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The Honest Broker
What's Going on with KPop Demon Hunters? From Baby Shark to Squid Game, the same strategy is producing huge overseas successes. Can others...
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From Baby Shark to Squid Game, the same strategy is producing huge overseas successes. Can others learn from the Korean model?
Paul Cudenec
The US admiral in the globalist axis of evil James Stavridis, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation’s board of trustees, projects a wholesome...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
James Stavridis, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation’s board of trustees, projects a wholesome and all-American image for the organisation, with his impressive list of military decorations.
The Honest Broker
How to Read Greek Tragedy in a Netflix World If you dare
a year ago
Wait But Why
A Short History of My Last Six Years On June 18, 2016, I slipped and fell down a deep, deep hole. The post A Short History of My Last Six...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
On June 18, 2016, I slipped and fell down a deep, deep hole. The post A Short History of My Last Six Years appeared first on Wait But Why.
Ryan Hoover's...
Pinterest and the visual web
over a year ago
Tech and Tea
Creativity isn't just for painters and poets Making space and time for nurturing the inner artist in all of us
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Hateful Things in 1002 AD When I say The Pillow Book, written by Sei Shōnagon in the late 990s AD, reads like a Tumblr, you...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
When I say The Pillow Book, written by Sei Shōnagon in the late 990s AD, reads like a Tumblr, you might reasonably assume I'm being wry and somewhat exaggerated: "ohhhh, this thing from 1000 years ago is just like things we write today [if you
Diaries of Note
I long for vigour and clear thought, but only meet with chaos When she wrote the following diary entry, English author, poet, and garden designer Vita...
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When she wrote the following diary entry, English author, poet, and garden designer Vita Sackville-West was 28. Living in Long Barn, Kent, with her husband and fellow writer, Harold Nicolson, she was nearing the end of an intense, two-year romance with Violet Keppel, with whom...
Diaries of Note
The goose for Xmas disappeared In the waning days of 1948, George Orwell was secluded on the Scottish island of Jura in a remote...
a year ago
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In the waning days of 1948, George Orwell was secluded on the Scottish island of Jura in a remote farmhouse named Barnhill—a stark, white-washed building set against the backdrop of Jura’s untamed wilderness. It was there, amidst the stark beauty of nature and in declining...
Raptitude.com
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...
a year ago
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a year ago
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...
RhysTranter.com
These are some of the things that we see on our walks.
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
It instantaneously stopped the bleeding Born in Somerset, England in 1740, James Woodforde was an English clergyman posthumously celebrated...
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Born in Somerset, England in 1740, James Woodforde was an English clergyman posthumously celebrated for the insightful and witty diaries—68 handwritten volumes in total–that he kept meticulously from the age of 19 through to 1803, ten weeks before his death. Peppered amongst the...
journal – Winnie Lim
pandemic grief and sadness One of the biggest cognitive dissonances I’ve had in this pandemic is seeing almost everyone I know...
a year ago
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a year ago
One of the biggest cognitive dissonances I’ve had in this pandemic is seeing almost everyone I know – including the most intelligent and the most socially responsible – throw away all covid...
Left To Write
Trust Me, I’m A Lying Social Media Performer The early 2010’s internet used to be so simple. Facebook was used for connecting with friends....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The early 2010’s internet used to be so simple. Facebook was used for connecting with friends. Instagram for sharing our pictures. Twitter for our thoughts. And LinkedIn to network. Everything was shown in chronological order. Fast forward to today, and the internet has become...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
No More Side Projects Generally speaking, side projects are great things. They offer us opportunities to create something...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Generally speaking, side projects are great things. They offer us opportunities to create something new. Sometimes these are merely hobbies and sometimes these are projects we’d like to pursue as a potential career. They all have to start somewhere, right? Over the past five...
Atoms vs Bits
Did the Cybertruck Bomber Have CTE? In what currently appears to be two unconnected events, two veterans committed acts of terrorism...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
In what currently appears to be two unconnected events, two veterans committed acts of terrorism within just a few days. The Cybertruck bombing, in particular, is notable because the alleged perpetrator was in the US Army special forces. This suggests two things about him: He...
Scarlet Ink
4 Patterns in Software Development Projects Which Lead to Failure With experience, you can recognize the less obvious patterns which lead to costly disasters.
7 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
VERITAS Subsidies For Media Support media, better.
3 months ago
Left To Write
№ 78: Bloomstory Codex, Changing of Seasons, Unproductivity Is The New Productivity A brief update of the last months
a year ago
Diaries of Note
I am just crazy about Margaret Armstrong In August of 1910, long before producing the iconic novels for which he is now known, F. Scott...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In August of 1910, long before producing the iconic novels for which he is now known, F. Scott Fitzgerald began to write Thoughtbook of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald of St Paul Minn. U.S.A., a diary that would span six months of his life as a newly-minted teenage boy. At this...
Atoms vs Bits
Why And How We Preschedule Posts a self-indulgent meta-post about the process of blogging
7 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Additive Domains, Multiplicative Domains 1 and 1 and 1 is 3, unless you're multiplying
11 months ago
The Honest Broker
Western Music Isn't What You Think Or how my views on culture proved to be all wet
a year ago
Scarlet Ink
Six Reader Questions About Meetings, Feedback, Communication, and Ideas I regularly receive questions over email and in comments on my newsletter. I decided to answer a few...
a year ago
Tech and Tea
Making Space When the World Feels Heavy When creating space feels too hard, a little structure and accountability can be the nudge you need.
