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Me getting interviewed by Jackson Dahl
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Some relationships deepen when you tell the truth and some end
I asked people to send me stories about situations where they had done what felt right to them, even though they feared social pushback.
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Getting a better sense for when you’re thinking well and when you’re faking it
Notebook. On mental proprioception
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On the compulsion to make art
The work was what connected him to himself.
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Things that connect us to ourselves, and things that don't
Notebook + recommendations
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On political power
Reflections on Robert Caro’s LBJ biography
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On the preparations before writing an essay
Shooting raw footage
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Being creative requires taking risks
When children learn to draw, they tend to make more and more interesting images for several years until around age five, when they learn to be boring.
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Reflections on my first year writing full time
The best essays Johanna and I wrote in 2025, and some reflections on what it was like to write them.
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Escaping Flatland
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paying closer attention to relationships and life
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