The Anxious Generation Book Review: Part III Photo by John Smith on Unsplash While Parts I and II critiqued Haidt's methodology  and...

The Anxious Generation Book Review: Part II Image from Wix Media Remember how, in Part I , I talked about Haidt's tendency to make...

Part I: Introduction and Methodology I've been wrestling with Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious Generation  - agreeing with many points while...

This year, as in the last two, my challenge was to read 50 books. I read very slowly, especially in English. I added to the challenge...

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Image from Wix Media I’ve been thinking a lot about systems lately. Several different conversations ended up being about them. I talked...

I don't feel like writing a blog post; every idea seems trite and contrived like it had been discussed ad nauseam. So, I thought I might...

I learned to read when I was about three years old. I read death notices. Back in the 1980s, when someone died, the family would print...

There’s a distinction between optimism and hope. I heard it first in a podcast (in Hebrew) and found it later in a paper by Jeffrey...

I’ve been testing the water by talking to people IRL about my book. On the one hand, each conversation is different. I open up the...

I know the spooky season is technically over, but I got distracted by The Great Reorganisation of 2024 , and I’ve been trying to write...

My Dearest, My, how you’ve grown this year. I can’t believe you are fifteen already. I feel like I only had you yesterday, and (as you’re...

I’ve been feeling overwhelmed lately. Like I have too many things to do. Like I’m forgetting something important. It took me a while to...

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on my relationship with my phone. I find that if I have an excellent relationship (or a terrible...

A year ago, we woke up into a nightmare. What I still find hard to believe, what re-astonishes me even today, is that we are still living...

I don’t like going out. I’m an anxious person, and going out involves all sorts of unexpected snafus that usually heighten my anxiety....

I recently started my 16th morning-pages notebook. I’ve been doing morning pages more or less regularly since the end of 2020. Most days,...

The debate about AI has been rending communities apart. My beloved literary community keeps arguing about the use of AI, and the debate...

The story centres around Ruth Jefferson, an experienced African-American labour and delivery nurse who finds herself at the centre of a...

I’ve been reflecting lately on what it takes to be a writer. There are thousands, probably even millions, of people out there who want to...