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How to Find Reverence for Life
Dog mushing, Shackleton, and Andromeda
Jul 29
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Sam Alaimo
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How Dogs Make Us Ancient Again
And how they help us adapt our ancient minds to the modern world
Sep 17, 2024
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Sam Alaimo
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The Cure for Broken Body Language is Clearing Rooms
Purpose in life, close quarters combat, and making ourselves useful
Aug 5
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Sam Alaimo
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How Warrior Cultures Teach Us to Face Suffering Without Blame
Epictetus, Stoicism, and the Warrior Wisdom of the Mae Enga
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What Plenty Coups Can Teach Us About Loneliness
Afghanistan, Plenty-Coups, and a Crow mode of mind
Aug 19
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Sam Alaimo
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How Dogs Make Us Ancient Again
Sep 17, 2024
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Dogs Remind Us of What Matters in Life
Jun 4, 2024
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What WWI Can Teach Us About the Meaning of Life
Nov 19, 2024
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Why We Should Suffer In Silence
Dec 10, 2024
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Sam Alaimo
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How Dogs Make Us Human
The Logic of the Human versus the Logic of the Dog
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Why We Should Train for the Worst Case Scenario
Harry Potter, usefulness, and overcoming our environment
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How to Cure Sunday Depression
Viktor Frankl, the Bambuti, and reframing the Sunday Blues
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What Marines Teach Us About Gratitude
The Battle of Peleliu, the dangers of ease, and a path forward
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Why the 4th of July Still Matters
Intellectuals, Cambodia, Plastic, and Mithril
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Dropping Bombs on Oneself with the SOG in Vietnam
Riffing with Epictetus and finding figs on thorns
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