"It's easier than ever for writers to earn good money, but don't get it twisted: You still must dare to be a loser."

"There are too many possible lifestyles now, and it's a bigger problem than you realize."

"Historically, many of the most interesting and important writers have tended to carve out insular, informal pockets of autonomous cultural activity from which they could birth something larger. These pockets would shield members from the _...Read More_

"On fatherhood and the unspeakable terror of steering the ship."

"On new, untapped modes of veridiction."

"On the value of soul in the era of machine intelligence."

"For the most part, Johnson studied and wrote through a lifetime of poverty. He was a hypochondriac with nervous tics, who never enjoyed the support of a patron. He came of age at a difficult time for writers, a time when patronage was _...Read More_

"It's easy to lament the decline of testosterone, but most Americans prefer a low-testosterone society—including many of those who lament the decline of testosterone."

"Are you OK, babe? You've barely touched my mushy dots and it's thwarting my aspiration"

How to "kindle science with the fire of the holiest affections."

"A new field of psychology has begun to quantify an age-old intuition: Feeling awe is good for us."

"On William S. Burroughs, the Beats, and the virtues of privacy and ignorance."

"On attention, will, grace, and the Good according to Simone Weil and William James"

"The greatest crimes of our generation have been committed by individuals with the ethical stature of Super Mario."

"On the social welfare loss from platform selection bias—and how to fix it."