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A Defense of Erisology

13 May, 201917 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 16 Comments

I respond at length to criticism against an article about erisology in The Atlantic, developing the concept further in the process. Read more (23 min, 7700 words).

A Meta-Meditation

23 January, 201917 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 11 Comments

I wrote a spontaneous piece on the tensions between cultural/intellectual accessibility and ambition that under later scrutiny wasn't quite up to snuff. Instead of publishing something sub par or discard it I used it as a jumping off point for discussing the nature of creative work, writing and thinking in general. Read more (13 min, 4200 words).

2018 in Review

29 December, 20183 January, 2019 ~ John Nerst ~ 4 Comments

I summarize 2018 as a successful year and discuss what works and what doesn't with my blogging: it's getting better but higher ambitions and awareness of a bigger audience means I still write much less efficiently than I could be. Read more (6 min, 1800 words).

Taste Books That Don’t Take Off

9 October, 201817 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 3 Comments

I review the book Hit Makers and go on about how it loses its point in a sea of storytelling . Read more (10 min, 3300 words).

30 Fundamentals

16 July, 201817 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 23 Comments

I've spoken before about how it's difficult to interpret texts written by people with very different background assumptions, interests and preoccupations from you. Here I experiment with enumerating my basic beliefs in the hope that it'll make the meaning of my writing more transparent. Read more (13 min, 3200 words).

Reactions to “Infinite Jest”

6 April, 201717 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 6 Comments

Reading David Foster Wallace’s ”Infinite Jest” over a period of six months provoked a lot of thought about what makes a good book and why I didn’t particularly care for this one. Read more (16 min, 3900 words)

Hiatus

7 November, 201617 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 2 Comments

On the perils of writing a blog and why I didn’t publish anything for four months.
Read more (500 words)

Idea Infatuation

21 April, 201617 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 4 Comments

How having an idea is similar to falling in love and why it sometimes doesn't work over the long term.
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Illusory Communion

19 January, 201617 January, 2022 ~ John Nerst ~ 2 Comments

How you can feel like you know people and be part of a group without actually being so. It describes me and the so-called "rationalist community".
Read more (1500 words)

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