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A drawing of a tidy house slowly decaying and becoming a pile of rubble.

A drawing of a tidy house slowly decaying and becoming a pile of rubble.

The Law of Entropy. Why Buying More Won't Solve Your Problems

In an isolated system, the degree of disorder can only increase over time. A family builds a beautiful, well-maintained house––a state...

Aug 212 min read

A split-panel sketch showing that improvement comes from subtraction, not addition. On the left, a frustrated sculptor fails to add clay to a marble block. On the right, the same sculptor confidently creates a statue by chiseling away, or subtracting, from the marble.

A split-panel sketch showing that improvement comes from subtraction, not addition. On the left, a frustrated sculptor fails to add clay to a marble block. On the right, the same sculptor confidently creates a statue by chiseling away, or subtracting, from the marble.

Via Negativa. How to Improve Your Life by Subtracting

In many domains, improvement comes not from seeking the good, but from eliminating the bad. You draft a long, complicated email full of...

Aug 162 min read

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