The Anti-Almanac - Help Out?

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Hi all,

I’ve been looking at pulling together some of the blog posts into an Anti-Almanac ebook. A collection of the best posts, with some added commentary from me on what the post was intended to do, why I wrote it, where I was at etc.

eBook will be free for all members here.

But I’m curious - what are the posts you’d like to see included?

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Well, “you are insignificant” comes to mind right away.

I visited my ReadWise list of saved articles, many of which I’ve referenced in my own newsletter (full list at the bottom, no idea if that’s helpful at all). These are the ones that particularly resonated:

  • Fuck Looking for the Helpers. Be One.
  • Avoiding Stupidity Beats Chasing Brilliance
  • How Convenience Kills Curiosity
  • Just Show Up.
  • How to Make People Give a Damn
  • The Ordinary Sacred
  • Why I Stopped Making Cameo Appearances in Other People’s Lives
  • You Are Insignificant. That’s a Good Thing.
  • Stop Conflating Genius With Asshole
  • The Doomscroll Industrial Complex: How Anxiety Became a Business Model
  • There Is No “Right Time.” There Is Only Now, Plus Courage.
  • We Don’t Need More Cynics. We Need More Builders.
  • Your 2025 Resolution? Stop Treating Celebrities Like Your Best Friend

If there’s a theme, I’d guess it’s the more aspirational, “here’s what you can do” kind of writing, as opposed to the analysis “here’s why things are what they are” style. The latter is valuable, don’t get me wrong, but sharing something actionable appeals.

Full List:

Fuck Looking for the Helpers. Be One.
The Art of Looking Like An Idiot
The Mind-Bending Reality of Non-Euclidean Social Networks
Why We Need Fiction
Avoiding Stupidity Beats Chasing Brilliance
Complexity is a Trap
Have You Earned Your Opinion?
How Convenience Kills Curiosity
How Defining Yourself By What You Hate Makes You Miserable
How Personalization is Fragmenting Democracy
How to Destroy a Generation
How to Make Smarter Decisions with Bayesian Thinking
How to Beat Disinformation: A Practical Guide for 2024
Just Show Up.
Manufactured Anxiety: How Self-Improvement Became a Self Destruct Sequence
Audio Edition: The Art of Not Sharing
Notes from the Exit: Why I Left the Attention Economy
No, The Election Wasn’t Rigged
On Ideological Purity
Abundance Now
How to Make People Give a Damn
I Spent 90 Days Rebuilding My Brain. Here’s What I Learned.
The Ordinary Sacred
The Unbearable Lightness of Cringe
Why I Stopped Making Cameo Appearances in Other People’s Lives
Why the Best Ideas Don’t Always Win
You Are Insignificant. That’s a Good Thing.
Rebel Optimism: How We Thrive in a Broken World
Stop Conflating Genius With Asshole
The Art of Not Sharing
The Doomscroll Industrial Complex: How Anxiety Became a Business Model
The Internet is Shrinking
The Invisible Threads: How Parasocial Relationships Fuel Digital Obsession
The Observer Effect and Social Media - How Constant Observation Warps Us All
The Ordinary Sacred
The Original Sin of Everything
The Privacy Paradox: Why We Don’t Practice What We Preach
There Is No “Right Time.” There Is Only Now, Plus Courage.
The Revolution Will Be Decentralized
We Don’t Need More Cynics. We Need More Builders.
Your 2025 Resolution? Stop Treating Celebrities Like Your Best Friend

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This is a great list already. You’re a legend!

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For a beginner this is a great list. Thank you.

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