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On selective agency in capable people
May 28, 2025
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How to be more agentic
On a supposedly difficult thing
Jan 10, 2024
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Nate w/Cate Hall on her new book, "You Can Just Do Things"
A recording from Cate Hall and Nate Silver's live video
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How to be more agentic
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How to increase your surface area for luck
Jul 23, 2025
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50 things I know
Jul 30, 2025
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How to instantly be better at things
Jul 16, 2025
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Are you stuck in movie logic?
Jun 18, 2025
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Learn to love the Moat of Low Status
Jul 2, 2025
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Find a way
Don't let reality reject you
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Do you know your default shape?
Notes on a concept we've been exploring together
May 27
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Agency is for sociopaths
But it doesn't have to be
May 20
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Until you get punched in the face
On the dangers of being self-enamored
May 13
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Writing a book is a labor of love
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Apr 1
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Do Less.
My year of magical not-thinking
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The lies I used to tell myself
I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger
Jan 23
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The seam through the center of things
On addiction, God, and grace
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