Charlie Becker
The Wedge Between Pleasure and Pain
Castles in the Sky #40
6th Oct 2023
Scarlet Ink
4 (More) Good Things and 2 (More) Bad Things and 2 Misunderstandings About Working at Amazon: From...
A continuation of my previous article about my experiences at Amazon. What they do well, what they...
4th Nov 2024
A continuation of my previous article about my experiences at Amazon. What they do well, what they don't do well, and in this article, I also mention a few common beliefs I disagree with.
bookbear express
safe and alive
both at once!
2nd Aug 2026
Raptitude.com
Everything is Connected to the Heart
In a modern vehicle you could cross 500 miles of rocky desert in one day, without even getting your...
22nd Sep 2025
In a modern vehicle you could cross 500 miles of rocky desert in one day, without even getting your pants dirty. This is made possible by the many layers of insulation modernity puts between you and the world. The car sits on inflated rubber tires, on top of which sits a chamber...
Atoms vs Bits
What Are We Doing To Ourselves
I do not find it amusing
1st May 2026
Passing Time
How I passed the time in 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
28th Dec 2025
Stories, books, albums, & blogs
The Prism
40 Useful Concepts (Summer 2023)
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
18th Jun 2023
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
RhysTranter.com
Easter 2022: A Roman Pilgrimage
This Easter, my wife and I headed to Rome. What follows is a simple journal that records some of the...
5th May 2022
This Easter, my wife and I headed to Rome. What follows is a simple journal that records some of the things that we did, with a selection of photographs from each day.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Bandwidth
I try not to pay too much attention to time, but sometimes it's hard to ignore. It passes far too...
3rd Oct 2023
I try not to pay too much attention to time, but sometimes it's hard to ignore. It passes far too quickly for my liking, but that's also because I'm nearing an age of self-reflection, but let's not go there! I enjoy routine and with that, life can get a little hazy albeit...
Winnie Lim
on seeing my self as a canvas
I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can...
5th Nov 2023
I am not sure why, but I don’t have much interest in life. I have been this way for as long as I can remember, though I am not sure if my...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The 2020 Simulator
Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer over and...
24th Nov 2020
Let’s say you could load 2020 into a simulation that you could replay on your computer over and over. I know that sounds like torture but stick with me.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Phone Setup 2021
An annual review of the minimal phone setup sees it considerably different from last year, yet a lot...
31st Jul 2021
An annual review of the minimal phone setup sees it considerably different from last year, yet a lot has remained the same. I am still rocking the iPhone 11 with no immediate desire to upgrade. Don't get me wrong, I think the iPhone 12 is a far better design than the 11, but I...
Charlie Becker
Castles in the Sky 33 [May 2023]
Big, Big News!
15th Jun 2023
Lefineder’s Substack
Sinister strike
On the comparative advantage of left-handed violence
18th Jun 2023
On the comparative advantage of left-handed violence
Nat Eliason's...
Permission to Slow Down
In... Out...
2nd Jan 2023
The Honest Broker
How I Disintermediated My Writing Career
It's a clumsy word, but a lovely thing to do
2nd Jun 2023
It's a clumsy word, but a lovely thing to do
Nat Eliason's...
Proof You Can Do Hard Things
An Essential Piece to Your Life Resume
10th Jul 2023
An Essential Piece to Your Life Resume
Philip I. Thomas
What I'm up to - June 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in...
1st Jun 2026
My monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in May - Went to Oaxaca for vacation, which was a culturally rich and walkable place. I enjoyed a lot of ...
Mark Manson
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
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...
Laetitia@Work
What our time-management styles say about productivity and gender
Laetitia@Work #94
9th Mar 2026
The AI Underwriter
Week 21 of 2025- W212025
Luck is the residue
25th May 2025
Raptitude.com
In Favor of Reading Aloud
When I read Jane Eyre, I stalled for a full year between the opening part at the boarding school and...
11th Sep 2024
When I read Jane Eyre, I stalled for a full year between the opening part at the boarding school and the rest of the book. I tend to dislike boarding-school openings in books, but the real problem was I found myself having to reread too many of Charlotte Brontë’s winding,...
Thu Le
Pen and paper
The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
11th Apr 2025
The tactile joy of thinking with lines on paper.
Lefineder’s Substack
Inequality, galactic and planetary
Is the relationship between inequality and homicide casual? Should we expect it to be?
26th May 2023
Is the relationship between inequality and homicide casual? Should we expect it to be?
Charlie Becker
The Unlikely Connection Between Fiction and Travel
Castles in the Sky #44
28th Dec 2023
Jason Fried
Appetites instead of estimates
The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong.
Yes...
4th Oct 2024
The problem with software estimates is that they're both entirely right and entirely wrong.
Yes there's a 3 week version of something. And a 6 week version. And a 4 month version. And a 12 month version. That's correct.
Yet, you'll almost always be wrong whichever you pick....
Jason Crawford
My simple guide to life
I first made a version of this chart seven years ago today. It’s worth a re-up (and it’s never been...
3rd Apr 2022
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...
The Intimate Mirror
Spirituality is Secure Attachment with Reality
When God Becomes Safe to Love (Breaking Open: Part 2)
1st Jan 2025
When God Becomes Safe to Love (Breaking Open: Part 2)
The Ruffian
Opposites Attract
On the Gender Divide In Politics and Why It Might Just Save Us All
3rd Feb 2024
On the Gender Divide In Politics and Why It Might Just Save Us All
Raptitude.com
The Dying Art We All Depend On
A history buff friend of mine said that the art of medieval fencing was lost completely. At some...
