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I Read the Mitt Romney Book and I Think I Like Mitt Romney Now
Fathers and sons, and the compromises people make for power.
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Max Nussenbaum
October 2023
Public Interest Law and the Paradox of Justice by Lawsuit
In which Ralph Nader kickstarts a new kind of political activism and accidentally paralyzes the government
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Max Nussenbaum
To Infinity and Back
Assorted thoughts on Sam Bankman-Fried and “Going Infinite”
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Max Nussenbaum
September 2023
Alternate Trumans: Who Would Have Dropped the Bomb?
A tour of American history in some parallel universes.
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Max Nussenbaum
Solve Your Problems by Doing Nothing
One weird trick that's either a genius idea or a terrible one.
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Max Nussenbaum
August 2023
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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Max Nussenbaum
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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Max Nussenbaum
July 2023
You Have to Die Before You Can Be Reborn
Bundling and unbundling your identity
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Max Nussenbaum
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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Max Nussenbaum
June 2023
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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Max Nussenbaum
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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Max Nussenbaum
May 2023
Self on the Shelf
Derek Parfit, lost memories, and the conceptual incoherence of the unitary self.
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Max Nussenbaum
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