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7th Oct 2017
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29th Jun 2023
Rage & tranquility; decay & rebirth; memory and desire.
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3rd Jul 2022
In the summer of 2021 I made the decision to plan a house project. Not just to save, find, and buy a pre-existing house—that would be far too easy—and boring (unless you're doing an interesting renovation). Instead, my partner and I are opting to buy a plot of land in Scotland...
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Laetitia@Work
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7th Jul 2025
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32
Today I turn 32 years old.
Every year I write an article with stories, ideas, rules of thumb,...
1st Sep 2025
Today I turn 32 years old.
Every year I write an article with stories, ideas, rules of thumb, anecdotes and ponderous items from the last year.
This is number 10 of those articles.
See: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.
Before I get into it, a few
Passing Time
The Illusion of Solitude
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5th Feb 2025
Grammy-winner Ricky Riccardi tells the story of a milestone moment in American music in this extract from his new book
Atoms vs Bits
Carrot Problems
It's not the crime, it's the coverup.
5th Jul 2023
It's not the crime, it's the coverup.
DYNOMIGHT
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5th Jun 2025
Tea is a little-known beverage, consumed for flavor or sometimes for conjectured effects as a stimulant. It’s made by submerging the leaves of C. Sinensis in hot water. But how hot should the water be?
To resolve this, I brewed the same tea at four different temperatures, brought...
Passing Time
The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory
Why do we forget what we want to remember and remember what we want to forget?
1st Sep 2023
Why do we forget what we want to remember and remember what we want to forget?
The Prism
The Pathologization Pandemic
Why youth mental illness is surging
6th Jul 2023
Why youth mental illness is surging
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 Map is Mostly...
Love Grows
The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
8th Feb 2025
The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
Passing Time
Incommensurate Goods in ESG
When values conflict, how do you choose what to prioritize?
28th Apr 2022
When values conflict, how do you choose what to prioritize?
Tech and Tea
This world was not built for working parents
and trying to find our way anyways in this season of life
2nd Dec 2023
and trying to find our way anyways in this season of life
Hickman's...
Heaven's Featureless Plain
A Thesis on Liminality
2nd Jul 2026
Winnie Lim
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6th Oct 2024
…is a celebrity chef in South Korea. He also owns multiple restaurant franchises with thousands of branches mainly in korea with some splattered all over the world. I first knew of him...
Farza's Newsletter
me and the beatles just ate some waffles in tokyo
I've raised $12M for my company + hired amazing people -- and until very recently, whenever anyone...
16th May 2024
I've raised $12M for my company + hired amazing people -- and until very recently, whenever anyone would ask me my 10-year plan I would flat out say "I have no idea".
The Works in...
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And births rise in South Korea
28th Jan 2025
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Raptitude.com
The Tiniest Mission
Sometimes doing a small thing can be extremely satisfying, out of all proportion to how easy it is:...
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...
Mind Mine
how to be a domestic goddess
notes from nigella & myself
12th Mar 2025
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Lefineder’s Substack
The Pacification of War
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23rd Apr 2024
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On Speed-Running the Circle of Life
13th Aug 2025
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Mert Bulan - Blog &...
Why Paying for Spotify Mostly Pays Taylor Swift
Your money isn't going to the bands you love, it's going to the ones everyone else listens to.
10th Aug 2025
Your money isn't going to the bands you love, it's going to the ones everyone else listens to.
Wait But Why
What’s Our Problem?
a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But...
2nd May 2023
a self-help book for societies available now as an e-book, audiobook, or directly on the Wait But Why website
The post What’s Our Problem? appeared first on Wait But Why.
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:...
The Intimate Mirror
The Waters of Grief
Love's Response to Its Own Absence
12th Dec 2025
Love's Response to Its Own Absence
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099 + Framer
099 Supply is a collaborative project that builds tools for creators. We began with a catalogue of...
2nd May 2024
099 Supply is a collaborative project that builds tools for creators. We began with a catalogue of photorealistic product mockups made for Photoshop. And we're continuing to grow this collection slowly, but we recognised that we need to diversify. So we're building out a new...
Winnie Lim
[instagram]
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as we get older, grouchier, crankier and more creaky it is admittedly getting harder and harder to...
