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April 9, 2026
The Ten Commandments of the New AI Religion
This is the creepy creed of our time
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April 7, 2026
Tells Us What You're Doing
Today is open mic day at The Honest Broker
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April 5, 2026
How to Read the Great Books in 52 Weeks
A conversation on my humanities reading program
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April 2, 2026
New Music Is Slowly Dying
It's getting murdered by its own caretakers
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April 1, 2026
I'm Recommending 14 New Albums
Here are some of my favorite recordings of 2026 (so far)
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March 30, 2026
Everything You Expect Is Missing in 'Project Hail Mary'
And that's for the better
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March 28, 2026
The Story of My Mysterious Pain
I never talked about my pain. But it kept getting worse and worse.
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March 26, 2026
Four Steps to Hell
Can this really be the aesthetic vision of the 21st century?
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March 23, 2026
Montaigne and the Origins of Substack
Self-publishing has a glorious history—but what's coming next is even better
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March 20, 2026
The Strangest Book in Harvard Library
100 years ago, Arthur Inman decided to write the most brutally honest and explicit diary in history—so he hired people to tell him their intimate secrets
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March 18, 2026
The Shock of the Old
What happens when everything is a reboot?
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March 13, 2026
Can a 100-Year-Old Mouse Save Disney?
And other recent jottings in my journal
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March 10, 2026
AI Actress Tilly Norwood Drops a Video—and It's Cringe on Steroids
"At least Skynet was honest about trying to erase humanity..."
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March 9, 2026
Is Spotify Enabling Massive Impersonation of Famous Jazz Musicians?
How did trumpet legend Nat Adderley become a white guy playing with a three-handed bassist?
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March 6, 2026
Why Are Tech Bros Watching Videos at 3x Speed
Our culture might be boring but it sure is fast
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March 3, 2026
Being Human Is Cool Again
As AI saturates everyday life, people are seeking refuge in flesh-and-blood alternatives—from bookstore signings to vinyl record sales, writes Ted Gioia.
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March 3, 2026
The Real Story Behind 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'
How this book was written is as strange as the novel itself
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February 28, 2026
My 24 Rules for Reading
These have been invaluable for me. Maybe they will help you too.
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February 26, 2026
The New Cool Thing: Being Human
The new jobs won't be in coding, but for curators, concierges, caregivers, conversationalists, and other flesh-and-blood alternatives to bots and algorithms.
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February 23, 2026
In the New Toy Story Movie, Toys Lose Their Jobs to AI
The tech backlash is now mainstream—and even tech companies are joining in
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February 21, 2026
How Jeffrey Epstein Became a Public Intellectual
It's amazing what money can buy nowadays
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February 19, 2026
30 Facts about Childhood Today that Will Terrify You
Why are we doing this to our kids?
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February 16, 2026
The Live Music Event That Changed My Life
I met my destiny, and nothing would be the same afterwards
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February 13, 2026
All This Has Happened in Just the Last 15 Days...
This isn't the future. It's happening now. And you can't afford to ignore it.
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February 9, 2026
My Favorite Music for Meditation
Ten hours of trance-inducing music
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February 7, 2026
What I Learned from Binge-Watching Cowboy Movies
I hated cowboys when I was a youngster. But then something changed.
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February 3, 2026
Did I Call the Bubble Top?
And what happens next?
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February 1, 2026
I'm Recommending 12 New YouTube Videos
Let's support indie voices instead of Netflix
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January 30, 2026
My Warning About AI Music from 1988
Did I get it wrong or right? You tell me.
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January 28, 2026
25 Ways to Destroy a Community
Do we really want to live like this?
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