The Snail Shell

Name of the Year is going on now, down to the Sweet Sixteen. Current status: - Bulltron Regional is a powerhouse. Looks like Salami Bless...

You can too, if you're so inclined:  https://samharris.org/podcasts/123-identity-honesty/ . If you're not, please ignore this whole...

Podcast interview with Dan Pink, pop-psych author; mentioned how he finds writing a book proposal really helpful because it helps him think...

In this case, it's Annihilation. Sci fi/horror movie about an area in Florida that has become kind of shimmery, and nobody who goes in ...

Like, I sweat Gilliam's movies pretty hard. Ask Tati about Brazil. I like it much more than I should. I'll go out of my way to tell...

I heard him on Sam Harris's podcast (who I also  have mixed feelings about but often agree with) and Harris had basically the same iss...

Being an adult has a lot more upsides than being a kid. It's kinda harder too, and in different dimensions than being a kid was hard. L...

There should be a code you can adhere to in order to signal "I am sincere, and probably not going to make things worse." Somethin...

Starting soon after the Trump election, I started posting, then curating/coordinating, a daily email list of advocacy things. I also subscr...

Christianity has a lot of good things about it, a lot of Christians are wonderful, etc. As a highschoolman, I talked to some teachers (some...

(feel free to apply Betteridge's Law ) (also: note that I discuss nonexistence, and suicide in passing, and if you'd rather not re...

Subtitle: I've probably explained all this already but money has such an effect on our world that I feel compelled to get my thoughts d...

(the megastar being David Byrne.) Tour's coming to Oakland and San Jose. Oakland's easy to get to, San Jose a bit farther. I hea...

(Spoilers for season 4 all over the place!) I watch Black Mirror for a couple reasons. I don't really need it to get depressed; I can...

Three famous, influential, VC/tech guys: Sam Altman: this Anil Dash: this Benedict Evans: this ... and it devolves from there. A weir...

Specifically this one: " Millennials are screwed " I don't have a ton to add, and it's got the annoying scrolly whizban...

Statsteraunt Okay, you know how sometimes there's a "M.P." on fancy menus? "Market Price." For a lobster or somet...

A few stories, and forgive me if I'm repeating myself: 1. Greg Boyle :  A really cool interview with Fr. Greg Boyle , a Jesuit priest...

Something is wrong on the internet by James Bridle He tells an interesting, and weird, and interesting-because-it's-weird true sto...

this was awesome . shout out to todd, ram, and aaron. dj jazzy jeff gordon ramsay snow white walker texas ranger rick james franco harris...