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Welcome to Strong Ideas Held Lightly. This is my Substack, where I’ll share essays, videos, and classic books.
Dec 31, 2024
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3 thoughts on our Special Military Operation
reflections on the most recent news
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We stand halfway between two points.
To imagine the future of Humanity, imagine a man experiencing the same joy at the thought of checking their emails as you do seeing a long-lost friend
Dec 21, 2025
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The Last Jedi: A Hate Letter
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Moving on from Stanford
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We live in a Golden Age
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What happened to youth culture?
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Trump - S2E2: Dark Woke
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Crossing America
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The Last Jedi: A Hate Letter
Reviewing a casualty of 2017
Sep 19, 2025
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Boyd Essay Contest: Call for Submissions
Do you have a bold idea for how to make housing affordable?
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Sep 15, 2025
Boyd Essay Contest: Your idea could earn you cash.
Announcing Boyd's first essay contest.
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Sep 12, 2025
Get married.
A message to young hetero men.
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What happened to youth culture?
A collection of thoughts on Zoomers and Zooming.
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We live in a Golden Age
Peace with strength.
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