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Stanford prison experiment or Stanford prison acting class?
Archival analysis reveals the Stanford Prison Experiment guards were explicitly told the study's hypothesis and instructed on how to create the 'pathogenic' environment.
https://leonlins.com/writing/stanford/
Archival analysis reveals the Stanford Prison Experiment guards were explicitly told the study's hypothesis and instructed on how to create the 'pathogenic' environment.
https://leonlins.com/writing/stanford/
January 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Stanford prison experiment or Stanford prison acting class?
Archival analysis reveals the Stanford Prison Experiment guards were explicitly told the study's hypothesis and instructed on how to create the 'pathogenic' environment.
https://leonlins.com/writing/stanford/
Archival analysis reveals the Stanford Prison Experiment guards were explicitly told the study's hypothesis and instructed on how to create the 'pathogenic' environment.
https://leonlins.com/writing/stanford/
The benefits of friendships
Sociologist Beverley Fehr's research shows that successful friendships rely on reciprocal self-disclosure and emotional support, not practical utility.
https://leonlins.com/writing/friends/
Sociologist Beverley Fehr's research shows that successful friendships rely on reciprocal self-disclosure and emotional support, not practical utility.
https://leonlins.com/writing/friends/
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The benefits of friendships
Sociologist Beverley Fehr's research shows that successful friendships rely on reciprocal self-disclosure and emotional support, not practical utility.
https://leonlins.com/writing/friends/
Sociologist Beverley Fehr's research shows that successful friendships rely on reciprocal self-disclosure and emotional support, not practical utility.
https://leonlins.com/writing/friends/
Newsletters for everyone and everything
Substack grew from 11,000 to 50,000 paying subscribers in one year, signaling strong growth for subscription newsletters.
https://leonlins.com/writing/news/
Substack grew from 11,000 to 50,000 paying subscribers in one year, signaling strong growth for subscription newsletters.
https://leonlins.com/writing/news/
January 14, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Newsletters for everyone and everything
Substack grew from 11,000 to 50,000 paying subscribers in one year, signaling strong growth for subscription newsletters.
https://leonlins.com/writing/news/
Substack grew from 11,000 to 50,000 paying subscribers in one year, signaling strong growth for subscription newsletters.
https://leonlins.com/writing/news/
Do IPOs leave money on the table?
Nearly all IPOs are oversubscribed, yet retail investors can't buy at the IPO price, only at the higher trading debut.
https://leonlins.com/writing/ipo_process/
Nearly all IPOs are oversubscribed, yet retail investors can't buy at the IPO price, only at the higher trading debut.
https://leonlins.com/writing/ipo_process/
January 13, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Do IPOs leave money on the table?
Nearly all IPOs are oversubscribed, yet retail investors can't buy at the IPO price, only at the higher trading debut.
https://leonlins.com/writing/ipo_process/
Nearly all IPOs are oversubscribed, yet retail investors can't buy at the IPO price, only at the higher trading debut.
https://leonlins.com/writing/ipo_process/
100 year old movie
John Malkovich and Robert Rodriguez sealed their film '100 Years' in a vault in 2015 for release in 2115 as part of a Louis XIII Cognac marketing campaign.
https://leonlins.com/writing/movie/
John Malkovich and Robert Rodriguez sealed their film '100 Years' in a vault in 2015 for release in 2115 as part of a Louis XIII Cognac marketing campaign.
https://leonlins.com/writing/movie/
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
100 year old movie
John Malkovich and Robert Rodriguez sealed their film '100 Years' in a vault in 2015 for release in 2115 as part of a Louis XIII Cognac marketing campaign.
https://leonlins.com/writing/movie/
John Malkovich and Robert Rodriguez sealed their film '100 Years' in a vault in 2015 for release in 2115 as part of a Louis XIII Cognac marketing campaign.
https://leonlins.com/writing/movie/
Review of the Query News in 2019
Query News is described by its creators as 'Quora for timely news' but with more collaborative intent than competing answers.
https://leonlins.com/writing/query/
Query News is described by its creators as 'Quora for timely news' but with more collaborative intent than competing answers.
https://leonlins.com/writing/query/
January 11, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Review of the Query News in 2019
Query News is described by its creators as 'Quora for timely news' but with more collaborative intent than competing answers.
https://leonlins.com/writing/query/
Query News is described by its creators as 'Quora for timely news' but with more collaborative intent than competing answers.
https://leonlins.com/writing/query/
Would you buy the Libra Neopet Kin token?
