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I promise I’m not writing this because I have a deadline. Or, well, I actually kind of am. See, I’ve found that my output depends almost entirely on my level of commitments (either internal or
Buried in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Crack Up, a collection of the great writer’s essays and diary entries written during his sad decline, is a quick mention of a fellow alcoholic writer and a book about
The first series of images in this article are taken from Kaneo Chiba and Masavoshi Takahashi's paper on nanobubbles. I am limited to 25 images per X article, so the other 30% of visuals can be seen
We have a false picture about how success happens. Because we often see only the results and almost never the process of things, we tend to think that the finished product—a book, being in shape,
(Continues from this: https://x.com/AlJenko98/status/2066177156942635065) When you’ve both finished, you have a sit for a bit, and you have another look at the rave’s hashtag on social media, complete with photos and videos.
This Friday, Steven Spielberg releases a movie called Disclosure Day. The plot: a whistleblower leaks the US military's 80-year alien archive, and the world finally learns the truth. The "real"
I had no music background. No studio. No producer. No budget. What I had was a story I wanted to tell and enough stubbornness to figure out the tools. A week later I had a complete song and a fully
The Gynocentric Self-Reinforcing Cycle: Learned Behavior, Cultural Conditioning, and the Amplification of Biological Drives The diagram titled “The Gynocentric Self-Reinforcing Cycle” captures a
On a fateful day in 2003, an up and coming artist by the name of Kanye West was having a photo shoot for his debut album at a high school gymnasium. After years of producing iconic beats, he finally
A new smear piece in the Western media against Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, this time by Robert Tait in The Guardian, was published. The sources cited include: Alireza Nader, Nik Kowsar and Vali Nasr.
A few days ago I was at a small art exhibition close to where I live. Lots of beautiful pieces on display. Paintings. Sketches. Digital art. The usual stuff. While walking around, I bumped into a
The economist Tyler Cowen observed that few people when asked to describe their lives would answer ‘a mess.’ Instead they say their life was ‘a journey.’ They tended to use the metaphor of a novel.
If you have ever looked at much ancient or medieval art, you’ll notice something: Death is everywhere. The French painter Philippe de Champaigne’s famous “Still Life with a Skull,” which shows the
It’s totally messed up if you think about it. There are millions of people out there dying to be writers. Yet when a good writer puts together a book proposal (that is, a potential book), publishers
One of my favorite feelings is tearing through a book. Like when you get hooked and you feel like you can’t stop. Just a few more pages, you tell yourself. I’ll read to the next chapter. Closely
In February, during the launch of my last book, I had one of those experiences that explain why many people don’t like or trust the media. I’ll leave the details vague for reasons that the rest of
finable, unquantifiable thing that made her first two albums, 19 and 21, so transcendently great simply wasn’t there. It took Adele two years longer to get the album to a place where Rubin believed
The best advice I’ve ever got about reading came from a secretive movie producer and talent manager who’d sold more than 100 million albums and done more than $1B in box office returns. He said to me
When I first moved to Austin in 2013, I went out to lunch—fittingly—with a writer named Austin Kleon. I was a longtime fan of his book Steal Like an Artist (his book Keep Going is a new favorite).
[1] Read. Read. Read. A book is made of books. “The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading; a man will turn over half a library to make one book,” Samuel Johnson said. As I was putting
Sitting on my desk as I write this is a book I paid $8.25 for nearly twenty years ago. The cover is taped back on. Nearly every page is marked or folded. They have yellowed with age, in some cases
I guess I could try to put into words how much I love this book. I could try to explain how this 84-year-old book about an obscure 16th-century philosopher is uniquely relevant to our times. Or I
I was surprised to find out that many people seem to not understand what a banned book is. ‘Banned Book Week’ wrapped up yesterday, and I was continually surprised by some of the comments people
Stop watching cable news, it’s bad for you. Stop filtering the world through social media, it’s a cesspool. Turn off those breaking news alerts on your phone—none of them are as important as you
Media release: https://www.sarniapolice.ca/news/1056/three-teens-arrested-in-distraction-theft/ On April 1, 2026, at approximately 12:41 a.m., police were called to a theft that had just occurred at an Indian Road South convenience store. Three young
I opened Twitter this morning and three different startups were announcing "the world's first" something. An AI CMO, an autonomous AI marketer, and a design agent "with taste," which is a phrase that
Preparation is important. Planning is important. Reflection is important. I mean, I wrote a whole book called, Stillness is the Key, because it’s true. And I was just saying earlier this month that I
We Built an AI Agent That Makes All Our Content. Here's Exactly How. $0 design budget. 30 days. 40+ production assets. One agent. 30 days ago, we launched $SAID with one integration, a handful of
Hey there everyone! Happy Tezos Tuesday :) We have curated a selection of artworks on Objkt for collectors, curators, gallerists, and peers to check out. Here are today's curated selection
Warren Buffett considers the foundation of his multi-billion dollar empire to be a book. At 19 years old, he bought a copy of The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham. We don’t know exactly what he
The release window of the Sonic 4 movie has been teased. I also discuss the potential sequel to Clair Obscur Expedition 33, and Lies of P has surpassed another sales milestone. Lies Of P Sales
Two years into writing my latest book, Discipline is Destiny, I hit a wall. There is no word other than “despair” for what I was feeling. Doubt? One always has that. This was deeper. No, this was a
The mainstream media in this country has become the most dishonest, most corrupt, most anti-American institution we have ever seen... and that is saying something, because we have seen a lot. We have
Ok, so I have a secret that I use when I am in a reading rut: I read something really short. I love the feeling of sitting down and finishing a book…in that sitting. I get the whole rush of cracking
I can no longer remember the first heavy metal song I ever listened to, but I assume it was something by Metallica. I can tell you the first album I fell in love with: Brave New World by Iron Maiden.
A brief exploring the design space for applications Hypercore. We had previously published our thesis on Hyperliquid and followed it up with an exploration of how options products could evolve on