Topic / philosophy

Things Hidden

Things Hidden, a documentary on the life and ideas of Rene Girard.

Dana Gioia on Beauty

Poet Dana Gioia on the importance of beauty in our lives.

Simplifying with Gall's Law

On the newsletter, we dive into Gall's Law, and the simplicity to complexity workflow.

Brittle Authoritarianism

Jonah Goldberg on the fragility of authoritarianism and the resilience of liberalism.

On Legibility — In Society, Tech, Organizations, and Cities

Diving deep on the ideas of James Scott

The Ideological Turing Test

Weekend Reading: Iceland, the Use of Knowledge, and CLI Search

Hayek on society's use of knowledge, a fuzzy finder for the command line, and beautiful footage of Iceland's geography.

David Deppner on Leadership, Confidence, and Humility

A thought-provoking discussion on what qualities are ideal for leaders.

Ask Fewer Questions

Advice from Seneca on how to reduce anger.

Weekend Reading: Universal Laws, Tandem, and Computers That Can See

Universal laws of the world, Tandem for live collaboration in Slack, and the forward march of vision for computers.

Jonathan Haidt on the Righteous Mind

Interview with Jonathan Haidt from EconTalk.

The Danger of Oversimplification

Occam's razor and when to avoid oversimplification.

Gates' Law: How Progress Compounds

Long-term investments and the potential of the 'Adjacent Possible'.

Weekend Reading: Brains and Language, Hillshading in Blender, and Antifragility

The brain storing native language, Joe's work on hillshading, and living antifragility.

The Distrust of Intellectual Authority

A great piece from Shane Parrish on the degradation of trust in subject matter expertise.

Self Reliance and Introspection

A quick review of 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius.

This is Water

“A commencement address from David Foster Wallace, 2005.”