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Both Are True
when the youtube motivational videos stop working how watching Rudy at the gym sort of changed everything (allegedly)
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Unfiltered by Tim...
Write a Newsletter for 52 Weeks in a Row, and Watch It Change Your Life The big new newsletter opportunity no one saw coming
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Scarlet Ink
Failure is Necessary for Achievement and Growth — Why Success is Dangerous for Learning You can only succeed if you are willing to fail. You can only learn if you are willing to be...
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Passing Time
American Hedonism What do Thomas Aquinas, Pope Gregory I, and Walker Robinson of Your Neighbors have in common?
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What do Thomas Aquinas, Pope Gregory I, and Walker Robinson of Your Neighbors have in common?
Raptitude.com
What’s Taking Up Your Mental Bandwidth Right Now? Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If...
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Just as your eyeballs are, your mind is always pointed at something, and it matters what it is. If you spent most of your day preoccupied with thoughts about a past failed relationship, for example, that makes for a different kind of day than one in which you’re preoccupied with...
journal – Winnie Lim
blog questions challenge Though I’ve already done something similar for people & blogs, I thought it could be interesting to...
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Though I’ve already done something similar for people & blogs, I thought it could be interesting to answer similar questions in a different slice of time after being tagged by Naz Hamid...
Unfiltered by Tim...
Burning All Your Bridges Is a Cheat Code to Success Let it all burn to the ground and smile.
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The Map is Mostly...
Love Grows The world is covered with a thin film of inertia.
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The Ruffian
Banishing The Inner Critic How Madison Keys Learned To Care Less and Win More
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The Strange Fruits of Exploration And maybe a beach bar
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DYNOMIGHT
Do you need permission from the government to do independent research? Some of my favorite internet people sometimes organize little community experiments. Like, let’s eat...
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Some of my favorite internet people sometimes organize little community experiments. Like, let’s eat potatoes and see if we lose weight. Or, let’s try take some supplements and see if anxiety goes down. I’ve toyed with doing one myself, to see if theanine (a chemical in tea)...
Jason Fried
Hiring judgement In the end, judgment comes first. And that means hiring is a gut decision. As much science as people...
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In the end, judgment comes first. And that means hiring is a gut decision. As much science as people want to try to pour into the hiring process, art always floats to the top. This is especially true when hiring at the executive level. The people who make the final calls — the...
Mind Mine
the mind is a trap be careful what you convince yourself of
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Both Are True
if you drink enough coffee you start peeing coffee this piece has nothing to do with coffee!!
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The Intimate Mirror
The Power of Needlessness How Love Transforms Systems
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Nat Eliason's...
Fast Cash vs. Slow Equity Knowing what you're building
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Thu Le
Between away and home And the paradox of travel.
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The Ruffian
The End of Cheap Progressive Signalling And Why That Might Be a Good Thing For Progressive Causes
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The Honest Broker
How We Lost the Flow The flow state was our pathway to liberation—before it got taken over by profiteers
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Passing Time
Introducing: Slos This is not a joke.
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The Intimate Mirror
Truth Beyond Reason Breaking Free from the Prison of Justification
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The Ruffian
Why Are Some Of Our Most Successful Leaders Mentally Ill? On Milei, Musk, and Trump
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Atoms vs Bits
Interlinking Makes Communities You're only as strong as (some complicated function of) your weakest links
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Thu Le
Presence over performance A reflection on curating an online persona and choosing to live a quieter life.
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Atoms vs Bits
Ministry Of Silly Walks lift up your heels already
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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...
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A fun thought experiment around finances, time, and what you are or aren't willing to sacrifice for financial independence.
Unfiltered by Tim...
No One Gives A F*ck About Websites Anymore It's painful to see website blogs die
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Both Are True
why it's impossible to finish anything, especially the good things the effort paradox
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journal – Winnie Lim
existing in an unsafe world Our current minister of defence had made a public speech last week, stating that the US’s image has...
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Our current minister of defence had made a public speech last week, stating that the US’s image has “changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent.” Considering that Singapore...
The Honest Broker
John Coltrane's Love Is Still Supreme at Age 60 Today we're celebrating a very special album
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Both Are True
A running doc with my little thoughts you can interact with it and add stuff and have fun!!
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The Ruffian
How the Bud Light Debacle Predicted America's Corporate Vibe Shift Lessons In Navigating The Culture War
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Farza's Newsletter
just drank green tea liquid death and now 15mg of caffeine is coursing through my gd veins bim bop boom boom boom bop bam
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The Honest Broker
The World's Largest Search Doesn't Want You to Search Why is Google abandoning its core mission?
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The Honest Broker
How to Achieve Immortality Let's look at the options
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Mind Mine
my parents. the stewards of my soul!
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journal – Winnie Lim
widening the spectrum of future possibilities I used to really dislike washing dishes. I would leave them in the sink, and they would feel...
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I used to really dislike washing dishes. I would leave them in the sink, and they would feel overwhelming when I finally had to do them at the end of the day....
Paul Cudenec
Zisglom I had a strange experience while going through all the back issues of The Acorn for my ten-year...
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I had a strange experience while going through all the back issues of The Acorn for my ten-year retrospective, to be serialised here very soon.
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: enemies of progress In the first part of a retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit on the Winter Oak...
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In the first part of a retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit on the Winter Oak site, I look back on its content in 2015, the year in which it was launched.
The Intimate Mirror
Scaling Down the Cliff of Collapse Choosing Agency When Systems Fail
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Scarlet Ink
The Six Steps to Saying No — Why Being a Team Player is Not Necessarily Great Frequently, saying no is better than saying yes. Our teams can concentrate on the highest value work...
