Read · Philosophy
Finite and Infinite Games
A short, aphoristic book with one idea so clean it keeps unfolding: there are games played to win, and games played to keep playing.
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Backyard Wedding
we are so on Est. 2026
Read · Cognition
Surfaces and Essences
A sprawling case that analogy is not a party trick of thought but its core engine — the way every concept gets made and used.
Read · Fiction
The Remains of the Day
A novel narrated by an English butler whose devotion to professional dignity slowly reveals the life it cost him.
Cook · Baking
Biscuits, as a Gesture
A biscuit can’t be faked. Order the right flour a week early, keep the butter cold, and don’t rush — the effort is the message.
Cook · Spirits
In Praise of Rye
America’s original whiskey nearly vanished — and it’s the grain that makes a cocktail stand up straight. A first pour, and an Old Fashioned to start with.
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