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2026
Sep 6
Failing to Connect
Mar 8
On the Edge
Feb 7
On Evidence
2025
Dec 30
Who Are You When No One Is Watching?
Oct 26
Doubling Down on Here and Now
Oct 12
Falling Out of Love With Computers
Sep 23
Nice vs. Kind
Aug 24
Every Day Is a Gift
Aug 17
Fake Connection
Jul 30
Do a Bad Job
Jun 21
Wrapped Up in Our Identities
May 14
Analogue Joy in a Digital World
May 11
On Beauty
Apr 29
Slow Flow
Apr 28
Consistent Mediocrity
Apr 25
Taking Pleasure in Others' Success
Apr 22
The Economy Is a Heat Engine (Mostly)
Apr 20
Beautiful Environments
Apr 18
Defining Success
Apr 16
More Is Worse
Apr 12
Exploration Meditation
Apr 4
The Arduous Path to Mastery
Apr 1
Stop Catastrophizing
Mar 30
Who Is an Artist?
Mar 25
The Great Disconnect: Our Digital Addiction
Mar 23
The Art of Productive Boredom
Mar 2
Write About Writing
2024
Dec 25
Kill Your Ego
Dec 19
Performative Existing
Dec 2
High Hopes, Low Expectations
Nov 26
Seasons
Nov 18
Feel Bad Feels
Nov 8
Everyone Is Beautiful
Oct 28
Luck Isn't Just Luck
Oct 24
How to Be Human
Oct 21
Exercise as Meditation
Oct 18
Know Less
Oct 14
Travel Obsession
Oct 3
Mind-Body-Gut Connection
Sep 23
Make Art
Sep 21
Embrace Imperfection
Sep 21
Speak Last
Jul 24
Good Habits, Bad Habits
Jul 3
When You're Authentic, Rejection Is a Gift
Apr 26
Writing Things Down
Apr 25
Biology Is Self-Correcting
Apr 24
Being Present
Apr 23
The Stoics Invented CBT
Apr 15
Believe It or Not, Reality Is Real Life
Apr 9
Cities Are Technology
Mar 29
AI Animal Spirits
Mar 22
Growth vs. Grind
Mar 8
You Might Be Dumb if You Think You're Smart
Mar 7
It's Never as Bad as It Seems
Feb 24
Passive vs. Active Philosophy
Feb 21
Laziness Is a Virtue
Feb 3
Climate Feedback Loops
2023
Dec 27
Contributing Positively
Dec 9
Eat a Slice of Humble Pie
Aug 31
Fluidity vs. Rigidity
Aug 23
Do Look Up
Aug 22
Perfect Is the Enemy of Good
Aug 21
The Subtle Art of Genuine Self-Expression
Aug 18
Lack of Imagination
Aug 15
Bad Incentives, Bad Outcomes
Aug 14
Learning to Love Boredom
Aug 12
The 10x Engineer Is a Myth: It's More Like 100x
Aug 10
You've Probably Never Had an Original Idea
Aug 9
Bullshitters Always Have Answers
Jul 21
Neuroticism
Jul 19
Failing Upwards
Feb 25
Thinking Slowly
Feb 21
Software Developers Aren't Special
Feb 19
The Value of Tools
Jan 16
Why We Lie to Ourselves
2022
Dec 1
Remember to Forget
Oct 21
Do as I Say, Not as I Do
Oct 19
What's the Deal With Yield Inversion?
Oct 14
Random Walks
Oct 13
What Is the Metaverse?
Oct 11
Recency Bias
Oct 8
Precious Brain Resources
Oct 7
My Worst Predictions
Oct 6
The Weird Story of Standard Oil
Oct 5
When Bureaucracy Is the Goal
Oct 4
The Hidden Costs of Car-Centric Cities
Sep 24
Skills Compound
Sep 23
Nobody Wants to Hire Anymore
Sep 19
Humility Is Less of Ourselves
Sep 14
Can Memes Save Your Startup?
Sep 2
Good Friends, Not Therapists
Aug 31
The SEX Theorem of Hiring
Aug 30
If You're Not Struggling, Maybe You Should Be
Aug 25
Play the Metagame
Aug 18
Tech Pessimism
Aug 16
Leetcoding Interviews
Jun 15
Stability
2021
Apr 16
Do Nothing; Save the Planet
Feb 14
Nobody Is Coming to Save You
Feb 6
Being Right Doesn't Matter
Jan 7
Monster Eats Itself
2020
Dec 24
Don't Expose Yourself to Ads
Dec 20
Transcend the Bullshit
Sep 17
No Jerks Policy
Aug 30
Being Malleable
Jul 31
Why Be an Entrepreneur?
Jul 30
Always Be Learning
Jul 27
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Jul 3
Platform Wars
May 20
Startups Are a Beauty Contest
May 19
Being Honest With Yourself (When Things Aren't Going Well)
May 4
The State of Commercial Real Estate in Manhattan (In Photos)
Apr 30
Mass Hysteria
2019
Dec 12
Holiday Reading List 2019
Dec 2
Startup Ideas
Nov 30
The Internet's Identity Crisis
Nov 25
If You Care About Privacy
Nov 22
Reduce, Don't Recycle
Nov 20
How to Talk to People, for Engineers
Nov 17
Dopamine
Nov 15
Skin in the Game Startups
Nov 15
"Can I Pet Your Dog?"
Nov 14
Making Something People Want
Nov 13
New Blog: First Post
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