HeyJaredCharlie Becker
Essays, fiction, and field notes from the frontlines of chasing curiosity, making meaning, and getting things done.
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Change the first 100 diapers. (opens the original)
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I’m Charlie Becker, a second-generation bookseller building an AI tool for used bookstores out of my family’s store in Houston, Texas. In this issue, I’m sharing something I find myself telling new dads a lot lately.<im
Read Moby Dick with me, dammit. (opens the original)
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I’m Charlie Becker, a second-generation bookseller building an AI tool for used bookstores out of my family’s store in Houston, Texas. In this week’s newsletter, I’m taking a break from the “AI Book Scanning” in the news to talk about reading together.<d
Find out who you are and do it on purpose. (opens the original)
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Is an AI company buying up all the used books? (Part 2: Maybe yes, actually.) (opens the original)
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Welcome new subscribers! I’m Charlie Becker, a second-generation bookseller building an AI tool for used bookstores out of my family’s store in Houston, Texas. Today’s essay is the same text as a long-form tweet I shared this afternoon.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wD7-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F87961c95-dfc5-473c-86c4-efa15c808d
My grandfather, the photographer (opens the original)
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I’m Charlie Becker, a second-generation bookseller building an AI tool for used bookstores out of my family’s store in Houston, Texas. This newsletter is a “weekly magazine” about stewardship: preservation through creation.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bePM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b34bbce-679a-463c-a161-5aa993570156_4895x3268.jpeg" targe
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