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best books of 2024
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Culture
30
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Anthropological Intelligence
AI Ascendant
Tech
29
Dec
Life Cannot Be Delegated
The Convivial Society
Culture
23
Dec
2024: A Year In Review
Karan Sharma
Tech
20
Dec
The Amazonification of Public Space
Kneeling Bus
Culture
20
Dec
The Mannheim Steamroller Version of "Deck the Halls" Is Insufferable and I Will Fight Anyone Who Disagrees
Scott Smitelli
Tech
19
Dec
Miss Me?
Better Letter
Finance
11
Dec
To Hell With Good Intentions, Silicon Valley Edition
The Convivial Society
Culture
11
Dec
The Computational Web
From Jason
Tech
11
Dec
Why are my best friends Jewish?
Derek Sivers
Life
10
Dec
Inconsistency as a service
AI Ascendant
Tech
10
Dec
One big choice shapes a hundred more
Derek Sivers
Life
09
Dec
in praise of writing on the internet
Personal Canon
Culture
09
Dec
Arguing Is Bullshit
Everything is Bullshit
Psychology
06
Dec
Come and get me (both you and AI)
Derek Sivers
Life
05
Dec
I’m in the final third of my life
Derek Sivers
Life
03
Dec
Self-guaranteeing promises
Steph Ango
Design
01
Dec
December 2024
Maggie Appleton
Design
November 2024
18
essays
28
Nov
Bluesky may have the juice, but we don't have to drink the Kool-Aid
From Jason
Tech
27
Nov
The Enclosure of the Human Psyche
The Convivial Society
Culture
26
Nov
I love the contradiction of religions
Derek Sivers
Life
25
Nov
It turns out technology isn’t the future. Fertility is.
Pilgrims in the Machine
Culture
25
Nov
The first time I met someone who believes in God
Derek Sivers
Life
22
Nov
Large Chainsaw Model
Scott Smitelli
Tech
20
Nov
Amulets Against the Spirits of the Age
The Convivial Society
Culture
18
Nov
Dismissed!
Derek Sivers
Life
16
Nov
I hated Dubai until I learned about it
Derek Sivers
Life
15
Nov
The Fake Fixation
Scott Smitelli
Tech
15
Nov
To question is to consider, not refute
Derek Sivers
Life
12
Nov
Imagination Is Bullshit
Everything is Bullshit
Psychology
12
Nov
Rats are surprisingly sweet pets
Derek Sivers
Life
11
Nov
We don’t need to use what we make
Derek Sivers
Life
08
Nov
Beijing braces for impact: What Trump 2.0 might mean for US-China relations
High Capacity
Economics
08
Nov
Vapid Vibes: What does our culture want us to want?
Pilgrims in the Machine
Culture
04
Nov
Wall Street Investors Enter Single Family Rentals
Arpitrage
Economics
01
Nov
Crisis and Revelation
Ever Not Quite
Tech
October 2024
10
essays
30
Oct
How I use LLMs
Karan Sharma
Tech
21
Oct
The AI Curse is Coming for the Creator's Economy
Pilgrims in the Machine
Culture
15
Oct
Bullshit Is a Choice
Everything is Bullshit
Psychology
12
Oct
Snapshots: Quotations about Photography
Ever Not Quite
Tech
07
Oct
Graph Paper
James Randall
Tech
05
Oct
Strange Shadows [Part II]
Ever Not Quite
Tech
05
Oct
Aesthetic Command Lines with Hyper, Spaceship, and Oh My Zsh
Maggie Appleton
Design
04
Oct
Age of Invention: The Coal Conquest
Age of Invention
History
03
Oct
Meta's Toaster Problem
From Jason
Tech
02
Oct
Decentralised Open Indexes for Discovery (DOID)
Kailash Nadh
Tech
September 2024
9
essays
30
Sep
This is [my dead grandmother]'s special day!
Scott Smitelli
Tech
27
Sep
Strange Shadows [Part I]
Ever Not Quite
Tech
27
Sep
Wealth = Have ÷ Want
Derek Sivers
Life
20
Sep
Self Hosting Outline Wiki
Karan Sharma
Tech
15
Sep
Measuring Housing Regulations at Scale
Arpitrage
Economics
13
Sep
Tangentially, we can fix your raycaster.
