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11 Universal And Objective Truths About Making Friends the reason we are here
2nd Jul 2026
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11 Universal And Objective Truths About Making Friends

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2nd Jul 2026
the reason we are here
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The Outrage Cycle The Outrage Begins First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far...
7th Mar 2022
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The Outrage Cycle

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Mar 2022
The Outrage Begins First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far and wide. Most of this happens on Twitter, but placeholder web pages are thrown together on various news sites and cable news channels interrupt the latest car chase to give you...
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Render Unto the Machine The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 12
8th Jul 2023
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Render Unto the Machine

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8th Jul 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 12
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Everyday It's 1984 Nostalgia is commonly used pejoratively. As if the very idea of looking backward in time and saying,...
9th Aug 2023
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Everyday It's 1984

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9th Aug 2023
Nostalgia is commonly used pejoratively. As if the very idea of looking backward in time and saying, hmm, maybe we lost something between then and now were... bad? The American Psychological Association considers nostalgia a subset of depression, which is, ahem, depressing. But...
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How - and Why - To Read... ...in a World That's Giving Up On It
4th Jan 2025
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How - and Why - To Read...

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4th Jan 2025
...in a World That's Giving Up On It
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Alpine Starts II Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
26th Nov 2023
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Alpine Starts II

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26th Nov 2023
Or: Thanksgiving in the Mountains
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This is not Nineteen Eighty-Four Wigtown is a coastal town in south-west Scotland so in love with books that its approximately 900...
1st Mar 2023
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This is not Nineteen Eighty-Four

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1st Mar 2023
Wigtown is a coastal town in south-west Scotland so in love with books that its approximately 900 (presumably) well-read inhabitants have an incredible sixteen bookshops on their doorstep(s), an annual book festival that runs for ten days, and the official title of Scotland’s...
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Do Not Resign From Life The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No.
2nd Jun 2026
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Do Not Resign From Life

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2nd Jun 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No.
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Nuances of Minimalism Minimalism can be perceived in different ways, as it should be, because there are in fact many...
3rd Aug 2021
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Nuances of Minimalism

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3rd Aug 2021
Minimalism can be perceived in different ways, as it should be, because there are in fact many nuances to the movement. Is it even a movement? It’s perhaps better described as a guiding principle. Some of these nuances are highly commercial, some are focused on personal wellbeing...
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Why Write? Other than the egotism, of course…
15th Jul 2023
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Why Write?

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15th Jul 2023
Other than the egotism, of course…
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How Dangerous is Rock Climbing? There is an adage in climbing—there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no...
28th Nov 2022
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How Dangerous is Rock Climbing?

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28th Nov 2022
There is an adage in climbing—there are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no old bold climbers. I plan on getting pretty old.
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The Life of Saint Pambo Reading Butler's Lives of the Saints, I come across a passage on St Pambo, an Egyptian monk (c.390)...
18th Jul 2020
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The Life of Saint Pambo

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18th Jul 2020
Reading Butler's Lives of the Saints, I come across a passage on St Pambo, an Egyptian monk (c.390) thought to be a disciple of St Antony. I was struck by the following passage...
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24 super genuine resolutions for 2024 + one important thing at the end sort of
1st Jan 2024
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24 super genuine resolutions for 2024

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1st Jan 2024
+ one important thing at the end sort of
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Dreaming of danger [Plus audio version]
3rd Aug 2026
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Dreaming of danger

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Aug 2026
[Plus audio version]
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affinity how to know if you actually really like something
7th Aug 2025
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affinity

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7th Aug 2025
how to know if you actually really like something
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🍲 Announcing Startup Soup: A Pragmatic Take on Startup Operations A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage...
3rd Mar 2025
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🍲 Announcing Startup Soup: A Pragmatic Take on Startup Operations

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3rd Mar 2025
A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage companies!
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People I Want to Work With This is an evolved thought of my post about my favourite designers ever. Since I opened my creative...
5th Aug 2025
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People I Want to Work With

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Aug 2025
This is an evolved thought of my post about my favourite designers ever. Since I opened my creative lab FormFeelingFunction®, I’ve also opened my mind to connecting with more creative people. The reason is simple: to make unexpected objects in both digital and analogue form...
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44 I read last year’s post before writing this. Writing is a strange phenomenon. Though I am reading my...
6th Apr 2025
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6th Apr 2025
I read last year’s post before writing this. Writing is a strange phenomenon. Though I am reading my own writing, it feels like I am reading the writing of another person. Perhaps...
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The Authority Gap Laetitia@Work #47
7th Apr 2022
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The Authority Gap

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7th Apr 2022
Laetitia@Work #47
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Saddened by the tech industry Watching the pendulum swing away from people-centric leadership and wishing pendulums didn't swing...
17th Jun 2023
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Saddened by the tech industry

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17th Jun 2023
Watching the pendulum swing away from people-centric leadership and wishing pendulums didn't swing quite so far in the other direction.
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Keeping Silence Saturday afternoon. Revisiting Merton, Newman, and this from Madeleine Delbrêl…
11th May 2024
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Keeping Silence

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11th May 2024
Saturday afternoon. Revisiting Merton, Newman, and this from Madeleine Delbrêl…
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5 toxic forces that prevent you from quitting when you should Laetitia@Work #56
27th Feb 2023
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5 toxic forces that prevent you from quitting when you should

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27th Feb 2023
Laetitia@Work #56
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Rome Pilgrimage: Jubilee Year, 2025 This July, Jenn and I journeyed to Rome as part of a Jubilee Year pilgrimage with a group of...
21st Jul 2025
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Rome Pilgrimage: Jubilee Year, 2025

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21st Jul 2025
This July, Jenn and I journeyed to Rome as part of a Jubilee Year pilgrimage with a group of colleagues from St David’s Catholic College. We passed through the Holy Doors of St Peter’s, St John Lateran, St Paul Outside the Walls, and St Mary Major, where the remains of Pope...
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How much rest do we really need? Laetitia@Work #52
20th Oct 2022
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How much rest do we really need?

