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Every issue ends with If this hooked you — a small set of curated next reads (books, talks, papers) so the rabbit hole has signposts.
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Each calendar month follows a single theme — Foundations, Attention, Resilience, Craft, Friction, Gratitude — and each issue is one angle on it.
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