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Castles in the Sky
Who are the role models for the rest of us? Converted from a Note 12/9/25
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The Honest Broker
The Music Business is Healthy Again? Really? I express deep skepticism
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Both Are True
they begged me not to publish this miranda july would tho
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Unfiltered by Tim...
How to Become a Millionaire in Your 30s Build distribution then build whatever the f*ck you want
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Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: parasites in power In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2017.
Unfiltered by Tim...
Your 9-5 Isn’t Killing Your Dreams. Wasting Your 5-9 Is. Complaining does nothing. It's time to get even.
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DYNOMIGHT
The first RCT for GLP-1 drugs and alcoholism isn’t what we hoped GLP-1 drugs are a miracle for diabetes and obesity. There are rumors that they might also be a...
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GLP-1 drugs are a miracle for diabetes and obesity. There are rumors that they might also be a miracle for addiction to alcohol, drugs, nicotine, and gambling. That would be good. We like miracles. We just got the first good trial and—despite what you might have heard—it’s not...
Thu Le
Blog questions challenge I’m answering questions in the blog questions challenge!
2 weeks ago
Both Are True
"we are perfect parents" An alphabet of grievances
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Both Are True
Gaza, God, and turning toward the hard stuff without needing to solve it Noha Beshir on Both Are True LIVE
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Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: against corporate dictatorship In the second part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the second part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2016.
The Honest Broker
The Death of Cool Can it come back to life? Or will we be angry forever?
a week ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: resistance and psyops In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2018.
Raptitude.com
Managing Life is About Managing Friction Bananas used to be a lot more difficult to eat than they are now. The seeds were huge and plentiful,...
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Bananas used to be a lot more difficult to eat than they are now. The seeds were huge and plentiful, and ran throughout the flesh of the fruit, which itself was starchier, stringier, and less sweet. Other foods were similarly obtuse. Watermelons, for example — instead of having...
The Honest Broker
Classical Music Got Invented with a Hard Kick from a Peasant's Foot Or why we need less math in music theory
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Scarlet Ink
The 150 Point Rule of Thumb. How to Strategically Approach Career Pivots. We don't always begin our careers where we'd like them to end up. We're not stuck with jobs where we...
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We don't always begin our careers where we'd like them to end up. We're not stuck with jobs where we began them. I walk through paths to move your career in a new direction.
Castles in the Sky
Orson Welles as Falstaff on Late Night TV This post is in the Notebook - my digital workshop for anecdotes, links, excerpts, sketches, lists,...
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This post is in the Notebook - my digital workshop for anecdotes, links, excerpts, sketches, lists, and anything else I want to explore in brief, revisit later, or post for reference.
The Intimate Mirror
The Avoidant Dharma How Western Buddhism Validates Emotional Withdrawal
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The Ruffian
Jemima Kelly: What Is Trump Like Up Close? And How Does His Personality Explain His Political Appeal?
a week ago
The Map is Mostly...
Why make something beautiful? on starting a rose garden
a week ago
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: the violence of the system In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2019.
Unfiltered by Tim...
It Took Me 10 Years to Realize, and I Will Tell You in 2 Minutes. 1. A 9-5 job is blocking you from reaching your potential.
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DYNOMIGHT
Bayes is not a phase People make fun of techie/rationalist/effective-altruist types for many weird obsessions, like...
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People make fun of techie/rationalist/effective-altruist types for many weird obsessions, like stimulants or meditation or polyamory or psychedelics or seed oils or air quality or re-deriving all of philosophy from scratch. Some of these seem fair to me, or at least...
The Honest Broker
The New Aesthetics of Slop Or what happens when vulgar technocrats control the arts
a week ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
The Social Media Mirage Once upon a time, the power of a strong social media following could make a career. It still can, of...
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Once upon a time, the power of a strong social media following could make a career. It still can, of course, but to a much, much lesser extent. I won't bore you with a recycled narrative of the shitty algorithm effect, although relevant in this case. Suffice to say, a follow...
The Ruffian
Tolstoy On Disagreement What We're Really Arguing About When We Argue About Politics
a week ago
The Honest Broker
How to Write Dana Gioia shares the secrets of his craft in this deep 3-hour conversation with David Perrell
a week ago
The Honest Broker
We Really Are Entering a New Age of Romanticism An update on the war against algorithms and technocratic manipulation
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Unfiltered by Tim...
What It Means to Be a Married Man in His 30s with Kids It's not what you think
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Both Are True
Access to the super secret google doc log!! for BAT paying subscribers only
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Laetitia@Work
AI’s battle of the skills: upskilling vs deskilling Laetitia@Work #78
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journal – 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...
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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....
Nat Eliason's...
To Improve Yourself You Must Know Yourself How to make change stick
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Jason Fried
What's still here? Be curious about what's new, sure. That's expected. But it's more interesting to be curious about...
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Be curious about what's new, sure. That's expected. But it's more interesting to be curious about what's old. 
What stood the test of time? What worked before and still works now? What survived through all the jabs that you assumed would knock it out, but didn't? That's worth...
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: we are the 99%! In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2020.
Atoms vs Bits
Meta-Surprise Surprise!
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Both Are True
Stop being a philistine and read some good books A conversation w writer, critic, and lover of the classics Henry Oliver on BOTH ARE TRUE LIVE
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Both Are True
full convo w claude about my demons lol and an actual convo with my meta-critic who, in the convo, I name Brad
a week ago
Unfiltered by Tim...