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20th Oct 2022
Laetitia@Work #52
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Stoicism and Christianity: The History of the Stoics and the Christians It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the...
5th Jan 2022
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Stoicism and Christianity: The History of the Stoics and the Christians

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5th Jan 2022
It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the same time. That’s right, Seneca and Jesus were both born in the year 4BC. Not only that, they lived roughly parallel lives despite being separated by geography, culture, and social...
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Efforts and Goals and Joy There was joy in concentration, and the world afforded an inexhaustible wealth of projects to...
31st Dec 2023
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Efforts and Goals and Joy

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31st Dec 2023
There was joy in concentration, and the world afforded an inexhaustible wealth of projects to concentrate on. There was joy in effort, and the world resisted effort to just the right degree, and yielded to it at last. People cut Mount Rushmore into faces; they chipped here and...
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Overchoice and How to Avoid it Five Heuristics to Help You Decide
5th Oct 2023
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Overchoice and How to Avoid it

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5th Oct 2023
Five Heuristics to Help You Decide
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Modern Noble Lies The high price asked for harmony
1st Jan 2025
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Modern Noble Lies

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1st Jan 2025
The high price asked for harmony
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Obvious travel advice Mindset matters more than where you go. Who you go with matters more than where you go. After seeing...
20th Jun 2024
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Obvious travel advice

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20th Jun 2024
Mindset matters more than where you go. Who you go with matters more than where you go. After seeing each other for a few months, many new couples take a short trip, which often ends in an apocalyptic, relationship-destroying fight. My theory is that’s the trip working as...
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You Are Invited On being seen, the ARC Network, and a wedding
14th Jun 2026
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You Are Invited

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14th Jun 2026
On being seen, the ARC Network, and a wedding
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10 YouTube Videos I'm Enjoying Right Now My life is pretty much like yours. Except that total strangers send me all sorts of things.
2nd Nov 2023
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10 YouTube Videos I'm Enjoying Right Now

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2nd Nov 2023
My life is pretty much like yours. Except that total strangers send me all sorts of things.
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Abandon Your New Year’s Resolutions and Perform 6 System Checks I had trouble making resolutions this year. Normally I love the process, I make my list, sketch out...
6th Jan 2019
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Abandon Your New Year’s Resolutions and Perform 6 System Checks

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Jan 2019
I had trouble making resolutions this year. Normally I love the process, I make my list, sketch out a plan, maybe even buy an online course or two. But this year I couldn’t do it. Why was my brain blocking the New Year’s resolution tradition?
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Debunking the Laziness Lie Laetitia@Work #53
29th Nov 2022
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Debunking the Laziness Lie

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29th Nov 2022
Laetitia@Work #53
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Week 44 of 2025- W442025 Dreaming, after all
2nd Nov 2025
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Week 44 of 2025- W442025

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2nd Nov 2025
Dreaming, after all
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[instagram] there will still be 125 pieces of my love lingering somewhere on the internet i used to be one of those people who would say, marriage is just a piece of paper. but after being...
2nd Oct 2026
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[instagram] there will still be 125 pieces of my love lingering somewhere on the internet

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2nd Oct 2026
i used to be one of those people who would say, marriage is just a piece of paper. but after being with her for years and years through all the tears and laughter it is starting to make me sad that if anything were to happen to me she wouldn’t be able to do things like make...
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Genuine Poetry Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art,...
9th May 2026
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Genuine Poetry

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9th May 2026
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, shares this on art, the true and the beautiful…
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Joining the No-Club Laetitia@Work #51
8th Sep 2022
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Joining the No-Club

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8th Sep 2022
Laetitia@Work #51
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Careful technology Dear friends, There is a commonplace opinion that technology and the natural world, or that...
21st May 2024
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Careful technology

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21st May 2024
Dear friends, There is a commonplace opinion that technology and the natural world, or that technological pursuits and natural pursuits, are at odds. An example: I think this is a false position. But if this kind of sentiment is so often repeated, its worth thinking about why it...
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The Best Things in Life Don’t Make Themselves Happen You spend your life doing things. Some of the things you do make themselves happen, and some don’t....
18th Mar 2025
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The Best Things in Life Don’t Make Themselves Happen

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18th Mar 2025
You spend your life doing things. Some of the things you do make themselves happen, and some don’t. Sweeping the floor, even if you don’t love doing it, will eventually make itself happen, because you’ll get annoyed by walking through filth every day. Same with things like...
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The Pathologization Pandemic Why youth mental illness is surging
6th Jul 2023
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The Pathologization Pandemic

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Jul 2023
Why youth mental illness is surging
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just drank green tea liquid death and now 15mg of caffeine is coursing through my gd veins bim bop boom boom boom bop bam
20th Feb 2025
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just drank green tea liquid death and now 15mg of caffeine is coursing through my gd veins

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20th Feb 2025
bim bop boom boom boom bop bam
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If you let it, AI will prompt you. Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers to Castles in the Sky!
9th Sep 2024
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If you let it, AI will prompt you.

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Sep 2024
Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers to Castles in the Sky!
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Impact, Zimpact! [Plus audio version]
27th Aug 2025
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Impact, Zimpact!

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27th Aug 2025
[Plus audio version]
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A Tiny City in the Wilderness On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
6th Apr 2025
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A Tiny City in the Wilderness

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6th Apr 2025
On Urbanism in the Middle of Nowhere
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3 Principles for a Better Life I used to have a newsletter with the pitch, “3 Ideas That Can Change Your Life.” For years, I sent...
13th Jun 2022
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3 Principles for a Better Life

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

13th Jun 2022
I used to have a newsletter with the pitch, “3 Ideas That Can Change Your Life.” For years, I sent out emails in that format: three ideas—one, two, three—thank you, drive through. News flash: I've got a new weekly newsletter now called The Breakthrough where I send out ideas and...
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Good Internet Citizenship Throwing in my two cents to content discovery
26th Oct 2025
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Good Internet Citizenship

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26th Oct 2025
Throwing in my two cents to content discovery
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What Would a Stoic Do? Dating “Dating” is a word I was not familiar with before coming to the United States. Especially with the...
22nd Jun 2018
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What Would a Stoic Do? Dating

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22nd Jun 2018
“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...
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How Social Media Shortens Your Life It's engineered to speed up your time
3rd Aug 2025
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How Social Media Shortens Your Life

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3rd Aug 2025
It's engineered to speed up your time
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[instagram] 123 months: everything is perimenopause as we're both women in our mid 40s we're inevitably entering the dreaded phase in our lives when our...
2nd Aug 2026
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[instagram] 123 months: everything is perimenopause

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Aug 2026
as we're both women in our mid 40s we're inevitably entering the dreaded phase in our lives when our hormones go out of whack and we start experiencing disturbing symptoms...these days one can search any medical symptom on google and it is definitely a possible perimenopause...
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Coming 2nd in a Kaggle Competition How my brother and I came second in a Google Health + AI competition.
31st Mar 2026
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Coming 2nd in a Kaggle Competition

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

31st Mar 2026
How my brother and I came second in a Google Health + AI competition.
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Audiobooks Are Books and They’re Also Practice Speak low if you speak love. — Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing I’m very fond of audiobooks....
11th Nov 2023
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Audiobooks Are Books and They’re Also Practice

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11th Nov 2023
Speak low if you speak love. — Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing I’m very fond of audiobooks. There is something endearing, maybe even romantic, about the act of listening. I get this same sense often in early photographs of radio listeners, that they appreciate the romance of...
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Mouth Lookers and the Connection Illusion My girlfriend told me I was do it wrong. How was I supposed to know? They don’t teach this stuff in...
6th Aug 2016
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Mouth Lookers and the Connection Illusion

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Aug 2016
My girlfriend told me I was do it wrong. How was I supposed to know? They don’t teach this stuff in school.
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Retaking the Test of Time They don't play Dylan on 93.3, Denver's modern rock station. Not today, not in 1999 when I spent the...
4th Feb 2017
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Retaking the Test of Time

