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The sacred and mundane

The sacred and mundane

This essay was originally published by Travis Northcutt on his blog. What am I trying to say? There is value in mundane things done with intention. Do they have to be things you do? Probably not - sitting in a chair can be mundane but can be experienced in a

Anna Gát: What to Read This Weekend #49

Anna Gát: What to Read This Weekend #49

Poets, Boomers, girls in Gaza's tunnels, selves, Hume, Sartre, status, polyamory, Millennials, Tems, the Coens, ladies of the Canyon, Calvin & Hobbes, Thiel on postmodernism, names at Ellis Island... Subscribe to Anna’s weekly digest on the Interintellect Substack. Hi everyone from New York City! This is my

On making friends as an adult

On making friends as an adult

How can we cultivate new friendships in adulthood? This essay was originally published by Vidhika Bansal on her Substack. A walk in the park …No, literally. About this time last year, I made a new friend while going for a stroll in my neighborhood park. I knew that was a

Anna Gát: What to Read This Weekend #48

Anna Gát: What to Read This Weekend #48

Thomas Kuhn, Thomas Piketty, American academia, American antisemitism, Danish fairy tales, baby heart transplants, autism, fertility, Impressionism, agency, CIA, galaxies, coeds, cancer, nerds & more Subscribe to Anna’s weekly digest on the Interintellect Substack. Evening, folks, This is the last Friday Digest before my New York trip. Busy days

The Reading Lesson by Henriette Brown

If you’re so smart, why don’t you lead a better life?

theorize less, interface with reality more This essay was originally published by Shahid Nowshad on his Substack. This is largely a reframing of some ideas I first encountered from the inimitable Nassim Nicholas Taleb, particularly via his book Skin In The Game. What is the best measurement of how smart

Anna Gát: What to Read This Weekend #47

Anna Gát: What to Read This Weekend #47

90s nostalgia, failing Britain, rape in the intelligentsia, language vs decline — and hugs, optimism, Pilger, Friston, Musk, Betty Ford, Elizabeth Bishop, Wong Kar-Wai, Thomas Szasz, Spinoza and more! Subscribe to Anna’s weekly digest on the Interintellect Substack. Hello my friends! HAPPY NEW YEAR! What a treat it is to

“Pandora” by Arthur Rackman

Yoga, eastern medicine, and mindfulness are not panaceas

Because nothing is This essay was originally published by Christina Waggaman on her Substack, The Body Electric. I am seeing a pattern play out within the yoga, eastern traditional medicine, and buddhist-adjacent wellness communities. It goes like this: someone struggles with an ailment that they’ve unsuccessfully attempted to heal