Adults Have Totally Misunderstood How AI Will Affect Society Time to look at the other side of AI (this will affect us all)
a week ago
The Ruffian
The Audacity of Ambition Timothée Chalamet Aspires In Public
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Tech and Tea
🍲 Announcing Startup Soup: A Pragmatic Take on Startup Operations A story of two friends, three startups, and one just-launched newsletter on running early-stage...
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Paul Cudenec
The power behind the "personalities" When I was a very young boy, my father used to call upon a very special accomplice to encourage me...
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When I was a very young boy, my father used to call upon a very special accomplice to encourage me to eat up the unfavoured remains on my plate.
Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: tide turning, fog lifting In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2021.
The Intimate Mirror
Buddhism Consumed The Unbundling of Dharma by Secular Materialism
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Jason Fried
Governor Newsom: Please help Franklin fire victims I'm republishing this for a friend who doesn't have a reliable place to publish this online. It's a...
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I'm republishing this for a friend who doesn't have a reliable place to publish this online. It's a letter she wrote and sent to a number of newspapers. Her family was a victim of the recent Franklin wildfire, and unlike other recent fires, the Franklin fire wasn't included in...
The Honest Broker
My 12-Month Immersive Course in Humanities—The Final Installment! I deliver on my promise to provide a full survey of arts & culture in just 52 weeks
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DYNOMIGHT
My 16-month theanine self-experiment The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now...
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The internet loves theanine. This is an amino acid analog that’s naturally found in tea, but now sold as a nutritional supplement for anxiety or mood or memory. Many people try theanine and report wow or great for ADHD or cured my (social) anxiety or changing my life. And it’s...
Both Are True
meeting my demons with the help of ai is this why i'm so stuck all the time? no, it can't be, unless...
a week ago
The Ruffian
The Fight Notes on the Oval Office Debacle, Plus a Rattle Bag
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Paul Cudenec
A decade of dissent: defying the global psychopaths In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on...
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In the latest part of my retrospective essay on ten years of The Acorn, which I edit, I look back on its content in 2022.
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Breathing the rest is commentary
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The Honest Broker
The World Was Flat. Now It's Flattened The state of the culture, 2025
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Both Are True
Two Russians Walk Into a Substack Live On emotional labor, escaping Russia, and the ideas that hide w/ our guest: writer and psychonaut...
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On emotional labor, escaping Russia, and the ideas that hide w/ our guest: writer and psychonaut Nikita Petrov
Unfiltered by Tim...
You Only Have 1 Hour a Day to Build Your Online Empire (If You Work a Job) Here’s the simple system to use
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The Ruffian
Jemima Kelly on Trump: Part II On Melania, and Trump's Taste In Music
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Both Are True
remember me nots why do i forget the things i most want to remember?
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Paul Cudenec
The Parable of Emperor Zigazagazoga Long long ago and far far away there was a land called Yogania, whose ruler – officially at least –...
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Long long ago and far far away there was a land called Yogania, whose ruler – officially at least – was King Sossidge the Dull.
The Honest Broker
I'm Recommending These 12 New Recordings You can still find great music in 2025—you just need to know where it's hiding
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Mark Manson
14 of the Best Nonfiction Books You Should Read All ye readers, buckle up. Today, I'm giving you 14 non-fiction books I believe everyone should...
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a year ago
All ye readers, buckle up. Today, I'm giving you 14 non-fiction books I believe everyone should read. For each book, I've provided a brief summary. Now it's up to you to decide if it's worth your time. Let's dig in. This book dives deep into the world of trauma, discussing its...
Daniel Bourke
Apple M3 Machine Learning Speed Test I put my M1 Pro against Apple's new M3, M3 Pro, M3 Max, a NVIDIA GPU and Google Colab.
a year ago
Diaries of Note
God, living is enormous! When she wrote the following entry in her journal and imagined fleeing college to venture into the...
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a year ago
When she wrote the following entry in her journal and imagined fleeing college to venture into the unknown, Susan Sontag was a precocious sixteen-year-old studying English at the University of California, Berkeley. By the end of the year she had indeed left—not on a bus to an...
Tech and Tea
Ten food hacks to make your life easier This was almost a post on why millennial motherhood is so challenging, but turned into tactical food...
a year ago
Mark Manson
Why You Should Have Fewer Opinions https://youtu.be/qJ8aRl1UNgw I'm on an old man rant today. The world's a shitfest, and something...
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a year ago
https://youtu.be/qJ8aRl1UNgw I'm on an old man rant today. The world's a shitfest, and something needs to be said: Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one, and most are full of shit. So, here's my argument: people need to have fewer fucking opinions. The problem is that...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism Simplified: an Easy Overview of What Stoics Believe by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism...
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by Enda Harte For me, there are six important first steps that I prioritized for practicing Stoicism (referenced in the diagram above), and I wanted to use this opportunity to go over each of these in a little more detail. Hopefully you’ll get an understanding of what they mean,...
The Map is Mostly...
Careful technology Dear friends, There is a commonplace opinion that technology and the natural world, or that...
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Dear friends, There is a commonplace opinion that technology and the natural world, or that technological pursuits and natural pursuits, are at odds. An example: I think this is a false position. But if this kind of sentiment is so often repeated, its worth thinking about why it...
Both Are True
2025 recap what a year it's been
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journal – Winnie Lim
daring to be ugly I was quite vain when I was younger due to a low self-esteem which led to a high level of...
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I was quite vain when I was younger due to a low self-esteem which led to a high level of insecurity. That insecurity made me feel ugly and that I was never...
Diaries of Note
The reign of beasts has begun The world was plunged into darkness on 1st September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, an act of...