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Feb 2017
They don't play Dylan on 93.3, Denver's modern rock station. Not today, not in 1999 when I spent the summer burning stencils and cleaning ink off silkscreens at a family-owned t-shirt factory.
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You Won’t Believe My Morning A highly unexpected turn of events. The post You Won’t Believe My Morning appeared first on Wait But...
25th Mar 2020
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You Won’t Believe My Morning

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25th Mar 2020
A highly unexpected turn of events. The post You Won’t Believe My Morning appeared first on Wait But Why.
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#Japan2025 Off to Toyama and Takaoka When we were first planning our trip up to Toyama, the original plan was to take the scenic train up...
2nd May 2025
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#Japan2025 Off to Toyama and Takaoka

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2nd May 2025
When we were first planning our trip up to Toyama, the original plan was to take the scenic train up from Nagoya like so many of those NHK travel documentaries we’d seen. We laboured for days deciding whether we had the time to stop in Takoyama along the way; and if so, whether...
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When will an AI win the Booker? A reflection on whether novelists will ever be made obsolete by ChatGPT
1st Jul 2023
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When will an AI win the Booker?

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1st Jul 2023
A reflection on whether novelists will ever be made obsolete by ChatGPT
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The Pattern Recognition Machine At some point our work inevitably makes contact with people who won’t be able to match your work...
4th Sep 2016
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The Pattern Recognition Machine

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Sep 2016
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.
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Think Excel Can’t Handle PDEs? Think Again: A Chemical Engineering Case Study Did you know you can solve 2D partial differential equations (PDEs) in Excel without resorting to...
1st May 2023
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Think Excel Can’t Handle PDEs? Think Again: A Chemical Engineering Case Study

from Naveen Arun's Blog [alt+shift+b] in life

1st May 2023
Did you know you can solve 2D partial differential equations (PDEs) in Excel without resorting to macros? In this post, we’ll look at how to solve Laplace’s Equation, , in two dimensions using nothing but Microsoft Excel. Introduction Heat transfer is a critical concept in...
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China’s AI Chicken or Egg A Much Cheaper, Almost-as-Good Alternative
18th Sep 2026
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China’s AI Chicken or Egg

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18th Sep 2026
A Much Cheaper, Almost-as-Good Alternative
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The best leaders keep their egos under control A version of this post was first published in The Australian on July 31 2018
31st Jul 2018
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The best leaders keep their egos under control

from Tom Howard [alt+shift+b] in life

31st Jul 2018
A version of this post was first published in The Australian on July 31 2018
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The Cult Will Tell You You're Living Life Wrong if your friends won't, they will
3rd Aug 2026
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The Cult Will Tell You You're Living Life Wrong

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3rd Aug 2026
if your friends won't, they will
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On running Never did I imagine myself getting into running, especially as a middle-aged man. It always seemed a...
2nd Aug 2026
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On running

from Carl Barenbrug RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Aug 2026
Never did I imagine myself getting into running, especially as a middle-aged man. It always seemed a bit boring to me. Cycling is what I thought I‘d inevitably venture into, especially because I love watching that sport. But here I am, roped in by a couple of friends, fully...
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Make product worse, get money 1. I recently asked why people seem to hate dating apps so much. In response, 80% of you emailed me...
20th Nov 2025
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Make product worse, get money

from DYNOMIGHT [alt+shift+b] in life

20th Nov 2025
1. I recently asked why people seem to hate dating apps so much. In response, 80% of you emailed me some version of the following theory: The thing about dating apps is that if they do a good job and match people up, then the matched people will quit the app and stop paying. So...
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The military mechanism of zimperial occupation The first of two related book reviews
1st Dec 2025
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The military mechanism of zimperial occupation

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Dec 2025
The first of two related book reviews
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The Greatest Jedi Mind Trick of All Time What percentage of your visible world would you say you can see? Yes, you read that correctly. The...
3rd Nov 2018
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The Greatest Jedi Mind Trick of All Time

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Nov 2018
What percentage of your visible world would you say you can see? Yes, you read that correctly. The obvious answer is "all of it." But stick with me.
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Why Are Huge Tech Companies Getting Into the Book Business? Do they want to help writers or destroy them?
6th Dec 2024
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Why Are Huge Tech Companies Getting Into the Book Business?

from The Honest Broker [alt+shift+b] in life

6th Dec 2024
Do they want to help writers or destroy them?
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Notes on Acquired Taste Why Do We Make an Effort To Like Things?
4th Jul 2026
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Notes on Acquired Taste

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4th Jul 2026
Why Do We Make an Effort To Like Things?
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When knowledge is stupidity [Plus audio version]
3rd Jul 2026
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When knowledge is stupidity

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3rd Jul 2026
[Plus audio version]
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Raising ourselves from the lowness of modernity [Plus audio version]
10 hours ago
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Raising ourselves from the lowness of modernity

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

10 hours ago
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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...
1st Feb 2023
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4 Fascinating Psychological Theories That Explain Your Whole Life

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1st Feb 2023
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...
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Memory > Blog I’ve always appreciated the word blog. It feels honest and informal; a small, functional word from...
3rd Oct 2025
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Memory > Blog

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3rd Oct 2025
I’ve always appreciated the word blog. It feels honest and informal; a small, functional word from the early web. Blogs were, and still are, places to share links, notes, ideas, and to find others doing the same. That spirit of exchange still matters. [See blogroll.org] Lately...
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21 observations from people watching Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move...
1st Apr 2025
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21 observations from people watching

from skin contact [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Apr 2025
Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move through a room.
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Introducing Nutrify 2.0 Multi-Food Mode, 552 New Foods and Food Share
9th Dec 2025
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Introducing Nutrify 2.0

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9th Dec 2025
Multi-Food Mode, 552 New Foods and Food Share
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Your life is your art use it to get to know yourself
10th Nov 2025
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Your life is your art

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

10th Nov 2025
use it to get to know yourself
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Thumbprints Of The Divine For ‘The Season Everything bears the divine fingerprint, footprint or similitude. Ask the animals, and they will...
24th Dec 2016
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Thumbprints Of The Divine For ‘The Season

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24th Dec 2016
Everything bears the divine fingerprint, footprint or similitude. Ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of these does not know that the...
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Real friends
4th Mar 2024
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Real friends

from Ryan Hoover's Writing [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Mar 2024
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how to write about the vulnerable stuff your family doesn't know about (and other fun easy topics... therapy for writers // batcave live #001 w special guest Isabel Cowles Murphy
1st May 2025
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how to write about the vulnerable stuff your family doesn't know about (and other fun easy topics haha!)

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1st May 2025
therapy for writers // batcave live #001 w special guest Isabel Cowles Murphy
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Many Victorian cities grew by tenfold in a century Could ours do the same?
3rd Feb 2026
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Many Victorian cities grew by tenfold in a century

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3rd Feb 2026
Could ours do the same?
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Are Harvard Graduates Better Than Harvard Dropouts? Or how I spent $503,402 on college education
3rd Jan 2024
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Are Harvard Graduates Better Than Harvard Dropouts?

