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A skeptical dive into the weird, sketchy, occasionally life-changing world
of self-improvement.
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Fellas, are you OK?
tworuru,
Gidday Cynics, We’re a few months in to this project now and I’ve noticed something interesting: the most engaged subscribers here aren’t men. Subscribe There’s nothing wrong with this. But it’s definitely not what I expected. I…
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Always read the comments?
tworuru,
Gidday Cynics, It has been a Week. The day job Matrix has me, and while this is definitely cause for celebration — having a job is an increasingly rare privilege these days, plus I actually like what…
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The life-altering magic of “meh”
tworuru,
Gidday Cynics, I hope you like my new idea, which is to give every newsletter a title that looks like it’s straight from a self-help book. Readers should be able to pick which one I’m riffing on.…
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An Actual Neuroscientist’s Guide for Adults Who Can’t Science Good
tworuru,
Gidday Cynics, First, a warm welcome to the new readers who’ve signed up after reading my Webworm guest post “An Insult To Life Itself” on AI. It was… interesting to write. AI is complicated and confusing, but…
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A Scientist’s Guide To Self-Improvement Science (For Non-Scientists)
tworuru,
Gidday Cynics, Thanks for waiting for this newsletter. There’s a lot of info here, so I wanted to take extra time to make sure it was as solid as possible. Subscribe This one has been brewing for…
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Noot me on Noots
tworuru,
Hello, Cynics. If you subscribe to one or more Substack newsletters, you are now likely drowning in requests to join Notes, the noo feature Substack just launched. Obviously, you should ignore all those other emails, and pay…
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Inside you, there aren’t two wolves
tworuru,
Hi, Cynics! I hope you don’t mind if I call you that, because I’m going to anyway. I think we could all use a break from ultrapersonal infodumps, so I’m going a bit lighter for this newsletter.…
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The Electric Needle ALS Test
tworuru,
Hi, This is another personal one, I’m afraid. Bear with me. The longer I go on with this project, the more I realise I can’t continue without telling this story. It’s the foundation for much of my…
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Bad things happen when sleep fights back
tworuru,
I’m already feeling a bit dizzy. I know why — this often happens when this train of thought arrives — but I can handle it. I think. Deep breath. This isn’t a story I’ve told before. My…
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The Sleep Conspiracy
tworuru,
Hi, I’m writing this in a haze of sleep deprivation, only slightly offset by a coffee so strong it’s probably illegal in multiple countries. Subscribe It began when my wife went out at 3 AM to direct…