The author argues with 60% certainty that Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency will fail its objectives, comparing it to a 'Neopet Kin token' controlled by 100 companies.
https://leonlins.com/writing/libra/
The author argues with 60% certainty that Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency will fail its objectives, comparing it to a 'Neopet Kin token' controlled by 100 companies.
https://leonlins.com/writing/libra/
January 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Would you buy the Libra Neopet Kin token?
The author argues with 60% certainty that Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency will fail its objectives, comparing it to a 'Neopet Kin token' controlled by 100 companies.
https://leonlins.com/writing/libra/
The author argues with 60% certainty that Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency will fail its objectives, comparing it to a 'Neopet Kin token' controlled by 100 companies.
https://leonlins.com/writing/libra/
The controversy around Tim's Vermeer is missing the point
Inventor Tim Jenison spent 343 days recreating Vermeer's 'The Music Lesson' using a camera obscura and mirror to test if the artist used optical aids.
https://leonlins.com/writing/tim/
Inventor Tim Jenison spent 343 days recreating Vermeer's 'The Music Lesson' using a camera obscura and mirror to test if the artist used optical aids.
https://leonlins.com/writing/tim/
January 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The controversy around Tim's Vermeer is missing the point
Inventor Tim Jenison spent 343 days recreating Vermeer's 'The Music Lesson' using a camera obscura and mirror to test if the artist used optical aids.
https://leonlins.com/writing/tim/
Inventor Tim Jenison spent 343 days recreating Vermeer's 'The Music Lesson' using a camera obscura and mirror to test if the artist used optical aids.
https://leonlins.com/writing/tim/
Ad targeting myths
GPS-based ad targeting has ~5m accuracy, and 57% of location data in bid requests is wrong by more than a mile.
https://leonlins.com/writing/ad/
GPS-based ad targeting has ~5m accuracy, and 57% of location data in bid requests is wrong by more than a mile.
https://leonlins.com/writing/ad/
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Ad targeting myths
GPS-based ad targeting has ~5m accuracy, and 57% of location data in bid requests is wrong by more than a mile.
https://leonlins.com/writing/ad/
GPS-based ad targeting has ~5m accuracy, and 57% of location data in bid requests is wrong by more than a mile.
https://leonlins.com/writing/ad/
Broken heart syndrome
A 2011 meta-analysis found men are 22% more likely to die after a spouse's death, a phenomenon known as the 'widowhood effect'.
https://leonlins.com/writing/heart/
A 2011 meta-analysis found men are 22% more likely to die after a spouse's death, a phenomenon known as the 'widowhood effect'.
https://leonlins.com/writing/heart/
January 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Broken heart syndrome
A 2011 meta-analysis found men are 22% more likely to die after a spouse's death, a phenomenon known as the 'widowhood effect'.
https://leonlins.com/writing/heart/
A 2011 meta-analysis found men are 22% more likely to die after a spouse's death, a phenomenon known as the 'widowhood effect'.
https://leonlins.com/writing/heart/
Review of the Substack platform in 2019
The author switched from private emails to Substack for easier list management, professional formatting, and built-in analytics.
https://leonlins.com/writing/substack/
The author switched from private emails to Substack for easier list management, professional formatting, and built-in analytics.
https://leonlins.com/writing/substack/
January 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Review of the Substack platform in 2019
The author switched from private emails to Substack for easier list management, professional formatting, and built-in analytics.
https://leonlins.com/writing/substack/
The author switched from private emails to Substack for easier list management, professional formatting, and built-in analytics.