2nd Oct 2025
as we get older, grouchier, crankier and more creaky it is admittedly getting harder and harder to get out there and have fun together. “fun” is such a strange word for me...
Raptitude.com
There Are Many More Worlds Than These
Imagine two very bored castaways on a desert island, who have food and shelter but nothing to do....
7th Nov 2025
Imagine two very bored castaways on a desert island, who have food and shelter but nothing to do. They spend the day throwing coconuts at each other for fun. One day a crate washes up, with its cargo intact: hundreds of classic paperbacks! Melville, Hugo, Tolkien, the Brontës,...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
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
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.
Stoic Simple
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From The Little Book of Stoic Quotes by Phil Van Treuren Listen to the author read this: “If we...
8th Aug 2024
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Mark Manson
My Response to Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock
Last weekend, Will Smith walked on stage at the Oscars and slapped Chris Rock for making a joke...
1st Apr 2022
Last weekend, Will Smith walked on stage at the Oscars and slapped Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife. Since that moment, my phone and inbox have been inundated non-stop with people (friends, family, readers, journalists) wanting my “take” on the situation. After all, I...
The Ruffian
What makes the perfect creative brief?
And how to write a brief for yourself
7th Oct 2023
And how to write a brief for yourself
Winnie Lim
a hole in my soul
I didn’t actually feel like writing today, but I’m worried if I don’t write I would forget the...
5th May 2024
I didn’t actually feel like writing today, but I’m worried if I don’t write I would forget the feelings and thoughts I have at this point in time. It doesn’t seem right...
Winnie Lim
our memories belong together
Yesterday I checked-in on swarm (yes I still use that app) at Loft, and the app reminded me that I...
2nd Nov 2025
Yesterday I checked-in on swarm (yes I still use that app) at Loft, and the app reminded me that I was last there in 2018 with my partner: I had zero recollection...
Passing Time
Reasons Not to Burn Coal That Have Nothing to Do with Climate Change
You don't need to talk about CO2 to have reasons to stop using coal for electricity generation
12th Sep 2022
You don't need to talk about CO2 to have reasons to stop using coal for electricity generation
The Intimate Mirror
Spirituality is Secure Attachment with Reality
When God Becomes Safe to Love (Breaking Open: Part 2)
1st Jan 2025
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The Convivial...
Feeding on Illusions
The Convivial Society: Vol. 7, No. 7
8th Jul 2026
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Adrian Hanft, III:...
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...
2nd Dec 2018
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.
Charlie Becker
The Wedge Between Pleasure and Pain
Castles in the Sky #40
6th Oct 2023
The Ruffian
The Audacity of Ambition
Timothée Chalamet Aspires In Public
1st Mar 2025
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Isabel Unraveled
how to be a domestic goddess
notes from nigella & myself
12th Mar 2025
notes from nigella & myself
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.
Atoms vs Bits
Optimal Suffering
If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
8th Nov 2023
If suffering makes us stronger, shouldn't we try to suffer more?
The Ruffian
How - and Why - To Read...
...in a World That's Giving Up On It
4th Jan 2025
...in a World That's Giving Up On It
Nat Eliason's...
Quarterly Author Update: April 2025
Book sales, draft progress, secret projects, and more!
8th Apr 2025
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Laetitia@Work
What the fear of ageing costs working women
Laetitia@Work #68
22nd Mar 2024
Charlie Becker
Is an AI company buying up all the used books? (I don’t think so, not this time.) | #103
But no matter what, the Library of Alexandria is still burning.
10th May 2026
But no matter what, the Library of Alexandria is still burning.
The Convivial...
Apocalyptic AI
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 5
7th Apr 2023
The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 5
Both Are True
The meet-cute (rom com, Act One)
a tale of two idiots who fell in love as told by one of those idiots, full of sound and fury,...
5th Mar 2024
a tale of two idiots who fell in love as told by one of those idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying everything
Luxagraf:...
Fireworks
Midsummer heat with no air conditioning. Cars packed full of paddleboards and floats. Sunscreen...