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The world was plunged into darkness on 1st September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, an act of aggression that led France and the United Kingdom to declare war. Amidst this global turmoil, a young Albert Camus, then a journalist for socialist newspaper Alger-Républicain, found...
journal – Winnie Lim
co-existing with my broken mind I’ve been feeling more down these days. I am not sure if it is pms, covid, both, or just responding...
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I’ve been feeling more down these days. I am not sure if it is pms, covid, both, or just responding to reality in general. I don’t really get why people are not...
Atoms vs Bits
Oversample Elections By Age Political pollsters have a problem. Certain groups in the population are much happier to talk to...
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9 months ago
Political pollsters have a problem. Certain groups in the population are much happier to talk to pollsters than others, so if you call up 1000 people to ask who they're planning to vote for, the results you get won't really represent the voting intentions of the
Diaries of Note
I no longer love the sun or the flowers It was only a year after first meeting, in 1895, that Marie and Pierre Curie became husband and...
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It was only a year after first meeting, in 1895, that Marie and Pierre Curie became husband and wife. Together, they made groundbreaking contributions to science, not least the discovery of two new elements, polonium and radium, and in 1903 they were jointly awarded the Nobel...
Castles in the Sky
The Bookseller's Register #3 Two Customer Encounters
a year ago
The Convivial...
Why An Easier Life Is Not Necessarily Happier Remembering Albert Borgmann (1937-2023)
a year ago
Stoic Simple
AI Reveals What Marcus Aurelius Would Look Like Today, in Real Life Marcus Aurelius is one of the best-known figures of the Roman Empire, thanks to his writings on...
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Marcus Aurelius is one of the best-known figures of the Roman Empire, thanks to his writings on Stoic philosophy and his place in history as "the last good emperor." His face is famous, too, even though he lived long before photography. The many surviving statues of Marcus...
Diaries of Note
Spring will come Elsa Binder was twenty when, in October of 1941, German forces carried out a brutal massacre of...
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Elsa Binder was twenty when, in October of 1941, German forces carried out a brutal massacre of thousands of Jews in her hometown of Stanislawów, Poland. Two months later, she and her family were compelled to enter the Stanisławów Ghetto, joining 20,000 others in a harrowing...
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...
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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...
Mark Manson
How to Make Friends as an Adult Romantic relationships get all the attention, but I'd argue that friendships are just as...
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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,...
Laetitia@Work
5 things I find very interesting about the Boeing downfall Laetitia@Work #70
9 months ago
RhysTranter.com
Adolphe Tanquerey on the Psalter A quiet evening reading from Tanquerey’s The Spiritual Life, first published in 1923
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The Honest Broker
The Most Dangerous Thing in Culture Right Now is Beauty You think I’m crazy, but just wait and see....
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Using Stoicism to Live a Balanced Life Maintaining balance and achieving personal contentment has been a pressing concern for people...
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Maintaining balance and achieving personal contentment has been a pressing concern for people throughout history. From ancient Greek philosophers to modern-day wellness coaches, experts have offered diverse approaches to balance the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual...
journal – Winnie Lim
open-air dining in hong kong When I wrote about open-air dining in seoul I thought nobody would care, but surprisingly I got...
9 months ago
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When I wrote about open-air dining in seoul I thought nobody would care, but surprisingly I got quite a bit of comments and DMs from fellow covid-cautious travellers. I would keep on...
RhysTranter.com
“Be zealous in amending your whole life”: Vincent Van Gogh on The Imitation of Christ In the years leading up to my conversion, I gradually became fascinated by Thomas á Kempis’s...
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In the years leading up to my conversion, I gradually became fascinated by Thomas á Kempis’s devotional text, The Imitation of Christ. I encountered it first in the letters of the young Samuel Beckett, and next in the interviews of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, and then in all...
The Ruffian
Seven Underrated Forms of of Diversity Different Kinds of Difference At Work
9 months ago
Stoic Simple
What Is Stoicism, Basically? A Comprehensive Overview Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for over two thousand years. The ancient Greeks...
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Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for over two thousand years. The ancient Greeks developed it as a way to live a good life, free from the distractions of emotions, desires, and material possessions. Stoicism has been embraced by many people throughout history,...
The Ruffian
How To Fix DEI 'Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion' That Works
a year ago
Tech and Tea
Expectations, planning, and suffering Thoughts on planning and letting go of expectations
9 months ago
Left To Write
№ 79: Allowing Those You Love The Right To Be Wrong Why you’re getting this: I’m Jason Nguyen. I run Bloomstory.co.uk and The Mailroom. This is my...
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Why you’re getting this: I’m Jason Nguyen. I run Bloomstory.co.uk and The Mailroom. This is my newsletter. I used to write this every week, but now I send this out when I can — life got in the way. Updates on what’s been going on in my life are at the bottom of this newsletter.
The Convivial...
The Stuff of (a Well-Lived) Life The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 7
9 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
Crypto Confidential Pre-Order Bonuses! Live Hangs, Early Chapters, Cut Material, and more…
10 months ago
Both Are True
graphic design is my new pation that's really how my brain spelled passion!!
9 months ago
Mark Manson
5 Best Personal Traits for Life https://youtu.be/kDqQGogavmY What if I told you there's a hidden treasure trove of personal traits...
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https://youtu.be/kDqQGogavmY What if I told you there's a hidden treasure trove of personal traits that could turn your life around? Are you curious? Are you dying to know what they are? Are you wondering why I'm asking so many questions instead of getting to the point? OK,...
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...
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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".
Mark Manson
How to Conquer Your Biggest Fear What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In...
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10 months ago
What is your biggest fear? What would it mean if you could overcome that fear, once and for all? In this article, I'm going to help you do exactly that by teaching you five tactics to conquer anything you might be afraid of. Heights, spiders, small spaces, strangely-shaped...
