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Worth reading. A personal index selected by Ratipcan Uysal.

2026-10-31 · 7 pieces

Reading issue 11.

A selection to read and return to.

01

Your Book Review: The Ghost In My Brain

Why read thisRecovery stories can suggest questions without establishing what caused improvement. An anonymous reviewer uses a concussion memoir to distinguish personal experience, plausible mechanisms and controlled evidence, then argues for structured patient observations that can identify useful hypotheses without turning testimonials into proof of treatment efficacy.

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Philosophy · Astral Codex Ten · Anonymous ACX book-review contest entrant October 2026
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80–100: high value. 70–79: worth the time. Below 70: below the usual publication threshold.

Evidence-reviewed score based on available publisher text. The supplied text contains sampling gaps. Cited studies are discussed in the excerpt but have not been independently verified.

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02

How intuitions work

Why read thisA seeming can offer defeasible reasons without being infallible. Separating its presentational role from its vividness explains why intuition deserves examination rather than blanket trust.

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Philosophy · Aeon · Marc A Moffett October 2026
A personal relevance score

80–100: high value. 70–79: worth the time. Below 70: below the usual publication threshold.

Evidence-reviewed score based on available publisher text. The supplied text contains sample gaps. Its philosophical argument can be assessed, but the omitted sections and its full treatment of intuition's reliability cannot be verified.

Scores reflect one reader’s profile, not an objective quality rating. Best is a separate personal selection.

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03

Arabic has four words for sadness. Philosophy explains why

Why read thisArabic words for sorrow reveal distinctions that a single sentiment label can conceal. The author connects computational annotation with philosophical interpretation while explicitly retaining evidence-based treatment.

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Philosophy · Psyche · Chereen Shurafa August 2026
A personal relevance score

80–100: high value. 70–79: worth the time. Below 70: below the usual publication threshold.

Evidence-reviewed score based on available publisher text. Judgment is limited to the supplied article text and does not validate the Arabic, clinical, or historical claims independently.

Scores reflect one reader’s profile, not an objective quality rating. Best is a separate personal selection.

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04

How to get decisions made

Why read thisA decision meeting works better when authority, strategic priorities and stakeholder disagreements are settled beforehand. A written rationale and named execution owner then prevent apparent agreement from becoming repeated debate.

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Product · operatorshandbook.com via Editor’s archive · Pocket
A personal relevance score

80–100: high value. 70–79: worth the time. Below 70: below the usual publication threshold.

Evidence-reviewed score based on available publisher text. Evidence is sampled and includes newsletter/job-list sections, so unseen portions may affect density.

Scores reflect one reader’s profile, not an objective quality rating. Best is a separate personal selection.

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When Philosophers Become Therapists

Why read thisReported counselling sessions show how a personal dilemma can become a question about freedom or success. Contrasting practitioners and named critics reveal both the appeal and the limits of this approach.

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Philosophy · newyorker.com via Editor’s archive · Pocket
A personal relevance score

80–100: high value. 70–79: worth the time. Below 70: below the usual publication threshold.

Evidence-reviewed score based on available publisher text. The evidence is sampled with gaps, so narrative completeness and any omitted counterpoints cannot be fully assessed.

Scores reflect one reader’s profile, not an objective quality rating. Best is a separate personal selection.

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Extreme Programming 1999->2026

Why read thisExtreme Programming connects values to observable practices, offering a way to judge AI productivity against simplicity, mutual benefit and sustainable teamwork.

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Engineering · manager.dev · Anton Zaides via Manager.dev August 2026
A personal relevance score

80–100: high value. 70–79: worth the time. Below 70: below the usual publication threshold.

Evidence-reviewed score based on available publisher text. The evidence is sampled with gaps, so the full structure and possible repetition cannot be fully assessed.

Scores reflect one reader’s profile, not an objective quality rating. Best is a separate personal selection.

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07

How we could save petabytes of cache storage with Zstandard and Pingora

Why read thisCloudflare changes how cached objects are stored without changing client-visible bytes. Its compression prototype exposes why eligibility and repeated decoding matter more than simply choosing the hottest content.

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Engineering · Cloudflare Blog · Aashi Patel September 2026
A personal relevance score

80–100: high value. 70–79: worth the time. Below 70: below the usual publication threshold.

Evidence-reviewed score based on available publisher text. The post reports a prototype and controlled tests, not a fully deployed fleet-wide outcome.

Scores reflect one reader’s profile, not an objective quality rating. Best is a separate personal selection.

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