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The financial milestone that convinces you to make a change. Whether it's $7k or $10 million, the story you tell yourself about the number matters more than the math.
Nadia Asparouhova's Antimemetics is about ideas that resist spreading. It gave me a new way to see how The Pathless Path spread, slowly, one reader at a time.
Self-employed people obsess over monthly recurring revenue because salaried work has wired us to need a steady paycheck. What if we're chasing the wrong thing?
Two AI researchers on why ambitious objectives can block discovery, and why stepping stones matter more. My take and favorite highlights.
How the 1854 London cholera outbreak reveals a timeless pattern: established experts cling to wrong ideas for decades, from miasma theory to Covid airborne denial.
My 2024 annual review: writing and publishing Good Work, deepening into fatherhood, finding a StrategyU operator, and preparing to leave Austin for Asia.
Whyte predicted workaholism, work-life balance debates, and the security-obsessed employee in 1956. A review of the book that decoded the source code of modern work culture.
After 8 years self-employed across 4 states and multiple countries, here are my best hacks for navigating US healthcare without an employer.
People ask if society would fall apart if everyone followed the pathless path. It won't. 95% of people aren't interested. I'm writing for the weirdos who already know.
What I took from David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs in 2018, what I think now, my favorite highlights, and the guide from my 2018 virtual book club.
Four data-driven insights from Just Keep Buying that challenge common fears about spending, saving, retirement, and how rich you already are.
There are question people who love the uncertainty of not knowing, and answer people who already have their minds made up. Knowing which one you are changes everything.