We're...
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over a year ago
Welcome, dear readers, to a mind-bending adventure into the labyrinth of the human psyche. We're going to embark on an odyssey through the catacombs of cognition, the jungles of the subconscious, and a wild ride into the boundless depths of human behavior—with four psychological...
Daniel Bourke
30 years old I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool. Being 9 years old and...
a year ago
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a year ago
I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool. Being 9 years old and telling my mum how excited I was to turn ten. Double digits! I feel the same way about 29 to 30. I hardly even got used to saying I’
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Cooking In short: Salt, fat, acid, heat
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Make Your Stone Sing Most sculptors will tap the stone to hear if it is solid and without fractures. A nice solid stone...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Most sculptors will tap the stone to hear if it is solid and without fractures. A nice solid stone will make a very beautiful clear sound. If there are unseen fractures anywhere in the stone it will sound dull.
Tech and Tea
Coaching Toolkit: The Power of Positive Intent One small but meaningful shift to make hard conversations a little bit easier
2 months ago
The Honest Broker
How Picasso Turned Me into a Strategy Consultant I share a shameful incident from my student days
a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
The Tolix Chair: A Design That Works By Pretending To The Tolix chair was built to endure welders, storms, and salt air. Today, it endures brunch.
a week ago
DYNOMIGHT
Everything is espionage: Things I learned researching Assange (espissange? asspionage?) Who is this Julian Assange guy? Is he good or bad? Did he do espionage?...
a year ago
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a year ago
(espissange? asspionage?) Who is this Julian Assange guy? Is he good or bad? Did he do espionage? Why is the US so obsessed with getting its hands on him? At dynomight.net we don’t like to answer questions. Instead, we prefer to replace them with more abstract questions that we...
The Intimate Mirror
The Living Dead How to Escape the Death Machine of Modern Culture (Breaking Open: Part 4)
6 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Compass Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily...
8 months ago
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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...
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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...
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Are you looking for ways to improve your physical health? Many people focus on exercise and diet, but there is another method that has been gaining popularity in recent years - Stoicism. This ancient philosophy has many principles that can help you lead a healthier and happier...
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Failure is a word worth eliminating from your vocabulary. There’s no reason to think about things that didn’t work out as failures. Yet, it’s especially pervasive in entrepreneurial circles. It’s almost as if failure has been fetishized. Nearly worshipped as a right of passage, a...
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On 20th November 1825, shortly after reading the diaries of Samuel Pepys and Lord Byron for the first time, Scottish poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott began his own diary by way of the following opening entry. Fifty-four at the time, Scott had already established himself as a...
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Jules Renard was a French author and playwright born in 1864 who is probably best-known for Poil de carotte (‘Carrot Top’), a darkly comical autobiographical novel in which he recalls his terrible upbringing as a red-headed child in a detached bourgeois family. Aside from his...
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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...
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Hey party people! It's Mark Manson, and today I want to talk about Dr. Jordan Peterson and his books, "12 Rules for Life" and "12 More Rules for Life." I've had the pleasure of chatting with him on his podcast and even got some F-bombs out of him. But what really stuck with me...
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Yoko Moriwaki was born in Japan in 1932 on the picturesque island of Itsukushima, better known to locals as Miyajima, and until war broke out in 1941 her childhood was a happy one, filled with simple joys. In 1944, with the conflict casting a heavy shadow, her father was called...
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One of my all-time favorite articles is “The Curse of Xanadu,” by Gary Wolf, which ran in WIRED Magazine in 1995. On the surface, it’s a piece of tech history, a story of a dramatic failure. But look closer, and you can find deep philosophical insight. Xanadu was a grand vision...
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Health is not merely about one’s diet, but it feels like a natural place to start. What follows are a few beliefs of my own.
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Someone once called me intense. At first, I thought, is there something wrong with me? But I snapped out of things and realised it’s what makes me me. No one is making it out alive; death knocks at everyone’s door, so why not be obsessed about the things I enjoy?
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This morning I woke up to my first ever hate comment in response to my latest post in the history of this blog. I am sharing a screenshot because I don’t wish...
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BlooOOP, blooOOP In 1949, as she searched for obscure books to feed her reading habit, American author Helene Hanff...
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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...
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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...
journal – Winnie Lim
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In 2011 in a desperate attempt to change my life I went on a trip to the US with only enough money to last me for a month there. I did not...
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Today I am going to share some design advice that you aren’t going to get anywhere else. They don’t teach you this at the university. You won’t find articles about it in the glossy magazines. The design blogs won’t touch the subject. Research would inevitably show that there...
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