Passing Time
27 Things I know
9 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Can audio engineering ideas help us deal with life in the city?s
10 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
The Window of Opportunity is Here Don't get stuck in neutral
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The Convivial...
The One Best Way Is a Trap The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 9
a year ago
Left To Write
№ 66: Why Do We Brush Our Teeth? The opposite of a good idea - Finding the real reason behind brushing our teeth - Let's not jump to...
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a year ago
The opposite of a good idea - Finding the real reason behind brushing our teeth - Let's not jump to conclusions
The Ruffian
The Battle of Bamber Bridge What happened when English villagers encountered black Americans during World War II?
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Stupidity: A Reading List You get smarter by studying foolishness—so here's how I'd teach a 12-week course on stupidity
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Laetitia@Work
What the fear of ageing costs working women Laetitia@Work #68
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Left To Write
№ 76: RIP Charlie Munger (1924-2023) The investing legend, the goat of common sense and wisdom, and the Vice Chairman of Berkshire...
a year ago
Both Are True
good word / bad word - issue 1 because some words are good and others are bad
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Daniel Bourke
Not just fishing knots Took mum to her childhood home Sunday just gone to see Papa. We walked in and mum saw Nana and they...
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11 months ago
Took mum to her childhood home Sunday just gone to see Papa. We walked in and mum saw Nana and they both started to cry. Papa, Alan, Alby, my grandfather was quite sick. The room was quiet and somber but had an unshakable aura of warmth and love. Everyone was
Diaries of Note
Nothing can be less beautiful than the first sight of London Emily Shore was just nineteen when she died of tuberculosis—a short life, but one brimming with...
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Emily Shore was just nineteen when she died of tuberculosis—a short life, but one brimming with intellectual curiosity. Born in Suffolk, England in 1819, her now-celebrated journal contains not just her intricate observations of the natural world, but also thoughtful reflections...
The Honest Broker
The Most Powerful Sound in the World Is Just One Syllable And it comes from you
9 months ago
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...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
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...
Mark Manson
Pain Is Part of the Process https://youtu.be/c3uoyCNIa5c You've probably never heard of Kazimierz Dąbrowski. He was a...
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https://youtu.be/c3uoyCNIa5c You've probably never heard of Kazimierz Dąbrowski. He was a psychologist from the 1940s with a fascinating background. He studied with Freud's contemporaries in Vienna, worked with mentally ill patients, participated in the Polish resistance during...
Laetitia@Work
Should seniority be a criterion for pay? Laetitia@Work #74
5 months ago
The Map is Mostly...
Why Buy a House (or Land)? A lesson in ignoring economics
10 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
80/20 Meditation Part of our 80/20 series sit on a cushion for 20 mins per day focus on your sensory experiences...
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10 months ago
Part of our 80/20 series sit on a cushion for 20 mins per day focus on your sensory experiences (touch, sight, smell, sound). Try to perceive them as accurately as possible [1] [2] [3] footnotes: is that really all? on one level, yes -- both in the sense that
Atoms vs Bits
The Mystery Of The Pots Does quantity lead to quality?
11 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
How To Make Decisions Under Stress (To be clear: I don't know how to make good decisions under stress)
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Mark Manson
How to Be Successful in Life The internet is inundated with countless videos and advice columns promising to teach you how to...
a year ago
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a year ago
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 Honest Broker
The Best Online Essays & Articles of 2023 Longform journalism is coming back (and deserves our support)
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
A Map is Not a Blueprint: Why Fixing Nature Fails Ozempic, Fertilizer, Lobotomies, and the dangers of hubris
a year ago
Castles in the Sky
"Dada, slow down!" Fatherhood at Thirty-Thousand Feet A letter from a father flying solo with his toddler
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Wait But Why
The 2024 Trump-Biden Debate Jeez The post The 2024 Trump-Biden Debate appeared first on Wait But Why.
8 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Is This Big? Is This New? A surprisingly helpful thing I've started doing: when faced with a choice or decision, I ask myself:...
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8 months ago
A surprisingly helpful thing I've started doing: when faced with a choice or decision, I ask myself: is this big? is this new? If the answer is "yes", I do my absolute best to go find someone who has dealt with it before and get their
The Honest Broker
Your Brain on Art My Q&A with Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
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The Convivial...
Eye to Eye "Is This Anything?"
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RhysTranter.com
Henri Nouwen on the Practice of the Presence of God In a November entry of The Genesee Diary, Henri Nouwen reflects on the writing and spirituality of...
8 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
to develop compassion is to develop thinking in systems I had a lot of self-hatred when I was younger. But over the past few years it gradually eased up as...
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9 months ago
I had a lot of self-hatred when I was younger. But over the past few years it gradually eased up as I embarked on a journey of self-understanding. This journey wasn’t voluntary,...
Both Are True
i was a murder mystery dinner theater actor my role? first-to-die. the job? weird as hell.
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Marriage: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next What exactly did the ancient Stoics think about marriage? It's true, there isn't a...
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a year ago
Previous Next What exactly did the ancient Stoics think about marriage? It's true, there isn't a huge amount of quotes to find from them specifically about marriage, although there are plenty about love, relationships and caring for people in our lives. It's worth keeping in mind...
Atoms vs Bits
Anti-Rivalrous Goods the rivalrousness s-curve
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Castles in the Sky
Castles in the Sky 32 Weight Loss, Civilization, and Good Reading
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The Honest Broker
The Rise of the Anonymous Music Star Do streaming platforms view famous artists as a threat to their brands?
