essays
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Literary magazine exploring history and ideas through themed essays, primary sources, and contemporary commentary.
Thoughtful essays on software, maps, and technology. Creator of several popular open source projects.
Tim Urban's long-form illustrated essays. AI, procrastination, Fermi paradox, and more.
Venkatesh Rao's longform essays on organizations, technology, and thinking.
Continuing Roger Ebert's legacy of film criticism. Thoughtful reviews and essays on cinema.
Wide-ranging essays on effective altruism, parenting, contra dancing, and technical topics. Refreshingly honest.
Essays on startups, programming, and life from the co-founder of Y Combinator. Influential and often contrarian.
Essays on philosophy, science, and society. Deep thinking for curious minds.
Maria Popova on literature, science, and wisdom. Now The Marginalian.
Curated links to essays and reviews. The thinking person's homepage.
Literary and cultural essays. Some of the best long-form writing.
Essays and reviews on books and ideas. Intellectual discourse since 1963.
Curated essays on public domain works. Rediscovering forgotten treasures.
Extensive essays on statistics, psychology, technology, and self-experiments. A masterclass in long-form web writing.
Visual essays that explain ideas through data and design. Journalism meets data visualization.