16th Jul 2025
Midsummer heat with no air conditioning. Cars packed full of paddleboards and floats. Sunscreen slicks trail swimmers through the shallows.
Afternoons are a haze of Canadian wildfire skies, a world seen through gauze, prematurely pink and orange in the evenings.
Summer here...
RhysTranter.com
“In these dark times…”
In these dark times
we look for the light
5th Oct 2019
In these dark times
we look for the light
Daniel Bourke
ZTM 2023 State of AI Tools & Coding Report
How are developers using AI tools?
2nd Aug 2023
How are developers using AI tools?
The Honest Broker
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
My life is pretty much like yours. Except that total strangers send me all sorts of things.
The Ruffian
Labour Isn't Thinking
The Real Point of Blair's Essay
1st Jun 2026
The Real Point of Blair's Essay
Farza's Newsletter
i was in the boiler room with fred and we were eating eggs agains
Hey all, really short one today :).
8th Sep 2025
Hey all, really short one today :).
Daniel Bourke
Look at the trees
I pick my Dad up from the aged care facility he lives at and we go for drives.
There’s a nice bakery...
3rd May 2026
I pick my Dad up from the aged care facility he lives at and we go for drives.
There’s a nice bakery 25 minutes out onto the peninsula.
We always take the scenic route. Because I’ve got nothing but time Dad says.
Not far from the
Winnie Lim
minimum effective dose
I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the...
1st Feb 2025
I am still recovering from my failed root canal (and still have one visit to complete the procedure), so I have been hesitant in taking up my regular exercise again because I...
The Honest Broker
The War Between Silicon Valley and Hollywood is Officially Over...
And the tech bros won
2nd Oct 2025
Isabel Unraveled
Change is a matter of feeling safe enough to let go of who you are to become someone new
Also, I’m going to Paris.
11th May 2026
Also, I’m going to Paris.
Passing Time
Good Internet Citizenship
Throwing in my two cents to content discovery
26th Oct 2025
Throwing in my two cents to content discovery
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...
Tom Howard
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 Ruffian
Leslie's Razors
Nine Rules of Thumb For Life
6th Jan 2024
Nine Rules of Thumb For Life
bookbear express
what's your favorite summer book?
Zhang Enli, The Wires (3), 2015
2nd Jun 2026
Zhang Enli, The Wires (3), 2015
Laetitia@Work
Should seniority be a criterion for pay?
Laetitia@Work #74
19th Sep 2024
Nat Eliason's...
The Birth of Paradise
My novella is out next week!
13th Jan 2026
My novella is out next week!
The Map is Mostly...
July 4, 2024
Happy Independence Day my dear American friends. We are very lucky to have this country. Let us...
5th Jul 2024
Happy Independence Day my dear American friends. We are very lucky to have this country. Let us always be grateful for it. And let us always remember that good things are created not when people decide they have claims against an institution or a society, but when they have...
Hickman's...
How to Save Substack From Certain Peril
The "One Weird Trick" to Real Growth and Success on Substack
8th Jul 2025
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Laetitia@Work
Going public: how AOC's choice opens doors for other women
Laetitia@Work #103
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Talent Myths and the Story of Imperceptible Gains
I made a discovery as I sifted through the running data I have been collecting for the last nine...
4th Jun 2017
I made a discovery as I sifted through the running data I have been collecting for the last nine years. After 897 runs and 4,659 miles I have gotten faster. How much faster? Well, for every mile I run I get 0.012 seconds faster. That's about as imperceptible as a fart.
Both Are True
BATWRITE AUGUST DATES ARE LIVE
"omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
1st Aug 2025
"omg this is crazy" - every big newspaper
Passing Time
Alaska Range 2026
Running the three-man in the Land of the Midnight Sun
7th Jul 2026
Running the three-man in the Land of the Midnight Sun
DYNOMIGHT
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The heritability wars have been a-raging. Watching these, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s...
7th Aug 2025
The heritability wars have been a-raging. Watching these, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s near-universal confusion about what “heritable” means. Partly, that’s because it’s a subtle concept. But it also seems relevant that almost all explanations of heritability are very,...
