Throwing Parties and Reading Books

21 Facts About Throwing Good Parties

Uri Bram | Atoms Vs Bits | 22nd September 2025

Facilitating enjoyable and productive socialisation is a public service. People will likely feel less lonely and maybe, long-term relationships and children will result from your efforts. To host well, "prioritise your ease of being over any other consideration", make your start time quarter-to the hour, repeatedly emphasise to attendees that they will know other people there, and be sure to account for the "flake rate" (1,000 words)

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How I Read

Henrik Karlsson | Escaping Flatland | 1st October 2025

Notes on a personal reading system. Karlsson starts about 300 books a year, but only finishes around 50, skimming the rest before rejecting them as inferior candidates. He rarely carries a smartphone and turns off the internet when it isn't needed. The ability to read complex prose can be trained as if it is an endurance sport. LLMs, although imperfect, can help with unfamiliar vocabulary and concepts (2,600 words)