13th Jun 2025
A history buff friend of mine said that the art of medieval fencing was lost completely. At some point, the last person who really knew how to do it had died. There are old treatises that describe the art, and people have learned a lot from them, starting historical fencing clubs...
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
My Favorite Books in the First Quarter of 2026
Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on...
4th Mar 2026
Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on various topics.
Left To Write
№ 79: Allowing Those You Love The Right To Be Wrong
Why you’re getting this: I’m Jason Nguyen.
14th May 2024
Why you’re getting this: I’m Jason Nguyen.
Isabel Unraveled
The life-changing magic of asking for help
Strangely feel like I’m just learning this one!
9th Jul 2026
Strangely feel like I’m just learning this one!
Adrian Hanft, III:...
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
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.
The Convivial...
The Ambling Mind
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 6
9th May 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 6
Luxagraf:...
Mobile Bay
We maxed out our time at Fort Pickens. After six weeks, it was time to move on. We had planned to go...
20th Mar 2024
We maxed out our time at Fort Pickens. After six weeks, it was time to move on. We had planned to go to New Orleans, and then up into the Ozarks, before heading back up to Wisconsin for the summer, but given how mild the winter turned out to be, we decided to press north sooner...
The AI Underwriter
Give Me 20 Very Hard Questions Only an Expert Lepidopterist Would Understand
An inch wide and a mile deep
2nd Apr 2026
An inch wide and a mile deep
Paul Cudenec
For one people's resistance!
by Paul Cudenec
1st Jan 2025
Winnie Lim
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
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...
Diaries of Note
Happy New Year
It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared...
1st Jan 2024
It was exactly a year ago, on 1st January 2023, that I began Diaries of Note. Since then I’ve shared 365 diary entries written by 365 different people—each offering a chance to live a day in someone else’s shoes. It’s been an intense and remarkable year, filled with insights,...
Daniel Bourke
Superglue and milk
We walked out of the movies and it was still daylight.
I helped Dad get onto the escalators.
He...
3rd Mar 2024
We walked out of the movies and it was still daylight.
I helped Dad get onto the escalators.
He moves slower than most.
It keeps me in check when I’m steaming along.
Walking into the movies I looked at the time.
We were late.
Friday afternoon traffic.
So
Paul Cudenec
Breaking the brainwashing
[I read the article here]
2nd Mar 2026
[I read the article here]
Winnie Lim
restarting from scratch
I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini...
5th May 2023
I’d finally tested negative on may 2nd the 13th day of my infection, in time to have a mini celebration with my partner. I am not sure if I overdid it, but...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The 5 Whys of Running
If you ask "Why?" five times you can discover the motivation behind anything. At least that is what...
17th Feb 2019
If you ask "Why?" five times you can discover the motivation behind anything. At least that is what this simple interrogation method is supposed to do. It's never worked for me.
Mark Manson
The Power (and Limitations) of Self-Belief
In 1959, a surgeon named Leonard Cobb called bullshit. At the time, the most common procedure to...
8th Nov 2021
In 1959, a surgeon named Leonard Cobb called bullshit. At the time, the most common procedure to help people with chest pain caused by heart disease was something called “internal mammary artery ligation,” where basically, they would intentionally close one of the main arteries...
What To Cook
a VERY BIG pre-order giveaway!!!!
ONE OF YOU IS WINNING A TRIP TO CARMEL!!!!
I promise I’ll stop yapping about pre-orders soon,...
14th Jul 2024
ONE OF YOU IS WINNING A TRIP TO CARMEL!!!!
I promise I’ll stop yapping about pre-orders soon, because the book will BE IN YOUR HANDS IN LESS THAN A MONTH! But until pub day on August 13th, it’s pre-order city, baby.
And to show you just how SERIOUSLY, UNENDINGLY GRATEFUL I am to...
Paul Cudenec
Adolf Hitler and the zio-imperialist mafia
A book review
8th May 2025
Mark Manson
The Outrage Cycle
The Outrage Begins
First Hour: Journalists scramble to disseminate news of the Significant Event far...
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...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Your Communication Leakage Rate
Over 85% of your communication is lost. It is wasted on deaf ears, hidden agendas, wandering minds,...
13th Mar 2017
Over 85% of your communication is lost. It is wasted on deaf ears, hidden agendas, wandering minds, good intentions, and the low fidelity of human memory. I made the 85% number up, but it can't be far off. If you think my guess is unreasonable let me try to distort your reality.
The Ruffian
Labour Isn't Thinking
The Real Point of Blair's Essay
1st Jun 2026
The Real Point of Blair's Essay
Passing Time
Stop using your health wearables
Against the tyranny of data
17th Sep 2025
Against the tyranny of data
Caroline Crampton
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
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
Mind Mine
act, rest, repeat
on finding the right doing-being balance
11th Sep 2024
on finding the right doing-being balance
Caroline Crampton
What I Read in January 2026
Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.
2nd Feb 2026
Crime, fantasy, short fiction, sheep.
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
My 2025 Q2 Highlights: Favorite Books, Games, and TV Shows
Sharing my favorite books, games, and TV shows from the second quarter of 2025.
