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To die on Mars: What Elon Musk gets right about legacy
On planting flags and living intentionally
May 22 • John Paul Hernandez
Boredom is something you have to schedule now
The argument for doing nothing on your next trip
May 15 • John Paul Hernandez
Reading in public
The best conversation starter is a book
May 8 • John Paul Hernandez
Play first, then build
On models, prototypes, and the imagination we neglect
May 1 • John Paul Hernandez

April 2026

On paperclips
The quiet essentials hiding in your drawers
Apr 24 • John Paul Hernandez
Curation and the art of saying no
On tablas, lost ballads, and the humanness of selection
Apr 17 • John Paul Hernandez
Why "perhaps" is the most underrated tool in the human mind
The one word that unlocks every impossible problem
Apr 10 • John Paul Hernandez
The art of not reading
On information minimalism and the discipline of enough
Apr 3 • John Paul Hernandez

March 2026

Why we (still) write
On truth, plausibility, and the one sentence only you can write
Mar 27 • John Paul Hernandez
How original thinking starts from the strange and unique experiences
The lighthouse keeper’s discipline
Mar 20 • John Paul Hernandez
The case for doing less, together
We have more ways to connect than ever. We are lonelier than ever. The answer might be a board game.
Mar 13 • John Paul Hernandez
Traffic is a gift
What bumper-to-bumper teaches you about the rest of your life
Mar 6 • John Paul Hernandez
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