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The Polymath Group - Volume IV Issue 1
February 12, 2021
On Not Having an Opinion My favorite essay from Jia Tolentino’s excellent book,Trick Mirror, is The I in the Internet. I think it should be required reading...
Virology and Antitrust
August 7, 2020
So one week into my new project (I am still workshopping a name for it), and we are already going to break for a tangent. Well, it is sort of related. I...
Why We are so Polarized
August 1, 2020
It seems undeniable that we, well the United States at least, seem to be pushing the limits of how far we can be polarized. With the election coming up in...
Looking for Consistency not Doom
July 23, 2020
Reaching for Consistency and Simplification. One thing I have really struggled with lately is finding consistency. This seems odd because it almost feels...
Roaming Around My Brain
June 4, 2020
Obviously, there has been a lot going on in the last week or two. When I initially set out to write this newsletter, I was sort of intentionally going to...
Pushing Through
May 3, 2020
Pushing Through It may feel like it has been a while since the last newsletter, it may feel like it has been no time at all. I think one of the weirdest...
That COVID Life
March 22, 2020
Hey there, how's it going? Life out there is getting a little weird, right? When I wrote the last newsletter about COVID-19, I had a few different ideas to...
Do You Know How to Wash Your Hands?
March 8, 2020
Follow Up One of the things I forgot to include in my ‘Love of Research’ issue last week was about documentaries. I love a good documentary, I can get sucked...
Following Every Rabbit
February 28, 2020
Going Down the Rabbit Hole Last summer, I read Robert Caro’s book, Working. Having spent his life as a journalist and biographer, this book was partially an...
My Year in Movies and TV
February 14, 2020
Preamble I talked before about having a theme instead of a resolution, to use as a point to follow through the year. I mentioned then that I came across this...
My Year in Books
January 20, 2020
2019 Book Diet Back in May, I sent out a newsletter with my Media Diet, while I still am not sure how often I will share them, I will periodically, like...
Welcome to 2020
January 11, 2020
The Year of Literacy New years are a funny thing, as if this date, that we decided should mark the end of the year, can really change our lives. But, we...
Creation and Curation
December 7, 2019
Creation and Curation Have you ever sat down in front of the TV, pulled up Netflix, and just scrolled aimlessly for twenty minutes before deciding to do...
Choosing Between the Mud and the Stars.
August 26, 2019
Welcome to a late Sunday night edition of The Polymath Group. I hope it is finding you well. I just wanted to get out some quick thoughts to help frame...
Changing Seasons and Sharing My Work
August 16, 2019
Changing Seasons It seems weird that summer is already nearing its end. Although it always seems to fly by, it still hits you unexpectedly when find your...
Podcasts (Or; My Friends That Don't Know I Exist.)
July 11, 2019
Podcast Dilemma Since starting my ‘Summer Slowdown’ at the beginning of June, things have been going well. I have way less knowledge of daily news, which is...
A Meta Interlude
June 11, 2019
Newsletter Updates and Introspection When I launched what I think of as version 3.0 of this newsletter, I switched over to Buttondown as my mailing service....
Media Diet Spring 2019
May 30, 2019
Media Diet Spring 2019 This is an idea I have had for a little while, and by ‘idea I had’ I mean I am just stealing it from Jason Kottke . It is a good idea...
Time is a Flat Circle
May 15, 2019
Last night, I sat down at my computer to work on the newsletter. I was there looking over the list of topic ideas that I keep, trying to decide which would...
The Polymath Group Volume 3
April 26, 2019
Welcome Back Time has sort of escaped me, but here we are again to give this a shot. A few housekeeping items before I kind of explain what has caused the...
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