1st Jul 2025
Sharing my favorite books, games, and TV shows from the second quarter of 2025.
bookbear express
the disorientation of freedom
beyond words
4th Feb 2026
Charlie Becker
The Bookseller's Register #3
Two Customer Encounters
6th Sep 2023
Raptitude.com
The Route You’re Looking for is Straight Through the Woods
The next time you’re walking down a well-trodden footpath through a wooded area, give a thought to...
1st Aug 2025
The next time you’re walking down a well-trodden footpath through a wooded area, give a thought to the first person (or deer) who took that route. Some determined being came through here when there was no path. They went straight into the woods. They didn’t circle around to try...
Farza's Newsletter
me and skrillex at the club crying to scatman drinking lychee tea
I decided to join Y Combinator, again.
2nd Apr 2026
I decided to join Y Combinator, again.
Paul Cudenec
On globalism and immigration
Somebody commented on my article “The British population is under attack” that I had not made any...
4th Feb 2025
Somebody commented on my article “The British population is under attack” that I had not made any mention of immigration.
Winnie Lim
biometrics pre, during & post-covid
A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health...
3rd Sep 2023
A couple of weeks ago I received a notification from my apple watch that there were some new health trends from the health app: Obviously this is because I had covid: being...
The Map is Mostly...
Californias
The first time I went out to Silicon Valley, or California for that matter, or anywhere at all west...
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.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Bimodal by design
I've worked with Photoshop for an age. Back in 2022, I created a small business called 099, offering...
2nd May 2026
I've worked with Photoshop for an age. Back in 2022, I created a small business called 099, offering a focused collection of minimal PSD mockups and web tools for creatives.
Although I still appreciate the demand for PSDs, especially among seasoned designers, I wanted to explore...
How to Be a Stoic
What Would a Stoic Do? Dating
“Dating” is a word I was not familiar with before coming to the United States. Especially with the...
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...
Tech and Tea
Saying No to what I feel I should do
Navigating the space between should and want, and finding more permission for ease and rest.
7th Apr 2024
Navigating the space between should and want, and finding more permission for ease and rest.
The Honest Broker
Wendell Berry’s Nine Rules
I pay tribute to this poet and gadfly, who left us yesterday at age 92, with an article from the...
2 weeks ago
I pay tribute to this poet and gadfly, who left us yesterday at age 92, with an article from the archive
Scarlet Ink
Every Relationship Is Win-Win or Lose-Lose.
Relationships can only be win-win, or lose-lose, because they're a connection between two people.
3rd Aug 2026
Relationships can only be win-win, or lose-lose, because they're a connection between two people.
Charlie Becker
Vikings, Origami, and New Mexico | Friday Footnotes #1
What are the things that enrich your life?
14th Mar 2025
What are the things that enrich your life?
Sherman's Food...
Hamono Sushi
While trying to decide on which Omakase we were going to try while in Portland, I briefly considered...
2 weeks ago
While trying to decide on which Omakase we were going to try while in Portland, I briefly considered Nimblefish and Nodoguro, however after reading up on Reddit, we narrowed in on Hamono Sushi in Downtown Portland. Besides the Omakase course, the one thing that makes Hamono...
Luxagraf:...
Sometimes
Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long...
13th Nov 2024
Fall is the slow exhale of the earth. The sun's rays grow ever scarcer as the frosts arrive. Long shadows cut the cold honey sunlight of afternoons that begin to fade at three, turning to a blue-pink twilight over the lake before darkness descends at five. Then four-thirty. Then...
The Ruffian
Last of the Curmudgeons
Catch-up service:
7th Sep 2024
Thu Le
The journey and the destination
When is it about the journey, and can it also be the destination?
20th Dec 2024
When is it about the journey, and can it also be the destination?
Winnie Lim
learning to take care of my self
For as long as I can remember I had been very unhappy with myself. I think I have internalised the...
1st Feb 2026
For as long as I can remember I had been very unhappy with myself. I think I have internalised the judgement of people upon me: lazy, fickle, impulsive, over-sensitive, emotional, bad-tempered, etc....
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Care in Design
Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of...
1st Sep 2022
Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of users—of humans. It is designing product details that you might randomly discover (sometimes even years later) rather than only designing what should be seen. Care in design is worrying...
The Map is Mostly...
Viscerality
some notes on pleasure
2nd Nov 2025
Farza's Newsletter
i said arigato to fred again and he started boiling eggs for me great guy
Hello! Whats up.
6th Jul 2025
Atoms vs Bits
Doctors Shouldn't Be Allowed To Work 28 Hour Shifts
Whyever they're allowed, they shouldn't be
2nd Mar 2026
Whyever they're allowed, they shouldn't be
Nat Eliason's...
Getting Too Good at the Wrong Thing
The siren song of subs
9th Oct 2023
Paul Cudenec
Dreaming of danger
[Plus audio version]
3rd Aug 2026
The Prism
30 Useful Concepts (Autumn 2023)
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
25th Nov 2023
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
DYNOMIGHT
Car trouble
Some time ago—I’m not sure when exactly—my car started rattling. It would only rattle:
When the...
6th Feb 2025
Some time ago—I’m not sure when exactly—my car started rattling. It would only rattle:
When the engine was on, sitting idle, or
When accelerating with just the right amount of throttle.
This rattle, I did not like it. It sounded like a tiny spoon in a garbage disposal. Which...
