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Here are this week's top reads:

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What is money dysmorphia (and do you have it)?

2 minutes | The New York Times

Imagine keeping up with the Joneses, but now the Joneses are all over your social feeds. A staggering 43% of Gen Z reports "money dysmorphia" - a nagging financial anxiety even when they're doing just fine. Just make sure you put your phone away: those spending 3+ hours daily on social media are twice as likely to blow their budgets chasing the adulterated lifestyles of digital strangers.

→ Read the article​

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The end of productivity

12 minutes | Every

Glorifying productivity is so passé. In the age of AI where efficiency is table stakes, the obsession with “doing more, faster” is no longer a competitive edge. The real currency of the future? Your creativity.

→ Read the article​

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Eight lessons from 11 years of writing about work and life

5 minutes | The Wall Street Journal

What's the real cost of being an insecure overachiever in corporate America? After spending 11 years observing workplace dynamics, this WSJ columnist (and RadReader) shares a sobering truth about success and striving. The secret isn't about grinding harder or bringing your "whole self" to work – it's about spreading your existential eggs across multiple baskets and recognizing that career failures are the byproduct of aiming high enough.

→ Read the article​

This Week on The Examined Life Podcast

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This week's episode: My recent psychedelic journey​

Stories from my life
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Making Music

I'm six months into my journey of learning music production and my latest track Riptide is my proudest work. I also have been revisiting my French House playlists and recently saw Gesaffelstein (solo and sober)!

Know when to fold 'em

If I'm honest, I'm still processing the change away from writing weekly essays. Definitely a small identity earthquake. So it was pretty affirming to get this message from one of our long-time readers.

One Million YouTube Views

We just crossed this incredible milestone, slow-and-steady is the name of the game. Our recent video how do you survive working at a hedge fund was extremely well received.

Below the Fold
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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​Quiet compounding (Collab Fund, 1,086 clicks)
• ​Intensive parenting is harming parents as well as kids (Peter Gray, 457 clicks)

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And finally, NFL rookies guess 90s items.​

With gratitude,

Khe

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