The Honest Broker
The Hottest Drummer You've Never Heard
A new book pays tribute to the amazing Chick Webb, the hardest swinging jazz drummer of his day
3rd Jul 2023
A new book pays tribute to the amazing Chick Webb, the hardest swinging jazz drummer of his day
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...
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
The Ruffian
Notes on Succession
Life is not a story
10th Jun 2023
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 Tao Of Wealth
10 Ideas For A Life Of No Regrets
Live a life true to you, no one else. Laugh heartily when you can. Cherish your friendships (they’re...
23rd May 2020
Live a life true to you, no one else. Laugh heartily when you can. Cherish your friendships (they’re your support network). Invite stillness in. Create! (It’s what keeps your soul happy) Work hard, but not too hard. Spend time with the ones you love. Be COURAGEOUS, inspire people...
Lefineder’s Substack
Sinister strike
On the comparative advantage of left-handed violence
18th Jun 2023
On the comparative advantage of left-handed violence
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...
12th Sep 2020
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...
DYNOMIGHT
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
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...
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...
Passing Time
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
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.
Charlie Becker
Chelsea is not a metaphor.
CITS #92 | May 22, 2025
22nd May 2025
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
The Tao Of Wealth
Random notes on happiness
The answer to the emptiness you feel are the little things right here – spending time with our kids,...
9th Sep 2019
The answer to the emptiness you feel are the little things right here – spending time with our kids, going to the beach, listening to music and talking with people who matter to you. Life hands all of us some hardship. They hone and develop the capabilities we need to succeed...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
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
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.
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.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Unchecked Depression Boxes
And are you feeling depressed? Why should that question enrage me so much? I realize depression is a...
4th Aug 2018
And are you feeling depressed? Why should that question enrage me so much? I realize depression is a major health epidemic. I understand that they can't treat an invisible disease without asking if you are suffering from it. But all I wanted was to get a wart frozen off the...
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.
Daily Stoic
Stoicism and The Law of Attraction: The Ancient Truth About Manifestation and Magical Thinking
“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind,” the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius...
4th Nov 2021
“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind,” the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote. “Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.” Does that mean Marcus Aurelius and the ancient Stoics believed in the Law of Attraction, as popularized by Rhonda Byrne? It’s...
RhysTranter.com
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
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...
Nat Eliason's...
I Canceled My Family's Health Insurance (and joined CrowdHealth)
How it works and why it made sense
12th Nov 2025
How it works and why it made sense
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.
Charlie Becker
One Month of Building the Used Bookstore of the Future + Things I loved in July
Charlie Becker Letter #97
8th Aug 2025
Charlie Becker Letter #97
Paul Cudenec
Is this really normal?
[Plus audio version]
2nd Apr 2026
Raptitude.com
How to Just Do a Thing
I keep reading books from the 19th century and earlier, fiction and nonfiction, because I envy...
14th May 2026
I keep reading books from the 19th century and earlier, fiction and nonfiction, because I envy something about the lives of the people in them. I don’t think I’d want to trade places. I’m too accustomed to hot showers and modern dentistry. But people back then seemed to live with...
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.
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 Convivial...
The Ambling Mind
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 6
9th May 2024
The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 6
Both Are True
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
therapy for writers // batcave live #001 w special guest Isabel Cowles Murphy
Charlie Becker
Starting in one hour: Charlie Becker and Rob Stephenson on InterIntellect
Grab a ticket and join us
18th Sep 2025
Grab a ticket and join us
The Prism
25 Useful Ideas for 2025
Mental models to kickstart the new year
2nd Jan 2025
Mental models to kickstart the new year
The AI Underwriter
Week 28 of 2025- W282025
You're asking me how a watch works
13th Jul 2025
You're asking me how a watch works
The Tao Of Wealth
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
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...
Daniel Bourke
The subtle shade of the clouds
Garlic takes six to seven months to grow.
I’m still working it out.
I planted my garlic too...
27th Nov 2023
Garlic takes six to seven months to grow.
I’m still working it out.
I planted my garlic too late.
Not the farm garlic though.
They’ve had practice.
Over a thousand bulbs this year, maybe more.
Tens of thousands of cloves.
Garlic is the biggest harvest of
Charlie Becker
If you let it, AI will prompt you.
Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers to Castles in the Sky!
9th Sep 2024
Welcome to the hundreds of new subscribers to Castles in the Sky!
The Map is Mostly...
Ink in the Stomach
Something I believe very strongly, mostly from observing changes in myself, is that, once you’ve...
3rd Jan 2026
Something I believe very strongly, mostly from observing changes in myself, is that, once you’ve shoved your own hands deep in the entrails of a building, you’ve permanently altered your entire relationship with the world.
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...
The Ruffian
How To Build Your Own Tower
And Why You Should (Plus What I've Been Reading/Watching/Listening to)
7th Mar 2026
And Why You Should (Plus What I've Been Reading/Watching/Listening to)
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...
The Map is Mostly...
quests, failure, desire
or: contra defensive postures
9th Aug 2024
or: contra defensive postures
Hickman's...
This Ain't Your Grandad's Rural America
Goth Cashiers, Pierced Eyebrows, and "Trashy America"
8th Oct 2025
Goth Cashiers, Pierced Eyebrows, and "Trashy America"
Passing Time
No joy in life can survive reductionism
Or: why you should teach your kids to ski
12th Jan 2026
Or: why you should teach your kids to ski
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
The Map is Mostly...
Growing a Hornbeam Hedge
What's involved and the cost
12th Apr 2025
What's involved and the cost
Atoms vs Bits
Release Valve Principles
The choices you make when you can't make a choice.
11th Oct 2023
The choices you make when you can't make a choice.
The Convivial...
Manufactured Inevitability and the Need for Courage
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 3
15th Dec 2025
The Convivial Society: Vol. 6, No. 3
The Convivial...
Reading As Counter-Practice
The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 19
1st Dec 2022
The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 19
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.
Jason Crawford
What went wrong with the ventilator stockpile?
The New York Times reports on how the federal government tried and failed to increase the stockpile...
1st Apr 2020
The New York Times reports on how the federal government tried and failed to increase the stockpile of ventilators. Some are reading this as a story about the private sector, the profit motive, or “greed”. I think it’s a story about incompetent project management.
The story in...
Luxagraf:...
Blanco
I've never been much of a car driver. I had one in high school, but pretty shortly after I got a...
11th Mar 2026
I've never been much of a car driver. I had one in high school, but pretty shortly after I got a truck and never looked back. Trucks are an entirely different, and better, driving experience. You get an elevated view of the world, and the drive is more relaxed, like you're...
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,...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Masterpiece Hallucinations
What can you see through blurry eyes that you can't see with 20/20 vision?
7th Apr 2018
What can you see through blurry eyes that you can't see with 20/20 vision?
Daniel Bourke
Male Fertility Protocol
A bet on general health principles leading to favourable male fertility outcomes.
30th Jul 2026
A bet on general health principles leading to favourable male fertility outcomes.
The Tao Of Wealth
The Meaning Of “Om”
With the help of “Om” one can realize the Divine. “Om” has a transformative power. “Om” represents...
3rd Oct 2020
With the help of “Om” one can realize the Divine. “Om” has a transformative power. “Om” represents the Divine. They say that all the aspirations of the world when going towards the Divine make “Om”, like that. I was in France, some, I think 60 years ago. There was a Frenchman who...
Laetitia@Work
What's not to like about work-life balance?
Laetitia@Work #43
14th Oct 2021
Isabel Unraveled
has what you are seeking already arrived?
that void may be filled, actually
21st Jul 2025
that void may be filled, actually
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.
The Works in...
Many Victorian cities grew by tenfold in a century
Could ours do the same?
3rd Feb 2026
Farza's Newsletter
just drank a $4 bottle of smart water and im still dumb af someone help
Hey all, been a while. Let me tell you a story. 2022 was one of the most challenging years of my...
23rd May 2023
Hey all, been a while. Let me tell you a story. 2022 was one of the most challenging years of my life. In 2022 — buildspace raised $10M at a $100M valuation. This company is by far the most valuable, impactful thing I’ve ever worked on. To this day, the company has continued to...
Wait But Why
The Big and the Small
I have a surprise for you.
The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
22nd Sep 2020
I have a surprise for you.
