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If Humans Stop Dying, What Happens to Religion?
This episode takes up a question encountered in a newsletter: if humans stop dying, what happens to religion?
It traces the idea that every major reli…
5 hours ago
A Book That Made Me Rethink What We Should Stop Doing
This episode reflects on a book about small business strategy — and what it means to deliberately subtract, not just add.
The book in question was fou…
15 hours ago
Watching Yoshida Katsunori on YouTube — as a cave explorer
This episode looks at a video from cave explorer Yoshida Katsunori, and two ideas from it that refuse to stay underground.
The first is his definition…
2 days ago
What Attempting a Backflip Taught Me About Which Parts of Me Are Still Young
This episode looks at what a failed backflip attempt revealed about how the body maintains only what it's asked to maintain — and how quietly everyth…
3 days, 2 hours ago
What I've Noticed Since Starting to Wear the Oura Ring 5
This episode looks at what a wearable ring reveals that a wrist-based tracker doesn't — specifically, how wearing the Oura Ring 5 brought sleep data …
4 days, 2 hours ago
Korea, Day One. Keep Going, Quietly.
This episode looks at what comes up during a sourcing trip to Seoul — specifically an unannounced visit to a brand's head office that turned into an …
4 days, 22 hours ago
Curiosity, Slightly Stronger Than Fear
This episode reflects on an idea encountered while reading: that the goal isn't to eliminate anxiety, but to be able to move forward while carrying i…
5 days, 23 hours ago
Surrounded by Rain, Yet Running Dry
This episode looks at the gap between how a place appears and what it quietly depends on — prompted by a visit to Singapore's Changi Airport, with it…
1 week ago
From Drug Lord's Kingdom to Tea Country. And Now, a Hub for Scams.
This episode follows a thread of curiosity that began with spare time in Bangkok — a casual look into the Golden Triangle that kept unraveling long a…
1 week, 1 day ago
Will AI Become the New Oil?
This episode looks at a recent news story — OpenAI apparently proposing to transfer five percent of its equity to the U.S. government — and follows t…
1 week, 1 day ago