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The Unexpected Side Effects of Recording Memories With Your Ray-Bans
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Saturation
Balancing Themes Across an Essay
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Resurrections On-Demand
Put LSD Back in the Communion Wine
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Flash Feedback
Deconstructed #2 (How to Edit like a Comedian)
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Margin Matchmaker
Don’t use AI to automate your prose, use it to automate your research.
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Deconstructed #1
Reverse outlines, 93% rewritten, inline footnotes, two-column writing, and editing with your tongue. Lessons from “The 1,000 Day Molt.”
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The 1,000 Day Molt
How to Make Decisions Like an Insect
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Substack or Bust
A centralized blogging platform has evolved into the 'trifecta for online writers.' What are the consequences of not joining?
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Typewriter Essays
A collection of one-page essays I wrote out on my typewriter.
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What's in a Kerouac sentence?
Simple sentences are great. But once in a while, a meandering river in the middle of your essay can really ring the soul.
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