Bored Arc

Bored

Nick Lynch | Bowling Broke | 5th May 2025

Not-at-all boring essay about the nature and utility of boredom, which is "the substrate without which peace is impossible". Eliminate it at your peril. "We think we’re escaping boredom by filling every silence, every pause, every flicker of inconvenience. But it’s the other way around. What we’re escaping is everything else — depth, clarity, attention, the work of tolerating discomfort" (8,500 words)

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Joan Of Arc

Anonymous | Astral Codex Ten | 1st August 2025

Lengthy and heavily footnoted review of the evidence for the miraculous life and career of Joan of Arc. She was an "artillerist, fraudbuster, confirmed saint, and Extremely Documented Person". There is no other saint with such a paper trail. This makes Joan fascinating: even this agnostic writer has to admit that "she’s such unusually good evidence for miracles". Could we see her like again? (24,000 words)