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Passing Time
Caffeine, Albuterol, Alcohol Mount Machebeuf Trip Report
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Atoms vs Bits
The Al Capone Problem Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion, and didn't go to prison for tax evasion.
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Diaries of Note
Color and I are one In 1914, everything changed for Paul Klee. Whilst sampling the delights of Tunisia on a twelve-day...
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In 1914, everything changed for Paul Klee. Whilst sampling the delights of Tunisia on a twelve-day trip with fellow artists Louis Moilliet and Auguste Macke, he found himself profoundly affected by the light and colours of North Africa—an intense experience that inspired him to...
The Honest Broker
How Coffee Became a Joke The crisis at Starbucks is a sign of our un-serious times
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The Ruffian
27 Takes On What It Means To Be a Serious Person Plus a rattle bag of goodies
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Diaries of Note
The whole Channel is filled with little ships Exactly 80 years ago today, the world held its breath as the Allied forces launched the largest...
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9 months ago
Exactly 80 years ago today, the world held its breath as the Allied forces launched the largest seaborne invasion in history, marking the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany’s occupation of Europe. Among the thousands of brave soldiers who set out to liberate the continent was...
Farza's Newsletter
put a sandwich in my pocket and tsa told me to get rid of it thats messed up a short post about investors and getting money for what you're building.
a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
July 4, 2024 Happy Independence Day my dear American friends. We are very lucky to have this country. Let us...
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8 months ago
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...
journal – Winnie Lim
being creative is not just about making things I place a lot of value on creativity in my life, and this has been pretty consistent throughout my...
a year ago
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a year ago
I place a lot of value on creativity in my life, and this has been pretty consistent throughout my various life stages. For a long time it was tied to my identity...
Atoms vs Bits
The Hand-Squeegee Philosophy After showering, many people "hand-squeegee" some of the water off themselves before using a towel.
a year ago
Daniel Bourke
30 years old I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool. Being 9 years old and...
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a year ago
I remember sitting in the car on the way to drop my brother to preschool. Being 9 years old and telling my mum how excited I was to turn ten. Double digits! I feel the same way about 29 to 30. I hardly even got used to saying I’
Laetitia@Work
Why midlife women walk out of corporate jobs Laetitia@Work #67
a year ago
Castles in the Sky
Beyond Food and Travel: Remembering Anthony Bourdain I used to sit in my apartment, eating Ramen and watching Anthony Bourdain, wondering about all of...
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8 months ago
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 Map is Mostly...
[subscribers only] Office Hours & Tidings The Map is Mostly Water Office Hours are open For about 2 days. What do you need feedback or advice...
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10 months ago
The Map is Mostly Water Office Hours are open For about 2 days. What do you need feedback or advice on, what questions do you have, what secret trouble stirs thy breast? Feel free to ask about house design, New Hampshire, philosophy, parenting, or anything else you want to...
RhysTranter.com
Rereading The Brothers Karamazov It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park,...
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8 months ago
It is now almost two decades since I first read The Brothers Karamazov. I began it in Bute Park, sitting under a tree overlooking the river. I remember that it was the Penguin Classics edition translated by David McDuff, and that I couldn’t put it down.
Both Are True
switching to a "dumb" phone made me feel pretty dang smart the Light Phone diaries
a year ago
Both Are True
Wait the Piña Colada song is about what?! hint: its not about frikkin piña coladas I can tell you that right now
10 months ago
Passing Time
The Hardo-Normie Alignment Graph I don't know how I get invited to anything either
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Laetitia@Work
What if generative AI was actually underwhelming? Laetitia@Work #69
10 months ago
Mark Manson
Why I Quit Drinking Alcohol After more than two decades of drinking, last summer, I decided to stop drinking alcohol for good....
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a year ago
After more than two decades of drinking, last summer, I decided to stop drinking alcohol for good. There were a lot of reasons for this, and obviously, there were benefits—I lost some weight, slept better at night, and no more ungodly hangovers. But also some life changes...
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify 1.2: Calorie and Macronutrient Goals, Breakdowns and 57 New Foods Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57...
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9 months ago
Nutrify 1.2: Track calories and macronutrients with custom goals, detailed food breakdowns, and 57 new foods in Nutridex. Available on the App Store.
Mark Manson
33 Powerful Books That May Change Your Life I've read over 1,000 nonfiction books in my life, and these 33 are the most powerful of them all. I...
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a year ago
I've read over 1,000 nonfiction books in my life, and these 33 are the most powerful of them all. I can honestly say they changed my life, who's to say they won't change yours too? Don't just take my word for it though. Read on for my summary of all 33 books and see for yourself...
The Honest Broker
Is Silicon Valley Building Universe 25? How a creepy experiment from 1968 is eerily relevant today
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Castles in the Sky
Small Oven Syndrome A New Name for an Old Problem
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Passing Time
An Ode to Manchester Wall A 19th-century bridge's contribution to climbing culture
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Left To Write
StorySelling How to skip the brain, bypass reason and head straight for the heart to sell
a year ago
Both Are True
Doing Crimes w my dad a true story
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journal – Winnie Lim
my experience on starting exercise from zero I don’t know if people know this, but I used to be extremely sedentary and I hated any form of...
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8 months ago
I don’t know if people know this, but I used to be extremely sedentary and I hated any form of physical activity. Only upon hindsight I realised it was probably related to...
The Ruffian
Why Things Might Actually Be About To Get Better Reasons For National Optimism
9 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
why i love hong kong Hong Kong still seems like the same place in many ways, but it feels different. I don’t know how...
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10 months ago
Hong Kong still seems like the same place in many ways, but it feels different. I don’t know how much of it is due to the changes in me or the changes...
