Not so obvious is a personal essay newsletter on critical technoscience, written in an accessible voice. Recent issues cover coping with cynicism and choosing causes, a review of a history of household technology and women's labour, and reflections on handmade web design in an age of automated, AI-generated sites.
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Patrick McKenzie (patio11) podcast where he reads and expands on his essays about the practical mechanics of money, payments, banking, and consumer travel rights, with worked examples. Readers get clear explanations of how finance and travel systems actually behave, drawn from his industry experience.
Weekly Spanish-language essays that use historical figures and ideas to explore learning, long-term thinking and how we understand the world. Each issue accompanies a podcast and tells a story before unpacking a concept such as pace layers, causal reasoning or deliberate practice.
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