"What if…instead of the latest toy, the toy inside was journalism?" -@PabloTorre davidepstein.substack.com…

@DKThomp The last chapter of Ulysses has only two periods, and it's brilliant. (And currently the top ranked book ever written on https://thegreatestbooks.org/;)

The theme on every page of Range (that would have made an unmarketable subtitle) is that head starts often undermine long-term development. ...Perfect holiday gift for that premature optimizer in your life!

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Oh man, every time someone runs a fast 400, or especially 400 hurdles, jokers like me instantly hope they move up to the 800 (objectively the best event). It is actually happening. I have died and gone to mid-d heaven.

That conversation was like riding a roller coaster! You never know what @Gladwell will come up with—which is why it's so ridiculously stimulating to talk to him.

False, because you're not going to tell people you did the 1pm workout which is basically like it didn't happen.

Holy cow, that is crazy praise coming from a thinker I admire 🙏

I was about to reshare this before I even realized I'm in it. (And I still have a shuffle.)

As I said in the acknowledgments, now it's time for me to start learning from readers...

Fascinating article

He meant your half-mile time and nothing else compares.

This stat (via @letsrundotcom) from World Champs is absolutely wacky: "The combined winning margin in the 800, 1500, steeple, 10k, and marathon was just 0.22 of a second"

@KeithMcCullough So glad you found something interesting in there, Keith. I've been following you for years!