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Deep Life Notes

Thoughts and observations on living deliberately in modern life.

Deep Life Notes is a collection of thoughts and observations on living deliberately in modern life.

Drawing from psychology, philosophy, history, technology, and everyday experience and reflection, these pieces explore work, craft, attention, identity, change, ageing, meaning, and living well in a modern world.

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Way Down in the Hole
Way Down in the Hole

Institutions can turn people into roles, then punish them when they can no longer perform them.

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The Talented Mr. Pollock
The Talented Mr. Pollock

Talent is a word we use with remarkable confidence, both to explain what others can do and what we believe we can’t.

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The Difficult Second Act
The Difficult Second Act

Reinvention doesn’t have to look impressive or even successful to matter. Sometimes the meaning is found in the work itself.

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