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Anne-Marie Slaughter — 'Unfinished Business.' Why women still can't have it all, and what we'd need to change. https://www.annemarieslaughter.com/Essays — Ann Packer's 'The Children,' a story about what parents owe their kids when ideology collides with love. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/01/08/the-childrenEssays — 'The Courage to Be Disliked' explores how to think clearly when consensus pulls you under. Philosophy as practical tool, not ornament. https://www.kouritsu.jp/english/Robin Sloan's "Spring" newsletter mixes tech, fiction, and culture better than anyone. https://www.robinsloan.comRead "Working in Public" — Nadia Asparouhova explains why OSS funding is hard. https://press.stripe.com/working-in-publicSlow Boring offers patient liberal-policy writing in a noisy era. https://www.slowboring.comStratechery is still the gold standard for strategy analysis on a paywall. https://stratechery.comCasey Newton's Platformer covers tech-policy with the patience the topic actually needs. https://www.platformer.newsLethain's blog is the single best resource on engineering management I've found. https://lethain.comPatrick Collison's reading list is half a CS degree disguised as recommendations. https://patrickcollison.com/bookshelfRead "How Big Things Get Done" if you've ever wondered why projects always slip. https://www.howbigthingsgetdone.comJason Crawford's "The Roots of Progress" is the best optimism-about-the-future newsletter. https://rootsofprogress.orgPaul Graham's "Founder Mode" essay reframed an argument founders have been losing. https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html