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How to justify murder
I. I recently had the displeasure of reading two frustrating posts on the Renée Good shooting—Stochastic martyrdom by @kittenbeloved and Courting death…
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Good taste is the ability to recognize quality that cannot be quantified
I. One of my best friends is a neuroscientist at MIT.
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I am once again white knighting for Today's College Courses
[previously: A Tour of Today’s College Courses (from Ari Shtein), In defense of today’s college courses, Universities Should Teach That Which Is Good…
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What Max Weber would say to Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Hoarding-type Scrolling
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What does it feel like?
Dec 1, 2025
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Think before you post
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my UChicago physics degree was a waste of time
Jun 6, 2025
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In defense of today's college courses
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Some alternatives to "It's not X; it's Y"
Stop using ChatGPT's favorite phrase
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This one time I became weirdly flexible by accident
I. At some point in high school, I realized that I could no longer touch my toes.
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How to go viral online
And a retrospective on a year of Substack
Jan 7
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You can’t make up for lost time
New Years’ resolutions mistakes #3
Dec 18, 2025
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Stop internalizing other people’s desires
Mistakes people make with their New Years’ resolutions #2
Dec 17, 2025
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Don't make your New Years' resolutions harder than they need to be
Mistakes people make with their New Years’ resolutions #1
Dec 16, 2025
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