David Bauer

Despair is unproductive

+ Well-behaved bubbles and above-average humans (#419)

Sigh of relief

+ An astonishing map, good reasons to quit and a decent dose of optimism (#418)

Low bar, surprisingly cleared

+ Despair is a luxury, phone calls are torture (#417)

Free in ways you’re not

+ The most powerful person in the world and how he plans to change the world (#416)

Crypto...but hear me out

+ Meet some people who are changing the world for the better (#415)

How Far We've Come

+ The value of throwing soup, the whitest white and a moment of magic in a text editor (#414)

How the war ends

Also: Humans playing god and listening to audiobooks (#413)

Citizen Future

An issue about the future – with citizens, without Putin, with hope, without sex (#412)

Vanguards of the Revolution

Accidents don't exist — neither do cognitive biases (#411)

Why so many people got so many things so wrong about Ukraine

If you're somewhat tired of reading, this is a great issue for you. (#410)

Maybe we shouldn't have...

+ Pricing Psychology, Plant Pandemics and even recommendations that don't start with a P (#409)

Think global, eat from the microwave

+ Learning to love the Killers (maybe) and 36 Ways to Live Differently (#408)

guest curated

Special Delivery: Making sense of AI applications

🙋‍♀️ Guest curated by Kate Darling, a leading expert in robot ethics.

We're not ready

+ Some advice on reading more of what you'd like to read (#407)

Friendships are hard

Are you up for a little challenge?

Let's try something new, shall we? By the end of the year, I'd like to have at least one reader in every country on Earth. This community of readers is large and strong enough that I think we can make it happen, together. As of this month, people from 95

What the West knew

+ Shattered dreams of immortality, 20 Questions for self-reflecion, a bingeworthy podcast (#405)

The true silent majority

+ One of the most moving articles I've ever read (#404)

🏝 Summer Edition #2

Five highlights from the year so far, two book recommendations and a podcast to binge on

🏝 Summer Edition #1

Five highlights from the year so far, two book recommendations and a podcast to binge on.

A unique perspective

+ The world's top thinkers, The universe for laypeople, How to be more creative (#403)

A profound feeling of...what?

+ The meaning of life, Making remote work work, One of the coolest applications of augmented reality I've seen so far (#402)

guest curated

Special Delivery: Solutions

🙋‍♂️ Guest curated by Peter Yeung, award-winning freelance journalist.

Monkey Shortage

+ An impossible riddle, Nuclear scenarios, Absurd trolley problems (#401)

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How to stop abortions, new solutions for the climate crisis, dealing with imposter syndrome, and more...