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Moral clarity creates market opportunities. Notion thrives by enhancing users' ability to organize their thoughts rather than maximizing time-in-app—its block-based architecture prioritizes user control and flexibility. Substack focuses on helping writers build direct relationships with readers instead of ad-driven revenue—writers own their... See more
The Philosopher-Builder
It never ceases to stagger that some stroke of chance in the early history of the universe set into motion the Rube Goldberg machine of events that turned atoms born in the first stars into you — into this temporary clump of borrowed stardust that, for the brief interlude between not having existed and no longer existing, gets to have ideas and ice... See more
Side projects as the key to the good life By Marty Bell • 31 Jul 2025
When I was 13, I created a chat room for teenagers to talk about art and photography (the tagline was, if I remember, “The future of art but we don’t give a fuck”). I think that was the first self-made project I put out into the world, and it taught me one of the most important
... See moreEveryone I know is scheming for the future. They’ve got big goals and get up every day and work like mad to try to achieve them. I’ve always found something odd about that: Despite all this effort, people don’t seem to think too much about the specifics of what would happen after their goal is achieved.
dynomight • Nobody optimizes happiness
Real-time editing of my newsletter intro...
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This was the first sentence I wrote:
"My newest podcast episode shows you how to improve..."
Then I edited it to this:
"My newest podcast episode explains how to improve..."
Then I edited it to this:
"My newest podcast episode reveals how to improve..."
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"My newest podcast episode... See more
Josh Spector • Josh Spector on LinkedIn: Real-time editing of my newsletter intro... This was the first sentence… | 16 comments
thing? Here we are, in this incomprehensibly large universe, on this one tiny moon around this one incidental planet, and in all the time this entire scenario has existed, every component has been recycled over and over and over again into infinitely incredible configurations, and sometimes, those configurations are special enough to be able to see
... See moreBecky Chambers • A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot Book 1)
Those who fear appearing foolish rarely discover anything new. The genius of tomorrow often looks like an idiot today.