Scott Smitelli
Tech
12
Sep
Data Piggy
From Jason
Tech
09
Sep
30 Useful Concepts about Bullshit
Everything is Bullshit
Psychology
08
Sep
Is Object vs Subject a Real Dichotomy?
Mosaics Newsletter
Philosophy
August 2024
13
essays
31
Aug
How to sync Mac and Linux /home
Derek Sivers
Life
27
Aug
Raw dog the open web!
From Jason
Tech
25
Aug
Transforming Consciousness: The Core of Human Nature
Mosaics Newsletter
Philosophy
22
Aug
If Your World Is Not Enchanted, You're Not Paying Attention
The Convivial Society
Culture
19
Aug
Competing in search
Benedict Evans
Tech
18
Aug
The Evolving Self: What Drives Our Own Transformation?
Mosaics Newsletter
Philosophy
14
Aug
On build in public and indie hacking communities
Dmitry Kudryavtsev
Tech
14
Aug
The Lesser 2024 Olympics Rankings
Scott Smitelli
Tech
14
Aug
How to make the best possible translation of a book?
Derek Sivers
Life
05
Aug
Embracing Sub-Optimal Relationships
The Convivial Society
Culture
04
Aug
How Would We Really Know if LLM is Conscious?
Mosaics Newsletter
Philosophy
02
Aug
The Network Time Protocol: What Times Are It?
Scott Smitelli
Tech
01
Aug
Re-sourcing the Mind
The Convivial Society
Culture
July 2024
14
essays
30
Jul
"Deep" Bullshit
Everything is Bullshit
Psychology
27
Jul
What We Lose When Machines Do the Writing
Ever Not Quite
Tech
25
Jul
A warped hall of mirrors: US-China competition and industrial policy
High Capacity
Economics
24
Jul
On software as an "in-discipline"
Kailash Nadh
Tech
12
Jul
What they do (not) teach you about Entrepreneurship in school
Dmitry Kudryavtsev
Tech
09
Jul
The AI summer
Benedict Evans
Tech
08
Jul
The VR winter continues
Benedict Evans
Tech
08
Jul
Money Is Bullshit
Everything is Bullshit
Psychology
07
Jul
The UK and French elections (The Platform)
Oliver Marc Hartwich
Economics
07
Jul
Leaving Elicit
Maggie Appleton
Design
05
Jul
One year of solopreneurship
Dmitry Kudryavtsev
Tech
01
Jul
Property Taxes and Housing Allocation under Financial Constraints
Arpitrage
Economics
01
Jul
July 2024
Maggie Appleton
Design
01
Jul
ScottSmitelli.com
Scott Smitelli
Tech
June 2024
19
essays
29
Jun
VoxEd
James Randall
Tech
29
Jun
Small WebGL Examples
Scott Smitelli
Tech
28
Jun
What can we remove?
Steph Ango
Design
27
Jun
Age of Invention: The Dutch Salten Age
Age of Invention
History
24
Jun
Certifying that M_127 is prime
Shreevatsa
Culture
24
Jun
Certifying that M_127 is prime
Shreevatsa
Culture
21
Jun
The sorry state of terminal support for Indic scripts (on macOS)
Shreevatsa
Culture
21
Jun
The sorry state of terminal support for Indic scripts (on macOS)
Shreevatsa
Culture
20
Jun
Apple intelligence and AI maximalism
Benedict Evans
Tech
14
Jun
Building an expense tracker app
Karan Sharma
Tech
13
Jun
Only Human
Better Letter
Finance
11
Jun
Is Effective Altruism Bullshit?
