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Sunday Firesides: In Your Element
Many people go through life like a perpetually dry-docked swan.
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Kate McKay
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The Four Faces of Envy
Three of them will eat you alive. One can make you better.
Jun 10
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Brett McKay
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Sunday Firesides: Exercise, Man’s Most Faithful Companion
Picture for a moment a man out running in the cool evening air. He appears to be alone. But he is not.
Jun 7
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Kate McKay
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5 Underexamined Consequences of the Declining Birth Rate
Five lesser-examined ways a world with fewer children could change our culture and our lives.
Jun 3
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Kate McKay
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May 2026
Sunday Firesides: Dying of Embarrassment
Strange as it may seem, people will move toward a threat rather than violate social norms or risk awkwardness.
May 31
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Kate McKay
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Praised to Praiseworthy: Adam Smith's Guide to Moral Development
On being loved versus being lovely
May 27
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Brett McKay
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Sunday Firesides: Life Bathing
When life’s most human, satisfying, transcendent and increasingly scarce experiences present themselves, they should be intentionally amplified, deeply…
May 24
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Kate McKay
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Read Lonesome Dove With Me This Summer
I’m trying something new this summer on Dying Breed: a guided group read of my all-time favorite novel: Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove.
May 20
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Brett McKay
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Sunday Firesides: Self-Development Is a Duty
Self-development is more than an optional hobby: it is a moral responsibility.
May 17
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Kate McKay
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Making a Living Online: The Affiliate Link Boom and Bust
How the affiliate model went boom and bust and made the online experience worse for everyone.
May 13
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Brett McKay
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Sunday Firesides: What You See, Shapes
What we see in someone else colors how we treat them, and how we treat them shapes how they show up — and who they become.
May 10
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Kate McKay
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Memento Mori Not Working for You? Try Contemplating Your Immortality
Thinking about my death didn't help change my life. But this reflection does.
May 6
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Brett McKay
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