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My largest barrier towards actually getting things done ended up often being my preconceptions for how to get things done.
Gap Year Updates #1: Staying Productive in the Time of Corona
Matthew Shu
People seem to understand that extreme thrill rides belong in for-profit “parks” like Six Flags, yet for some reason mountain bikers think they should be able to build huge jumps and ride electric motorcycles in the same places where people like to take quiet walks and go birdwatching and stuff.
I’m not saying mountain bikers are necessarily the *worst*, but…[they really are the worst](https://bikesnobnyc.com/2025/05/16/out-of-the-bag/).
Evil Is as Evil Does
Eben Weiss
If Amazon is like climate change, subscribing to Prime is like flying: a personal choice that pales in comparison with what government intervention could do. Just as abstaining from flying for moral reasons won’t stop sea-level rise, one person canceling Prime won’t do much of anything to a multinational corporation’s bottom line. “It’s statistically insignificant to Amazon. They’ll never feel it,” Caine told me. But, he said, “the small businesses in your neighborhood will absolutely feel the addition of a new customer. Individual choices do make a big difference to them.”
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theatlantic.com
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