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I watched "The Return" and it made me so mad, you guys
How could a movie starring a jacked Ralph Fiennes as an aging Odysseus possibly be bad? This is how.
Jun 26
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I watched "The Return" and it made me so mad, you guys
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May 2025
Now will never come again
Lessons from the philosophy of Jean-Luc Picard
May 30
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Ben Fowlkes
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Now will never come again
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How much of your life do you want a robot to live for you?
This week me and the big homie Chad Dundas got to talking about this story from New York Magazine. It’s about how AI and ChatGPT has already drastically…
May 11
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Ben Fowlkes
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How much of your life do you want a robot to live for you?
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April 2025
We don't know enough about life
Thinking about Vonnegut, Hamlet, and the absurdity of humanity after watching Katy Perry go to space with Jeff Bezos' girlfriend and Oprah's bff
Apr 19
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Ben Fowlkes
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We don't know enough about life
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"Whatever you do, don't read this..."
This was the subject line of an email I got from the big homie Chad Dundas the other day.
Apr 7
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Ben Fowlkes
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"Whatever you do, don't read this..."
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March 2025
The dreaded creep of the Old Man Opinion – and what to do about it
Special bonus: A couple good questions to ask on a first date in order to find out what kind of jabroni you're sitting across from
Mar 13
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Ben Fowlkes
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The dreaded creep of the Old Man Opinion – and what to do about it
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February 2025
Ambition, the moth of holiness
On the cringey, embarrassing, all too human need for external validation, which seems never to depart.
Feb 28
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Ben Fowlkes
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Ambition, the moth of holiness
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Such anguishes and despairs
Why you shouldn't kill yourself in February, the worst but also shortest month of the year.
Feb 12
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Ben Fowlkes
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Such anguishes and despairs
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This time last year
How the Super Bowl prompts some reflection about work, life, and the unknowable future
Feb 8
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Ben Fowlkes
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This time last year
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January 2025
Hope is a road in the country
Or: How are you supposed to stay positive when it feels like everything is broken or breaking?
Jan 31
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Ben Fowlkes
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Hope is a road in the country
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Finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be
You age. You change. And if you don't maybe you are fucking it up a little bit.
Jan 24
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Ben Fowlkes
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Finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be
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Everything Or Nothing: A Principle For Observing Fellow Humans
Do other people actually know what they're doing?
Jan 13
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Everything Or Nothing: A Principle For Observing Fellow Humans
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