https://leonlins.com/writing/substack/
Set a microwave timer for 13.7bn yrs
Peter Kaufman's 'three buckets' framework identifies universal principles from 13.7 billion years of inorganic systems, 3.5 billion years of biology, and 20,000 years of human history.
https://leonlins.com/writing/microwave/
Peter Kaufman's 'three buckets' framework identifies universal principles from 13.7 billion years of inorganic systems, 3.5 billion years of biology, and 20,000 years of human history.
https://leonlins.com/writing/microwave/
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Set a microwave timer for 13.7bn yrs
Peter Kaufman's 'three buckets' framework identifies universal principles from 13.7 billion years of inorganic systems, 3.5 billion years of biology, and 20,000 years of human history.
https://leonlins.com/writing/microwave/
Peter Kaufman's 'three buckets' framework identifies universal principles from 13.7 billion years of inorganic systems, 3.5 billion years of biology, and 20,000 years of human history.
https://leonlins.com/writing/microwave/
Marketplace rakes
The stock photography market charges over 50% rake despite many competitors and transparent fees, defying conventional marketplace pricing logic.
https://leonlins.com/writing/rake/
The stock photography market charges over 50% rake despite many competitors and transparent fees, defying conventional marketplace pricing logic.
https://leonlins.com/writing/rake/
January 4, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Marketplace rakes
The stock photography market charges over 50% rake despite many competitors and transparent fees, defying conventional marketplace pricing logic.
https://leonlins.com/writing/rake/
The stock photography market charges over 50% rake despite many competitors and transparent fees, defying conventional marketplace pricing logic.
https://leonlins.com/writing/rake/
Investing and information
Studies show that while more information increases investor confidence, it doesn't improve decision-making accuracy.
https://leonlins.com/writing/investing/
Studies show that while more information increases investor confidence, it doesn't improve decision-making accuracy.
https://leonlins.com/writing/investing/
January 3, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Investing and information
Studies show that while more information increases investor confidence, it doesn't improve decision-making accuracy.
https://leonlins.com/writing/investing/
Studies show that while more information increases investor confidence, it doesn't improve decision-making accuracy.
https://leonlins.com/writing/investing/
Hong Kong small cap stock plunges and pledges
Hong Kong's disclosure loophole allows controlling shareholders to pledge over 30% of company stock without public announcement after the first year of listing.
https://leonlins.com/writing/stock/
Hong Kong's disclosure loophole allows controlling shareholders to pledge over 30% of company stock without public announcement after the first year of listing.
https://leonlins.com/writing/stock/
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Hong Kong small cap stock plunges and pledges
Hong Kong's disclosure loophole allows controlling shareholders to pledge over 30% of company stock without public announcement after the first year of listing.
https://leonlins.com/writing/stock/
Hong Kong's disclosure loophole allows controlling shareholders to pledge over 30% of company stock without public announcement after the first year of listing.
https://leonlins.com/writing/stock/
Always be raising
Economist Michael Pettis argues taxing capital inflows, not tariffs, would better address the US trade imbalance driven by global excess savings.
https://leonlins.com/writing/trade/
Economist Michael Pettis argues taxing capital inflows, not tariffs, would better address the US trade imbalance driven by global excess savings.
https://leonlins.com/writing/trade/
January 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Always be raising
Economist Michael Pettis argues taxing capital inflows, not tariffs, would better address the US trade imbalance driven by global excess savings.
https://leonlins.com/writing/trade/
Economist Michael Pettis argues taxing capital inflows, not tariffs, would better address the US trade imbalance driven by global excess savings.
https://leonlins.com/writing/trade/
Temporal illusions
Our brain processes touch signals from distant body parts simultaneously by creating a temporal illusion, not because they arrive at the same time.
https://leonlins.com/writing/time_illusion/
Our brain processes touch signals from distant body parts simultaneously by creating a temporal illusion, not because they arrive at the same time.
https://leonlins.com/writing/time_illusion/
December 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Temporal illusions
Our brain processes touch signals from distant body parts simultaneously by creating a temporal illusion, not because they arrive at the same time.