2 months ago
The Map is Mostly...
Agency and Schooling (and gardening) Dear friends, Over at Palladium I have written School is Not Enough. The beginning may be familiar...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
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...
Tech and Tea
What would you do if you had pizza money? A fun thought experiment around finances, time, and what you are or aren't willing to sacrifice for...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
A fun thought experiment around finances, time, and what you are or aren't willing to sacrifice for financial independence.
The Ruffian
The Ruffian's Greatest Hits 2023 This Year's Top Ten Posts As Voted On By Me
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Notes Toward a New Romanticism Or why it's 1800 all over again
a year ago
Diaries of Note
New Year Resolutions When he wrote these resolutions on the second day of 1942, James Agate was 64 and widely known and...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
When he wrote these resolutions on the second day of 1942, James Agate was 64 and widely known and celebrated as the Sunday Times drama critic, a role he would fill until his death five years later. The Leo who was testing Agate’s patience was Isidore Leo Pavia, a dear friend and...
Isabel Unraveled
Great Art is about being seen while remaining invisible when intuition breaks through ego
5 months ago
Diaries of Note
Death is so near and simple In December of 1966, having recently graduated from Hanoi University Medical School, 24-year-old...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In December of 1966, having recently graduated from Hanoi University Medical School, 24-year-old Đặng Thùy Trâm packed a backpack with essentials and began the arduous, months-long journey to Quang Ngai Province, where she was to voluntarily serve as a battlefield surgeon for...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Uncertainty: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/3GTYvkPMEh8 it's a fact: the future is always uncertain, no matter...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Previous Next https://youtu.be/3GTYvkPMEh8 it's a fact: the future is always uncertain, no matter how much we try to plan for it or predict it. And that uncertainty can easily upset people, because it's always a possibility that the future won't go as we want it to. For...
Jason Crawford
Precognition It’s almost impossible to predict the future. But it’s also unnecessary, because most people are...
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over a year ago
It’s almost impossible to predict the future. But it’s also unnecessary, because most people are living in the past. All you have to do is see the present before everyone else does. To be less pithy, but more clear: Most people are slow to notice and accept change. If you can...
The Honest Broker
It's Open Mic Day: Tell Us What You're Doing Here's a chance to pitch your own project
a year ago
Passing Time
A Wednesday at Arapahoe Lakes Not because it's there, but, instead, to feel something
over a year ago
The Tao Of Wealth
The Little Book Of Big Weight Loss : Book Notes Big weight loss is mostly about the food. Exercise is important to a lesser extent. Do not eat...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Big weight loss is mostly about the food. Exercise is important to a lesser extent. Do not eat sugar, especially fructose. Aim for less than 3 added teaspoons per day, which is equal to 12 grams ( 1 teaspoon = 4 grams). Remember there are many names for sugar, so watch out when...
The Intimate Mirror
The Sanity Crisis The Ahrimanic Dysfunction at the Heart of Rationalist Culture
5 months ago
The Intimate Mirror
The Power of Needlessness How Love Transforms Systems
7 months ago
Luxagraf:...
Bus and Repair Q & A I got a lot of questions about the bus, life on the road, repairing things, and more. I will...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I got a lot of questions about the bus, life on the road, repairing things, and more. I will probably write something up as well at some point, but for now I thought I'd make a video to answer a few of the more frequently asked questions. Watch on YouTube Apologies for the...
The Honest Broker
10 Reasons Why Technological Progress Is Now Reversing Or How Silicon Valley Started Breaking Bad
a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
The Oak and the Reed Dear friends, there is a tale, The oak one day said to the reed: You have good reason to curse...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Dear friends, there is a tale, The oak one day said to the reed: You have good reason to curse nature — A simple sparrow for you is a heavy burden. The slightest wind that by chance Makes the face of the water ripple Forces you to lower your head. However my own forehead, Not...
bookbear express
no exit love is the best kind of trap
6 months ago
The Map is Mostly...
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...
over a year ago
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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
Diaries of Note
This must be a specially sad day Born Hermione Llewellyn in 1913, the life of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly took a dramatic turn in...
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Born Hermione Llewellyn in 1913, the life of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly took a dramatic turn in 1941 when her husband, a lieutenant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, was captured by Rommel’s Afrika Korps, leading to his imprisonment as a prisoner of war in Italy. She wrote...
The Prism
Overchoice and How to Avoid it Five Heuristics to Help You Decide
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
You Have No Idea How Much Better You Can Feel Shake the snow globe
over a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Polaroid, you broke my heart. What does it feel like to be contacted by a brand you love and admire? Well, if the person reaching...
over a year ago
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What does it feel like to be contacted by a brand you love and admire? Well, if the person reaching out to you is a lawyer from their trademark protection team it probably feels like a kick in the gut.
Nat Eliason's...
The Best Things I Read in 2022 Plus: the best of the blog, your recommendations, and a vacation announcement
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
I can’t remember his name E. J. Kahn Jr. began to write for The New Yorker in 1937, launching a career that would span decades...
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E. J. Kahn Jr. began to write for The New Yorker in 1937, launching a career that would span decades and establish him as an influential figure in American journalism. Born on December 4, 1916, he was the son of renowned architect Ely Jacques Kahn, and in addition to his work at...