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3rd Jan 2024
Or how I spent $503,402 on college education
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40 Life Lessons I Know at 40 (That I Wish I Knew at 20) Today is my 40th birthday. When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to...
9th Mar 2024
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40 Life Lessons I Know at 40 (That I Wish I Knew at 20)

from Mark Manson [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Mar 2024
Today is my 40th birthday. When I turned 30 a decade ago, I wrote an article sharing life lessons to survive your 20s and crowd-sourced advice on how to excel in your 30s. And apparently you guys loved it. So, here's more of the good stuff: 40 life lessons I now know at 40 that I...
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№ 77: Reflecting on 2023 Doubt, love and growing more into myself.
14th Jan 2024
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№ 77: Reflecting on 2023

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14th Jan 2024
Doubt, love and growing more into myself.
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i ordered garlic naan but they gave me captain crunch instead what the heck man Note: this is targeted specifically at startup founders. But, same things apply to anyone who’s...
28th Aug 2023
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i ordered garlic naan but they gave me captain crunch instead what the heck man

from Farza's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

28th Aug 2023
Note: this is targeted specifically at startup founders. But, same things apply to anyone who’s brave enough to create something from nothing — creators, musicians, physics researchers, etc. I wanna talk about why companies die. And, why most people quit.
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Permission to Slow Down In... Out...
2nd Jan 2023
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Permission to Slow Down

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jan 2023
In... Out...
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The Real Story Behind 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' How this book was written is as strange as the novel itself
3rd Mar 2026
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The Real Story Behind 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'

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3rd Mar 2026
How this book was written is as strange as the novel itself
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The Tiniest Mission Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is:...
15th Jan 2025
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The Tiniest Mission

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

15th Jan 2025
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...
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[instagram] the look of love for 119 months it has been a difficult few weeks for me…but i can say that the years have been difficult too. that...
2nd Apr 2026
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[instagram] the look of love for 119 months

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Apr 2026
it has been a difficult few weeks for me…but i can say that the years have been difficult too. that is why i don’t understand how she can have the love and patience to endure my self with me. sometimes i have terrible insomnia and i end up waking her up tens of times throughout...
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Links in Progress: Snakebites, Pig Hearts, and More A round up of the most important things happening in biotechnology and medicine
3rd Feb 2025
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Links in Progress: Snakebites, Pig Hearts, and More

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3rd Feb 2025
A round up of the most important things happening in biotechnology and medicine
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As the Old Ways of Wintertime Wane Why You Can't Do Winter Alone
5th Feb 2026
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As the Old Ways of Wintertime Wane

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5th Feb 2026
Why You Can't Do Winter Alone
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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...
7th Feb 2021
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me and george lucas just made a sound cloud hit

from Farza's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Feb 2021
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,...
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Casse-Croûte MangeDansMonHood After our morning visit to Automne Boulangerie, we walked down the block to our 2nd eating...
2nd Apr 2026
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Casse-Croûte MangeDansMonHood

from Sherman's Food Adventures [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Apr 2026
After our morning visit to Automne Boulangerie, we walked down the block to our 2nd eating destination in Casse-Croûte MangeDansMonHood.  This place is well-known for their smash burgers that were once only available during pop-ups.  Their menu is supremely simple and focused. ...
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Growing a Hornbeam Hedge What's involved and the cost
12th Apr 2025
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Growing a Hornbeam Hedge

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12th Apr 2025
What's involved and the cost
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Why I rebuilt this site The journey of building this site.
31st Oct 2024
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Why I rebuilt this site

from Thu Le [alt+shift+b] in life

31st Oct 2024
The journey of building this site.
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Preorder My Sci-Fi Novel, Husk A limited time, first-edition signed hardcover with bonuses
12th Mar 2025
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Preorder My Sci-Fi Novel, Husk

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12th Mar 2025
A limited time, first-edition signed hardcover with bonuses
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"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
1st May 2024
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"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

1st May 2024
A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
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Unusual UI I knew if I built my app exactly the way I wanted there was a chance it might not make it through...
5th Nov 2016
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Unusual UI

from Adrian Hanft, III: RSS Feed [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Nov 2016
I knew if I built my app exactly the way I wanted there was a chance it might not make it through Apple’s approval gauntlet.
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The American vs. European Mindset on Life A personal look at how the American and European mindsets shape the way we live, work, and find...
1st Jun 2025
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The American vs. European Mindset on Life

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1st Jun 2025
A personal look at how the American and European mindsets shape the way we live, work, and find happiness.
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Courage and Moonshots On Nikolai Fedorov's impossible dream and the ordinary courage of taking crazy ideas seriously
16th Dec 2024
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Courage and Moonshots

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

16th Dec 2024
On Nikolai Fedorov's impossible dream and the ordinary courage of taking crazy ideas seriously
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The lessons of Xanadu One of my all-time favorite articles is “The Curse of Xanadu,” by Gary Wolf, which ran in WIRED...
7th Aug 2022
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The lessons of Xanadu

from Jason Crawford [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Aug 2022
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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Agency and Schooling (and gardening) Dear friends, Over at Palladium I have written School is Not Enough. The beginning may be familiar...
7th Jun 2023
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Agency and Schooling (and gardening)

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Jun 2023
Dear friends, Over at Palladium I have written School is Not Enough. The beginning may be familiar to some readers, the post is an elaboration of my thinking about agency. I speak a bit more about the problem, and potential solutions. I leave it implicit that I find it this very...
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Introducing Nutrify | A Pokédex for Food Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
27th Feb 2024
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Introducing Nutrify | A Pokédex for Food

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

27th Feb 2024
Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
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30 years old I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool. Being 9 years old and...
9th Sep 2023
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30 years old

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Sep 2023
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’
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“ugly” drawings from korea The first couple of days in korea we stumbled into a 3-storey stationery shop called Object. There...
4th Aug 2024
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“ugly” drawings from korea

from Winnie Lim [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Aug 2024
The first couple of days in korea we stumbled into a 3-storey stationery shop called Object. There was a particular section where they sell stationery and stickers by a particular artist with...
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i was in the boiler room with fred and we were eating eggs agains Hey all, really short one today :).
8th Sep 2025
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i was in the boiler room with fred and we were eating eggs agains

from Farza's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Sep 2025
Hey all, really short one today :).
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Backcountry Skiers and Venture Capitalists Skiing in the proverbial River
3rd Sep 2024
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Backcountry Skiers and Venture Capitalists

