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We're too legible
Legibility runs the world, but illegibility keeps us human. Protect it.
Aug 27
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Jeff Giesea
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The boomer reckoning no one's ready for
The boomer era is ending. How we manage the transition will shape the future of America and other Western democracies.
Aug 14
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Is autonomous technology key to American renewal?
Peter Banks and I put the idea to test
Aug 12
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Jeff Giesea
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Peter Banks
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Paris made me jump in
A dip in the Seine did more for my climate views than Shepard Fairey ever could
Aug 8
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Jeff Giesea
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July 2025
Toxic Achievement Zombies
Addicted to gold stars, stuck in status games — and finding a way out
Jul 16
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Jeff Giesea
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What songs are on your life's playlist?
Here are some of mine — and what I learned from building it
Jul 7
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Jeff Giesea
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June 2025
Delete or die
Against the tyranny of total digital memory
Jun 28
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Jeff Giesea
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An offer to aspiring gay dads and IVF parents, in honor of Father's Day
Reach out if you need a resource
Jun 15
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Jeff Giesea
23
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Middle Son of California
Immigration, identity, and spectacle in the Golden State — a personal reflection
Jun 11
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Jeff Giesea
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May 2025
Let me be sad, goddamnit!
on toxic positivity and emotional space
May 18
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Jeff Giesea
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A new school dad archetype
"Lion Dads" are the new Tiger Moms
May 9
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Jeff Giesea
24
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Men in the Glennon Doyle chat
dispatch from the latest Substack drama - and why identity gatekeeping no longer works
May 3
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Jeff Giesea
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