Some are Substacks I follow, some are RSS feeds, some are sent to me by friends, and a handful turn up when I go on social media or end up on the "for you" tab of my phone browser. Mostly I just read a lot so it's pretty easy to end up with a lot of neat stuff worth sharing in a newsletter.
The curated reading list format is really useful, especially how it pulls togetehr such diverse threads without feeling scattered. The asthma/albuterol piece caught my attention since I've been down that rabit hole after a family member had similar questions about efficacy. It's wild how much of what passes for standard interventions isn't actually backed by great data. The Borlaug story is one of those ones that deserves way more attention than it gets, specially given how undervalued agricultural innovation still is today in conversations about global challenges.
Thank you so much for the kind words! Actually digging into the data/history behind medical claims has become a bit of a hobby for me since my pregnancy and it's definitely been weird realizing how much advice or common practices is based on nonsense or hope.
I find curated linkfests/reading lists that have decent overlap with my interests both rare and valuable. In numbers, I clicked 7 links here and was tempted by 2 or 3 others. On ACX, for comparison, either SA or I have drifted and I rarely click through to any of his links now.
The scotus article does not match my understanding, so I am especially excited to read that one.
I didn't find Scott until the doxing scandal, and I wouldn't say I was ever one of the prominent members of his commentariat, but I do have a lot of friends who were around in his early days who have drifted from him. I'll always be grateful to his community building, though, and am happy to take inspiration from his writing style. Glad to hear it's not a flop!
Merry Christmas Eleanor, and thank you for all the recs! I love reading them, because our interests align nearly perfectly, so that all you link is interesting to me, and at the same time most of it is new to me!
I always wonder how do you find all these great articles and books to read.
Some are Substacks I follow, some are RSS feeds, some are sent to me by friends, and a handful turn up when I go on social media or end up on the "for you" tab of my phone browser. Mostly I just read a lot so it's pretty easy to end up with a lot of neat stuff worth sharing in a newsletter.
The curated reading list format is really useful, especially how it pulls togetehr such diverse threads without feeling scattered. The asthma/albuterol piece caught my attention since I've been down that rabit hole after a family member had similar questions about efficacy. It's wild how much of what passes for standard interventions isn't actually backed by great data. The Borlaug story is one of those ones that deserves way more attention than it gets, specially given how undervalued agricultural innovation still is today in conversations about global challenges.
Thank you so much for the kind words! Actually digging into the data/history behind medical claims has become a bit of a hobby for me since my pregnancy and it's definitely been weird realizing how much advice or common practices is based on nonsense or hope.
I want to second Neural Foundry's praise.
I find curated linkfests/reading lists that have decent overlap with my interests both rare and valuable. In numbers, I clicked 7 links here and was tempted by 2 or 3 others. On ACX, for comparison, either SA or I have drifted and I rarely click through to any of his links now.
The scotus article does not match my understanding, so I am especially excited to read that one.
I didn't find Scott until the doxing scandal, and I wouldn't say I was ever one of the prominent members of his commentariat, but I do have a lot of friends who were around in his early days who have drifted from him. I'll always be grateful to his community building, though, and am happy to take inspiration from his writing style. Glad to hear it's not a flop!
Merry Christmas Eleanor, and thank you for all the recs! I love reading them, because our interests align nearly perfectly, so that all you link is interesting to me, and at the same time most of it is new to me!
Feel free to recommend stuff you enjoyed that I might not have heard of!
Thanks for the mention, Eleanor, and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Merry Christmas!