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Sep 2024
Skiing in the proverbial River
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Introducing Nutrify 1.2: Calorie and Macronutrient Goals, Breakdowns and 57 New Foods Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57...
28th May 2024
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Introducing Nutrify 1.2: Calorie and Macronutrient Goals, Breakdowns and 57 New Foods

from Daniel Bourke [alt+shift+b] in life

28th May 2024
Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57 new foods in Nutridex. Available on the App Store.
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In the Time of The Juncos Autumn comes in on the coattails of a storm, a cool wind chasing clouds. Humidity breaks, there's a...
8th Oct 2025
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In the Time of The Juncos

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Oct 2025
Autumn comes in on the coattails of a storm, a cool wind chasing clouds. Humidity breaks, there's a colder edge to mornings and evenings. Yellow and red leaves sprout in clusters, and a gradual panorama of color sweeps across the horizon of trees. It's a time of contrasts and...
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Sri Aurobindo On The Buddha The Non-Being permits the Being, even as the Silence permits the Activity. Thus it was possible for...
30th Sep 2018
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Sri Aurobindo On The Buddha

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30th Sep 2018
The Non-Being permits the Being, even as the Silence permits the Activity. Thus it was possible for the Buddha to attain the state of Nirvana, and yet act puissantly in the world, impersonal in his inner consciousness, in his action the most powerful personality that we know of...
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What is Good Within Social Networks I think we are still in the early days of social networks. We are only just beginning to figure them...
2nd Dec 2022
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What is Good Within Social Networks

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Dec 2022
I think we are still in the early days of social networks. We are only just beginning to figure them out. We certainly underestimate how positive and useful they can be, partly from a careless pessimism, and partly because the owners of major social networks seem to lack vision....
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Starting in one hour: Charlie Becker and Rob Stephenson on InterIntellect Grab a ticket and join us
18th Sep 2025
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Starting in one hour: Charlie Becker and Rob Stephenson on InterIntellect

from Charlie Becker [alt+shift+b] in life

18th Sep 2025
Grab a ticket and join us
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a return to soul bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
9th Nov 2024
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a return to soul

from Isabel Unraveled [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Nov 2024
bring back the Era of the Artist. not a political take.
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Designing a New Old Home: Defining Constraints Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came...
5th Sep 2022
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Designing a New Old Home: Defining Constraints

from The Map is Mostly Water [alt+shift+b] in life

5th Sep 2022
Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came to buy land Curiosity — Advice on starting Research, Sketch, Collect — Essential research for home design Defining Constraints ← You are here The Elements
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Low Oak leaves shimmer and dance in the wind. Morning sunlight filters in through the trees, the rays...
3rd Jan 2024
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Low

from Luxagraf: Topographical Writings [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jan 2024
Oak leaves shimmer and dance in the wind. Morning sunlight filters in through the trees, the rays fighting their way through wisps of Spanish moss. You can find this scene anywhere in South Carolina below the fall line, a vague geographic boundary that runs along the southeastern...
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Live As If I just don't understand
2 hours ago
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Live As If

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

2 hours ago
I just don't understand
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Why You’re Always Right My cat refuses all medicine because she doesn’t understand the benefits. Nothing can make her see...
9th Feb 2026
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Why You’re Always Right

from Raptitude.com [alt+shift+b] in life

9th Feb 2026
My cat refuses all medicine because she doesn’t understand the benefits. Nothing can make her see that having bitter liquid squirted into her mouth will prevent her from getting intestinal worms. So I have to force the matter by wrapping her in a towel like a burrito, so that she...
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Niwa Recently, Air Canada released its list of the best new restaurants in Canada.  One of the places...
2nd Jan 2026
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Niwa

from Sherman's Food Adventures [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Jan 2026
Recently, Air Canada released its list of the best new restaurants in Canada.  One of the places mentioned is Niwa out on a strip of great restaurants on Powell Street near Victoria Drive.  After great meals at other nominated restaurants such as Le Violon, Elem, June, Linny's...
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Wishing for a Better Outcome Isn't a Mechanism. The COE Approach to Continual Improvement and... Focus on what you can control, and move past your narrow focus on outcomes. When mistakes happen,...
7th Jul 2025
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Wishing for a Better Outcome Isn't a Mechanism. The COE Approach to Continual Improvement and Avoiding Blame.

from Scarlet Ink [alt+shift+b] in life

7th Jul 2025
Focus on what you can control, and move past your narrow focus on outcomes. When mistakes happen, the right question is: Why did your system allow it? How could you have influenced that result?
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Savoring the Unsavory Making Meaning on Mount Adams
4th Jan 2024
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Savoring the Unsavory

from Passing Time [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Jan 2024
Making Meaning on Mount Adams
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A pair of satisfying things The Sound of Music and Tony Bennett might have been eager to sing about their favourite things. I’d...
1st Mar 2026
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A pair of satisfying things

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Mar 2026
The Sound of Music and Tony Bennett might have been eager to sing about their favourite things. I’d like to start Monday by sharing with you two satisfying things. First, this long black coffee I’m drinking at a coffee shop now is lovely. It was a light roast with just the right...
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80/20 Cooking In short: Salt, fat, acid, heat
3rd Jan 2024
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80/20 Cooking

from Atoms vs Bits [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Jan 2024
In short: Salt, fat, acid, heat
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Why Everything is Becoming a Game All the better to control you
20th Apr 2024
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Why Everything is Becoming a Game

from The Prism [alt+shift+b] in life

20th Apr 2024
All the better to control you
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stones in my pocket a palm full of gems, next time I see you
29th Dec 2022
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stones in my pocket

from skin contact [alt+shift+b] in life

29th Dec 2022
a palm full of gems, next time I see you
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Uniform boolean definitions in DB schemas are good! I worked briefly in process control when I was younger, and saw Things.™ One of those Things™ was a...
1st Jul 2026
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Uniform boolean definitions in DB schemas are good!

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Jul 2026
I worked briefly in process control when I was younger, and saw Things.™ One of those Things™ was a wall of LEDs to indicate statuses of various valves and sensors across the entire plant. It was old school, but it worked. It also made you feel like you were on a 1960s-era sci-fi...
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The Perks of Being Relentlessly Curious Being relentlessly and randomly curious about everything around us is something that each of us can...
2nd Dec 2021
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The Perks of Being Relentlessly Curious

from Abhishek Chakraborty [alt+shift+b] in life

2nd Dec 2021
Being relentlessly and randomly curious about everything around us is something that each of us can push ourselves to do, every waking hour, just as Leonardo did.
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The sights and sounds of Bhutan Stories from my visit to the mysterious Himalayan kingdom The post The sights and sounds of Bhutan...
25th Nov 2025
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The sights and sounds of Bhutan

from Wait But Why [alt+shift+b] in life

25th Nov 2025
Stories from my visit to the mysterious Himalayan kingdom The post The sights and sounds of Bhutan appeared first on Wait But Why.
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An A-Z of the modern mega-racket [Plus audio version]
4th Sep 2026
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An A-Z of the modern mega-racket

from Paul Cudenec [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Sep 2026
[Plus audio version]
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To Heal an Ancient Schism A Letter from a Catholic to an Eastern Orthodox Christian
8th Mar 2025
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To Heal an Ancient Schism

from Hickman's Hinterlands [alt+shift+b] in life

8th Mar 2025
A Letter from a Catholic to an Eastern Orthodox Christian
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Liszt was a bad composer On 31st July 1886, the world lost the extraordinary talent of Franz Liszt, the pioneering Hungarian...
1st Aug 2023
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Liszt was a bad composer

from Diaries of Note [alt+shift+b] in life

1st Aug 2023
On 31st July 1886, the world lost the extraordinary talent of Franz Liszt, the pioneering Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist. Liszt redefined music with his innovative symphonic poems and transformative piano compositions, pushing the boundaries of technique and reshaping...
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It's All Relative When something is described as normal, it begs the question: “relative to what?”
9th Aug 2023
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It's All Relative

