How to dance through the apocalypse
Is it possible to be happy while desiring nothing?
How to get laid off
Dear friends, Every week I ask you for questions. I get so many questions from folks who’ve either just been laid off, are afraid of getting laid off, or...
How to make more room in heaven
How do I figure out what is a me problem and what is a someone else problem?
How to sell
This week’s summer school session is a return engagement of Erika and Kristina Halvorson doing HOW TO SELL.
How to write it like you told it
What do you say to someone who wants to write but struggles with writing and is tempted to use an LLM-based chatbot?
How to play pinball
What is the best arcade game? Pinball or video, or both.
How to just do things
Hey friends, Mule Summer School continues this Friday as me, and Erika—and you—talk about how to do things. So bring that idea that you’ve been mulling...
How to make art in these times
How do you stay an artist in these times?
How to cut off your parents
What do you owe your family? If there is little motivation to keep in touch, just from plain lack of interest, is that okay?
How to usher in an era of abundant vengeance
A lot of people on the Internet who I once respected seem to have full-blown AI brain worms. Am I going to get conned like them at some point? Have you ever been conned by something as pervasive as this?
How to live somewhere safe
If you had to leave the U.S. where would you live?
How to be a petty motherfucker
Is there really a difference between being bitter or being petty? Most of the time I feel the latter is being confused with the former. Am I missing something here?
How to be useful
What’s your go-to piece of advice in life?
How to take a break
I am tired and taking a week off. (Also I wanna go finish that painting.)
How to help men pull their heads out of their asses
How can men help men do the work that men need to do?
How to be God
Was Jesus Christ an actual real person and the actual Son of God, or is it all crapola?
How to make friends and hold on to them
Looking around at [gestures] everything, it feels like we’ve all put maintaining friendships on the backburner. This is making me lonely and probably makes other people lonely too. How can we fix this?
How to mend a broken heart
What’s the right amount of heartache in times like these?
How to get out of bed
Mike, how do I get out of bed every day? How do I try?
How to use NO as a complete sentence
I did my job fine before AI came along. Now my workplace ‘suggests’ we use it. How do I say no?