Everything is Bullshit
Psychology
11
Jun
The Work of Art
The Convivial Society
Culture
08
Jun
Building AI products
Benedict Evans
Tech
07
Jun
Value for Money
Better Letter
Finance
06
Jun
The state of New Zealand (Newstalk ZB)
Oliver Marc Hartwich
Economics
03
Jun
Knuth's program PERFECT-PARTITION-SQUARE
Shreevatsa
Culture
03
Jun
Knuth's program PERFECT-PARTITION-SQUARE
Shreevatsa
Culture
01
Jun
Highlights from "I spent 6 years developing a game in Rust and it just shipped, AMA"
Games by Mason
Tech
May 2024
28
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30
May
Finding What We’re Not Looking For
Better Letter
Finance
30
May
Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers
Maggie Appleton
Design
29
May
Learning from Switzerland (Reality Check Radio)
Oliver Marc Hartwich
Economics
26
May
The Rise of Rapid Regional Rail
Arpitrage
Economics
23
May
Every Highway
Better Letter
Finance
23
May
Avoidance Machines
Artificial Bureaucracy
History
22
May
Thank you, & the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase
Games by Mason
Tech
20
May
Way of Rhea Out Now!
Games by Mason
Tech
19
May
Way of Rhea releases tomorrow! - The End Game
Games by Mason
Tech
18
May
“All I Ever Need Is You”
Ever Not Quite
Tech
18
May
Contra Strong Towns
Arpitrage
Economics
18
May
Way of Rhea releases in 2 days! - The Professor's Biome
Games by Mason
Tech
18
May
How and why to make a /now page on your site
Derek Sivers
Life
17
May
The Necessary Leap
Better Letter
Finance
17
May
Way of Rhea releases in 3 days! - Rhea's Biome
Games by Mason
Tech
16
May
The Stuff of (a Well-Lived) Life
The Convivial Society
Culture
16
May
Way of Rhea releases in 4 days! - The Overworld
Games by Mason
Tech
15
May
Way of Rhea releases in 5 days! - Snow Crab's Biome
Games by Mason
Tech
14
May
Way of Rhea releases in 6 days! - Shrew's Biome
Games by Mason
Tech
13
May
Mediocrity as an Existential Risk
Everything is Bullshit
Psychology
13
May
Way of Rhea releases in 7 days!
Games by Mason
Tech
10
May
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Ever Not Quite
Tech
09
May
Fool's Errand
Better Letter
Finance
09
May
The Ambling Mind
The Convivial Society
Culture
09
May
Love is freedom
Steph Ango
Design
06
May
Belt and Road for New Zealand (NewstalkZB)
Oliver Marc Hartwich
Economics
04
May
Ways to think about AGI
Benedict Evans
Tech
01
May
Age of Invention: The Second Soul, Part II
Age of Invention
History
April 2024
11
essays
30
Apr
Faking William Morris, Generative Forgery, and the Erosion of Art History
Maggie Appleton
Design
29
Apr
AI and problems of scale
Benedict Evans
Tech
29
Apr
FireChat was a tool for revolution. Then it disappeared.
From Jason
Tech
26
Apr
Gaza, "Psyop Brain," and the Long Shadow of Russiagate
Artificial Bureaucracy
History
22
Apr
Manufactured niceness
Everything is Bullshit
Psychology
22
Apr
Way of Rhea - Release Date Announcement
Games by Mason
Tech
21
Apr
A Random Act of Kindness
Karan Sharma
Tech
19
Apr
Looking for AI use-cases
Benedict Evans
Tech
13
Apr
On Opening Essays, Conference Talks, and Jam Jars
Maggie Appleton
Design
12
Apr
the best book ever written
Derek Sivers
Life
03
Apr
Lavender, Military AI, and Technological Delegation
Artificial Bureaucracy
History
March 2024
30
essays
30
Mar
SprEd: New selection tools
James Randall
Tech
29
Mar
Control Group: Effective Altruism and the Technologization of Ethics
Ever Not Quite
Tech
28
Mar
Ben Kihnel
Derek Sivers
Life
27
Mar
Empire of Asphalt: Selecting ranges and creating zones
James Randall
Tech
27
Mar
Travelling with Tailscale
Karan Sharma
Tech
24
Mar
Empire of Asphalt: WebGL GUI with JSX
James Randall
Tech
23
Mar
The problem of AI ethics
Benedict Evans
Tech
23
Mar
New GDP figures (Newstalk ZB)
Oliver Marc Hartwich
Economics
22
Mar
Desire, Dopamine, and the Internet
The Convivial Society
Culture
22
Mar
Empire of Asphalt: Cameras and Picking
James Randall
Tech
21
Mar
Who cares about tech regulation?
