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Alternate Trumans: Who Would Have Dropped the Bomb?
A tour of American history in some parallel universes.
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Solve Your Problems by Doing Nothing
One weird trick that's either a genius idea or a terrible one.
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I’ve Been Tugging On My Internal Dial All Day and I Haven’t Gone Blind Yet
Joseph Beuys, George Saunders, and the parallels between making products and making art
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Edison Didn't Worry About Being Efficient and Neither Should You
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Sorry I Forgot to Enjoy Myself, I Was Too Busy Eating Glass
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The Secret to Doing Anything Is Wanting It Bad Enough
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The False Promise of Understanding Yourself
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Sorry I Forgot to Enjoy Myself, I Was Too Busy Eating Glass
The hard thing about constantly saying you’re doing hard things
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You Have to Die Before You Can Be Reborn
Bundling and unbundling your identity
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The Secret to Doing Anything Is Wanting It Bad Enough
What we can learn about procrastination and personal growth from the I-95 bridge repair.
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The Point of School Is Learning to Pull One Over on Oppressive Institutions
Reports that school kills creativity are greatly exaggerated.
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Standing Out, Crafting Hooks, and Accidentally Revealing Everything That’s Wrong With You
Things I Learned as a Semi-Professional Dating App Bio Writer
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Self on the Shelf
Derek Parfit, lost memories, and the conceptual incoherence of the unitary self.
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LBJ and Jimmy Carter Hid Their Real Beliefs to Gain Power. Why Don’t More Politicians Do This?
Pretending to be a racist so you can pass civil rights bills.
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Candy for Breakfast
Candy for Breakfast
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