The Honest Broker
How We Became a Techno-Optimist Family You can too!
10 months ago
The Convivial...
The Thing That Is Silence The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 14
a year ago
Nat Eliason's...
This Moment is Your Life How to not waste it
a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
Small Spaces notes on building blocks
11 months ago
The Ruffian
The Renaissance Redux 'Notes On the Florentine Renaissance' Free To Read This Time
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journal – Winnie Lim
documenting my first experience with the risograph Last weekend to celebrate our 94th month anniversary we decided to attend a beginner’s risograph...
12 months ago
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12 months ago
Last weekend to celebrate our 94th month anniversary we decided to attend a beginner’s risograph workshop at Knuckles & Notch. To be very honest I haven’t heard of the word “risograph” until...
Laetitia@Work
The Worry Gap: why women worry so much more Laetitia@Work #62
a year ago
Laetitia@Work
Why AI can make work painful: see customer service Laetitia@Work #71
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The Honest Broker
Why Creatives Will Win by Thinking Small In 2024, the path to success has been turned upside down
9 months ago
Tech and Tea
Reader Mailbag: Struggling to do it all A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and...
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12 months ago
A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and getting in touch with their identity outside of work.
The Ruffian
Creativity Needs Stupidity How artists think and unthink
8 months ago
Both Are True
anxiety at work!! hey boss, are you mad at me?
10 months ago
Both Are True
the detonator no, i will not 'grieve' my pre-parent self
10 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
messy thoughts while in hong kong I haven’t been well since my birth day. The very next day I woke up with elevated heart rate again –...
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10 months ago
I haven’t been well since my birth day. The very next day I woke up with elevated heart rate again – I am more aware of this because I use a bunch...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Advice on Social Anxiety: Ask Marcus Aurelius Previous Next Using Marcus Aurelius's writing in his Meditations and experiences inferred from...
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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...
The Convivial...
Desire, Dopamine, and the Internet The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 5
11 months ago
Castles in the Sky
The Best Things I Read or Watched in April 2024 | Castles in the Sky Links These are all the best things I read and watched in April 2024. If you open this in a browser, you...
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10 months ago
These are all the best things I read and watched in April 2024. If you open this in a browser, you can click the link to take you straight to that part of the article. Cosmographia by M. E. Rothwell “On reaching the age of the TV anti-hero” by Erik Hoel
Both Are True
i guess i wrote a song??? a guest post from Alex Gobrenko
11 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
TODAY'S THE DAY! This book is not what you think
8 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
the experience of completing a sketchbook for my japan trip Last year I started sketching, and for the first time in my life I started bringing art materials on...
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a year ago
Last year I started sketching, and for the first time in my life I started bringing art materials on my travels. I did the same when I went to Japan, except a...
The Ruffian
42 Reflections On the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything An oldie but goldie
a year ago
The Ruffian
The Good Enough Trap How Technology Can Get Us Stuck In Place
10 months ago
The Convivial...
The Work of Art The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 8
9 months ago
Tech and Tea
Progress can be slow We can spend a lifetime working on the same things, and that's ok
8 months ago
The Convivial...
Waste Your Time, Your Life May Depend On It The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 8
a year ago
Passing Time
In Defense of Trying Hard Being a try-hard is good, actually
11 months ago
The Honest Broker
Tell Us About the Person Who Inspires You Most It's Open Mic Day at 'The Honest Broker'
7 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
one-year covid anniversary reflections Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the day I tested positive for covid for the first time....
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10 months ago
Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the day I tested positive for covid for the first time. All things considered I thought I had done well to avoid it for three years...
The Honest Broker
Let's Just Admit it: The Algorithms Are Broken So I'm begging the tech overlords to let us opt out from their dystopia
9 months ago
The Honest Broker
An Open Letter to Taylor Swift I'm asking a favor—but not for me. I want you to do a favor for the music.
a year ago
journal – Winnie Lim
drawing & painting as a form of meditation I just started drawing and painting again last week after stopping for a couple of months. Since...
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9 months ago
I just started drawing and painting again last week after stopping for a couple of months. Since then I’ve been trying to do it more regularly, hoping to incorporate it as a...
journal – Winnie Lim
urgency A few days ago a Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence, causing one death and tens...
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9 months ago
A few days ago a Singapore Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence, causing one death and tens of people to be injured. The night the news broke out I commented to my partner...
The Ruffian
What's the Point Of Protests? Maybe Not What We Think It Is
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Diaries of Note
Why have children or plant trees? M.F.K. Fisher was an accomplished author and gastronome who brought the art of food writing into the...
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a year ago
M.F.K. Fisher was an accomplished author and gastronome who brought the art of food writing into the realm of literature. From the age of nineteen she kept a journal, and this entry comes thirteen years down the line as she cared for her beloved husband, the writer and artist...
Letters of Note
My heart almost stood still The following letter was written exactly 100 years ago. It’s a remarkable piece of writing that...
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a year ago
The following letter was written exactly 100 years ago. It’s a remarkable piece of writing that never fails to move me. And because you deserve it, above the transcript I’ve included audio of the letter being read by the lovely Juliet Stevenson, taken from the Letters of Note:...
Left To Write
№ 75: The Lindy Effect How I find clear signals in a misinforming & disinforming noisy world; To see the future, look back...
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a year ago
How I find clear signals in a misinforming & disinforming noisy world; To see the future, look back in time
Atoms vs Bits
Dogs That Don't Bark I once had to end a very nice person's freelance work contract for a role which they were doing...
