reading, watching & listening to

sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking

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Direct_and_indirect

greenlealane.com

The Art of Living

L. M. Sacasas theconvivialsociety.substack.com

Everything Is Broken

Alana Newhouse tabletmag.com

Consolations II: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying…

goodreads.com

Machines of Loving Grace1

Dario Amodei darioamodei.com

nuanced piece by Anthropic CEO

The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present

amazon.com

The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found (Published 2001)

nytimes.com

an evocative, beautiful piece of writing about new york city written just after 9/11. recommended by Andy Weissman.

Are Attention Spans Actually Shrinking? (Pt 2)

open.substack.com

The B Lane Swimmer – Holly Witteman

Holly Witteman holly.witteman.ca

fascinating short read on status, sorting and prestige in sports (and everywhere else). The people you might expect to be the most competitive are often the most welcoming, and vice versa.