Hot take: the 40-hour work week is a design flaw, not a law of nature
Knowledge work doesn't scale linearly with hours. Let's discuss.
The most underrated cities in the world — community recommendations
Tbilisi, Medellín, Chiang Mai, and 12 more places that deserve more attention.
Language learning at 30 — is it too late? My 2 year Spanish experiment
What I tried, what worked, what didn't. Honest progress report after 730 days.
Things that were normal 20 years ago that seem weird now
MapQuest printouts, away messages on AIM, waiting a week for a Netflix DVD.
What skill has given you the highest return on investment in life?
For me: learning to write clearly. What's yours?
Ask ajabah: what are you learning right now?
Could be a skill, a language, a subject, or how to cook something. Share it.
The best meal you've ever cooked — recipe or story
Mine was a 3-hour Bolognese that made my partner go quiet. Share yours.
What's your morning routine? Honest answers only
Mine is: alarm at 6am, ignore it until 6:42, coffee, aimless phone scrolling, mild panic. You?
Best podcasts for thinking about the future
Acquired, Dwarkesh Patel, 80,000 Hours, and 5 others I listen to on 1.5x.
The thing nobody tells you about working for yourself
It's not the freedom or the money. It's the loneliness and the decision fatigue.
Contrarian takes on fitness that actually hold up
Walking > running for most people. Consistency > optimization. Sleep is training.
The internet rabbit holes that consumed the most of your time
For me: Wikipedia's 'List of unusual deaths' at 2am. What's yours?
Books that changed how you think about the world
Thinking Fast and Slow, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, and 7 others that rewired my brain.
Welcome to b/random — the catch-all community for everything else
No topic too niche, no question too strange. This is the internet's living room.
The best productivity system after trying every one of them
GTD, Zettelkasten, PKM, time blocking. Here's what actually stuck after 5 years of experimenting.