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Why To-Do Has a Hyphen (and Why You Stopped Using It)
You've been writing 'todo' your whole life. Turns out that's not a word. Here's the surprisingly fun reason why — and how programmers killed the hyphen.
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AI Progress
The Intelligence Explosion Is Already Underway
We spent decades debating when AI would start improving itself. It happened last month. The feedback loop is running — itself.
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First Principles
The Ghost in Lincoln's Sewers
A 5-year-old COVID strain is hiding inside one person in Lincoln, Nebraska. Scientists found it in the sewage. Here's the biology from first principles.
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First Principles
You Don't Know How WiFi Works
You connect to it every day. You'd lose your mind without it. You likely have no idea how WiFi actually works.
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Geopolitics
The 17 Elements Holding the 21st Century Hostage
Rare earths aren't rare. The refining capacity is. One country controls 90% of it.
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Mental Models
So Why Exactly Did Rome Fall?
Historians have proposed 200+ theories. The real pattern is that every era blames whatever it fears most.
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Beyond the Chatbox: AI Needs a Body
A raw LLM is a brain in a jar. The real innovation is the industry-specific harness you wrap around it.
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Mental Models
Antiquity Is Not What I Thought It Was
I confused Prehistory with Antiquity for years. Here's every major historical period, mapped out so you never make the same mistake.
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