The Commonplace

A collection of articles, essays, academic papers, podcast conversations, and other pieces I have read or listened to and found worth retaining.

Collected pieces

A companion to the Bookshelf for shorter-form work in written and audio form.

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  1. Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
  2. Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
  3. The Thesis Review
  4. Capitalisn't
  5. The Knowledge Project
  6. The Knowledge Project
  7. The Knowledge Project
  8. The Knowledge Project
  9. Founders
  10. Win-Win with Liv Boeree
  11. The Knowledge Project
  12. The Knowledge Project
  13. The Knowledge Project
  14. No Stupid Questions
  15. No Stupid Questions
  16. The Greg McKeown Podcast
  17. People I (Mostly) Admire
  18. Dialectic
  19. The Daily Stoic
  20. Freakonomics Radio
  21. Freakonomics Radio
  22. People I (Mostly) Admire
  23. People I (Mostly) Admire
  24. People I (Mostly) Admire
  25. People I (Mostly) Admire
  26. The Greg McKeown Podcast
  27. People I (Mostly) Admire
  28. People I (Mostly) Admire
  29. Hiya JainMundane Beauty
  30. Women in Venture Capital
  31. Women in Venture Capital
  32. Women in Venture Capital
  33. It's Not Magic, a Sixth Street podcast
  34. Women in Venture Capital
  35. Capitalisn't
  36. Caleb WatneyCaleb Watney
  37. Jill LeporeForeign Affairs
  38. The Giving Done Right Podcast with Phil Buchanan
  39. Jennifer PahlkaEating Policy
  40. Capitalisn't
  41. Angadh NanjangudAngadh Nanjangud
  42. The Knowledge Project
  43. EconTalk
  44. ReThinking
  45. Aengus Lynch, Benjamin Wright, Caleb Larson, Kevin K. Troy, Stuart J. Ritchie, Sören Mindermann, Ethan Perez, and Evan HubingerAnthropic Research
  46. Eric Schmidt and Suhas MaheshMIT Technology Review
  47. Masters in Business
  48. SmartLess
  49. James M. Banner Jr.National Endowment for the Humanities
  50. EconTalk
  51. The Knowledge Project
  52. Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
  53. Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
  54. G. Pascal ZacharyIssues in Science and Technology
  55. Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
  56. The Hidden Costs of Health
  57. If Books Could Kill
  58. Peter K. KooCold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  59. James PethokoukisFaster, Please!
  60. The CultureLab Podcast
  61. Jared PetersonSeeds of Science
  62. The Decision Education Podcast
  63. Carlo IaconoAeon
  64. ReThinking
  65. ReThinking
  66. EconTalk
  67. The a16z Show
  68. Kelsey PiperVox
  69. Matthew LeightonFar from Equilibrium
  70. The Knowledge Project
  71. The Daily Stoic
  72. Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry
  73. Leadermorphosis
  74. Séb KrierAI Policy Perspectives
  75. The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
  76. The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
  77. The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
  78. The a16z Show
  79. ReThinking
  80. Masters in Business
  81. Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
  82. Nathaniel Luis, Finn Gottert, Decoding, Carolina Monck, and SarahDecoding Science
  83. James PethokoukisFaster, Please!
  84. How I Write
  85. Damon BinderDefenses in Depth
  86. Patrik ReizingerThe Path to PhD
  87. Paul A. Gompers and Sophie Q. WangNational Bureau of Economic Research
  88. Chicago Booth Review Podcast
  89. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  90. Nathan RosenbergIndustrial and Corporate Change
  91. Deep Questions with Cal Newport
  92. Deep Questions with Cal Newport
  93. The Decision Education Podcast
  94. The Decision Education Podcast
  95. The Decision Education Podcast
  96. The Decision Education Podcast
  97. The Decision Education Podcast
  98. The Decision Education Podcast
  99. The Decision Education Podcast
  100. The Decision Education Podcast
  101. The Decision Education Podcast
  102. Exponent
  103. Planet Money
  104. The Knowledge Project
  105. Jaeeon LeeJaeeon Lee
  106. Equity Mates Investing Podcast
  107. Roger Buehler, Dale Griffin, and Michael RossJournal of Personality and Social Psychology
  108. Pier Paolo CreanzaPrinceton University
  109. Rogers HollingsworthEuresis Journal
  110. ReThinking
  111. Finn MurphyWritings
  112. Jasmine Sun and Fred Turner@jasmine’s substack
  113. Steven DenneyPixels and Patterns
  114. Seemay ChouAstera Institute
  115. Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
  116. How I Write
  117. Leadermorphosis
  118. ReThinking
  119. The Giving Done Right Podcast with Phil Buchanan
  120. Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
  121. Lu Hong and Scott E. PageProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  122. Ricardo DahisMonash Economics Working Papers
  123. Teresa C. Fort, Nathan Goldschlag, Jack Liang, Peter K. Schott, and Nikolas ZolasNational Bureau of Economic Research
