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Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better
Aug 27, 2025
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Fernando Mendoza Shows Us It's Cool To Care
Be Yourself and Go All The Way.
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Jan 20
"Wisdom Takes Work"
Wisdom must be earned and re-earned — a Q&A with author and Stoic thinker Ryan Holiday
Jan 6
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Why Hobbies Are An Advantage, Not a Distraction
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How to Use ChatGPT Without Brain-Rot
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"The Anxious Generation"
Mar 26, 2024
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The Most Interesting Email I Ever Received
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Why You Should Plan To Get Less Done
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The Arrival Fallacy
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Dec 22, 2025
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A Risk of Cognitive Convenience
What ChatGPT and GPS have in common
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How to Use ChatGPT Without Brain-Rot
An MIT study on AI use provides a caution, but also a tip
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The Freedom of Constraints
David Epstein on why limits can fuel creativity, focus, and even contentment.
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Nov 11, 2025
How a YouTube Trend Inspired a New Kind of Storytelling
A case study in creative analogy—and how surprise can make old forms feel entirely new
Oct 23, 2025
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Live (and Virtual) Event: "Inside the Mind of Malcolm Gladwell"
What should I ask?
Oct 9, 2025
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How to Be a Supercommunicator
Vulnerability, identifying the type of conversation, and "looping for understanding"
Sep 23, 2025
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Range for Young Readers
A shorter version for middle-grade readers is out today
Sep 16, 2025
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Writing What You Want to Read
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