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Human-shaped sensemaking
Why essays see what algorithms can't (the themes in The Best Internet Essays 2025)
Mar 22
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Winners of the $10k essay prize
Congrats to Tommy Dixon and the 10 finalists in our new print anthology, The Best Internet Essays 2025
Mar 11
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Michael Dean
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Quality is the transcendence of categories
Announcing the judges for the 2025 Essay Architecture Prize & the judging system that will shape the anthology
Nov 23, 2025
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Michael Dean
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$9 essay coach
The feedback you won't get from your friends, family, and chatbots
Oct 12, 2025
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Michael Dean
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What's it like to live in 2025?
In this post I cover the prompt for The Essay Architecture Prize, why I picked it, some approaches, our judging criteria, the rules, 50+ examples …
Sep 16, 2025
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Michael Dean
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Table of Contents
Essay Architecture (the whole book)
Sep 16, 2025
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Michael Dean
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I’m giving $10,000 to the best essay of 2025
And the finalists will get published in a printed Metalabel anthology (submit by 11/23/2025)
Sep 1, 2025
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Michael Dean
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Burn down your architecture
Why I rebuilt Essay Architecture from scratch
Aug 15, 2025
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Michael Dean
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Best American Essays?
Let's analyze composition across the 2024 anthology
Jan 31, 2025
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Michael Dean
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Year of the wiki
Essay Architecture undergoes a phase change
Jan 9, 2025
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Michael Dean
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Essay Writing as Personal Sovereignty
Shaping AI to preserve the slow craft of critical thought
Oct 29, 2024
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Michael Dean
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A Pattern Language
You don’t need templates, advice, rules, or Rick Rubin; you need to become fluent.
Oct 13, 2024
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Michael Dean
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