Archive - The Elbow

The Best Mind-reading Technology in History

And why it still matters

24 hrs ago •

December 2024

Some Quotes for December 2024 (#32)

Jan Houtema, Cate Hall, Henry Ford, Carl Jung, Tiago Forte, Donald Knuth, Jennifer Pagliaroli, Justin McElroy, Yehuda Amichai

Dec 30, 2024 •

The Case for Praise

(And why it is withheld)

Dec 23, 2024 •

The Zen of Sinking Costs

On better quitting

Dec 12, 2024 •

November 2024

Some Quotes for November 2024 (#31)

Tim Kreider, Neil Gaiman, Iris Murdoch, Aldous Huxley, Douglas Hofstadter, Proverbs, Pablo Picasso, David Graeber

Nov 29, 2024 •

Notes from the Waymo

On self-driving cars, and children

Nov 27, 2024 •

Twenty Things I Learned in My Twenties

Some good old-fashioned advice

Nov 18, 2024 •

Nov 6, 2024 •

October 2024

Some Quotes for October 2024 (#30)

Jan Houtema, Toba Spitzer, Kurt Vonnegut, Isaac Asimov, Valarie Kaur, William Strunk, Jr., Richard Rorty, Mickey Mouse, Oscar Wilde, Ray Bradbury

Oct 30, 2024 •

Minimum Units of Progress

Ribbit over the rainbow

Oct 20, 2024 •

The Palimpsest Method

Oct 10, 2024 •

September 2024

Some Quotes for September 2024 (#29)

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Ann Landers, Julia Galef, Ted Chiang, John Collison, Samuel Butler, Larissa MacFarquhar, David Galenson, Donald Miller

Sep 29, 2024 •

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