Unconventional life advice

Let me be sad, goddamnit!

on toxic positivity and emotional space

May 18 •

How to thrive in the simulacra

Finding our humanity in a hyperreal world

Apr 30 •

Agency is the new superpower

With AI, intelligence is no longer scarce — but agency is. This has implications.

Mar 14 •

Finding grace in Salt Lake City

a dispatch from the Wasatch

Feb 27 •

You need to come out to yourself right now

Being honest with ourselves is the highest form of self-care — reflections on the book, The Wedding People

Jan 14 •

Yep, I'm almost 50

coming out of my middle-aged closet

Dec 19, 2024 •

Being kind is a daily, revolutionary, existential struggle

Nov 20, 2024 •

On the knife's edge of hope and despair

sometimes surrendering to helplessness in the face of a loved one's struggles is the only way to help. and it doesn't mean giving up — it can be an act…

Oct 6, 2024 •

Stop making your values generic and boring

Make them spiky and sensory, and bring them to life

Apr 13, 2024 •

Tell the beautiful truth, not the brutal truth

A rule to live by.

Apr 9, 2024 •

Be the elite you wish to see

The folly of populism and why we need to reconceptualize elitism

Mar 18, 2024 •

Marc Andreessen's billionaire bubble

Engage your critics, accelerate your growth

Oct 24, 2023 •

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