Isabel Unraveled
Make things with your hands
let this season of slowness return you home to yourself
8th Dec 2025
let this season of slowness return you home to yourself
Scarlet Ink
Three Mistakes That Changed How I Lead (More Than Any Training Ever Did)
You can sit through training for years. One mistake you care about will teach you more in a day.
4th May 2026
You can sit through training for years. One mistake you care about will teach you more in a day.
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Compass
Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily...
2nd Nov 2024
Lately, I've been thinking about my inner compass — the one that guides me through work and daily life. I've touched on my design ethos before, but this feels like something more personal. It's a lightweight breakdown of who I am, both as a designer and a human, shaped by the...
The Ruffian
Stories are bad for your intelligence
How Historians (and Others) Make Themselves Stupid
2nd Sep 2023
How Historians (and Others) Make Themselves Stupid
Luxagraf:...
State Championships
My daughters have been grappling (both in juijitsu and wrestling) since they were eight years old....
1st Apr 2026
My daughters have been grappling (both in juijitsu and wrestling) since they were eight years old. This winter marks almost six years of training (with some gaps when we were on the road). In all that time they've never really tested themselves in any formal way. They've wrestled...
Scarlet Ink
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
Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager chair.
bookbear express
the art of getting laid: a review of the game, 20 years later
and some announcements :)
7th Oct 2025
and some announcements :)
The Map is Mostly...
[subscribers only] Ask me Anything
13th Aug 2023
Raptitude.com
In Favor of Enjoying Things on Purpose
The human being is an enjoyment-seeking creature. There’s a reason people are always trying to...
17th Mar 2026
The human being is an enjoyment-seeking creature. There’s a reason people are always trying to restrain themselves from excessive eating, drinking, scrolling, and shopping. It’s perfectly normal to pursue these and other pleasures even to the point of serious problems and early...
Daily Stoic
HIRING: Fulfillment Manager – Daily Stoic
About the Role We’re hiring an on-site Fulfillment Manager to lead day-to-day shipping operations...
31st Jan 2026
About the Role We’re hiring an on-site Fulfillment Manager to lead day-to-day shipping operations for The Painted Porch Bookshop and Daily Stoic e-commerce products. This person will manage the fulfillment team, ensure orders go out accurately and on time, and continuously...
The Map is Mostly...
Breadcrumbs
One belief I have is that if you wish to be virtuous you will learn to eat cereal virtuously.
19th Oct 2024
One belief I have is that if you wish to be virtuous you will learn to eat cereal virtuously.
The Map is Mostly...
A lot with a little
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool,...
10th Mar 2023
Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool, King Lear Some works are better for their brevity. Fan Ho needs very little: Most of the image is black, or blurry. You can scarcely tell what materials you’re looking at. But the...
The Honest Broker
How Did Silicon Valley Turn into a Creepy Cult?
Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
3rd Jul 2024
Tech leaders once gave us coolness, but now it's just Kool-Aid
Passing Time
A Dream of Wild Turkeys
A trip report from Sin City
13th Apr 2026
A trip report from Sin City
Rubenerd
Maximum connections have been reached
I was going through my drafts folder, and came across a post I’d written way back in 2018. I’m not...
4th Apr 2026
I was going through my drafts folder, and came across a post I’d written way back in 2018. I’m not sure what site I was browsing at the time, but it was still a fun observation. If I came across this error in a more modern context, I’d assume site owners are placing limits to...
The Convivial...
Do Not Resign From Life
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No.
2nd Jun 2026
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No.
Diaries of Note
One pheasant behaved like a madman
In November 1974, upon learning that his friend and mentor, film critic Lotte Eisner, was critically...
1st Dec 2023
In November 1974, upon learning that his friend and mentor, film critic Lotte Eisner, was critically ill in Paris and close to death, German filmmaker Werner Herzog immediately packed a duffel bag and began to walk in her direction from Munich, convinced that “she would stay...
The Convivial...
Vision Con
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
9th Feb 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
Winnie Lim
first impressions of khao yai
Khao Yai is about 2 – 3 hours drive from bangkok airport. For the past few years we usually go to...
6th Jul 2025
Khao Yai is about 2 – 3 hours drive from bangkok airport. For the past few years we usually go to places where we don’t have to drive because I tend to...
Winnie Lim
the answer I must seek
My partner pitter patters around the house constantly, always looking for something to do, always...
1st Sep 2024
My partner pitter patters around the house constantly, always looking for something to do, always scheming up some new creative project of hers. Being with her is an ongoing lesson and reminder...
skin contact
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
Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move through a room.
Laetitia@Work
Going public: how AOC's choice opens doors for other women
Laetitia@Work #103
3 weeks ago
Passing Time
Fun, Fellowship, and Fractures
On the downside of activity-based friendships
23rd Jun 2024
On the downside of activity-based friendships
Daily Stoic
How To Find And Keep Joy
Today it’s all about passion. Find your passion. Live passionately. Inspire the world with your...
8th Aug 2022
Today it’s all about passion. Find your passion. Live passionately. Inspire the world with your passion. Passion, we tell ourselves, is the source of joy. The Stoics disagreed. In fact, they believed that passion(s) were what contributed to our misery. To the experts and gurus...
The AI Underwriter
Week 36 of 2025- W362025
This is no time for ease and comfort
7th Sep 2025
This is no time for ease and comfort
What To Cook
publishing a book and starting kindergarten
Hi! Woah. I leave for the East Coast to start my Make It Fast (please for the love of ME, pre-order...
