The best financial advice I can give you is to sell your car
This post from Hanna Horvath is such an incredible piece on the *total* costs of car ownership -> https://yourbrainonmoney.substack.com/p/the-best-financial-advice-i-can-give
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Ordinary Abundance
What a beautiful website & a beautiful reminder of the absolute abundance that many of us live with compared to our very recent ancestors – https://ordinaryabundance.com/
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US Energy Cost Explorer
US Energy Cost Explorer is a classic website that takes open, publicly available data on energy costs and makes it usable, useful & interesting – https://energy-maps.com/
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The End of an Era [for Writers] via Hugh Howey
I thought this post was an evergreen take amongst the white hot discourse -> https://hughhowey.com/the-end-of-an-era/
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A Philosopher’s One-Word Theory for Why the World Feels So Weird
Derek Thompson interviewed Agnes Callard about the idea of the unicontext. I thought it was a useful framework for thinking…
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Doing More is Often Easier
Doing more is often easier -> https://www.raptitude.com/2025/04/doing-more-is-often-easier/
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It’s All a Blog. It’s All a Post.
A newsletter-shaped-blog, or a blog-shaped-newsletter? -> https://buttondown.com/blog/blog-vs-newsletter
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Lewi Blake – Remote Bikepacking Adventures on YouTube
Lewi Blake is a travel vlogger unlike anyone I’ve ever seen. He’s just an independent guy with some camera gear, a sense of storytelling, a skill for editing, and the wherewithal to post it to YouTube.
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The Wonder of Modern Drywall by Yassine Meskhout
We take the modern world completely for granted -> https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/the-wonder-of-modern-drywall?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ_F90_8PNfpEYF00xv8NJPA
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Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and the Reading Unlock
Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and the Reading Unlock -> https://www.readtrung.com/p/warren-buffett-and-the-reading-unlock
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What the actual science says about “brain rot”
I love the channel Howtown on YouTube. They do an excellent job wading through academic research on trendy topics. This piece on “Brain Rot” is especially apt for the 2020s.
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Where Do the Children Play? via eli Stark-Elster
The biggest misconception about American childhood -> https://unpublishablepapers.substack.com/p/where-do-the-children-play
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Why Japanese companies do so many different things
Fascinating business case study -> https://davidoks.blog/p/why-japanese-companies-do-so-many
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You’re Lonely Because You Keep Your Options Open via Parlour
Very interesting take on committing to social events -> https://www.parlour.fm/issues/youre-lonely-because-you-keep-your-options-open
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I Have a Few Questions
Very thought-provoking -> I have a few questions by Morgan Housel
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