Substacks recommended by Eleanor Konik

Recommended by Eleanor Konik

The Signal

By Lily Carter

Get smarter about AI, Tech, and Business.

Succinct articles about tech trends.

- Eleanor Konik

Pigments, Colors & Other Stories

By María Castro Jiménez

An interdisciplinary look at color, art, cognition and the things that make us human.

The Normal Times

By Annie Normal

It was the best of times, it was the normalest of times. Secret societies, freak scenes, and conspiracies. Hot take book reviews and the occasional rant on life's mysteries. Consider donating and I'll love you forever.

Delightfully eclectic, with periodic nonfiction book reviews on history, psychology, and more.

- Eleanor Konik

Mr. and Mrs. Psmith’s Bookshelf

By Jane Psmith

The P is silent, as in pshrimp or pseudonym.

Great reviews of interesting books

- Eleanor Konik

Court Watch

By Seamus Hughes

The Definitive Source On Legal News

The folks behind Court Watch are doing important work making court proceedings more accessible to folks. I think of it as democracy in action.

- Eleanor Konik

Papyrus Rampant

By Evan Þ

Story, history, and theory of story - from reading books to telling the story of history to reflecting on how story is told.

Some interesting thoughts on genre literature, especially the really old stuff.

- Eleanor Konik

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

Peeks into primary sources from prominent thinkers & doers

- Eleanor Konik

Footnotes and Tangents

By Simon Haisell

Slow reads of great books. Book guides and a reading community to help you get more from the best stories.

Ancient Beat

By James

All the latest news about the ancient world. Curated, summarized, and sent to your inbox weekly.

A great way to stay up to date on the interesting archaeology & anthropology news.

- Eleanor Konik

Experimental History

By Adam Mastroianni

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

Independent psychology, pulls no punches and has a lot of neat insights.

- Eleanor Konik

The Pragmatic Engineer

By Gergely Orosz

Big Tech and startups, from the inside. Highly relevant for software engineers and managers, useful for those working in tech.

This is the most popular substack among folks who read my newsletter.

- Eleanor Konik

The Intrinsic Perspective

By Erik Hoel

Natural philosophy, belles-lettres, polemics.

Really interesting thoughts hovering around the intersection of psychology & science.

- Eleanor Konik

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