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9 months ago
I once had to end a very nice person's freelance work contract for a role which they were doing quite badly. I wrote them an email that tried to say only things that were both nice and true, such as some version of "we're wanting
Castles in the Sky
What We Have Given Up in Exchange for This Limitless Bounty Novelty and Nostalgia in Second-Tier Grocery Stores
8 months ago
Daniel Bourke
Where’s the magic? I got asked once my favourite person from history in a job interview. I said Isaac Newton. An old...
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a year ago
I got asked once my favourite person from history in a job interview. I said Isaac Newton. An old cricket coach told me about the laws of motion. And I never forgot. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. It helped fix my right arm leg spin. I later
Passing Time
A Morning and Night in the Desert These moments in time seem to have a higher density than usual.
a year ago
Diaries of Note
I always forget how important the empty days are Born in Belgium in 1912 and raised in the United States, May Sarton was a writer who mastered...
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a year ago
Born in Belgium in 1912 and raised in the United States, May Sarton was a writer who mastered various literary forms during her career, from evocative poetry and compelling novels through to a number of deeply introspective journals in her later decades. One of her greatest is...
journal – Winnie Lim
the amazing tools and research we now have for our metabolic health [cw: metabolic health, diet] My paternal grandmother died before I was born, apparently of diabetes...
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a year ago
[cw: metabolic health, diet] My paternal grandmother died before I was born, apparently of diabetes complications. When I was younger I couldn’t understand what it meant to die of diabetes complications –...
The Honest Broker
All Bad Music Will Eventually Disappear Or how I learned to stop worrying about those godawful playlists
10 months ago
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Suffering: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next https://youtu.be/_W0xAHnxe6o Because suffering is an unavoidable part of the human...
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a year ago
Previous Next https://youtu.be/_W0xAHnxe6o Because suffering is an unavoidable part of the human experience and worries many of us, we can find many helpful quotes about it from the Stoics. Practicing Stoicism doesn't make us immune to pain, hardships and suffering . . . but it...
journal – 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...
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8 months ago
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...
Castles in the Sky
Dreams Over Goals in 2024 More dreams, less goals, and some commitments for the year
a year ago
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
8 months ago
The Ruffian
The Trump Shooting Was Fake News On Events and Non-Events
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Atoms vs Bits
I Have Opinions About The Production Of Pizza The low-hanging fruit of pizza happiness, possibly
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Wait But Why
All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro Welcome to the 2030s. The post All My Thoughts After 40 Hours in the Vision Pro appeared first on...
a year ago
The Ruffian
Why Does Being Left-Wing Make You Unhappy? The Ideological Well-Being Gap
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Both Are True
after 12 years of writing, here's everything i know + my #1 tip on how to get paid subscribers
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RhysTranter.com
Robert Pirsig on Selfless Climbing While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition...
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8 months ago
While packing for a trip I pick up an old book I haven’t read for a long time. It’s a 1976 edition of Henri Nouwen’s The Genesee Diary: Report from a Trappist Monastery.
Nat Eliason's...
The Scariest Day of My Life What the hell am I supposed to do?
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The Convivial...
The Art of Living The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 4
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journal – Winnie Lim
what a physical notebook provokes I’ve been a digital-first person for as long as I can remember. Typing words on a keyboard onto a...
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8 months ago
I’ve been a digital-first person for as long as I can remember. Typing words on a keyboard onto a screen had always felt more intuitive than moving a pen with my hands....
Mark Manson
Why We Do Things We Hate Many of us harbor a deep-seated desire to adopt a particular identity, often picturing ourselves as...
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Many of us harbor a deep-seated desire to adopt a particular identity, often picturing ourselves as something that we are not. For example, I've longed to be a surfer for years. The idea fascinated me so much that I even booked several weeks of surf lessons in Costa Rica. Surfing...
The Ruffian
Ten Useful Concepts Drop them into the conversation, all casual like
a year ago
The Ruffian
Is Culture Dying? And if it is, should we mourn it?
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Nat Eliason's...
10 Things I Learned Losing 10 Million Dollars How to Stay Sane in a Mania
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The Map is Mostly...
quests, failure, desire or: contra defensive postures
7 months ago
The Ruffian
Can You Imitate a Genius? What the new Amy Winehouse film tells us about singing, talent, and AI
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Atoms vs Bits
A Nice Little Party Gimmick for your friends to make more friends
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Castles in the Sky
The Many Faces of Mexican Heirloom Corn | Introducing the Vignettes Series Vignettes #1
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Both Are True
This isn't what I wanted to write even this subtitle is completely wrong
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The Honest Broker
How I Write I tell everything in an in-depth video interview
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Passing Time
High-Density Days Friendship is a function of time.
a year ago
Both Are True
can everyone kindly shut the fuck up about AI The robots aren't coming, but the people who can't shut the fuck up about them are already here.
9 months ago
Both Are True
Love myself? Knowing what I know? A lunchtime meditation on whether 'being the best' is even a real thing
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The Honest Broker
It's Open Mic Day—Talk About Anything You Want What's on your mind?
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Nat Eliason's...
Harry Potter and the Secret to Learning We've Been Doing it Wrong
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journal – Winnie Lim
did i just do my first pull-up? Wanted to write a note but I guess this warrants a proper post since I’ve completed my main...
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Wanted to write a note but I guess this warrants a proper post since I’ve completed my main aspiration for 2024! Today while trying our home pull-up bar I realised I could...
Left To Write
Soul In The Game Going all in on life
a year ago
Laetitia@Work
Leaving Germany: 3 things I’ll miss / 3 things I won’t miss about Germany Laetitia@Work #72
6 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
what we pay for wanting to be healthy We are in Gyeongju now, a place full of cute hanoks and rolling green hills that are actually tombs...
7 months ago
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