Sometimes, You Should Ignore The Studies (And Just Try The Thing)
For certain kinds of topics, average impact doesn't really matter.
Uri
How To Host A Gathering
One kind of gathering, and how to throw it
Model Models
How do you tell when someone's model is wrong?
Associational Value
It's not what you know, or who you know, it's being vaguely associated with prestigious orgs.
I'm Not That Great, Which Makes Me Feel Better
Sometimes, if you suck, that's better
It Exists Because You're Like That
If you were different, it would be different too
Forgiving Friends' Exes
Is it your job as the friend to be a little bit mad at them?
Easier Questions
Sometimes you have to come at things sideways.
Believe Experiences, Not Explanations
Experiences and explanations are separate things, and we have better reasons to think people understand their own experiences than that they reached the right explanations for those expereiences.
Loud & Wrong
Bourdain Statements: saying a false thing loudly to provoke other people to correct you.