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Meta-Note: I’m sorry it’s been so long between articles; for better or worse writing here is something that I do for fun, and sometimes work and family…
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My father’s father was by all accounts a really bitter-hearted sort of person. I say “by all accounts” because I hardly knew him; he had at some point…
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There once was a guy who was very, very broke. To be clear, he wasn’t the brokest guy you’ve ever heard of. There were poorer people (he knew some…
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OK, so, there’s this thing where if you write a bunch you hope you eventually build up some trust with your audience. You try to be generally reliable…
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I once wrote an article about being poor, and I started it out with a story about a friend who had spent some time explaining to my wife (who, at the…
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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor; even if I’m 100% right in my argument and you are 100% convinced by it, you shouldn’t listen to me over actual doctors…
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Author disclaimer: As always, keep in mind that I am at best some random guy on the internet. This article deals with food safety - my official…
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Edit Alert: During the process of this article, some people more knowledgeable than me on one of the questions popped up - I’ve edited the article a bit…
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The other day Scott Alexander wrote a piece focusing on a few of the various jhana states of meditation. This falls pretty firmly into the category of…
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I don’t normally care that much about the titles of my articles, to the point where this is one of the leading complaints about my work. “How dare he…
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A while back, I wrote about being poor. I think it’s an interesting thing to talk about, so I can’t pretend that I didn’t think it would do well. What I…
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Like pet cats, there are some articles you choose, while others choose you. This is one of the examples of an article that was foisted on me…
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