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Measuring human history
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39 books: my reading list for 2024-25
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Some data on respiratory infections in Australia
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Some quotes on suffering-focused ethics
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A modest view of doing good
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On welfare vs abolitionism in animal advocacy
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Convert open-source classical texts to plaintext audiobooks
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Books I have read (August 2023 -> April 2024)
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Abundance and scarcity
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Double dividends
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Random ways to improve focus
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Some notes on face masks
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Is the United States likely to collapse? Should social justice advocates respond?
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Seclusion and public servce
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Focus (my productivity system)
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Some thoughts on AI
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You know what you need to do!
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Contemplative Prayer by Thomas Merton
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Japanese death poems
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Some types of monastic life that I find exciting
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Some poems
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Some photos of eukaryotes
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Some bangers from Bashō
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Some bangers from Bodhidharma
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Religion as counterculture
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Forming a lotus bud
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Some excerpts from poems by Buddhist masters
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The four levels of accepting others
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Nerds with laptops
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Integrating practice and work
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The best and worst things people have said about me
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Three ingredients for sustaining an impactful career
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Holding space
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Every book I've read in the past five years
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Some definitions on personal development and transcendence
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Resources: Trans and queer soccer
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Resources: Slow productivity
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Practicing when your world is torn apart
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I know nothing
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Resources: Political history of the Czech Republic
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Underappreciated classic: The Caigentan by Hong Zicheng (1590)
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Are they called "shrimp" or "prawns"?
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Resources: Trans and queer spirituality
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The four ingredients of a thought or feeling
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The four layers of reality
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Why pigeons are the greatest
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Resources: Psychology of self-actualisation
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Even great masters have bad days
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Some quotes on Jesus from some contemporary New Testament scholars
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Some quotes on the mystical nature of the Divine
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Be compassionate, but not a pushover
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Passages on renunciation
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Resources: The modern hermit life
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Some thoughts on lineage in Buddhism