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Worth reading. A personal index selected by Ratipcan Uysal.

2026-09-19 · 7 pieces

Reading issue 5.

A selection to read and return to.

01

There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy

Why read thisSeparates reported loneliness from time spent alone, then uses a control-system analogy to explain how harmful social deprivation can persist without a proportionate craving for company.

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Life · Experimental History · Adam Mastroianni 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. Evidence is sampled, so the ending and full evidentiary chain may be incomplete.

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

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02

Who will taste the cherries?

Why read thisNames computism as the political extension of digital ontology, showing how systems that equate people with measurable actions erase embodied judgment and transfer agency to model owners.

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AI · Aeon · Liam Spradlin 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. Evidence is sampled with gaps, so completeness, counterarguments, and full argumentative balance 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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03

Terminal lucidity: when dying dementia patients regain awareness

Why read thisTreats terminal lucidity as an unresolved empirical question, separating emotionally vulnerable testimony from emerging video evidence and testable mechanisms that could change how dementia is understood.

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Surprise · Psyche · Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston 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 evidence is substantial public text, but it still may not include every section or counterargument in the original article.

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

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04

Same People

Why read thisUses factories, intensive-care units, software teams and analyst mobility to argue that performance is produced by people in context, so leaders must redesign scaffolding alongside accountability.

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Leadership · Mike Fisher 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 article evidence is substantial, though cited studies and cases are not independently verified here.

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

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05

The broken windows theory of coding agents

Why read thisExplains how agent-generated one-off fixes become copied conventions, compressing years of codebase decay into days unless teams preserve review, standards and shared understanding.

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Engineering · Manager.dev · Anton Zaides 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 article is grounded mainly in one team's experience and self-reported workflow numbers, not an independent cross-company study.

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

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06

Momentum is Not a Moat

Why read thisTreats startup momentum as temporary currency that must be deliberately converted into durable defensibility before competitive pressure closes strategic options.

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Product · Dan Hock · Dan Hockenmaier 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 evidence is complete enough to judge the argument, though specific external claims are not independently verified here.

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

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07

The Examined Life in the Age of Optimisation

Why read thisOptimisation can improve a chosen journey, but it cannot choose a destination or explain what a life is for.

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Philosophy · journal.nyphilosophy.org 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 assessment covers only the available publisher text; unseen research, visuals, counterarguments, and full-page context were not reviewed.

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

How scoring works →