The post The Big and the Small appeared first on Wait But Why.
Atoms vs Bits
The Cult Will Tell You You're Living Life Wrong
if your friends won't, they will
3rd Aug 2026
if your friends won't, they will
The Honest Broker
How to Read Greek Tragedy in a Netflix World
If you dare
2nd Sep 2024
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
Paul Cudenec
Collaboration & Denial
[I read the article here)
2nd Feb 2026
[I read the article here)
Charlie Becker
Courage and Moonshots
On Nikolai Fedorov's impossible dream and the ordinary courage of taking crazy ideas seriously
16th Dec 2024
On Nikolai Fedorov's impossible dream and the ordinary courage of taking crazy ideas seriously
Passing Time
The Hardo-Normie Alignment Graph
I don't know how I get invited to anything either
1st Apr 2024
I don't know how I get invited to anything either
DYNOMIGHT
Y’all are over-complicating these AI-risk arguments
Say an alien spaceship is headed for Earth. It has 30 aliens on it. The aliens are weak and small....
2nd Oct 2025
Say an alien spaceship is headed for Earth. It has 30 aliens on it. The aliens are weak and small. They have no weapons and carry no diseases. They breed at rates similar to humans. They are bringing no new technology. No other ships are coming. There’s no trick—except that they...
Mind Mine
being more available to myself requires me to be less available to others
& other patterns i am trying to notice and break within myself
9th Aug 2024
& other patterns i am trying to notice and break within myself
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
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Five Things I Learned After I Left the Marketing Agency World
After about 8 years of working at advertising/marketing/design companies I hit a wall. I was...
3rd Nov 2013
After about 8 years of working at advertising/marketing/design companies I hit a wall. I was disappointed in the work I was doing. This is the story of why I became an in-house designer.
The Honest Broker
The 100 Best Recordings of 2025 (Part 1 of 2)
Music discovery without boundaries—all genres, all styles, all regions
1st Dec 2025
Music discovery without boundaries—all genres, all styles, all regions
Winnie Lim
on learning the piano with baby steps
I’ve been learning the piano for about 3 months now. When I first picked it up again I was very...
1st Mar 2026
I’ve been learning the piano for about 3 months now. When I first picked it up again I was very skeptical because I have a history of learning things at short intense...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Things I Learned This Year
Personalisation sells, but good design satisfies.
Don't wait for perfect execution. Ship and...
2nd Dec 2023
Personalisation sells, but good design satisfies.
Don't wait for perfect execution. Ship and iterate.
You don't need to fill your time. Creating calendar white space provides a buffer for work and play.
Find the intersection of doing what makes you happy, what is smart for you...
The Prism
30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
5th May 2024
Ideas to help you make sense of the world
Stoic Simple
Unleash Your Inner Sage: 5 Powerful Mindsets Fostered by Stoicism
By Michael McGill The Stoics had a name for a person who fully realized the virtues of Stoicism. A...
2nd Jun 2023
By Michael McGill The Stoics had a name for a person who fully realized the virtues of Stoicism. A person who overcame all of their personal defects to achieve a life of complete tranquility and goodness. The perfect Stoic, if you will. They referred to this person as the Stoic...
Charlie Becker
Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain
I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of...
5th Jul 2024
I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of the things life and the world had to offer. It’s difficult to overstate the influence Anthony Bourdain has had on my worldview. For over a decade, whenever someone asked, “what do...
The Honest Broker
Why Recording Studios Are Unplugging From the Internet
And other recent articles of interest
3rd May 2023
And other recent articles of interest
Jason Fried
Hooks, towel bars, and software
Strangely, a recent bathroom renovation crystalized my perspective on product development.
When...
3rd Mar 2024
Strangely, a recent bathroom renovation crystalized my perspective on product development.
When being asked to choose between towel hooks or a towel bar, the choice was obvious: Hooks, of course.
Hooks take up no space. Towel bars suck up space.
Hooks hold towels no matter how...
Letters of Note
Do you think I shall ever write a really good book?
On this day in letters
1st Oct 2025
Lefineder’s Substack
Crime rise; more or the same.
Did crime rise at the same rate in Democrats and Republican cities?