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9th Aug 2023
When something is described as normal, it begs the question: “relative to what?”
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From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 12
12th Jul 2022
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From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities

from The Convivial Society [alt+shift+b] in life

12th Jul 2022
The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 12
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Hey, I’m back! I want to go to Jersey I was knocked out hard by something this week. It wasn’t a flu or COVID thankfully, but it turned my...
3rd Apr 2026
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Hey, I’m back! I want to go to Jersey

from Rubenerd [alt+shift+b] in life

3rd Apr 2026
I was knocked out hard by something this week. It wasn’t a flu or COVID thankfully, but it turned my head to mush and my sinuses into fire ants, which among other things made sleep all but impossible. I did in fact do a bunch of work on the blog yesterday, but it was all backend...
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dear dad i wish I could write this letter in mandarin
18th Feb 2025
1

dear dad

from skin contact [alt+shift+b] in life

18th Feb 2025
i wish I could write this letter in mandarin
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30-Day First Draft: Week 2.5 Report & Lessons 70,117 Words Later
4th Sep 2024
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30-Day First Draft: Week 2.5 Report & Lessons

from Nat Eliason's Newsletter [alt+shift+b] in life

4th Sep 2024
70,117 Words Later
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Become the Blade AI, Right Action, and the Liberation of Human Purpose
6th Feb 2026
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Become the Blade

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6th Feb 2026
AI, Right Action, and the Liberation of Human Purpose
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Change the first 100 diapers. #112 is advice for new fathers.
29th Sep 2026
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Change the first 100 diapers.

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29th Sep 2026
#112 is advice for new fathers.
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happy birthday to my favouritest person Every year on our birth days we’ll try to make a trip overseas – Singapore is about 50km from east...
7th Jul 2024
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happy birthday to my favouritest person

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Every year on our birth days we’ll try to make a trip overseas – Singapore is about 50km from east to west so we can’t do any local travelling. Travelling is vital...
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How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In...
9th May 2024
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How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear

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9th May 2024
What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In this article, I'm going to help you do exactly that by teaching you five tactics to conquer anything you might be afraid of. Heights, spiders, small spaces, strangely-shaped...
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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...
3rd Apr 2022
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My simple guide to life

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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...
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The Illusion of Solitude Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
1st Nov 2024
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The Illusion of Solitude

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1st Nov 2024
Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
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80/20 Strength Training or, weightlifting for lazy people
6th Mar 2023
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80/20 Strength Training

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6th Mar 2023
or, weightlifting for lazy people
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Mailbag #2 We have a whole lot to talk about. The post Mailbag #2 appeared first on Wait But Why.
14th Apr 2021
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Mailbag #2

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14th Apr 2021
We have a whole lot to talk about. The post Mailbag #2 appeared first on Wait But Why.
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Functional Energy Maintenance Are you as glad as I am that December is here? November did its best to bring me down. A pinched...
3rd Dec 2017
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Functional Energy Maintenance

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3rd Dec 2017
Are you as glad as I am that December is here? November did its best to bring me down. A pinched nerve derailed my running. There was an unexpected death in the family. Then there was the typical stress of interstate travel over Thanksgiving. And just as the worst of it seemed to...
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Selfish investing
17th Mar 2025
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Selfish investing

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17th Mar 2025
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because we are both pessimists It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is...
2nd Mar 2025
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because we are both pessimists

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2nd Mar 2025
It is so easy to take for granted, the ease of a relationship that has lasted 106 months. That is almost 9 years, a little less than a quarter of my life....
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Apocalyptic AI The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 5
7th Apr 2023
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Apocalyptic AI

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7th Apr 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 5
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Let’s stop counting centuries Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Enlightenment is conventionally placed...
4th Jul 2024
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Let’s stop counting centuries

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4th Jul 2024
Here’s a sentence from Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now: The Enlightenment is conventionally placed in the last two-thirds of the 18th century, though it flowed out of the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Reason in the 17th century and spilled into the heyday of classical...
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san francisco: after the flood short story. our protagonist is named after a piece of fruit
20th Jan 2023
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san francisco: after the flood

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20th Jan 2023
short story. our protagonist is named after a piece of fruit
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Sri Patalathri Nrisimha Perumal Stuti Patalathri, commonly known as Singaperumal Koil is a very famous Narasimha Kshetra situated in...
24th Apr 2020
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Sri Patalathri Nrisimha Perumal Stuti

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24th Apr 2020
Patalathri, commonly known as Singaperumal Koil is a very famous Narasimha Kshetra situated in Chengalpattu District, Tamilnadu. This place houses a beautiful rock-cut Narasimha temple, which is situated on a small hill. The name of the place, ‘Patalathri’ also gives a similar...
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With thanks to Steven Rosenberg Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest...
3rd Nov 2025
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With thanks to Steven Rosenberg

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3rd Nov 2025
Lately I’ve got used to waking up and checking my email and socials, and sorting through the latest troll or person angry about something I didn’t say. In a word, not great… assuming you hyphenate not and great, which I didn’t do there for some reason. This morning, I got this...
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Crime rise; more or the same. Did crime rise at the same rate in Democrats and Republican cities?
10th Mar 2023
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Crime rise; more or the same.

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10th Mar 2023
Did crime rise at the same rate in Democrats and Republican cities?
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Everyone’s a generalist
12th Sep 2024
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Everyone’s a generalist

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12th Sep 2024
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Sonder, Sobriety, and Abstractions | Friday Footnotes #3 Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reading and reflection meet real life.
5th Apr 2025
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Sonder, Sobriety, and Abstractions | Friday Footnotes #3

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5th Apr 2025
Friday Footnotes is a weekly newsletter where reading and reflection meet real life.
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camouflage reflections on fitting into many places
5th Jul 2024
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camouflage

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5th Jul 2024
reflections on fitting into many places
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Reflecting on Minimalissimo I was recently asked what my values are in life. It's a very tough question to answer without...
5th Mar 2023
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Reflecting on Minimalissimo

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5th Mar 2023
I was recently asked what my values are in life. It's a very tough question to answer without throwing out one word answers off the top of your head. And that's pretty meaningless unless you're prepared to elaborate on that word and what it means in relation to your life and...
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33 Powerful Books That May Change Your Life I've read over 1,000 nonfiction books in my life, and these 33 are the most powerful of them all. I...
22nd Feb 2024
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33 Powerful Books That May Change Your Life

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22nd Feb 2024
I've read over 1,000 nonfiction books in my life, and these 33 are the most powerful of them all. I can honestly say they changed my life, who's to say they won't change yours too? Don't just take my word for it though. Read on for my summary of all 33 books and see for yourself...
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There's only one global mafia! I have noticed that some people, even those generally receptive to my point of view, beg to differ...
9th Dec 2024
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There's only one global mafia!

