INFOSEC	214.1K	i decided to lobotomize a smart tv
INFOSEC	387.7K	we didn't want a smart tv, but there's no more dumb ones
SCHOOL	462.1K	elite private schools all have the same specific failure mode, one that's particularly insidious for gifted kids
MATH	290.9K	the 3 year old blew through two math workbooks in two days
DESIGN	1.1M	this photographer went around calling the biggest european companies, asking to show up at their office and shoot their boardroom
CHESS	200.0K	the netflix chess cheating documentary is so bad. how is it possible? the story is so good. and somehow there appears to be no evidence of the kid cheating in any live games?
CHESS	32.0K	post ai, it seems worth examining the overton window on perf curves in elite chess
MATH	1.1M	maybe asian kids are better at math because they just try 50% longer
BOOKS	1.7M	the media ruined marriages by programming women to think they should be 'fair'; tldr it's bad code
EXPERIMENTS	290.9K	i gave the 4 year old an ipad exclusively for texting
EXPERIMENTS	982.6K	i decided to run an experiment with slow tv (inventing lofi girl protocol)

NEWEST

if you're wondering how a schizo rant on the continued crusade against google products became notes on the movie totoro. i am wondering too30.2K
*husband rates the child by age*1M
thursday night is pasta night. i'm particular on the penne.610.5K
the first and last time i did an airbnb with the child there was an unsheathed x-acto knife blade loose in their bin of toddler toys99.1K
the disconnect of splain is that men are fine to start from a 5yo's simple understanding. that's how we got ELI5. men are not offended by primitive basic concepts.25.9K

INTERNET ARTIFACTS

INDEX

LOFI GIRL PROTOCOL

SLOW TV

MATH

INFOSEC

we didn't want a smart tv, but there's no more dumb ones387.7K
how to lobotomize a smart tv214.1K
the oauth attack vector is not new13.2K
failed experiments in covert watermarking7.9K
an appeal to elon, elon answers322.0K

EXPERIMENTS

LONGS

BOOKS/NONFICTION

204.6Kwhat i talk about when i talk about running by haruki murakamithis book is not about running, it's about deciding today is no different than yesterday
167.4Kplaying to win by david sirlincompetitive gamer goes from MIT to winning street fighter
123.0Kthe life-changing magic of tidying up by marie kondomarriage is not 50/50, it's 100/100, that's the game
88.1Klies my doctor told me by ken berryif you're a high agency patient, it's worth updating your health dogma
58.9Ktalent by tyler cowenthe worse founders are at hiring, the more risk they have to underwrite
9.3Ksetting the table by danny meyerhospitality, much like agency, is pretty much the opposite of going through the motions
9.6K10% happier by dan harristhis book is like what if you let a frenetically charming pill addict teach you about meditation

BOOKS/FICTION

55.6Khitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by douglas adamsthe universe does not hate you, it does not think about you, and this means that you are free
13.0Kpattern recognition by william gibsoni am looking for friends, enemies, news

BOOKS/DESIGN

1.1Mtables of power by jacqueline hassinkthis photographer went around calling the biggest european companies, asking to show up at their office and shoot their boardroom
293.7Ktidying up art by ursus wehrlithe best children's book ever made is out of print
11.1Kzen and the art of macintosh by michael greenthe fear of acceleration is not new

BOOKS/MONTESSORI

133.5Kthe advanced montessori method (volume one) by maria montessorithis one's about agency, and how parents lose the plot by doing too much
81.3Khunt gather parent by michaeleen doucleffmontessori requires a context shift, and this book may help bridge the gap
46.4Kthe advanced montessori method (volume two) by maria montessoriyou don't need montessori school, but you do need montessori thinking
33.5Kthe montessori method by maria montessorithe thing i forgot about montessori is how much she talks about food
29.9Kdr montessori's own handbook by maria montessorimodern montessori reinterpretations are largely drivel, that's why i keep slogging through the originals for you
23.4Kthe montessori method by maria montessorithis is a series on the original montessori books, and how it becomes 'montessori' as we know it now
22.1Kdr montessori's own handbook by maria montessoriour kid is 4, and this is where he's at with montessori: if we do not advance the fog of war, he will

BOOKS/SCHOOL

189.4Khow children fail by john holtby the father of unschooling, this book about schools, and why learning doesn't seem to happen there
56.3Khow children learn by john holtthis book is on learning, and where and how it does happen
37.1Kshop class as soulcraft by matthew b. crawfordson of intellectuals (mother was physicist, as was father) quits highfalutin dc think tank job to be a mechanic
15.8Klearning from singapore by pak tee ngin singapore the high stakes exams begin early, they're roughly the age of 4th graders then they're sorted per subject
11.1Ksummerhill school by a. s. neilli read summerhill school again because someone said it's ultra misogynist, and i thought: well that's promising
4.5Klearning from singapore by pak tee ngthere are no failing schools in singapore; what happens when there's no failing schools? parents still compete for the elite ones
3.9Klearning from singapore by pak tee ngit's easier to think about practice in terms of sports than math

