I know why the mathematicians weep(derekthompson.org)

342 points by RickJWagner 11 days ago | 561 comments

Derek Thompson essay on his Substack about technological grief, using mathematicians' reactions to AI advances as a lens.

A library of words: Discovering Roget's Thesaurus (2023)(austinkleon.substack.com)

35 points by NaOH 1 year ago | 7 comments

Ted Chiang: The Secret Third Thing(linch.substack.com)

262 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 122 comments

Bébé Bibliophile(ymeskhout.com)

32 points by Michelangelo11 2 years ago | 14 comments

Growing up in “404 Not Found”: China's nuclear city in the Gobi Desert(substack.com)

781 points by Vincent_Yan404 10 months ago | 347 comments

A Substack memoir about growing up in a classified Chinese atomic bomb base in the Gobi Desert, a city known as "404" that was never on maps.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1923)(poets.org)

266 points by keepamovin 1 year ago | 82 comments