A few readers have emailed me, following my own self-education, whether they should drop out of college and learn on their own. If you’re smart, you can probably learn better on your own, so it’s not an unreasonable question. Unfortunately, it’s a really hard question to answer. If you plan on becoming a surgeon, licensed […]

Readers have often pointed out to me that my site has no consistent message. When you read other blogs, their philosophies are sharpened down to a point: simplicity, live consciously or nonconformity. In comparison, mine seems rather haphazard. Part of this is focus—writers have opinions about many subjects, but they are only interesting when writing […]