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Aa Title
Category
Author
Score
Status
Good Work
Work
Paul Graham
9.2
✓ Curated
The Tail End
Living well
Tim Urban
9.4
✓ Curated
This Is Water
Timeless
D.F. Wallace
9.5
✓ Curated
How to Do What You Love
Work
Paul Graham
9.0
✓ Curated
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Work
Greg McKeown
8.8
✓ Curated
The Cook and the Chef
Thinking
Tim Urban
8.9
✓ Curated
I Can Tolerate Anything Except...
Ideas
Scott Alexander
9.0
✓ Curated
The Last Question
Sci-fi essay
Isaac Asimov
9.1
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On Bullshit
Philosophy
Harry Frankfurt
8.7
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