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Did you tag this author (Maryam Henien) intentionally? Related, I’ve long enjoyed longform.org

Looking for your recommendations on the best longform articles to read. Some examples I’ve enjoyed: “Frank Sinatra Has A Cold” - Gay Talese, Esquire 1965 “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu” -…

As someone self taught, let me cut to the chase and say your number one problem is proving yourself in the professional world the first time. My advise assumes you have a different…

Which agencies have you used?

This thread is predicated on the value of time, but ICYMI: https://fs.blog/2017/03/seneca-on-the-shortness-of-time/

I meant that it can change your world view on the nature of forgiveness, not of prison psychology. Surely I was influenced seeing it at 14 years old. Das Experiment is for a much f…

Amadeus, definitely changed my world view of what movies could be!

1) It’s a classic and perhaps a cliche, but The Shawshank Redemption will profoundly change your view of the world. 2) Then, on the nature of competition, obsession and greatness T…

Why not just test everyone for t-cell reactivity to SARS-CoV-2? The general population already has broad coronavirus exposure. If your test reveals no immune reaction, you are clea…

In the same spirit, Ulysses By Tennyson https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45392/ulysses

The worst part: we have to wait 5 years to hear about this on Darknet Diaries!

Plus, more rent-seeking profit opportunities! Engineers create a social credit rating system for the spouses making the meals!

thank you for this wonderful rabbit hole into Boltzmann Brains! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltzmann_brain

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. - Anne Lamott

Try Kurt Vonnegut. He’s not the GOAT, but his abbreviated style lends easily to folks who prefer short form content.

Deep Work (Cal Newport) and Strengths Finder (Tom Rath) helped me achieve far more practical returns on work / lifestyle design. I even found Tim’s later books (4-Hour Body, 4-Hour…

In defense of self-help books; you latch to the one that finds you. The 4-hour workweek provided me a useful foil to Gladwell’s “10,000” hours. It might take 10k to master, but you…

Didn’t expect to find Derek Sivers on HN. h/t for being awesome Seriously HN, listen to this guy about books, and check out his site.

The title and intro is unabashedly “get rich quick” fodder. But hidden inside, one can find practical applications of Pareto principles to work and life choices, in ways that made …

2010 - Outliers, Malcom Gladwell 2011 - In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan 2012 - Born to Run, Christopher McDougall 2013 - Four Hour Work Week, Tim Ferriss 2014 - Nourishing Tradi…