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Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under writing writing Everything filed under America America Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Making dramatic claims about contemplative experience helps sustain interest in a topic that is otherwise fairly dull. Making dramatic claims about contemplativeexperience helps sustain interest in atopic that is otherwise fairly dull. Last stated 3 weeks ago 1 Sept 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A well-functioning contemplative practice should feel like an engaging encounter with mystery rather than a chore. — tap to centre the map on it A well-functioning contemplativepractice should feel like anengaging encounter with mysteryrather than a chore. Last stated 5 months ago 25 Apr 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-04-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Practicing meditation for methods rather than for results is one of the most important principles in contemplative practice. — tap to centre the map on it Practicing meditation for methodsrather than for results is one ofthe most important principles incontemplative practice. Last stated 4 months ago 11 May 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-05-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: One good story outweighs a mountain of evidence, because most emotions cannot be argued with. — tap to centre the map on it One good story outweighs a mountainof evidence, because most emotionscannot be argued with. Last stated 8 months ago 20 Jan 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-01-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: There are more profound states of transformation available to a person beyond the ordinary benefits of everyday meditative practice. — tap to centre the map on it There are more profound states oftransformation available to a personbeyond the ordinary benefits ofeveryday meditative practice. Last stated 3 weeks ago 1 Sept 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best sign that a subject is worth writing about is that you are interested in it and nobody else is. — tap to centre the map on it The best sign that a subject isworth writing about is that you areinterested in it and nobody else is. Last stated 9 months ago 15 Dec 2025 ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cultural focus on psychological health, meditation included, is one of the great obstacles to human progress. — tap to centre the map on it A cultural focus on psychologicalhealth, meditation included, is oneof the great obstacles to humanprogress. Last stated 4 years ago 7 Feb 2023 AG Alexey Guzey — no longer holds since 2023-02-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Telling people that something is good or fun accomplishes nothing; the posters and campaigns that do it only vibrate the air. — tap to centre the map on it Telling people that something isgood or fun accomplishes nothing;the posters and campaigns that do itonly vibrate the air. Last stated 4 years ago 14 Mar 2023 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Damaging experiences from meditation usually happen because practitioners chase results instead of following the method. — tap to centre the map on it Damaging experiences from meditationusually happen because practitionerschase results instead of followingthe method. Last stated 4 months ago 11 May 2026 SC Sasha Chapin — holds since 2026-05-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it A backlash against women's economicrise is not automatic; it happensonly where politicians choose tomobilise it. Last stated 2 years ago 1 Dec 2024 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country without cultural unity struggles to provide public goods, because its politics turns into an ethnic spoils system. — tap to centre the map on it A country without cultural unitystruggles to provide public goods,because its politics turns into anethnic spoils system. Last stated 5 months ago 9 Apr 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A two-state solution is no longer possible; that boat has sailed. — tap to centre the map on it A two-state solution is no longerpossible; that boat has sailed. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Nov 2023 JM John Mearsheimer — holds since 2023-11-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers withgenerated prose instead of links isnot a web browser but an anti-webbrowser, and it hides thatsubstitution from the person usingit. Last stated 11 months ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft is necessarily bad, and that is exactly why one has to be written. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft is necessarily bad,and that is exactly why one has tobe written. Last stated 4 years ago 12 Oct 2022 AK Austin Kleon — holds since 2022-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 4 weeks ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Chinese crewed landing on the Moon before America returns would be a defeat for the free world. — tap to centre the map on it A Chinese crewed landing on the Moonbefore America returns would be adefeat for the free world. Last stated a month ago 18 Aug 2026 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2025-10-31 — tap for who they are EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are
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