I read through my entire Instapaper backlog on vacation, here are my favorites:
The White Darkness: A Journey Across Antarctica – An absolutely insane story about exploration, and the meaning of insane yet somewhat arbitrary tasks. A very long read, but better than any book I've read in a long time https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-white-darkness …
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Jerry And Marge Go Large – A story about a retired couple in Michigan who did some basic math to win a lot of money off the lottery. Wanted to pull my hair out at the people describing what they did as unfair https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/ …
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Welcome to the Future Nauseous – A discussion of how we understand, adapt to, and digest the "future". Dark, but rings deeply true. Explicates a lot of half-formed thoughts I've had for a long time https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2012/05/09/welcome-to-the-future-nauseous/ …pic.twitter.com/wGGTDEq8jn
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Universal Love, Said The Cactus Person – A surprisingly literary meditation from SSC on rationality and meaning. Has a levity and humor that I love http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/04/21/universal-love-said-the-cactus-person/ …pic.twitter.com/1vFM4xviuH
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Why Men Love War – A description of war and its meaning unlike anything I had read before https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a28718/why-men-love-war/ …pic.twitter.com/O0Ea5lfsWk
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I've been struggling to read books lately—feels like the density of fantastic articles makes it hard to go back. Either way, hope you find something you enjoy reading amongst this bunch!
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