Writing

Philosophy

Nov 7, 2025

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7 min read

Letters to Your Younger Self Are a Scam

The Futility of Trying to Tell Your Younger Self Anything Useful

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Why You Should Write Every Day (Even if You’re Not a Writer)

Oct 28, 2025

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6 min read

Why You Should Write Every Day (Even if You’re Not a Writer)

Writing Is Thinking With the Training Wheels Off

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

You Are Insignificant. That's a Good Thing.

Oct 19, 2025

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15 min read

You Are Insignificant. That's a Good Thing.

A Short Guide to Being Infinitesimally Small

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Oct 12, 2025

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7 min read

The Illusion of Independent Thought

Everyone’s a Philosopher Until the Algorithm Chooses the Tribe

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

There is Only One Hack: Do it for a Decade.

Oct 10, 2025

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4 min read

There is Only One Hack: Do it for a Decade.

Just Keep Doing the Thing

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Oct 4, 2025

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5 min read

I’m Done Future-proofing my Life.

Let the Storm Come

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

The Sacred Object of a Generation is a $59 IKEA Shelf

Oct 3, 2025

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5 min read

The Sacred Object of a Generation is a $59 IKEA Shelf

The IKEA Bookshelf and the Death of Arrival

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Oct 1, 2025

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5 min read

Originality is a Scam

Stop Waiting for Lightning

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Sep 28, 2025

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8 min read

Remember: Kurt Vonnegut was 47

The Long Apprenticeship

JA Westenberg

Writing

Letters to Your Younger Self Are a Scam

Why You Should Write Every Day (Even if You’re Not a Writer)

You Are Insignificant. That's a Good Thing.

The Illusion of Independent Thought

There is Only One Hack: Do it for a Decade.

I’m Done Future-proofing my Life.

The Sacred Object of a Generation is a $59 IKEA Shelf

Originality is a Scam

Remember: Kurt Vonnegut was 47

Westenberg.