BOOKS/PARENTING

592.5Kbringing up bebe by pamela druckermanamerican marries englishman, moves to france, slowly realizes she's raising french children, while she (for better or for worse) remains Very American
355.6Kthere's no such thing as bad weather by linda akeson mcgurkswede marries american, is shocked at how little time american children spend outside
236.8Kall joy and no fun by jennifer seniori do not operate on the notion of "children are our bosses"
218.3Kbattle hymn of the tiger mother by amy chuafirst-generation american poster child (harvard-educated yale law professor) turns 'tiger mom'
169.4Kthe sovereign child by aaron stupplethis book will be crucified for its anecdotes, perhaps justifiably, but it's more or less how i was parented (no limits on screens, school, sleep, or sugar)
168.2Knurtureshock by po bronsonnot enough sleep in early childhood is like too much screen time in early childhood, easy to tell yourself it's fine (it's not fine)
125.0Kstrange situation by bethany saltmanpregnant professor walks across the street and gets hit by a car, turns a critical eye to attachment theory
119.0Knurtureshock by po bronsoni once worked with someone whose self-discipline struck me, i asked immediately if he did montessori as a kid
99.1Kbattle hymn of a tiger mother by amy chua15 years later, upper middle class parents mostly seem to have all agreed that tiger parenting is the way
97.5Ka theory of objectivist parenting by roslyn rossif parental sacrifice takes center stage, the child may end up with obedience, not self reliance
81.3Khunt gather parent by michaeleen doucleffparent rejects the "angry home" of her childhood, resets defaults with child in tow
76.5Kthe continuum concept by jean liedloffwriter goes to live with amazonian rainforest tribe and studies parenting
55.6Kno bad kids by janet lansburymodel actress socialite turned educator takes on toddler 'discipline'
34.2Kgo ask your mothers by sarah wellsnarrative debt accumulates when upwardly mobile girls get a degree or three
26.9Kraising raffi by keith gessenthere's a dearth of fathers writing on parenting, and this one is about parenting in two languages
18.1Kwho is michael ovitz by michael ovitzpeople often ask how to reconcile tiger parenting, let's explore 'agent' as analogous to authoritative parenting
15.1Klast child in the woods by richard louvwe do not need 400 more pages on why kids are anxious, we need to know how to get them outside
11.7Kteaching johnny to think by leonard peikofftraditional education fails to teach kids critical thinking

BOOKS/MARRIAGE

1.7Mhow not to hate your husband after kids by jancee dunnthe media ruined marriages by programming women to think they should be 'fair'; tldr it's bad code
218.3Kfair play by eve rodskyanything that threatens the oneness of marriage, i pretty much see as the enemy, of which, this book is one
168.1Kseven principles for making marriage work by john gottmanmarriage is all about husband and wife together against the world
123.0Kthe life-changing magic of tidying up by marie kondothe media sold you the lie of fairness in marriage
79.8Kattached by amir levineattachment style indeed is powerful, having even very simple awareness is as useful at work as it is at home
79.8Kthe 5 love languages by gary chapmanit's relatively rare for husbands and wives to be the same love language
34.2Ktoo perfect by allan mallingerschools meme girls into believing 'life is fair' men have it beaten into them that it's not

ARTICLES

462.1Kslatestarcodexelite private schools all have the same specific failure mode, one that's particularly insidious for gifted kids
84.7Kslatestarcodexa review of alpha school on @slatestarcodex went a little viral

MOVIES, TV, PODCASTS

200.0Knetflix's untold stories: chess matesthe netflix chess cheating documentary is so bad. how is it possible? the story is so good. and somehow there appears to be no evidence of the kid cheating in any live games?
24.2Kradiolabi tracked down this song once. learned a bit about its lore. later they did a radiolab episode on it
18.2Kmargin callmargin call only has one number in it
13.7Kthis american lifesummer discourse is like a scissor, of over versus underscheduled, but both are rooted in fear
12.8Kthe black stallionthe black stallion is actually hardly coherent as a single movie
7.8Kthe night managerthe original night manager is perfect, season 2 less so
4.8Kthe black stallionnotes on the criterion collection interview on the making of the black stallion
4.4Kentouragehusband's response to all school nonsense is very ari gold
3.0Kmargin callapple says bad guys can't use our phones; meanwhile, bloomberg

SCHOOL NONSENSE

SPORTSBALL

CHESS

CLIMBING

GAMING

MANSPLAINING (COMPLIMENTARY)

SCREAMING INTO THE VOID

SHORTS

SHORTS/THE CHILD

SHITPOSTS

YACINE

the more i read unhinged @yacineMTB's parenting posts, the more they arrange themselves into book form in my head, so i compiled them:

DESIGN

INTERNET ARTIFACTS

AI

BIOHACKING

EXCERPTS

175.4Klearning from singapore by pak tee ngsolve unfamiliar problems, be unafraid
13.9Klearning from singapore by pak tee ngwhen mencius was young, he lived near a graveyard, therefore he played by digging graves
8.5Klearning from singapore by pak tee ngargues for private tutors, accidentally makes the case for ai
8.2Ka cross-cultural study of task persistence in young children by priscilla m. a. blincomontessori may have highest upside for boys; it shifts the intercept left
3.2Khow children fail by john holtthe straight-a student, the kid who was best at school, would ask me: i don't know what answer you want; tell me what you want me to say

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