The secret to longevity đź”—
It turns out that the real secret to longevity is to live in an area with poor record keeping. Something is very wrong with modern longevity is a nice [...]
Derek Kedziora
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Now—July 2026 🔗
My daughter’s first birthday came and went. My second father’s day has passed by. Everyone says it, but the time really goes so fast. I’ve gone from k [...]
The company you keep đź”—
The internet is going to be remembered as a giant petri dish of social contagion. Weird sex stuff Weird violence stuff One of the most chanted texts i [...]
Physical constraints and enjoyment đź”—
I’m back to thinking about constraints. This time, Terry Godier’s great video The Feeling Music Used to Give You (hat tip to Robert). Having what amou [...]
Of God and mammon đź”—
There’s a longstanding criticism of Buddhism in the West as McMindfulness™, a watered-down and commodified version of the real thing. And it’s certain [...]
Revisiting the closed canon đź”—
A post I wrote in 2023, the closing of the canon, predicted that LLM answers would replace search results, dramatically lowering traffic to individua [...]
Solar power in Amsterdam: the numbers đź”—
I’m in the market for a home battery, because it is soon going to be less profitable to sell electricity back to the grid in the Netherlands. I decide [...]
Constraints and intellectual work đź”—
I keep quoting him, but here’s another Cal Newport podcast that I can’t stop thinking about: Why do better tools make me worse at my job?. To save you [...]
Design fads đź”—
Not surprisingly, Apple is pulling the plug on their silly VR goggles or whatever they’re called. At least they didn’t rename the company after the go [...]
Foundations for discussion đź”—
From an aside of a much longer essay from Tom Forth: I am infamously negative about calls for more complex and nuanced discussions in UK public policy [...]