  124. Kendall VerhovekBrennan Center for Justice
  125. James PethokoukisFaster, Please!
  126. Paul Gompers, Will Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan, and Ilya A. StrebulaevJournal of Financial Economics
  127. Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
  128. "Econ 102" with Noah Smith and Erik Torenberg
  129. Chicago Booth Review Podcast
  130. Robert ReasonAsimov Press
  131. Maria PopovaThe Marginalian
  132. Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
  133. Cedric ChinCommoncog
  134. Dan WangDan Wang
  135. Fixable
  136. Josh BarroVery Serious
  137. ReThinking
  138. Greg FishWorld of Weird Things
  139. 10% Happier with Dan Harris
  140. Milly TamatiGeneralist World
  141. Blake Jackson and Ilya A. StrebulaevNational Bureau of Economic Research
  142. Tyler CowenTyler Cowen
  143. Mark Johnson and Saumya KhandelwalThe Washington Post
  144. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  145. Sanjiv Erat and Uri GneezyExperimental Economics
  146. Songyuan TengYale University
  147. Michael D. König, Jan Lorenz, and Fabrizio ZilibottiTheoretical Economics
  148. Sheon HanWIRED
  149. Lindell Bromham, Russell Dinnage, and Xia HuaNature
  150. Tyler MinceyThe Creative Technologist
  151. Capitalisn't
  152. The Memo by Howard Marks
  153. Chicago Booth Review Podcast
  154. The Knowledge Project
  155. SmartLess
  156. Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
  157. Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
  158. EconTalk
  159. ReThinking
  160. Kelsey PiperThe Argument
  161. The Knowledge Project
  162. SmartLess
  163. The Orthogonal Bet
  164. EconTalk
  165. EconTalk
  166. ReThinking
  167. Moti MizrahiSocial Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
  168. Niveditha S. IyerAstera Institute Essay Competition
  169. Hidden Brain
  170. Adam MastroianniExperimental History
  171. This Jungian Life Podcast
  172. Athena AktipisAthena Aktipis
  173. SachinSummer Lightning
  174. SmartLess
  175. James PethokoukisFaster, Please!
  176. Kris WillisThe Good Science Project
  177. Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
  178. The Art of Accomplishment
  179. ReThinking
  180. How I Write
  181. ReThinking
  182. Philip Z. MayminarXiv
  183. James PethokoukisFaster, Please!
  184. EconTalk
  185. The Knowledge Project
  186. The Macroscience Podcast
  187. The Macroscience Podcast
  188. Stuart BuckGood Science Project
  189. EconTalk
  190. EconTalk
  191. Conversations with Tyler
  192. Joshua Krieger, Danielle Li, and Dimitris PapanikolaouThe Review of Financial Studies
  193. Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
  194. James Pethokoukis and Nicole KobieFaster, Please!
  195. James PethokoukisFaster, Please!
  196. Sam EnrightThe Fitzwilliam
  197. The Orthogonal Bet
  198. People I (Mostly) Admire
  199. Conversations with Tyler
  200. Deep Dish on Global Affairs
  201. Eric GilliamFreakTakes
  202. Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
  203. Tal Yarkoni[citation needed]
  204. EconTalk
  205. Victor ChaForeign Affairs
  206. Oliver KimIn Development
  207. Didier SornetteJournal of Economic Interaction and Coordination
  208. Anna Marie WagnerThe Hard Thing
  209. Riskgaming
  210. Kathleen FisherARIA
  211. Jordan DworkinOrdinary Abundance
  212. James W. Kemper and Noah LiptackSSRN
  213. Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
  214. EconTalk
  215. James PethokoukisFaster, Please!
  216. The Daily Stoic
  217. James PethokoukisFaster, Please!
  218. Scott GallowayNo Mercy / No Malice
  219. Capitalisn't
  220. J. Britt HolbrookPeer Review, Research Integrity, and the Governance of Science
  221. SmartLess
  222. John SalvatierJohn Salvatier
  223. Arne Güllich, Michael Barth, David Z. Hambrick, and Brooke N. MacnamaraScience
