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Your critics aren't even in the arena. Fuck em.
The critics are never building anything worth criticizing. That’s the reason they have time to be critics.
Mar 12
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stepfanie tyler
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Nobody says what they actually think anymore (and it's driving me nuts)
On self-censorship, the Overton window, and the conversations nobody's having
Mar 10
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stepfanie tyler
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The Conversation Menu: 50 questions worth asking the people worth knowing
On the lost art of talking to each other
Mar 7
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stepfanie tyler
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17 quotes that permanently changed how I think about time
On burnout, dog years, and the audacity of the past.
Mar 5
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stepfanie tyler
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7 things Nietzsche said will keep you mediocre forever
Nietzsche had a very specific idea of what mediocrity was, and it wasn’t what most people think. Mediocrity, in his framework, was the failure to…
Feb 24
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stepfanie tyler
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Everyone I know is on something
Before you roll your eyes too hard or scream at me through your screen, you should know, I say this as someone who used to be on nine medications at…
Feb 18
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stepfanie tyler
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Why are women all trying to have the same face?
Earlier this week while I was out running errands, I saw the same woman at three different places.
Feb 13
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stepfanie tyler
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Everyone’s ex is a narcissist now
How clinical language became a get-out-of-self-reflection-free card
Feb 11
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stepfanie tyler
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The things you can tell about someone in five minutes
The modern instinct is to insist that first impressions are shallow, and that real character only reveals itself over time and intimacy and long…
Feb 10
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stepfanie tyler
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Memento mori for the chronically online
The genuine, felt awareness that you are going to die is the one input the feed cannot process, because death awareness doesn’t generate engagement. It…
Feb 7
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stepfanie tyler
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The pleasure of proving someone wrong
On the quiet thrill of being right when someone was certain you were wrong
Feb 5
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stepfanie tyler
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The "Girls Support Girls" Lie
On women, power, and the refusal to pretend
Feb 3
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stepfanie tyler
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