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Apr 9, 2026

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8 min read

WTF, How is it Already 8:30?

A Nobel laureate explains why your morning keeps slipping away from you.

Blake Reichenbach

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I Couldn't Focus on My Reading. So I Did This Instead.

Apr 3, 2026

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11 min read

I Couldn't Focus on My Reading. So I Did This Instead.

Haring, Morrison, Le Guin, and dealing with shitty weeks that make creativity hard.

Blake Reichenbach

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My Fantasy Novel is Bad and It's My Fault

Mar 26, 2026

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10 min read

My Fantasy Novel is Bad and It's My Fault

On the Halo Effect, Dunning-Kruger, and giving your creativity table scraps and wondering why it's not growing.

Blake Reichenbach

Newsletter

Mar 12, 2026

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4 min read

Taste Cannot Be Mindless

Which makes it the most interesting weapon against scrolling I've found lately.

Blake Reichenbach

Newsletter

Mar 5, 2026

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9 min read

The Comfort of Competence

On retreating to what you're good at when everything else falls apart

Blake Reichenbach

All Articles

Distraction

Apr 9, 2026

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8 min read

WTF, How is it Already 8:30?

A Nobel laureate explains why your morning keeps slipping away from you.

Blake Reichenbach

Newsletter

Apr 3, 2026

•

11 min read

I Couldn't Focus on My Reading. So I Did This Instead.

Haring, Morrison, Le Guin, and dealing with shitty weeks that make creativity hard.

Blake Reichenbach

Newsletter

Mar 26, 2026

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10 min read

My Fantasy Novel is Bad and It's My Fault

On the Halo Effect, Dunning-Kruger, and giving your creativity table scraps and wondering why it's not growing.

Blake Reichenbach

Analog Dictionaries Still Kick You Know What

Mar 19, 2026

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12 min read

Analog Dictionaries Still Kick You Know What

On Old English, pretentious inside jokes, and the vasty underrated and rewarding experience of looking up words in a nice, hard cover dictionary.

Blake Reichenbach

Distraction

Mar 12, 2026

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4 min read

Taste Cannot Be Mindless

Which makes it the most interesting weapon against scrolling I've found lately.

Blake Reichenbach

Blog Post

Mar 12, 2026

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15 min read

The Case for Having Taste

What Fran Lebowitz understood about audiences, what algorithms are doing to them, and why developing a genuinely discerning eye might be the most consequential thing you can do right now.

Blake Reichenbach