  224. SlackSlack
  225. Times Tech
  226. The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified
  227. The Peel with Turner Novak
  228. Riskgaming
  229. Riskgaming
  230. Riskgaming
  231. Riskgaming
  232. EconTalk
  233. Masters in Business
  234. Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
  235. The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network
  236. The Knowledge Project
  237. Unconfuse Me with Bill Gates
  238. EconTalk
  239. The Edtech Podcast
  240. Donald Geman and Stuart GemanProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  241. Bill HinchenBill Hinchen Copy
  242. Roger MasclansDuke University, Fuqua School of Business
  243. Michael KratsiosWhite House Office of Science and Technology Policy
  244. Seemay ChouAstera Institute
  245. Pierre AzoulayBrookings Institution / Building a Better NIH
  246. Aishwarya Khanduja and Stuart BuckAnalogue Press
  247. Cedric ChinCommoncog
  248. HanaReal Japanese Aesthetics
  249. Jed McCaleb and Seemay ChouAstera Institute
  250. John H. CochraneThe Grumpy Economist
  251. Ben ReinhardtSpectech Newsletter
  252. How I Write
  253. Aishwarya Khanduja and Stuart BuckAnalogue
  254. Hidden Brain
  255. John H. CochraneThe Grumpy Economist
  256. Edgar and Co.Edgar and Co.
  257. Capitalisn't
  258. Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
  259. Tech & Society with Mark Zuckerberg
  260. John H. CochraneThe Grumpy Economist
  261. James PethokoukisFaster, Please!
  262. Pedro Aldighieri and Franco MalpassiNorthwestern University
  263. SmartLess
  264. Giorgio Tripodi, Xiang Zheng, Yifan Qian, Dakota Murray, Benjamin F. Jones, Chaoqun Ni, and Dashun WangPNAS
  265. In Depth
  266. Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
  267. Alex MurrellAlex Murrell
  268. Liang ChangLiang's AIxBIO Foundry
  269. Jonathan ChaitThe Atlantic
  270. Mervin J. KellyProceedings of the Royal Society A
  271. Ruxandra Teslo and Amol PunjabiWorks in Progress
  272. Yascha MounkPersuasion
  273. Benjamin F. JonesThe Review of Economic Studies
  274. Capitalisn't
  275. Capitalisn't
  276. Sam KrissNumb at the Lodge
  277. Alex OlshonskyDeep Fix
  278. Jim O’Shaughnessy and Adam MastroianniThe OSVerse
  279. Reid HoffmanReid Hoffman
  280. James PethokoukisFaster, Please!
  281. Thomas Wolfthomwolf.io
  282. Kevin KellyKK
  283. Aishwarya KhandujaAishwarya Khanduja
  284. Milly TamatiGeneralist World
  285. Labour Market Economics Primer
  286. Planet Money
  287. Tallon HowieWorking paper
  288. BabbageThe Chip Letter
  289. Fabio FranceschiniSSRN
  290. Ben ThompsonStratechery
  291. Réka Juhász, Nathan Lane, and Dani RodrikAnnual Review of Economics
  292. Jacob TrefethenJacob Trefethen’s Blog
  293. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  294. Robert H. GertnerAnnual Review of Economics
  295. Riskgaming
  296. Riskgaming
  297. Riskgaming
  298. Riskgaming
  299. Riskgaming
  300. Cameron Russell ArmstrongWysr
  301. Capitalisn't
  302. ReThinking
  303. Alex Shintaro ArakiAlex’s Substack
  304. GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History & Geopolitics
  305. Radio Atlantic
  306. ReThinking
  307. Athena AktipisNot for Peer Review
  308. Dan Recht and Ben ReinhardtReinvent Science
  309. Ben SouthwoodWorks in Progress
  310. Robert MacfarlaneThe New Yorker
  311. Matt ClancyThe Abundance and Growth Blog
  312. Capitalisn't
  313. Ajeya CotraGood Bones
  314. All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
  315. HBR IdeaCast
  316. Ben ThompsonStratechery
  317. Nolan LovettHuman Resource Development Review
  318. Jo FreemanBerkeley Journal of Sociology
  319. Parul SehgalThe New Yorker
  320. Michael NielsenMichael Nielsen's Notebook
  321. Matt ClancyWorks in Progress
