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Links for January 2026
The Masculine Mystique: In one of those moments where an iceberg of internet drama from another community floats past, I recently learned about the…
Jan 13
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Ben Goldhaber
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2025 Year in Review
For many years, every December, during the lost week between Christmas and New Years, I would organize a holiday ritual of my own creation called the…
Jan 1
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Ben Goldhaber
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Backchaining from Big Goals is Aversive
content warning: confronting the fact that it’s hard to have it all because time only moves one way.
Dec 29, 2025
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Ben Goldhaber
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A Knowledge Commons for the 21st Century
Truth-seeking infrastructure at scale
Dec 20, 2025
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Ben Goldhaber
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Oliver Sourbut
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No Real Nattys
There was some moment that passed by, largely unnoticed, where widespread use of drugs for cosmetic and performance reasons became mainstream in the US.
Dec 15, 2025
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Ben Goldhaber
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Links for December 2025
searching for the soul and monitoring the situation this month
Dec 5, 2025
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Ben Goldhaber
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Thirty Reflections from Thirty Days of Writing
This is the longest period of time that I’ve been in “deep work”.
Nov 30, 2025
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Ben Goldhaber
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Explosive Skill Acquisition
If you’re going to learn a new skill or change in some way, going hard at it for a short intensive period beats spreading a gentler effort across months…
Nov 29, 2025
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Ben Goldhaber
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