I get a lot of glowing praise in my inbox for this website. Compliments are nice, but frankly, they are pretty useless. My goal in writing isn’t to give people something nice to read each morning, but hopefully translate that writing into an improvement in quality of life. I’d much rather get a comment that […]
Archives for 2007
The Virtue of Living Life Rationally
My recent posts on atheism and a highly speculative theory of how the universe might work sparked a lot of debate. Although I am pleased to find I have some incredibly intelligent readers here, I am alarmed by some of the comments that were made. I’m generalizing here, but the basic structure of the complaint […]
Problems With the Site?
It looks like I have to call on my smarter readers once again. If you have any technical skills, I’d appreciate some help as the website has been doing something bizarre. It seems that an iframe has spontaneously set itself on top of the post headlines. I haven’t changed the formatting of the website in […]
Friday Links 07-10-04
From the Web How to criticize without being a jerk – Another useful article from Leo of ZenHabits, this time about how to give kind criticism. When I wrote my article about how to get honest feedback, many people took that as a sign that I approved of giving brutal honesty to others. I strive […]
I'm a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, podcast host, computer programmer and an avid reader. Since 2006, I've published weekly essays on this website to help people like you learn and think better. My work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, TEDx, Pocket, Business Insider and more. I don't promise I have all the answers, just a place to start.