An ode to craft
Plus: The power of empathy and the tragedy of prevention (#531)
Special Books Edition
What's a book you wished you discovered sooner?
Welcome to the deeply bizarre now-now-soon
Plus: The value of moral ambition and why you're more likely to die on your birthday (#530)
Say the word
Plus: Being grateful for grief, Emojis in court and China's falling emissions (#529)
Facts and Egopinions
Plus: Understanding the Iberian blackout, India-Pakistan tensions, and 48 Things Women Hear In A Lifetime (#528)
The voices of 30 survivors
Plus: intensive parenting, global ambitions, and scaffolding for future thinking (#527)
Ready to go out into the big wide world
Also: You should open this newsletter right now, I'll explain why (#526)
What the comfort class doesn't get
State terror and how to find work you love (#525)
Back from the dead 🐺
Plus: borrowed beats, loaned lyrics, and the little hand that is everywhere. (#524)
Manosphere meets atmosphere
AI, DEI and why you shouldn't get surgery today. (#523)
Adolescence
Plus: A great new podcast series on the secret plot to invade Ukraine (#522)
Lonely but beautiful actions
Plus: the hidden power of introverts, and how AI is polluting the web (#221)