Archive - Tolstoyan

ART1FICIAL ANX!ETY

And why our fear of dying is our biggest advantage over AI

May 8 •

March 2025

PAYING ATTENTION

And the perils of not being able to.

Mar 20 •

February 2025

And what happens when it's gone.

Feb 19 •

October 2023

Birthdays, catastrophic lower-body injuries, LeBron James, the Roman Empire, the anguish of having lived, and triumphant sporting achievements.

Oct 5, 2023 •

September 2023

Drowning in Text

Too much to read, what Picasso did when he was broke, the assassination of a Quebecois coke-dealer, and how the British Cycling Team stopped sucking.

Sep 1, 2023 •

June 2023

Casey Tourangeau

T-shirts, movies, podcasts, power chords, and muddled grapes.

Jun 23, 2023 •

May 2023

Failure & Success

Don Quixote, Giannis Atentekuompo, Stephen Marche, severed heads sprouting spider-legs, and massive failures that turn out to be huge successes.

May 25, 2023 •

April 2023

Breaking News, Always Broken

Negativity bias, predatory algorithms, the drawbacks of being well-informed.

Apr 23, 2023 •

March 2023

O.P.P. (Yeah, You Know Me)

Struggling to scroll through essays about offensive art, bad desk placement, Ben Affleck's parallel parking, and how the 1990s was the last best decade.

Mar 23, 2023 •

February 2023

Are we nicer than we think?

Kindness, cooperation, soldiers who refuse to shoot, getting horny for the Oscars, and the drawbacks of being civilized.

Feb 23, 2023 •

January 2023

Sir Lancelot, Watergate, Michael Jordan, and how we do (or don't) respond to the strangely shameful act of crying in public.

Jan 23, 2023 •

December 2022

The Best of 2022: Part II

Judgment, hierarchy, and hard decisions as we count down to the number one thing of the year.

Dec 24, 2022 •

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