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Sometimes the reason you can’t find people you resonate with is because you misread the ones you meet
Sometimes two people will stand next to each other for fifteen years, both feeling out of place and alone, like no one gets them, and then one day, they…
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Henrik Karlsson
Everything that turned out well in my life followed the same design process
The context is smarter than you.
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Henrik Karlsson
Looking for Alice
Not dating
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Henrik Karlsson
Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born
Solitary work, creativity and larval ideas
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Henrik Karlsson
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Johanna Karlsson
Childhoods of exceptional people
Let's do more of those
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Henrik Karlsson
Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom
When people talk about the value of paying attention and slowing down, they often make it sound prudish and monk-like. But we shouldn’t forget how…
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Henrik Karlsson
Dostoevsky as lover
Looking for Alice, part 2
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Henrik Karlsson
On agency
Or, how to handle being sentenced to freedom, and handle it effectively, and authentically, and responsibly
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Henrik Karlsson
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Johanna Karlsson
Relationships are coevolutionary loops
Looking for Alice, part 3
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Henrik Karlsson
How to think in writing
The thought behind the thought
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Henrik Karlsson
A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox
When writing in public, there is a common idea that you should make it accessible. This is a left over from mass media.
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Henrik Karlsson
Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog
What’s odd about you is what’s interesting.
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Henrik Karlsson
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