Benedict Evans
Tech
18
Mar
Spinning Worlds, Seasickness, and Dealing with Vestibular Neuritis
Maggie Appleton
Design
17
Mar
A month of the Vision Pro
Benedict Evans
Tech
17
Mar
Elite: ECM and Energy Bomb
James Randall
Tech
17
Mar
Elite: Thargoids
James Randall
Tech
14
Mar
A Year of Bullshit
Everything is Bullshit
Psychology
12
Mar
Any Technology Indistinguishable From Magic is Hiding Something
From Jason
Tech
12
Mar
It shows what you need to believe
Derek Sivers
Life
11
Mar
A Collection of Design Engineers
Maggie Appleton
Design
11
Mar
AI gives the news you need
Derek Sivers
Life
10
Mar
Elite: Missiles
James Randall
Tech
09
Mar
Audio Versions Are Back
The Convivial Society
Culture
08
Mar
Secularization Comes For the Religion of Technology (Audio Version)
The Convivial Society
Culture
08
Mar
Age of Invention: The Second Soul, Part I
Age of Invention
History
08
Mar
How to learn JavaScript
Derek Sivers
Life
06
Mar
Vision Con (Audio Version)
The Convivial Society
Culture
05
Mar
Elite: Lasers and loadouts
James Randall
Tech
04
Mar
Learning to Receive the Day (Audio Version)
The Convivial Society
Culture
03
Mar
Elite: Asset loading optimisation
James Randall
Tech
02
Mar
Elite: Loading screen and game saves
James Randall
Tech
February 2024
14
essays
27
Feb
Empire of Asphalt: Landscape Part 1
James Randall
Tech
26
Feb
Earth is becoming sentient
Steph Ango
Design
24
Feb
Empire of Asphalt: Starting simple
James Randall
Tech
24
Feb
Elite: To do
James Randall
Tech
23
Feb
Checking in with P. G. Wodehouse
Shreevatsa
Culture
23
Feb
Checking in with P. G. Wodehouse
Shreevatsa
Culture
20
Feb
Elite: combat evolved
James Randall
Tech
19
Feb
Announcing the Way of Rhea Closed Beta!
Games by Mason
Tech
16
Feb
Does the common law deal with climate policy? (The Platform)
Oliver Marc Hartwich
Economics
13
Feb
Unlock a Housing Boom through Depreciation Bonuses
Arpitrage
Economics
11
Feb
Notes on a translation choice
Shreevatsa
Culture
11
Feb
Notes on a translation choice
Shreevatsa
Culture
10
Feb
100% user-supported
Steph Ango
Design
03
Feb
Remaking the app store
Benedict Evans
Tech
January 2024
12
essays
31
Jan
A first-class recitation of the Rāmāyaṇa
Shreevatsa
Culture
31
Jan
A first-class recitation of the Rāmāyaṇa
Shreevatsa
Culture
30
Jan
New Zealand's inflation outlook for 2024 (Newstalk ZB)
Oliver Marc Hartwich
Economics
30
Jan
Why FinTech Failed
Arpitrage
Economics
23
Jan
The Bronze Trade Origins of Cities
Arpitrage
Economics
19
Jan
Age of Invention: Unsung Materials
Age of Invention
History
10
Jan
One Billion Row Challenge in Go
Karan Sharma
Tech
08
Jan
Where have all the websites gone?
From Jason
Tech
04
Jan
The Two Reacts
Overreacted
Tech
03
Jan
Bloktoberfest— Some anticlimactic thoughts on blocking
From Jason
Tech
01
Jan
The Goods-Services Rotation Theory of Inflation
Arpitrage
Economics
01
Jan
How do we stop Meta in 2024? We fix the information loop
From Jason
Tech