5th Aug 2026
Hi! Woah. I leave for the East Coast to start my Make It Fast (please for the love of ME, pre-order it!!!) book tour in less than 48 hours. My literary agent just called to check in on my mental state and I’ll tell you what I told her— I’m honestly feeling great. I haven’t...
Laetitia@Work
Make Work Seasonal Again
Laetitia@Work #79
27th Mar 2025
Scarlet Ink
Confidence: A Legal Performance-Enhancing Drug for the Office. 7 Manipulation Tips for Winners.
You don’t need permission to lead. You just need to look, sound, and act like a person others...
1st Dec 2025
You don’t need permission to lead. You just need to look, sound, and act like a person others instinctively follow. Because, yes, we're all sheep.
Wait But Why
Tales from Toddlerhood
Eight thoughts from a strange and harrowing world
The post Tales from Toddlerhood appeared first on...
24th Oct 2025
Eight thoughts from a strange and harrowing world
The post Tales from Toddlerhood appeared first on Wait But Why.
What To Cook
a toast to breastfeeding
Hi!
First of all, I recorded a voiceover of this So Into That! Click the play button above if you’d...
11th Mar 2026
Hi!
First of all, I recorded a voiceover of this So Into That! Click the play button above if you’d like to listen. I really, really tried not to cry, but it was just a crying kind of day apparently.
I’ve had a wild few weeks of travel — both for pleasure to Mexico with the...
Winnie Lim
scenes from tsukiji & asakusa
Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at...
1st Dec 2023
Sometimes it is nice to be a tourist and do touristy things. tsukiji outer market We got there at 740am because I read that the crowds will start to get crazy at...
Laetitia@Work
Why we need more older female role models at work
Laetitia@Work #92
11th Feb 2026
Laetitia@Work
Is free universal childcare really such a crazy idea?
Laetitia@Work #88
27th Nov 2025
Charlie Becker
Chelsea is not a metaphor.
CITS #92 | May 22, 2025
22nd May 2025
Winnie Lim
2025: may I have an uneventful year
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to...
12th Jan 2025
Last year I wrote that I wanted to be able to do one pull up. This year, I just want the year to progress uneventfully. I first started using the word “uneventful”...
Atoms vs Bits
Conversation-Catalysing Events
There's a famous British politics quote where the 1960s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, aka...
13th Mar 2024
There's a famous British politics quote where the 1960s Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, aka Supermac, is asked the hardest thing about government and replies “Events, dear boy, events”. This probably never happened and is absolutely irrelevant to this blogpost regardless, but I...
The Prism
10 Ways to Avoid Being Fooled
Mental models for discerning truth
20th Feb 2023
Mental models for discerning truth
Nat Eliason's...
The Window of Opportunity is Here
Don't get stuck in neutral
17th Apr 2024
Don't get stuck in neutral
Daily Stoic
What Does It Mean To Be Wealthy?
“These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.”...
31st Jul 2023
“These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.” — Seneca We all know those people who have lots of money, and yet, they are miserable. On the flip side, we all know people who live happy and fulfilled lives despite not having...
Tech and Tea
Leaving my full-time job
Just in time to settle into the end of the year with a cozy holiday season
9th Dec 2024
Just in time to settle into the end of the year with a cozy holiday season
Winnie Lim
the reality that exists in me
I just had my period, so I am feeling a little more fatigued than usual. Every month around this...
3rd Nov 2024
I just had my period, so I am feeling a little more fatigued than usual. Every month around this time I tend to wonder why the body finds it so difficult to...
Nat Eliason's...
The Most Useful Feedback Hurts
Plus a sci-fi novel update
14th Aug 2024
Plus a sci-fi novel update
Farza's Newsletter
i got suitcases full of matcha tea don't mess with me punk
Got back from Dubai a few days ago. Life has been…intense heh. In just the last 2.5-weeks: We ran a...
12th Jun 2023
Got back from Dubai a few days ago. Life has been…intense heh. In just the last 2.5-weeks: We ran a live gameshow I hosted and gave away $100,000, had 225 of our graduates fly out for N&W IRL in SF, and then the following week had 125 of our graduates fly out for N&W IRL in...
DYNOMIGHT
Heritability of intrinsic human life span is about 50% when heritability is redefined to be...
How heritable is hair color? Well, if you’re a redhead and you have an identical twin, they will...
5th Feb 2026
How heritable is hair color? Well, if you’re a redhead and you have an identical twin, they will definitely also be a redhead. But the age at which twins go gray seems to vary a bit based on lifestyle. And there’s some randomness in where melanocytes end up on your skull when...
Mark Manson
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
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...
Luxagraf:...
Ready to Start
If you're not excited about where you're going, you're going the wrong way.
Where you're going may...
6th Sep 2023
If you're not excited about where you're going, you're going the wrong way.
Where you're going may be challenging, difficult, a real pain in the ass even, but come what may, you should be excited about getting there—both the getting, and the there. That's how you know you're on...
Atoms vs Bits
Is This Anything? 11
getting mad + drinking occasionally
1st Aug 2025
getting mad + drinking occasionally
The Honest Broker
Ten New Albums I'm Recommending Right Now
Warning: strange soul-stirring sounds ahead!
1st Jun 2026
Warning: strange soul-stirring sounds ahead!