10th Mar 2023
Did crime rise at the same rate in Democrats and Republican cities?
Paul Cudenec
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
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.
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...
15th Sep 2015
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.
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...
The Honest Broker
Could Any Other Jazz Trumpeter Match Up with Louis Armstrong in the 1930s?
The short answer is no—but these eight horn players came close
2nd Sep 2023
The short answer is no—but these eight horn players came close
Tech and Tea
Owning your unique experience
moving away from a deficiency mindset
28th Jan 2023
moving away from a deficiency mindset
Mark Manson
Why Growth Requires Struggle
I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions...
10th Oct 2022
I get a lot of reader questions about pain, trauma, challenge, and struggle. Most of these questions were some variation of, “Is there such a thing as being exposed to too much pain?” or “Are there situations where pain and struggle aren’t helpful but only hurtful?” or “What...
Mind Mine
camouflage
reflections on fitting into many places
5th Jul 2024
reflections on fitting into many places
bookbear express
the art of getting laid: a review of the game, 20 years later
and some announcements :)
7th Oct 2025
and some announcements :)
DYNOMIGHT
Why the chicken crossed the road, according to various entities
When I started this blog, I promised myself that I would always steer into weirdness. (As they say,...
4th Dec 2025
When I started this blog, I promised myself that I would always steer into weirdness. (As they say, “Get busy being weird, or get busy dying.”) While time has shown there are limits to what y’all will tolerate [1 2 3 4], I still sometimes feel an uncontrollable need to publish...
Luxagraf:...
Wagoneer
My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved.
As we've slowed...
1st Mar 2023
My favorite way to travel is with everyone in the bus, no other vehicle involved.
As we've slowed down our travels though, spending more time in an area makes it nice to have a car to go exploring, run errands, and get to places the bus can't. For that reason we bought a 2006...
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...
Letters of Note
What do I want for Christmas?
Letters of Noël
18th Dec 2025
Paul Cudenec
When knowledge is stupidity
[Plus audio version]
3rd Jul 2026
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.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
ETHDenver: A Glimpse into the Future
I signed up for ETHDenver 2020 hoping to learn more about cryptocurrency. What I came away with was...
18th Feb 2020
I signed up for ETHDenver 2020 hoping to learn more about cryptocurrency. What I came away with was questions about the viability of, well, everything.
Stoic Simple
How Stoicism Helped Me Navigate Divorce: My Obstacle to Flourishing
by Benny Voncken We Need to Talk “We need to talk.” Those famous four words we are all too familiar...
20th Jul 2025
by Benny Voncken We Need to Talk “We need to talk.” Those famous four words we are all too familiar with. Our instant response to this short sentence is that something bad is about to happen. I remember it well when they came my way. It was the beginning of one of the biggest...
Jason Crawford
“Ascend the Hierarchy”: Let’s improve online discourse
Many years ago Paul Graham wrote an essay, “How to Disagree”, that proposed a hierarchy of...
29th Mar 2020
Many years ago Paul Graham wrote an essay, “How to Disagree”, that proposed a hierarchy of disagreement with seven levels, from DH0, “name-calling”, to DH6, “refuting the central point”. Someone then created a pyramid diagram based on this.
Recently when someone commented...
Both Are True
after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know
+ my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
2nd May 2024
+ my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
Charlie Becker
Living the Questions, Reading the Clown-Arounds
Embracing the Trivial in a World Obsessed with Takeaways
12th Aug 2024
Embracing the Trivial in a World Obsessed with Takeaways
The Intimate Mirror
I'm Married
It Takes a Village to Raise a Marriage
2nd Aug 2026
It Takes a Village to Raise a Marriage
Laetitia@Work
Women’s Experience Trap
Laetitia@Work #82
13th Jun 2025
bookbear express
first days of summer
"self-portrait at 28"
25th Jun 2025
Letters of Note
He looks like a blimp
An Important Announcement from the US President
6th Feb 2026
An Important Announcement from the US President
Daniel Bourke
Imagination misused
You gotta have a level of conviction that it’ll happen. That whatever you’re trying to do will...
2nd Aug 2026
You gotta have a level of conviction that it’ll happen. That whatever you’re trying to do will happen. That it’ll all work out.
