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Tried a textual podcast about organoids with @aneeshsathe.com. Also had Bompa (an AI persona) contribute based on a D20 roll.
Promising format that could manage to capture the deliberate nature of long-form writing and the informality of trad. podcasts.
roamresearch.com#/app/kinocom...
Promising format that could manage to capture the deliberate nature of long-form writing and the informality of trad. podcasts.
roamresearch.com#/app/kinocom...
Roam Research – A note taking tool for networked thought.
As easy to use as a word document or bulleted list, and as powerful for finding, collecting, and connecting related ideas as a graph database. Collaborate with others in real time, or store all your d...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tried a textual podcast about organoids with @aneeshsathe.com. Also had Bompa (an AI persona) contribute based on a D20 roll.
Promising format that could manage to capture the deliberate nature of long-form writing and the informality of trad. podcasts.
roamresearch.com#/app/kinocom...
Promising format that could manage to capture the deliberate nature of long-form writing and the informality of trad. podcasts.
roamresearch.com#/app/kinocom...
Sharing is this easy.
June 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Sharing is this easy.
Technology and globalisation massively reduced daily physical load for large segments of the world. AI is potentially reducing daily cognitive load for large segments of the world.
Q: Will we see the same chronic decay in our evolved cognitive capabilities?
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Q: Will we see the same chronic decay in our evolved cognitive capabilities?
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
arxiv.org
June 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Technology and globalisation massively reduced daily physical load for large segments of the world. AI is potentially reducing daily cognitive load for large segments of the world.
Q: Will we see the same chronic decay in our evolved cognitive capabilities?
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Q: Will we see the same chronic decay in our evolved cognitive capabilities?
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
While reading about the origins of international law, I learned about Grotius’ and his wife’s ingenious escape plan—receive trunks of books, get sent out in said trunk.
blogs.bl.uk/european/202...
blogs.bl.uk/european/202...
Two women, a lawyer and a book chest
Today, 19 April, is the anniversary of the death of Maria van Reigersberch, or Reigersbergen the wife of Hugo de Groot a.k.a. Grotius. Her husband is well known for his legal writings in which he laun...
blogs.bl.uk
June 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
While reading about the origins of international law, I learned about Grotius’ and his wife’s ingenious escape plan—receive trunks of books, get sent out in said trunk.
blogs.bl.uk/european/202...
blogs.bl.uk/european/202...
Putting together a list of “pilgrimages” for my site. Basically, unreasonably long texts.
Whereas "quake books" instantly and irrevocably alter one's inner landscape, "pilgrimages" are long and toilsome initiatives undertaken mostly on faith in the transformative power of the journey itself.
Whereas "quake books" instantly and irrevocably alter one's inner landscape, "pilgrimages" are long and toilsome initiatives undertaken mostly on faith in the transformative power of the journey itself.
June 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Putting together a list of “pilgrimages” for my site. Basically, unreasonably long texts.
Whereas "quake books" instantly and irrevocably alter one's inner landscape, "pilgrimages" are long and toilsome initiatives undertaken mostly on faith in the transformative power of the journey itself.
Whereas "quake books" instantly and irrevocably alter one's inner landscape, "pilgrimages" are long and toilsome initiatives undertaken mostly on faith in the transformative power of the journey itself.
And we’re live on iOS.
Go ahead and give the gift of interesting with Subset. Save, share and search the best web and app content; it's simple, fast and secure.
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Go ahead and give the gift of interesting with Subset. Save, share and search the best web and app content; it's simple, fast and secure.
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Subset Network
Give the gift of interesting with Subset. Save, share and search the best web and app content; it's simple, fast and secure.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
And we’re live on iOS.
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Old but scary article. Expect it’s even worse now, across many more sports. How does the cycle get broken, though?
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
'These kids are ticking time bombs': The threat of youth basketball
In part one of a two-part series, ESPN explores the dangers of youth basketball -- and how the culture of perpetual competition is jeopardizing the futures of the very stars it hopes to create.
www.espn.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Old but scary article. Expect it’s even worse now, across many more sports. How does the cycle get broken, though?
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
Today’s reading is Kleptopia, about the swirling undercurrents of capital amidst the world of high finance.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptopia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptopia
Kleptopia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Today’s reading is Kleptopia, about the swirling undercurrents of capital amidst the world of high finance.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptopia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptopia
For some reason, sync engines feel like a Whiteheadean advance in tech. They sweep away a whole bunch of distributed systems problems in a way that feels more substantial than elegant abstractions.
electric-sql.com/blog/2025/04...
electric-sql.com/blog/2025/04...
Building AI apps? You need sync | ElectricSQL
AI apps are collaborative. Building them requires solving resumability, interruptibility, multi‑tab, multi‑device and multi‑user.
electric-sql.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
For some reason, sync engines feel like a Whiteheadean advance in tech. They sweep away a whole bunch of distributed systems problems in a way that feels more substantial than elegant abstractions.
electric-sql.com/blog/2025/04...
electric-sql.com/blog/2025/04...
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.” But when everything is a meme, the timeline ain’t that long. At all.
April 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.” But when everything is a meme, the timeline ain’t that long. At all.
Today’s reading is Kafka on the Shore. Just one book across fiction and non-fiction for a few days, and it’s actually quite pleasant.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka_o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka_o...
