Currently
- reading · The Meaning of Your Life — Arthur Brooks
- reading · The Three-Body Problem — Liu Cixin
Essays
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The shape of a good day
Good days aren't long days. They have a specific structure, and noticing it is half the work.
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On noticing what you already know
There's a particular kind of insight that arrives as recognition, not acquisition. Why it's the most undervalued move in thinking.
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The small life
On choosing scope. Why the good life usually has fewer ingredients than you'd expect.
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What neuroscience doesn't know
Brain imaging made everyone an expert. It shouldn't have.
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Friends that age well
The friendships worth tending are the ones where the content has stopped mattering.