Scarlet Ink
Twelve Career Lessons They Don’t Put in Onboarding
A few hard-earned lessons about people, politics, consistency, and the parts of work we pretend...
8th Dec 2025
A few hard-earned lessons about people, politics, consistency, and the parts of work we pretend aren’t part of the job. But really are.
Laetitia@Work
AI has an unexpected side effect: It could make high-paying jobs less hostile to women
Laetitia@Work #101
10th Jun 2026
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Why Taste Matters More
Us designers love to talk about tools, processes, and skills. We debate software, trade shortcuts,...
6th Sep 2025
Us designers love to talk about tools, processes, and skills. We debate software, trade shortcuts, and show off case studies filled with research frameworks and clever flows. All useful things. But what rarely gets talked about and showcased in portfolios is the one thing that...
The Convivial...
The Waters of Lethe Flow From Our Digital Streams
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
20th Mar 2025
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 2
Luxagraf:...
I Like New Orleans Better
After Galveston we headed north, bound for New Orleans. We broke up the drive with a stop at one of...
7th Dec 2022
After Galveston we headed north, bound for New Orleans. We broke up the drive with a stop at one of the gates of hell, located in Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Sea Grim as we call it. Do not go there. Ever. For any reason. We had to abandon the bus there that night and retreat to a...
The Works in...
Nature’s laboratory
Millions of years of evolution have given us genomes that are like giant datasets for drug...
3rd Dec 2025
Millions of years of evolution have given us genomes that are like giant datasets for drug development. Finally, we are learning how to use them.
Farza's Newsletter
just saw a pigeon rollerblading on the streets wow didn't know they made rollerblades for pigeons
Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group...
2nd May 2021
Hey-o. Chilling in Central Park right now on a bench. It’s a pretty cloudy day. There’s this group of like 25 people in front of me right now with fake samurai swords doing some sort of sword fighting class it’s pretty lit. They be dueling right now in groups of two. Poggers.
Both Are True
i tried making a game with ai and then this happened
ALEX NO
4th Aug 2026
Laetitia@Work
Are older people less innovative?
Laetitia@Work #61
26th Sep 2023
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalissimo 6.0
A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you...
6th Apr 2022
A new design, a new version, a new era, a new chapter, a new wave, a new vibe. Call it what you like. The sixth iteration of Minimalissimo is here and it's probably the strongest one to date yet probably the most raw and uncompromising. But before I break down what is new, I want...
Letters of Note
Curse the blasted, jelly-boned swines
On this day in letters
3rd Jul 2026
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The Heroes Behind Healthcare.gov
The untold story of how a small team of innovators almost fundamentally changed government
1st Dec 2013
The untold story of how a small team of innovators almost fundamentally changed government
Atoms vs Bits
Progress Studies Conference - I'll Defend Fusion
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
7th Nov 2024
The progress studies conference didn't have anyone to defend fusion energy, so I will.
Winnie Lim
[links]
KEK society
I was browsing jazz music on bandcamp and discovered Storyville records. I thought they had an...
1st Jul 2026
I was browsing jazz music on bandcamp and discovered Storyville records. I thought they had an interesting catalogue so I became curious about their origin story. One thing led to another and...
The Honest Broker
Can You Really Treat Cancer with Sound?
And other updates on recent articles.
1st Nov 2025
And other updates on recent articles.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The most profound message in the history of junk literature
I have always been a slow reader. I get discouraged by dense text and I struggle to finish books...
1st Jul 2017
I have always been a slow reader. I get discouraged by dense text and I struggle to finish books thicker than the width of my thumb.
The Tao Of Wealth
How to build your routine, find your focus and sharpen your creative mind
This post contains my notes and reflections from the book: Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your...
14th Mar 2020
This post contains my notes and reflections from the book: Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (99U) Mark McGuiness – http://www.LateralAction.com: If you want to create something worthwhile with your life, you need to draw...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The U.S. Navy’s $100 Million Checkbox
Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were...
29th Sep 2019
Two years ago a Navy destroyer was ripped open by the nose of a Liberian tanker. Ten sailors were crushed or drowned as their sleeping quarters filled with water after the collision. At the heart of the tragedy is a single checkbox on a touchscreen. This is the untold story of...
Luxagraf:...
The North Shore, Part II
A couple weeks after Olivia and I went to the north shore, Lilah decided she wanted to do a similar...
5th Nov 2025
A couple weeks after Olivia and I went to the north shore, Lilah decided she wanted to do a similar trip. The weather had turned much colder by then, reminding me why we used to head south long before now. I dug out the heavy sleeping bags and we bundled up for what was likely...
Diaries of Note
I won’t marry Jo to Laurie to please any one
Now considered a seminal work in both American literature and feminist canon, Little Women was...
1st Nov 2023
Now considered a seminal work in both American literature and feminist canon, Little Women was originally published in the 1860s as two separate volumes, the first of which Louisa May Alcott completed in two months after being asked by her publisher to “write a girl’s book.” The...
Charlie Becker
Three "flavors" explain the different ways people love books. | #104
I’m Charlie Becker, a second-generation bookseller building an AI tool for used bookstores out of my...
9th Jun 2026
I’m Charlie Becker, a second-generation bookseller building an AI tool for used bookstores out of my family’s store in Houston, Texas.