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9th Dec 2024
I have noticed that some people, even those generally receptive to my point of view, beg to differ when it comes to the existence of a single global mafia – the entity I have taken to calling the criminocracy or even demonocracy.
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The book of discoveries Long before modern science, Europeans learned to see their own time as an age of invention rather...
5th Jan 2026
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The book of discoveries

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5th Jan 2026
Long before modern science, Europeans learned to see their own time as an age of invention rather than decline.
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Spaced Repetition Through Newsletters Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, we occassionally re-issue a favorite...
2nd Oct 2024
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Spaced Repetition Through Newsletters

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2nd Oct 2024
Since most of our readers have never seen most of our posts, we occassionally re-issue a favorite from deep in our archive. You can unsubscribe from Reissues but continue receiving our new posts by updating your preference here. If you'd like to share or comment on this post,
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Orto Artisan Pasta It's been almost 9 whole years I've been trying to dine at Orto.  Even since they opened in 2017,...
1st Jul 2026
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Orto Artisan Pasta

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1st Jul 2026
It's been almost 9 whole years I've been trying to dine at Orto.  Even since they opened in 2017, I've received recommendations from friends about the place.  From its beautiful garden to their handmade pastas, this was apparently the new hot place to go in North Van.  Well, it...
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Einbürgerungsantragsjubiläum A personal look at Germany’s slow citizenship process and why it matters for the skilled immigrants...
19th May 2026
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Einbürgerungsantragsjubiläum

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19th May 2026
A personal look at Germany’s slow citizenship process and why it matters for the skilled immigrants the country says it needs.
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The Problem With AI Life Coaching—and My Solution This year has been one of the most important, yet challenging years of my life. And as we’ll see,...
5th Dec 2025
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The Problem With AI Life Coaching—and My Solution

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5th Dec 2025
This year has been one of the most important, yet challenging years of my life. And as we’ll see, that might not be a coincidence. As you probably know, I’ve been calling out some of the shady dealings and worst practices of the self-help industry for my entire career. Whether...
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Why midlife women walk out of corporate jobs Laetitia@Work #67
23rd Feb 2024
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Why midlife women walk out of corporate jobs

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23rd Feb 2024
Laetitia@Work #67
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Links in Progress: Should we give babies the vote? And births rise in South Korea
28th Jan 2025
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Links in Progress: Should we give babies the vote?

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28th Jan 2025
And births rise in South Korea
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Goal Setting: A Philosophical Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?” — Epictetus What do the...
28th Apr 2022
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Goal Setting: A Philosophical Guide to Setting and Achieving Goals

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28th Apr 2022
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?” — Epictetus What do the goals we set, whether personal or professional, require? If we hope to accomplish our goals, we need the discipline to hold ourselves accountable. We need the self-control to stay...
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Optimal Suffering If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
8th Nov 2023
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Optimal Suffering

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8th Nov 2023
If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
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12 New YouTube Videos I'm Recommending Right Now Including the trendiest band of the current moment
2nd May 2026
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12 New YouTube Videos I'm Recommending Right Now

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2nd May 2026
Including the trendiest band of the current moment
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31 Simple Pleasures Simple doesn’t mean small.
25th May 2025
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31 Simple Pleasures

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25th May 2025
Simple doesn’t mean small.
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Fancy math doesn’t make simple math stop being true What are you supposed to do when someone disagrees with you using a bunch of math you can’t...
11th Jan 2024
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Fancy math doesn’t make simple math stop being true

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11th Jan 2024
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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Ten New Albums I'm Recommending Right Now Warning: strange soul-stirring sounds ahead!
1st Jun 2026
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Ten New Albums I'm Recommending Right Now

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1st Jun 2026
Warning: strange soul-stirring sounds ahead!
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Who is Scott Alexander and what is he about? Scott Alexander is my favorite blogger. I’d like to recommend him to more people, but it’s hard to...
13th Feb 2021
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Who is Scott Alexander and what is he about?

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13th Feb 2021
Scott Alexander is my favorite blogger. I’d like to recommend him to more people, but it’s hard to know where to start, since he’s written over 1,500 posts. A little while ago a friend asked me to make a list of my favorite pieces of his. So, here is a beginner’s guide to the...
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Perseverance: 7 Stoic Lessons on How To Keep Going “To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea...
9th May 2023
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Perseverance: 7 Stoic Lessons on How To Keep Going

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9th May 2023
“To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it.” — Marcus Aurelius The question of why and how we are supposed to live has been contemplated for centuries.  Absurdist Albert Camus wrote that life is like...
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Why (And How) I'm Self-Publishing My Novel The First HUSK Update!
11th Dec 2024
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Why (And How) I'm Self-Publishing My Novel

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11th Dec 2024
The First HUSK Update!
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introducing the what to cook SHOW!!!! I mentioned earlier this summer that I have been working on something BIG and it’s finally time to...
16th Jul 2026
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introducing the what to cook SHOW!!!!

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16th Jul 2026
I mentioned earlier this summer that I have been working on something BIG and it’s finally time to share what that something is: I’m launching a show here on Substack!!! What To Cook is (for now!) an eight-episode series that takes you inside our home, right into the dinnertime...
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You’re Not “Letting People Go”—You're Firing Them Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager...
5th Jan 2026
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You’re Not “Letting People Go”—You're Firing Them

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5th Jan 2026
Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager chair.
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Alaska Range 2026 Running the three-man in the Land of the Midnight Sun
7th Jul 2026
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Alaska Range 2026

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7th Jul 2026
Running the three-man in the Land of the Midnight Sun
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The Stoic Fable Book PUBLISHER EXCLUSIVE: Limited First Edition Copy & 25% OFF 17 reviews "Delightful little stories...
22nd Feb 2025
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The Stoic Fable Book

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22nd Feb 2025
PUBLISHER EXCLUSIVE: Limited First Edition Copy & 25% OFF 17 reviews "Delightful little stories filled with timeless wisdom." — Kyle Gray, The Story Engine Podcast The Stoic Fable Book is a collection of charming little tales that explain the enduring wisdom of Stoicism, an...
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Trading stuff for money Examples are good. Let’s start with some examples: We all need kidneys, or at least one kidney....
1st May 2025
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Trading stuff for money

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1st May 2025
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...
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theres a snowstorm in nyc and im really thirsty can i eat snow from the sidewalk asking for a friend Last week, me and Julian helped 35 people come up with an idea, make something, and make their first...
25th Jan 2026
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theres a snowstorm in nyc and im really thirsty can i eat snow from the sidewalk asking for a friend

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25th Jan 2026
Last week, me and Julian helped 35 people come up with an idea, make something, and make their first $. All in 3-days.
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Evidence (p=.05) that ≥15% of Super-intelligences are Safe? It’s strange but at least temporarily come with me to crazy town.
1st Jun 2023
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Evidence (p=.05) that ≥15% of Super-intelligences are Safe?

