The Saga of a Bad Book

What it's like to spend seven years writing a novel that isn't very good.

Sep 16 • 

Jared Young

29

6

August 2025

BE DUMB

The virtues of ignorance and innocence in a world obsessed with being smart.

Aug 31 • 

Jared Young

45

8

May 2025

ART1FICIAL ANX!ETY

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

May 8 • 

Jared Young

47

10

March 2025

PAYING ATTENTION

And the perils of not being able to.

Mar 20 • 

Jared Young

72

19

February 2025

YOUTH

And what happens when it's gone.

Feb 19 • 

Jared Young

1,628

177

October 2023

Forty-Four

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

Oct 5, 2023 • 

Jared Young

29

7

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 • 

Jared Young

17

7

June 2023

Casey Tourangeau

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

Jun 23, 2023 • 

Jared Young

15

5

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 • 

Jared Young

20

12

April 2023

Breaking News, Always Broken

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

Apr 23, 2023 • 

Jared Young

13

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 • 

Jared Young

4

1

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 • 

Jared Young

10

1