List one task, do it, cross it out(oliverburkeman.com)
395 points by Tomte | 148 comments
Oliver Burkeman essay on a productivity technique: write down one task, do it, cross it out, and repeat, inspired by his calm in crises.
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Writing summaries is more important than reading more books(andreasfragner.com)
350 points by 42point2 | 152 comments
Andreas Fragner's blog post arguing that writing summaries of good books yields more comprehension than reading more books.
Maladaptive Frugality(herbertlui.net)
195 points by herbertl | 222 comments
Mea Culpa – Dark Hours(blog.terrygodier.com)
568 points by satvikpendem | 255 comments
Terry Godier's blog post apologizing for problems with Dark Hours, a website he launched to show what can be seen in the night sky.
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I don't want to read what you didn't write(blog.colinbreck.com)
952 points by mooreds | 394 comments
Colin Breck's blog essay arguing against reading AI-generated writing such as design documents and summaries, and describing where he finds AI useful.
Do your own writing(alexhwoods.com)
690 points by karimf | 222 comments
Blog post by Alex Woods arguing against using LLMs to write documents and essays, since writing is a way to think and build trust.
Writing summaries is more important than reading more books(andreasfragner.com)
350 points by 42point2 | 152 comments
Andreas Fragner's blog post arguing that writing summaries of good books yields more comprehension than reading more books.
Quality non-fiction books are the antithesis of AI slop(resobscura.substack.com)
463 points by benbreen | 222 comments
Benjamin Breen's Res Obscura essay arguing quality non-fiction books counter AI slop, introducing a vibe-coded tool indexing prize-winning books.
There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy(experimental-history.com)
59 points by luu | 31 comments
An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.
The upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis is the loss of community(afterbabel.com)
684 points by throwup238 | 627 comments
An After Babel Substack essay by Seth Kaplan arguing that the loss of community is the upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis.