Messages
2/28/2023
21 : 14
Keep talking about what you love
Revelations from a night on ayahuasca (aka spiritual GPS).
2/21/2023
22 : 14
"You're married, but you're not happy"
On ChatGPT, Bing AI, and our ongoing naiveté about the future.
2/17/2023
18 : 54
Let's chat it up
Also: The real problem with social media? It was built by dorks with no social skills. Of course it broke bad. | Plus: Thoughts about horseshoe theory, Andrew Tate, status, and the science of beauty.
2/17/2023
8 : 15
How to be a man without being toxic
Our masculinity crisis and the last men standing.
2/8/2023
17 : 4
How to make weed cookies 🌿➡️🍪
Cook weed (video and recipe included) and you won't get fooled again by your edibles. | Also: Thoughts from Rick Rubin, Heather Havrilesky, Dean Wareham, Oliver Burkeman, and more.
1/31/2023
22 : 44
The greatest guitar solo ever played
RIP Tom Verlaine. A breakdown of the title track from "Marquee Moon." | Also: Mean Girls, Mars, crypto, ChatGPT, small talk, Midas, and more.
1/24/2023
20 : 44
Bill Burr: "If you're going to fail, fail doing what you want."
15 life, business, and creativity lessons from legendary comedian Bill Burr.
1/20/2023
6 : 25
I adopted a Puerto Rican street puppy and it's a whole thing
On failed fosters, rescue operations, "shy party girls," and the rest of the dog adoption runaround. Also: My new podcast launches, fun quickies, the launch of "Substance," Club
1/20/2023
2 : 54
SUBSTANCE: Watch me do standup high, drunk, and on shrooms!
I've got a new comedy special/documentary/experiment that drops on YouTube today.
1/3/2023
18 : 4
BDE, TMZ, Kim K, and the best Rubesletters of the year
My Caroline's memory: Learning about Pete Davidson's charisma the hard way.
12/23/2022
0 : 4
The 15 most interesting paragraphs I read this year
Fascinating stuff re: dancing, lone wolves, reification, narcissism, Buddhism vs. therapy, trauma, death, condensation, prostitution, animal senses, and more.
12/13/2022
18 : 54
Our weird middlebrow monoculture
Now there's AI that can write convincingly too. So get ready for more inoffensive, middle-of-the-road “content.” We're not reverting to the mean, we're racing toward it.
12/6/2022
22 : 44
No one wants to f– your kid
In fact, no one even wants to be around them. That's why it's so hard for you to find a babysitter.
11/30/2022
20 : 34
Everything should be 90 minutes long
RIP always leave 'em wanting more. Now it's hold onto 'em for as long as you can. On the World Cup, Beatles reissues, Coachella, and the lost art of finding the sweet spot.
11/22/2022
19 : 34
How standup comedy converted me from atheist to Jew
My journey from hardcore atheist to torah-studying Jew. 🕎 Also: Musings on Musk, Bezos, TikTok, FTX, Eno, Cheryl Strayed, Bob Dylan, Taylor Swift, and more.
11/15/2022
21 : 34
We keep trading quality for efficiency
Hand dryers, QR codes, and bluetooth speakers are all more efficient. Also, they suck. An ode to foreplay and taking your time.
11/8/2022
20 : 44
Fine, I admit it. I’m a snob.
Doesn't anyone have the balls to stand up for elitism, intelligence, books, and the truth anymore?
11/1/2022
15 : 54
There is no magic bullet
The Pelosi attack, Kyrie, Kanye, and our foolish attempts to find "the one thing" that ignites bad actors.
10/25/2022
19 : 54
Never too much, hardly enough
Ten design lessons from Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture. Also: Amnesia, Neneh vs. Kamala, Elon/Twitter, sex work, anchovies, the umwelt, and reification.
10/18/2022
20 : 44
Soup tossers, Kanye, and why it's good to be hated now
In an attention economy, “they're talking about what a jerk I am” still registers as a victory.