HeyJaredThe Last Stop on the Late Train
A newsletter from Raghav Rao about exercising discernment in a culture of information saturation.
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The Hermeneutic Code: Pocket Edition (opens the original)
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This was originally a post for Small Gold Objects, the Office of Modern Composition’s newsletter. Even though this newsletter, The Last Stop on the Late Train, is about Information Saturation, I share this in the hope that my readers will enjoy it, too.The Hermeneutic Code: Pocket EditionIt is your misfortune to be stuck in an Alpine funicular with me. You want to bask in the sublime vistas of snow cappe
Rest In Peace, Ziggy (opens the original)
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Three Practical Takeaways from My Rewrite of Great Expectations (opens the original)
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I am closing in on the halfway mark of my target. I have retyped word-for-word 24 chapters of Great Expectations on Youtube; I still have 34 left but having typed over 70k words of the 183,000-word novel, I think I’m ready to share some takeaways. Of course, you can watch my recap videos or tune in for the livestreams on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 930pm central. You can also rewatch/relisten to the livestreams. If you do so, I recommend speeding up the video to 1.5 or even 2x.Before I get to the
Lifetime 2500 (opens the original)
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Optimistically, how many books are you likely to read in your lifetime?And is that number very different from the number of books you want to have read in your lifetime? Perhaps, like me, you’ve wished for the ability to pause time not to rob a bank but to read all the books in the library and then return to daily life furnished with that knowledge. I imagine it’s a common fantasy. But time is inexorable, refusing to wait for us to tie our shoelaces. Our hour glasses keep whistling down. Some Ma
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