Happy Thursday! I’m doing a week of posts to recap 2022 and kick off 2023 with some writing momentum. Today I’m sharing some of the links I was inspired by.
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I went through every newsletter issue I wrote in 2022 and pulled out all the links worth reading. I’m guessing if you like this you’ll find 10-15 links you didn’t find the first time and want to throw into your queue.
50+ Links From Other People That Inspired My From 2023
This is a great post from Jamie Catherwood on the history of Innovation Hubs. Did you know Cleveland was a thriving hub in the late 1800s?
A deep dive into the history of work through the lens of r/antiwork by Anna Codrea-Rado as well as her interview on Modern Wisdom
A deep dive into how an obsession with procedures and rules slows down institutional change.
Tina He on the power of the collective and the “New Frontier of Belonging”
Lauren Valdez on long games: “Although I've never gotten a regular cadence of producing down, I have consistently come back to making content after each break. I keep playing the game.
Jason Levin on decentralized friendships
Sam Smith on not knowing what he’s doing
Mike Newton on art & authenticity and being careful what you aim at
Corey Wilks on embracing his accent and upbringing
Rohit Krishnan on hierarchy and growth trade-offs and how to actually have an “impact”
Tons of interesting publishing info from Brandon Sanderson’s FAQ from his self-published book launch
Adam Ozimek on The Donut Effect post-pandemic
Cecile M awesome thread of thoughts on sabbaticals
Gretchen McCullough on “weird internet careers.”
Tom Critchlow’s map for indie living
Ben Weiss’ Self-Directed Masters
Ryan Herr on taking more swings
Tara McMullin discovered she was autistic at 38
Nat Eliason on engaging with information in 2022 and balancing money versus going what you want to be doing and AI and writing
Robert Anton Wilson on How To Tell Your Friends From The Apes
Morgan Housel on how the eight-hour workday happened and when to quit
Sam Sager on health challenges and commitment to health
A profile on June Huh on wandering & being a math genius
Ben Hunt on how wealth creation and economic growth became disconnected
Ricky Yean on growing up in poverty and mindset inequality
Freddie DeBoer on the fundamental challenge of absolute learning
NBER research on remote work and hours worked
Econofact on How covid crushed immigration
Michael Story on his unconventional approach to curing a fear of flying
David Kadavy on “making it” as a creator
Claire Coffey on the limits of blaming capitalism
Tyler Alterman on the problems with effective altruism
Brian Timar on mimetic traps
Angie Wang on overcoming her fear of being an immigrant and writing in a second language
Byrne Hobart on Big Tech & Thymos
Richard Hamming on doing “world-class work”
Michelle Varghoose with great reflections on sabbaticals:
Andrew Bartholemew on his first year freelancing
Cal Newport on our changing relationship with work
Katherine Dee writes a reflection on the pitfalls of the “girl boss” meme:
Nathan Baschez on the craft of coding
Venkatesh Rao on mediocre computing
Nix on filling the void and ambition
My Writing
32 Boundless Newsletter Topics & Themes Worth Reading
I went through every issue and only pulled out the parts I thought were good:
Ten Reflections On Writing A Book (at launch)
How I went from writing on Quora to running a six-figure consulting course
Using “Curiosity Triggers” to make friends & create opportunities
There is no “great resignation” – it’s the “great contemplation”
#200 The Creator Arbitrage Opportunity (Most shared)
8 Longform Blog Posts (Longer or Adapted From Newsletter)
From Blog to Book – The Ultimate Guide to Self-Publishing On Your Own Terms
Too Big to Think: How Prestigious Institutions Stopped Generating Good Ideas
The Inspiration Deficit (Or Why Young People Still Want to be Challenged)
My Creative Engine (Or how I write all this stuff!)
9 Tweet Threads You Might Like
Quotes from The Forgotten Highlander a book about a Sottish solder that is a POW in WWII
This is an awesome list that I'm bookmarking! Thank you for including my essay!
This gave me so much content for an incubation project in Yak Collective called the Indie Accelerator :) Tongue-in-cheek since we will not be accelerating much but the goal is to help early indies "find the others". Thank you!