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Welcome to my online home. I write, host a podcast, and run a writing school called Write of Passage. Join 70,000+ people and get a distilled email of the coolest things I learn and find each week. AS SEEN IN Most of my essays are about business, education, and what it means to be a citizen of the Internet. These essays are a record of my intellectual quest to make sense of the world. They’re the diary of my contemplative life. LATEST ESSAY Years ago, I realized that the Bible is the foundational book of Western civilization. If I was going to be an educated person, I needed to know what it said. There’s a famous saying in golf: “Drive for show, putt for dough.” From music, we learn what humanity has always known but schools have forgotten: learning begins with inspiration. Human culture was fueled by rage and rivalry, which led to violence. Managing that violence is the secret reason for all religious and political institutions. My notebook is where I develop my ideas in public. If my

Welcome to my online home. I write, host a podcast, and curate a collection of the best writing on Writing Examples. Join 70,000+ people who’ve chosen to follow along. Essays Most of my essays are about business, education, and what it means to be a citizen of the Internet. These essays are a record of my intellectual quest to make sense of the world. They’re the diary of my contemplative life. Latest essay Buenos Aires: The Paris of South America? Have you ever met somebody who was trying really hard to convince you that they’re somebody they’re not, and then you get to know them and…

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