And it will.
I mean hell the same energy that turns seeds into forests is within you.
I am continually amazed
Atoms vs Bits
Spaced Repetition Through Newsletters
Some newsletters just tell you the same few concepts again, and again, and again
5th Apr 2023
Some newsletters just tell you the same few concepts again, and again, and again
Mert Bulan - Blog &...
About Being Grateful
Reflecting on the importance of gratitude in a world driven by consumerism.
1st Jan 2026
Reflecting on the importance of gratitude in a world driven by consumerism.
The AI Underwriter
Week 19 of 2026- W192026
It may seem difficult at first
8th May 2026
It may seem difficult at first
Luxagraf:...
How I Develop Photos With Darktable
This guide is kept up-to-date with Darktable releases. It is currently written for Darktable 5.2,...
26th Aug 2025
This guide is kept up-to-date with Darktable releases. It is currently written for Darktable 5.2, released June 2025. Be sure to read part 1 before you read this.
There are several tools out there to develop camera RAW files into printable images, some of them are shockingly...
Winnie Lim
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
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....
The Map is Mostly...
The King and the Hermit
Dear friends, there is a tale, Long ago there lived a king who had two sons. Both children were...
6th Oct 2022
Dear friends, there is a tale, Long ago there lived a king who had two sons. Both children were overindulgent in spending and habits, and the king was much vexed by this careless nature. Being very old, he worried that after his death they would shortly blunder away their...
Jason Fried
Don't delegate your word
As you build your business, you'll end up delegating plenty.
Much of what you did before is now...
20th Feb 2024
As you build your business, you'll end up delegating plenty.
Much of what you did before is now better done by someone else.
To make more progress, you release your grip and allow.
But there’s one thing you should hold tight and never let go. It’s the thing that should never be...
Abhishek Chakraborty
The Perks of Being Vulnerable
Contrary to its literal meaning, vulnerability is not a weakness. As we shall learn, vulnerability...
4th Nov 2021
Contrary to its literal meaning, vulnerability is not a weakness. As we shall learn, vulnerability is actually about confronting our deepest fears so that we can be honest with ourselves and, by extension, others.
Luxagraf:...
Sticks On Dirt
I think we've always know that if we got ourselves another patch of dirt with some sticks on it,...
21st May 2025
I think we've always know that if we got ourselves another patch of dirt with some sticks on it, it'd be in one of a handful of very small places. The short list was, in the order we visited them: Apalachicola FL, Mancos CO, Washburn WI, and the Outer Banks NC (especially...
Winnie Lim
[instagram]
115 months: bending towards love
we have both somewhat become more and more ourselves as we got older, and hence also more eccentric...
2nd Dec 2025
we have both somewhat become more and more ourselves as we got older, and hence also more eccentric and particular - it is not easy to adjust to each other because the other keeps changing. do we have the confidence to keep up with each other's changes, especially without knowing...
Atoms vs Bits
Developing An Intuition For Georgism
WIRED published our weird ramblings on Land; here's the even weirder ramblings.
4th May 2023
WIRED published our weird ramblings on Land; here's the even weirder ramblings.
The Ruffian
Rattle Bag
History, learning, screw-ups, and suitcase-packing
2nd Dec 2023
History, learning, screw-ups, and suitcase-packing
Sherman's Food...
Bernie Beigne
While walking to the metro station after our visit to Lester's, we noticed a huge lineup for donuts...
1st Mar 2026
While walking to the metro station after our visit to Lester's, we noticed a huge lineup for donuts at Bernie Beigne. Not only that, we watched where they took freshly fried donuts and hand-dipped them into glaze. Then they hung them for all to see in the window. Wow, if that...
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 Apr 2026
Sharing my favorite books from the first quarter of 2026 and how they impacted my perspective on various topics.
skin contact
house cats
These days, it is easier to let my mind be a house cat.
3rd Aug 2025
These days, it is easier to let my mind be a house cat.
The Intimate Mirror
The Bright Luminosity
On Intimacy, Exposure, and Learning to Stay
18th Jan 2026
On Intimacy, Exposure, and Learning to Stay
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