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Somethings

The Media & War—Weekly Wisdom

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War is hell. Especially on the truth.

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Sam Harris Is Wrong—Weekly Wisdom

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Sam Harris. Cropped from a photo by Chrsitopher Michel. CC-BY2.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Also, how politics distorts the self, the evil of Eddie Bernays, how to scale ideas, what we lost in the pandemic and the role of the hardware store.

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Somethings

Artifice Over Truth—Weekly Wisdom

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Also the history of tax-free zones, the reality of low-skill jobs, and the commodification of faith.

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Isolation Diaries Somethings

Assigning Agency—Weekly Wisdom

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Also the truth behind Rogan’s questions, the power of online publishing, what really is Intellectual Property, and why I stopped publishing my COVID diaries.

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Isolation Diaries

Dispatches from Isolation 2022: It’s not as deadly

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It is also not mild

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Isolation Diaries

Dispatches from Isolation 2022: Day 1

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Worst Sequel of All Time!

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Somethings

Loving your chains—Weekly Wisdom

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A triangular cutout of Herbert Marcuse. Mercuse was a leading think in the The Frankfurt School.

Also, DAOs are stupid, owning demand is key, China is bad at cultural export, and why you should buy things, not experiences.

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Somethings

Of Maps & Measures—Weekly Wisdom

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Also, the price of discipline, the when-to of balance, the value of a book, and why search engines are dead!

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Somethings

David Graeber was Right…—Weekly Wisdom

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Picture of David Graeber. picture credit Thomas Altfather Good.

…about bullshit jobs! Also, the habit of reading, the UX of children, the habit of reading, and what is the real name of Greece anyway.

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Somethings

The Power of Not Knowing—Weekly Wisdom

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Also, on the misuse of probability, the hilarious working habits of young people, the benefits of commitment, the role of luck in life and a bizarre crime