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People don't work as much as you think
There is a persistent idea that people work 40 hours a week. They don't, and if you try to do this it will break you. Here are some more reasonable…
David R. MacIver
Jan 28
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How to do everything
Many things that seem hard you actually just lack an easy insight into, and it's worth spending some time investigating what those insights might be.
David R. MacIver
May 5, 2021
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In Defence of Half-Arsing
Hi everyone, After overthinking overthinking last week I thought this week I’d talk about something that seems like (but isn’t) its opposite…
David R. MacIver
Sep 15, 2020
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Labelling Feelings 101
Would you like to know about how feelings work? Because this is a long piece about how feelings work and how to recognise yours.
David R. MacIver
Nov 23, 2021
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A Fractal of Lies
Hi everyone, I’d like to start by telling you two interesting problems I’ve come across recently. Lies, Sex, and Academia Back in 1928, Margaret Meade…
David R. MacIver
Feb 18, 2021
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Life as Nonproductive Act
I would like not to become a productivity guru, so here is a newsletter entry about why we need to reject the very idea of productivity.
David R. MacIver
May 18, 2020
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Looking for dragons drives progress
What sorts of problems create innovations? Bell Labs seems like a pretty central example, and I argue that a lot of why they were as successful as they…
David R. MacIver
Mar 17
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Education by punishment
Being part of society requires certain skills. Unfortunately, while we are happy to require these skills of people, we often completely fail to teach…
David R. MacIver
Apr 4
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How to make easy decisions
Many decisions we have to make on a day to day basis are much easier than we treat them as. This is a partial guide to how you can recognise that and…
David R. MacIver
Oct 27, 2021
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The first hard choice
Sometimes you just start writing a newsletter about a neat little metaphor and end up screaming onto the page. Sorry.
David R. MacIver
Nov 9, 2021
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You should complain about it
Mondays, am I right? This is a letter about why you should complain about your problems to your coworkers.
David R. MacIver
Jun 8, 2020
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How to understand groups of people
You can't just think of people as rational actors responding to incentives, but you also you can't ignore incentives. The solution is to think in terms…
David R. MacIver
Feb 10
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