Kafka on the Shore - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today’s reading is Kafka on the Shore. Just one book across fiction and non-fiction for a few days, and it’s actually quite pleasant.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka_o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka_o...
The Simple and Sinister training protocol is GOATed—100 swings and 10 TGUs. Straightforward, quick, flexible. For optimal experience, do under a bright blue sky.
www.strongfirst.com/tag/simple-s...
www.strongfirst.com/tag/simple-s...
Simple & Sinister Archives | StrongFirst
www.strongfirst.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Simple and Sinister training protocol is GOATed—100 swings and 10 TGUs. Straightforward, quick, flexible. For optimal experience, do under a bright blue sky.
www.strongfirst.com/tag/simple-s...
www.strongfirst.com/tag/simple-s...
Came back to this a few times over the last week.
www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...
www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...
We Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMA
The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.
www.noemamag.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Came back to this a few times over the last week.
www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...
www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...
Went for some fiction for this AM’s reading—Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore. Murakami’s prose always gets me with its blend of directness and aching beauty.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka_o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka_o...
Kafka on the Shore - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Went for some fiction for this AM’s reading—Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore. Murakami’s prose always gets me with its blend of directness and aching beauty.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka_o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafka_o...
Finished The Math Academy Way this AM. Real nice meta-review of what it takes to accelerate talent development.
justinmath.com/books/
justinmath.com/books/
Justin Skycak
justinmath.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Finished The Math Academy Way this AM. Real nice meta-review of what it takes to accelerate talent development.
justinmath.com/books/
justinmath.com/books/
New podcast queue approach I’m enjoying: don’t save episodes to listen to later. Instead, only one saved episode allowed and that episode must be listened to immediately.
In practice, follow a bunch of interesting/reliable shows and choose an episode in the moment after very quick browsing.
In practice, follow a bunch of interesting/reliable shows and choose an episode in the moment after very quick browsing.
April 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
New podcast queue approach I’m enjoying: don’t save episodes to listen to later. Instead, only one saved episode allowed and that episode must be listened to immediately.
In practice, follow a bunch of interesting/reliable shows and choose an episode in the moment after very quick browsing.
In practice, follow a bunch of interesting/reliable shows and choose an episode in the moment after very quick browsing.
Looking for keystone reads on reducing complexity in software engineering. Blogs and essays, not books.
To me, reducing complexity means removing non-essential capabilities and/or adding graceful abstractions.
What’s the prior art on this?
To me, reducing complexity means removing non-essential capabilities and/or adding graceful abstractions.
What’s the prior art on this?
April 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Looking for keystone reads on reducing complexity in software engineering. Blogs and essays, not books.
To me, reducing complexity means removing non-essential capabilities and/or adding graceful abstractions.
What’s the prior art on this?
To me, reducing complexity means removing non-essential capabilities and/or adding graceful abstractions.
What’s the prior art on this?
Reading about cognitive learning strategies in The Math Academy Way. Realised that these ideas are starting to infect how I think about my learning in basically every area.
justinmath.com/books/
justinmath.com/books/
Justin Skycak
justinmath.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Reading about cognitive learning strategies in The Math Academy Way. Realised that these ideas are starting to infect how I think about my learning in basically every area.
justinmath.com/books/
justinmath.com/books/
Not into high finance at all but this seems like a neat approach.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Investment Base Pairs
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<p>Modern finance remains constrained by legacy portfolio construction techniques. While the conventional quantile approaches (e.g., long top 30%/sh
papers.ssrn.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Not into high finance at all but this seems like a neat approach.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
This AM: read some more of The Math Academy Way—and then did my daily math.
justinmath.com/books/
justinmath.com/books/
Justin Skycak
justinmath.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This AM: read some more of The Math Academy Way—and then did my daily math.
justinmath.com/books/
justinmath.com/books/
This week has started strong: ZACH LOWE IS BACK.
March 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This week has started strong: ZACH LOWE IS BACK.
Big tech’s relation to attention-as-resource is similar to how states relate to wind-as-resource?
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZIJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZIJ...
March 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Big tech’s relation to attention-as-resource is similar to how states relate to wind-as-resource?
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZIJ...
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZIJ...
Wild. On how one can come to own the wind.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Ventography and the spatial politics of wind - Emilia Groupp, 2025
This article explores the co-production of wind energy resources and UK maritime territories in the North Sea. It shows how endeavors to map wind for energy are...
journals.sagepub.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Wild. On how one can come to own the wind.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
NBA YT is usually trolling when they title “MUST SEE” and “WILD” endings—not this time.
youtube.com/watch?v=B5xt...
youtube.com/watch?v=B5xt...
MUST-SEE ENDING! Bulls vs Lakers 🤯 | March 27, 2025
YouTube video by NBA
youtube.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
NBA YT is usually trolling when they title “MUST SEE” and “WILD” endings—not this time.
youtube.com/watch?v=B5xt...
youtube.com/watch?v=B5xt...
Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! might actually be required reading for how to orientate in this increasingly sloppified, intensely memetic cultural moment.
austinkleon.substack.com
austinkleon.substack.com
Austin Kleon | Substack
Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration from the author of Steal Like an Artist and other bestsellers. Click to read Austin Kleon, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscriber...
austinkleon.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! might actually be required reading for how to orientate in this increasingly sloppified, intensely memetic cultural moment.
austinkleon.substack.com
austinkleon.substack.com