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A 450-Year History of Blogging
Brennan Kenneth Brown
https://brennan.day/a-450-year-history-of-blogging/
“In his 1574 A Regiment for Sea, William Bourne describes how, with a line tied to it, a log was thrown over the side of the ship, and the length of line was measured “while someone turned a minute sand glass” or in some cases “spoke some number of woordes [sic]” in order to measure the ship’s speed.[2] (The length was eventually counted by literal knots tied in the line at regular intervals; thus, our equally iconic term “knots.”) Recordings of the log-derived information, eventually replaced by the “chip log,” a weighted wooden quadrant, were entered into what would come to be called the “log board.”
— Janet Sorenson, “Logging-In: The Ship’s Log as Medium””
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Terry Cowan from New Notes from a Commonplace Book on Substack
“How far back should we go? Hiroshima? ¹ Nagasaki? If this argument resonates with you, I do not need to list everything since. But let’s just take a recent example: our bombing of the Iranian Middle School in Minab, killing over 150 schoolgirls and teachers. There has been no acknowledgement, nor has there been an apology. While Americans strongly oppose this war of choice, there has been no widespread public outrage over the murders. I am just saying that at some point we will have to come face to face with our crimes, individually and as a nation. The Russians are doing so, and they are the better people for it.”
Why $100 in Your 20s Is Worth $500 in Your 60s
Nick Maggiulli
https://ofdollarsanddata.com/why-100-in-your-20s-is-worth-500-in-your-60s/
“In 1877 the French philosopher Paul Janet put forth a new idea about why time seems to speed up as we age. He proposed that “the rate of passage of subjective time is proportional to the age of the person making the judgement.””
“Janet’s Law is directionally accurate, but needs to be adjusted for one thing—memory. Most of us have little to no memories of our early childhood, so our perception of these early years as adults is basically non-existent. Research on memory agrees with this. Older adults consistently seem to have a reminiscence bump (or enhanced memory) of ages 10-30.”
“As you can see, age 20 represents 2% of your memorable life while age 60 is 0.4%, or about 1/5 as much.
This simple observation has profound implications for how you spend your money throughout your lifetime.”
“This demonstrates how your view of the future can influence your spending habits today. For example, if you don’t understand (or don’t believe) in investing, then your money is worth more today than it ever will be in the future.”
“On the flip side, if you can earn high returns via investing, then you should save as much as possible to consume more in old age. There’s an irony to this approach as well—the data suggests that those who are great savers (and investors) end up not spending the money they worked so hard to acquire in retirement. Blowing all your money while young isn’t a smart move, but hoarding money now that you won’t spend later is worse.”
“This doesn’t mean that you should stop investing if you’re young or that you should strive to die with zero if you’re old. But you shouldn’t feel guilty about spending money on experiences, especially while younger. As Jack Raines wrote in Young Money (his new book out today):”
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