  322. Dan ChiolanProf G Media
  323. EconTalk
  324. Oliver HanneyOliver’s Substack
  325. The Daily Stoic
  326. Ya'elLet the Data Speak
  327. Chicago Booth Review Podcast
  328. The Knowledge Project
  329. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  330. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  331. David G. VictorForeign Affairs
  332. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  333. Aishwarya KhandujaAnalogue Press
  334. Jack LewarsEA Forum
  335. Patrik ReizingerThe Path to PhD
  336. How I Write
  337. EconTalk
  338. Lives Well Lived
  339. Ben ReinhardtSpeculative Technologies
  340. Chiara Franzoni and Paula StephanResearch Policy
  341. Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
  342. Scott GallowayNo Mercy / No Malice
  343. Caleb WatneyInstitute for Progress
  344. Paul LitvakIn One Lifetime
  345. Erik HoelThe Intrinsic Perspective
  346. Jerry NeumannColossus
  347. Étienne Fortier-DuboisHopeful Monsters
  348. Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace culture
  349. Edtech Insiders
  350. Edtech Insiders
  351. Chicago Booth Review Podcast
  352. Helen LewisThe Atlantic
  353. Ben ReinhardtSpectech
  354. The Gray Area with Sean Illing
  355. Pierre Azoulay, Matthew Clancy, Danielle Li, Bhaven N. SampatScience
  356. Jared PetersonSeeds of Science
  357. Ben ReinhardtSpectech Newsletter
  358. Eric GilliamFreakTakes
  359. David LangDavid Lang
  360. Paul KrugmanPaul Krugman
  361. Patrick Collison, Tyler Cowen, and Patrick HsuFuture
  362. Paul GrahamPaul Graham
  363. Jon KrakauerThe Atlantic
  364. Danny CrichtonRiskgaming
  365. Celeste BieverNature
  366. Eric GilliamFreakTakes
  367. Paul KrugmanPaul Krugman
  368. Alexander M. Bell, Raj Chetty, Xavier Jaravel, Neviana Petkova, and John Van ReenenThe Quarterly Journal of Economics
  369. Jeremy ShapiroBrookings Institution
  370. If Books Could Kill
  371. Brian PotterConstruction Physics
  372. ReThinking
  373. Paul KrugmanPaul Krugman
  374. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  375. Lant PritchettCenter for Global Development
  376. Chicago Booth Review Podcast
  377. Freakonomics Radio
  378. Paul KrugmanPaul Krugman
  379. Adam MastroianniSeeds of Science
  380. Matt ClancyWhat's New Under the Sun
  381. Brian PotterConstruction Physics
  382. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  383. Samuel ArbesmanAsimov Press
  384. Paul KrugmanPaul Krugman
  385. Paul KrugmanPaul Krugman
  386. Carlos César Chávez PadillaNonlinear Economics
  387. Rory SutherlandThe Spectator
  388. Sean CarrollNature
  389. Philip BallQuanta Magazine
  390. James McInerneyThe Long Game
  391. Jannik ReiglSeeds of Time
  392. Jared HendersonCommonplace Philosophy
  393. Becky PferdehirtBecky Pferdehirt
  394. Richard NgoMind the Future
  395. Tibor RutarPolitical Economy, Stats, and Society
  396. Danny CrichtonRiskgaming by Lux Capital
  397. Chicago Booth Review Podcast
  398. HBR IdeaCast
  399. T. GreerThe Scholar’s Stage
  400. Alvin Djajadikerta and Laura LunguWorks in Progress
  401. Santi Ruiz and Jo FreemanStatecraft
  402. Paul KrugmanPaul Krugman
  403. Paul KrugmanPaul Krugman
  404. Arthur C. BrooksThe Atlantic
  405. Elizabeth PennisiScience
  406. Brian AlbrechtEconomic Forces
  407. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  408. EconTalk
  409. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  410. Paul KrugmanPaul Krugman
  411. Danny CrichtonRiskgaming
  412. Anastasia GamickAnastasia Gamick
  413. The Knowledge Project
  414. Sebastian GarrenLittle Letter Republic
  415. Danny CrichtonSecurities
  416. Robin HansonOvercoming Bias
  417. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  418. Noah SmithNoahpinion
  419. Sophie EndrudPoynter
  420. L. M. SacasasThe Convivial Society