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Glance: The greatest discoveries in life come not from finding the right answers, but from asking the right questions. For the last several years, I’ve been adding to a list
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This is How You Make Hard Situations Easier Ryan Holiday at Daily Stoic: Airports are stressful and traveling can be a nightmare. Dealing with a toddler’s tantrum at the grocery
Today’s debates about artificial intelligence (AI) fail to grapple with deeper questions about who we are and what kind of future we want to build. Michael Levin in Noema: They
Sean H Vanatta at Aeon/Psyche: The American economy has always relied on household borrowing. Since before the founding, the colonies had been ever short of metallic currency. Our 18th-century forebears
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The world has sadly just lost one of its most provocative and inspirational thinkers and writers. Douglas Hofstadter at Marcus on AI: I just received the very sad news about
Continue readingDaniel Dennett, a Deep Thinker About What it is to Be Human. R.I.P.
Brad East in The Hedgehog Review: The conceit at the heart of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses novels is simple. There is a house in London for misfit spies. When MI5 is unable, for
by Isaac Grafstein at The Free Press: What, if anything, should we do about TikTok? Is the forced sale of the fastest-growing social media platform in the world a commonsense
Directed by Naghmeh Pour & produced by Sara Samsøe Moghaddas at Aeon: Coinciding with the spring equinox, Nowruz marks the Persian new year, a festival of rebirth and renewal that’s
Continue readingA Beginner’s Guide to a Joyful Persian Tradition of Spring Renewal and Rebirth
The former U.S. ambassador and daughter of the music industry’s ‘Black Godfather’ discusses grief, grace, and her radical response to a shocking crime. Bari Weiss at The Free Press: On
Continue readingNicole Avant on Why She Forgave Her Mother’s Murderer
Atomic Habits: The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 15 million copies sold! An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones from James Clear is
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Sahil Bloom at The Friday Five: Actor Tyler Perry—portraying his wise Madea alter ego—once shared a brilliant framing for thinking about your relationships. There are three types of people in
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At Daily Stoic: So many people struggle with and get frustrated by Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations…and they have ever since it was first discovered after the emperor’s death nearly twenty centuries
Continue readingGuide to Reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations