"Things can be basically good, even when circumstances are difficult... ...The secret to all [to being open to our lived experience] is hiding in plain sight. Your feeling, both the capacity for feeling and whatever you feel at any moment in particular, is what makes extraordinary experiences like [being grateful in any situation] commonplace. And they are already … Continue reading Full of Feeling in Any Situation
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Owning vs. Having
https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1650145537683759104?s=20 I enjoyed this quite a bit, also available as a Substack article.
A Turning Point in Cancer
"The narrative has been incubating for many years, but in recent days we are witnessing some extraordinary progress in treating and monitoring cancer. The convergence of genomics of the cancer—be it from the person’s DNA or tumor directly or the blood (known as liquid biopsy)—matched with the appropriate therapy is leading to outcomes that are … Continue reading A Turning Point in Cancer
Over the Long Term: Good Market > Good Team
"These data points made me think about an important piece of advice that a well respected hedge fund manager once told me — most of your financial returns will come from the markets you select to invest in, rather than the actual securities you decide to hold. Another way to think about it is through … Continue reading Over the Long Term: Good Market > Good Team
The Internet of Grift (Non-Fungible Tokens Edition)
"The moment that something has bubbled up to the surface long enough for it to establish real value is the exact moment at which those engineering the system for their profit are planning to exit or have already left. All of the flashy press has likely died down due to the market cap crashing from … Continue reading The Internet of Grift (Non-Fungible Tokens Edition)
L.M. Sacasas’s The Questions Concerning Technology
If you find the list below interesting, you could always subscribe to his newsletter, and as with all Substack newsletters, it can be turned into an RSS feed by adding /feed to the main url, like so: https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/feed. Don't know what RSS is? There's a post for that. h/t to Alan Jacobs for the reminder. … Continue reading L.M. Sacasas’s The Questions Concerning Technology
You Don’t Need (To Complain About) Substack
"Our timing was nearly perfect—a mere two weeks after we wrote our joint essay, Substack had a huge controversy, and is now facing a backlash. Writers are thinking of jumping ship and looking for ideas for what to do next. I’ve been doing this without a net for a while, and I have a few … Continue reading You Don’t Need (To Complain About) Substack
80 Best Single Operator Newsletters
Exactly what it says on the tin. Reminder, substack letters can be put into an rss reader by adding feed to the end of the URL, e.g.: https://numlock.substack.com/feed https://www.insidehook.com/feature/internet/best-single-operator-email-newsletters-internet