Both Are True
i failed vs. i'm a failure
the life-changing magic of the failure bow
3rd Jun 2025
the life-changing magic of the failure bow
Laetitia@Work
Single Mum By Default
Laetitia@Work #45
9th Dec 2021
Thu Le
Things I have changed my mind about lately
On some perspectives of mine that have shifted over time.
8th Mar 2025
On some perspectives of mine that have shifted over time.
Scarlet Ink
If Your System Never Fails, That’s the Real Failure
Investments in operations should be at a minimal level that maintains the systems in an acceptable...
3rd Nov 2025
Investments in operations should be at a minimal level that maintains the systems in an acceptable state forever. Poor operations are clearly bad news. But perfect operations are a waste of money.
Letters of Note
You don't breathe, you bubble
When it's almost too hot to stay in touch
27th May 2026
When it's almost too hot to stay in touch
Tech and Tea
Leaning into joy and community
Processing this past week and some joyful things in my life
11th Nov 2024
Processing this past week and some joyful things in my life
Nat Eliason's...
Quarterly Author Update: April 2025
Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
8th Apr 2025
Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
Daniel Bourke
A Quick Introduction to PyTorch 2.0
PyTorch 2.0 is out! And it comes with plenty of updates. Also NVIDIA GTC March 2023 is around the...
17th Mar 2023
PyTorch 2.0 is out! And it comes with plenty of updates. Also NVIDIA GTC March 2023 is around the corner, to celebrate they've given me an RTX 4080 to giveaway!
Scarlet Ink
No More Excuses: Trading Blame for Action. Practical Steps Towards Ownership Instead of Whining.
I'll admit a lack of patience for people who prefer to make excuses when they're given advice. It's...
3rd Sep 2024
I'll admit a lack of patience for people who prefer to make excuses when they're given advice. It's easier to make excuses rather than do the hard work.
Passing Time
UPPERCASE lowercase Andinbetvveen
On stylized titling: the expanding canvas of musical expression
12th Nov 2021
On stylized titling: the expanding canvas of musical expression
Letters of Note
How clever and capricious you are
How to take on a troll, 1950s style
14th Apr 2026
How to take on a troll, 1950s style
Farza's Newsletter
drinking a spanish latte but i dont speak spanish is this legal
I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a...
3rd Oct 2023
I come from a Pakistani family. Unless your new initiative is a big success, you're a big flop. As a society, no matter where you're from -- we have a tendency to look at those that did something really hard, but didn't figure it out as a person who "failed".
Mark Manson
How to Make Friends as an Adult
Romantic relationships get all the attention, but I'd argue that friendships are just as...
12th May 2023
Romantic relationships get all the attention, but I'd argue that friendships are just as important—if not more so—for our health and happiness.
Just like with romantic relationships, creating fulfilling, lasting friendships as an adult can be really hard.
But… Why?
I mean, sure,...
Nat Eliason's...
You Have No Idea How Much Better You Can Feel
Shake the snow globe
1st May 2023
The Honest Broker
How Many Visionary Artists Are Mentally Ill?
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in...
6th Oct 2024
A surprising number of creative people have visions, hear voices, or have strange encounters in dreams
Atoms vs Bits
Good Tokens 2025-10-01
Dinosaurs for sale
3rd Oct 2025
Luxagraf:...
Little Girl's Point
The rest of my family loves rock hounding. I don't even know if that's what you call it, but that's...
24th Jul 2023
The rest of my family loves rock hounding. I don't even know if that's what you call it, but that's what I'm going with. They enjoy walking around, hunting for rocks. Agates are especially popular with rock lovers, and one of the best agate beaches in the area is across the lake...
Winnie Lim
some scenes from chiang mai
Sharing some straight out of the camera and phone shots from Chiang Mai. It is known for the coffee...
8th Dec 2024
Sharing some straight out of the camera and phone shots from Chiang Mai. It is known for the coffee scene, but what I didn’t expect was that it has excellent matcha too,...
Nat Eliason's...
Maybe Your Sleep Tracking is Killing You?
The Lure of the Measurable
6th Feb 2023
The Lure of the Measurable
Jason Fried
Introducing Writebook
You know, it's really easy to publish short form content on a variety of social platforms. And...
3rd Jul 2024
You know, it's really easy to publish short form content on a variety of social platforms. And individual blog posts on a number of other platforms. These are solved problems.
But it's surprisingly challenging to publish books on the web in nice, cohesive, tight, easy-to-navigate...
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify | A Pokédex for Food
Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
27th Feb 2024
Like Shazam. But for food. A simple app to make learning about food fun.
Daniel Bourke
Wu wei (无为) — The art of not forcing
The controlled accident.
Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing".
Because the...
4th Jun 2023
The controlled accident.
Sometimes it gets mistaken for "do nothing" or "doing nothing".
Because the characters 无为 (wu wei) mean nothing (wu, 无) and doing (wei, 为).
So although a literal translation would be doing nothing, it doesn’t mean the same as sitting
Luxagraf:...
April White
The mild winter of 2023-2024 brought very little snow to Wisconsin. We watched the weather for...
10th Apr 2024
The mild winter of 2023-2024 brought very little snow to Wisconsin. We watched the weather for months, waiting for more snow to fall but it never did. Last year we arrived in Washburn after Memorial Day and there were still patches of snow in the deep shade of the woods. This...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Parenting & Children: Ask Marcus Aurelius
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
7th Apr 2023
Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from historical records, we created an AI digital personality that spoke with us about how to practice Stoicism in our modern world. This AI persona literally thinks that it's Marcus...
