Archive - DYING BREED

Sunday Firesides: Hold Fast

Old-time sailors would sometimes get the phrase “hold fast” tattooed across their fingers.

Aug 16 • Kate McKay

DB Dialogues: C. Thi Nguyen on the Dark Side of Keeping Score

How gamification and metrics reshape what you value and drain the joy from your pursuits

Aug 12 • Brett McKay

Sunday Firesides: Examine the Thing Thou Protestest Too Much

When it comes to accusations around our personal qualities, those that provoke a strong reaction tend to hit somewhere near the mark.

Aug 9 • Kate McKay

Should You Stay or Should You Go? How to Escape the Sunk Cost Trap

A question to ask yourself whenever you're tempted to throw good money — or years — after bad

Aug 5 • Kate McKay

Sunday Firesides: The Hills Will Find You Out

We often think we’re strong, when really, we simply haven’t been tested.

Aug 2 • Kate McKay

July 2026

How My Favorite Personality Test Changed How I See Myself and Others

Are you a Blue, Red, White, or Yellow?

Jul 29 • Brett McKay

Sunday Firesides: Keep Looking Over Your Shoulder

There is something in your blind spot.

Jul 26 • Kate McKay

Dying Breed Field Trip: Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve

Wherein I visit an oil tycoon's eclectic monument to a vanishing West — and make contact with the ghosts of the past

Jul 22 • Brett McKay

Sunday Firesides: Advancing on Chaos and the Dark

There is something valiant in standing fast against the entire bent of the universe.

Jul 19 • Kate McKay

Trying Not to Try: The Art of Wu-Wei

How to attain a state of effortless action and give yourself an aura boost, according to ancient Chinese philosophers

Jul 15 • Brett McKay

Sunday Firesides: Excitement. Stability. Choose One.

Exciting things aren’t stable. And stable things aren’t exciting.

Jul 12 • Kate McKay

Why Is It So Hard to Admit You've Made a Mistake?

When we make a mistake, we can resolve the uncomfortable tension we experience in one of two ways.

Jul 8 • Kate McKay

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