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One year in Spain
How much can we really know after a year of living in another culture?
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Arguments based on Democracy (A 4th of July Interlude)
A majority of people are often wrong about the most basic facts—you really think the problem is not enough democracy?
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May 2024

My last five years of work
What will you do when AI comes for you? Avital Balwit and the coming AI disruption.
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April 2024

You cannot escape politics
I renew my German passport, plus: apathy always looses.
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The water American parents swim in
It's hard to understand in your gut just how deep it goes—until you leave
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January 2024

Is 2024 going to be really bad?
A little historical perspective to start the year.
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November 2023

The end of a 10-year relationship
Last year, I did what everyone tries to do after a relationship ends: make sense.
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October 2023

Missing ingredient is courage
Charles Bukowski on seeking validation for lives frittered away on nonsense
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Herman Hesse's essay on the unfaithful and fantastic
The Wandering Man and the inability to leave my heart in one place
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September 2023

Take your wild and precious life seriously
From Mary Oliver to Thoreau, Western writers have urged attitudes which ignite the soul—but is it a recipe for suffering?
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August 2023

Moral equivalents of war
Manhood, hardship, Orwell, and Barbie. Plus, a time without cell phones
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July 2023

My multiple life stories
Plus: one more week to Spain; how I got here, and whether I'm romanticizing it
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