Charlie Becker
What I learned writing 100 essays
Or more like ~130 but 100 decent ones anyway
17th Mar 2026
Or more like ~130 but 100 decent ones anyway
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Problem with Too Much Fairness
We care so much about fairness that we are willing to sacrifice economic well-being to enforce it....
7th Oct 2021
We care so much about fairness that we are willing to sacrifice economic well-being to enforce it. Research shows that just to ensure shirkers get what they deserve, we are prepared to make ourselves poorer.
The Prism
How Empathy Makes Us Cruel and Irrational
The strange movement to free the Menendez brothers
13th Dec 2024
The strange movement to free the Menendez brothers
The Ruffian
Why Did I Start The Ruffian and Has Paul McCartney Read My Book?
Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
3rd Jan 2026
Answering Reader Questions. Plus a Ton of Optimism For 2026.
The Prism
Overchoice and How to Avoid it
Five Heuristics to Help You Decide
5th Oct 2023
Five Heuristics to Help You Decide
Mark Manson
How to Be Successful in Life
The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to...
9th Nov 2023
The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to become more successful than 99% of the world's population.
Most of these claims revolve around setting goals, developing discipline, and eliminating distractions.
But let's face it:...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
The slow death of all that is known
The know-it-all can never be surprised. Everything he learns is an appendix to some distant...
2nd Sep 2017
The know-it-all can never be surprised. Everything he learns is an appendix to some distant education. What little new insight is gained is but a footnote to that framework of original knowledge, the dusty document of knowledge canonized long ago when his education was...
Charlie Becker
Cathedral: A Short Story
Castles in the Sky #42
10th Nov 2023
Vittles
The Best Place to Eat Cypriot Food in the UK
Alex Mylonas maps the movement of four fine souvlatzidika out of north London and into Potters Bar....
3rd Oct 2025
Alex Mylonas maps the movement of four fine souvlatzidika out of north London and into Potters Bar. Photographed by Michaël Protin.
Tech and Tea
Saddened by the tech industry
Watching the pendulum swing away from people-centric leadership and wishing pendulums didn't swing...
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.
Luxagraf:...
Cities of the Red Night
We swing south to Albuquerque, catching I-40 west for a few miles. The earth turns redder, with a...
6th May 2026
We swing south to Albuquerque, catching I-40 west for a few miles. The earth turns redder, with a thin frosting of green -- junipers, snakeweed, and shrubs on the mesa tops. The sky is impossibly blue, littered with tufts of white cloud.
Just before the city the oil pressure...
Left To Write
#1 Writemas
Prioritising time to think, write and publish
1st Dec 2023
Prioritising time to think, write and publish
Winnie Lim
[instagram]
121 months: to love for just one more day
a large part of the human experience is growing numb to the experiences that had once made us...
2nd Jun 2026
a large part of the human experience is growing numb to the experiences that had once made us ridiculously happy…we just tend to take the things we have for granted, like they are a piece of furniture we are entitled to have. i knew this effect intimately, so i sought to live and...
Both Are True
let's talk about ai, baby
become an ai wizard without losing your soul
17th Feb 2026
become an ai wizard without losing your soul
Passing Time
Valuable, but not productive
Consulting & finance as black holes of elite human capital
2nd Dec 2024
Consulting & finance as black holes of elite human capital
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Boiling Your Kermit
Drop a frog in boiling water and it jumps out in shock. Place him in room-temperature water and he...
5th May 2018
Drop a frog in boiling water and it jumps out in shock. Place him in room-temperature water and he won’t mind if you slowly crank up the heat. He’ll look you square in the eye, absorbing the heat until it all goes black. Sorry, Kermit.
Jason Fried
We increased conversion ~30% and we don't know exactly how
Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows.
The aim was...
3rd Feb 2025
Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows.
The aim was to increase conversion from trial to paid by smoothing out the initial experience of getting going, doing a better job of quick-teaching the basics, and making a few things a...
Sherman's Food...
Kavita
You know I really enjoy a delicious Indian meal every now and then. Well, it isn't hard to find...
1st Feb 2026
You know I really enjoy a delicious Indian meal every now and then. Well, it isn't hard to find good Indian food in the GVRD, especially Punjabi cuisine. There is a smattering of South Indian and some Goan spots as well. One of the newest Indian restaurants in town is rather...
Winnie Lim
thoughts on the suicidal mind
[tw: suicide] I watched Roadrunner, a documentary about Anthony Bourdain, and it left me a lot of...
6th Aug 2023
[tw: suicide] I watched Roadrunner, a documentary about Anthony Bourdain, and it left me a lot of thoughts as someone who has struggled with my own existence my entire life. Though I am writing...
Tech and Tea
Three Maternity Leaves at Early-Stage Startups
How it was with different companies, roles, and experiences
17th Aug 2024
How it was with different companies, roles, and experiences
bookbear express
on one-sidedness
giving without getting
3rd Feb 2025
Daily Stoic
Let Us Fulfill Our Obligation
That nice, warm feeling you’re carrying over from Thanksgiving? That fullness after your big family...
27th Nov 2025
That nice, warm feeling you’re carrying over from Thanksgiving? That fullness after your big family get-together? From the meal, from the company, from all of it? It’s important that you realize not everyone is feeling that right now. In fact, many people are experiencing the...
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