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1st Jun 2023
It’s strange but at least temporarily come with me to crazy town.
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Why Your Favorite Self-Help Book Sucks https://youtu.be/hQB3viVFhPA Yes, yes—I know you think that one book you read that one time changed...
1st Jun 2023
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Why Your Favorite Self-Help Book Sucks

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1st Jun 2023
https://youtu.be/hQB3viVFhPA Yes, yes—I know you think that one book you read that one time changed your life. Hell, maybe that was even my book. And don't get me wrong, self-help books can help, but I think people mistake what they're actually doing. Let me break this down for...
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Dogs Of The S&P CNX Nifty: 2016 Update You can read about my previous post here: Dogs of the Nifty 2015 Update. The returns of the strategy...
2nd Jan 2017
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Dogs Of The S&P CNX Nifty: 2016 Update

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2nd Jan 2017
You can read about my previous post here: Dogs of the Nifty 2015 Update. The returns of the strategy for 2016 are as follows: Dogs of the Nifty: 23.52 Small Dogs of the Nifty: 45.50% S&P CNX 50: 4.17% The strategy  had a strong beating in 2015 and at the end of 2015 had not...
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Tales from Toddlerhood Eight thoughts from a strange and harrowing world The post Tales from Toddlerhood appeared first on...
24th Oct 2025
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Tales from Toddlerhood

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24th Oct 2025
Eight thoughts from a strange and harrowing world The post Tales from Toddlerhood appeared first on Wait But Why.
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Valuable, but not productive Consulting & finance as black holes of elite human capital
2nd Dec 2024
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Valuable, but not productive

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2nd Dec 2024
Consulting & finance as black holes of elite human capital
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The Social Media Mirage Once upon a time, the power of a strong social media following could make a career. It still can, of...
1st Mar 2025
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The Social Media Mirage

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1st Mar 2025
Once upon a time, the power of a strong social media following could make a career. It still can, of course, but to a much, much lesser extent. I won't bore you with a recycled narrative of the shitty algorithm effect, although relevant in this case. Suffice to say, a follow...
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How to process news of the Israel-Hamas conflict A guide for the ignorant and perplexed like me
1st Nov 2023
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How to process news of the Israel-Hamas conflict

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1st Nov 2023
A guide for the ignorant and perplexed like me
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How to Read Greek Tragedy in a Netflix World If you dare
2nd Sep 2024
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How to Read Greek Tragedy in a Netflix World

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2nd Sep 2024
If you dare
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How Evil Is Mark Zuckerberg? A Review of "Careless People" by Sarah Wyn-Williams
4th Apr 2026
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How Evil Is Mark Zuckerberg?

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4th Apr 2026
A Review of "Careless People" by Sarah Wyn-Williams
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Feedback is What Makes Everything Work The other day I closed a savings account at a tiny credit union branch. I expected it to take about...
27th Jun 2024
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Feedback is What Makes Everything Work

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27th Jun 2024
The other day I closed a savings account at a tiny credit union branch. I expected it to take about five minutes, but the teller took so long that I started to experience time distortion. I knew it had been at least fifteen minutes, but perhaps it was much longer. Twenty-five...
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Pseudo Sacrifice vs. Speculation Observers are stunned when they witness a queen sacrifice. For a chess player to abandon their most...
1st Apr 2017
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Pseudo Sacrifice vs. Speculation

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1st Apr 2017
Observers are stunned when they witness a queen sacrifice. For a chess player to abandon their most powerful piece seems like a daring risk. The sacrifice is followed by a decisive combo resulting in checkmate. Bravo, the crowd goes wild.
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12 observations of people i know here are the things I resist saying
21st Aug 2026
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12 observations of people i know

from skin contact [alt+shift+b] in life

21st Aug 2026
here are the things I resist saying
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Power, Vulnerability, and Soulful Collaboration A Conversation with Dechen McSweeney on the Nine Mistakes We Make in Relationship to Power
8th May 2025
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Power, Vulnerability, and Soulful Collaboration

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8th May 2025
A Conversation with Dechen McSweeney on the Nine Mistakes We Make in Relationship to Power
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When The Writing Is Very Good That Doesn't Matter The most popular link last time was this list of things that aren't doing the thing, with this piece...
4th Dec 2025
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When The Writing Is Very Good That Doesn't Matter

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4th Dec 2025
The most popular link last time was this list of things that aren't doing the thing, with this piece wondering if you are Actually Trying second. Somehow, the most insightful thing I have read/seen about contemporary social media usage is this Google Slides presentation. It's
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How to Look the Sky in the Face Last week I had a friend for dinner, and she convinced me to do one of her favorite activities...
13th Aug 2026
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How to Look the Sky in the Face

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13th Aug 2026
Last week I had a friend for dinner, and she convinced me to do one of her favorite activities afterward: lie on the grass in the park and look at the sky. I was hesitant because I don’t like to lie down until nighttime, when the only goal is to end the day by losing...
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Good Tokens 2025-10-01 Dinosaurs for sale
3rd Oct 2025
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Good Tokens 2025-10-01

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3rd Oct 2025
Dinosaurs for sale
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Re-sourcing the Mind The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No.
1st Aug 2024
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Re-sourcing the Mind

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1st Aug 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No.
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How to Find Good Information And some examples of "Good Information"
19th Sep 2023
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How to Find Good Information

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19th Sep 2023
And some examples of "Good Information"
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Californias The first time I went out to Silicon Valley, or California for that matter, or anywhere at all west...
29th Jul 2025
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Californias

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29th Jul 2025
The first time I went out to Silicon Valley, or California for that matter, or anywhere at all west of New York state, was after college.
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How to Tell if Your Job is Real After quitting his job, a friend made an odd comment. He said, "It’s weird when you realize that...
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After quitting his job, a friend made an odd comment. He said, "It’s weird when you realize that none of it is real." His observation stuck me as both profoundly true and maddeningly confusing.
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How to use your AirPod Pros to Trigger Flow It’s 2020 and if you are like me you are hoping to spend as much of this year in a flow state as...
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It’s 2020 and if you are like me you are hoping to spend as much of this year in a flow state as possible. I am always looking for hacks that allow my to get into the zone faster, stay there longer, and increase my creative output. Here’s a new trick that has been working for me...
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It's always seems slightly perverse to me to head east in a country that once lived by the slogan, go west. Whatever the case, we're eastbound again and when planning our route we ran across something called Greenfield Village. Greenfield Village is difficult to describe, but...
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