https://leonlins.com/writing/time_illusion/
Our brain processes touch signals from distant body parts simultaneously by creating a temporal illusion, not because they arrive at the same time.
https://leonlins.com/writing/time_illusion/
Why I write
Howard Marks wrote his famous memos for a decade without receiving a single response, highlighting that most writing goes unread.
https://leonlins.com/writing/write/
Howard Marks wrote his famous memos for a decade without receiving a single response, highlighting that most writing goes unread.
https://leonlins.com/writing/write/
December 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Why I write
Howard Marks wrote his famous memos for a decade without receiving a single response, highlighting that most writing goes unread.
https://leonlins.com/writing/write/
Howard Marks wrote his famous memos for a decade without receiving a single response, highlighting that most writing goes unread.
https://leonlins.com/writing/write/
Moloch the judger of social credit
AI systems already develop unexpected abilities beyond their programmed tasks, challenging assumptions that AGI is impossible or distant.
https://leonlins.com/writing/moloch/
AI systems already develop unexpected abilities beyond their programmed tasks, challenging assumptions that AGI is impossible or distant.
https://leonlins.com/writing/moloch/
December 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Moloch the judger of social credit
AI systems already develop unexpected abilities beyond their programmed tasks, challenging assumptions that AGI is impossible or distant.
https://leonlins.com/writing/moloch/
AI systems already develop unexpected abilities beyond their programmed tasks, challenging assumptions that AGI is impossible or distant.
https://leonlins.com/writing/moloch/
Replicability crisis in science
The replication crisis reveals that most claimed research findings may be false, as shown by the rise, fall, and contested revival of power posing.
https://leonlins.com/writing/replicability/
The replication crisis reveals that most claimed research findings may be false, as shown by the rise, fall, and contested revival of power posing.
https://leonlins.com/writing/replicability/
December 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Replicability crisis in science
The replication crisis reveals that most claimed research findings may be false, as shown by the rise, fall, and contested revival of power posing.
https://leonlins.com/writing/replicability/
The replication crisis reveals that most claimed research findings may be false, as shown by the rise, fall, and contested revival of power posing.
https://leonlins.com/writing/replicability/
Tell me why
The article questions why we hold beliefs, noting that 70% of Americans believe in an omnipotent being, while other beliefs like a flat Earth are dismissed as crazy.
https://leonlins.com/writing/why/
The article questions why we hold beliefs, noting that 70% of Americans believe in an omnipotent being, while other beliefs like a flat Earth are dismissed as crazy.
https://leonlins.com/writing/why/
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Tell me why
The article questions why we hold beliefs, noting that 70% of Americans believe in an omnipotent being, while other beliefs like a flat Earth are dismissed as crazy.
https://leonlins.com/writing/why/
The article questions why we hold beliefs, noting that 70% of Americans believe in an omnipotent being, while other beliefs like a flat Earth are dismissed as crazy.
https://leonlins.com/writing/why/
Procrastinate another way another day
Structured procrastination involves doing smaller productive tasks to avoid larger difficult ones, according to John Perry's concept.
https://leonlins.com/writing/procrastinate/
Structured procrastination involves doing smaller productive tasks to avoid larger difficult ones, according to John Perry's concept.
https://leonlins.com/writing/procrastinate/
December 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Procrastinate another way another day
Structured procrastination involves doing smaller productive tasks to avoid larger difficult ones, according to John Perry's concept.
https://leonlins.com/writing/procrastinate/
Structured procrastination involves doing smaller productive tasks to avoid larger difficult ones, according to John Perry's concept.
https://leonlins.com/writing/procrastinate/
Dunning on Dunning Kruger
David Dunning explains that the first rule of the Dunning-Kruger club is you don't know you're a member, highlighting the core self-awareness paradox.
https://leonlins.com/writing/dunning/
David Dunning explains that the first rule of the Dunning-Kruger club is you don't know you're a member, highlighting the core self-awareness paradox.
https://leonlins.com/writing/dunning/
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Dunning on Dunning Kruger
David Dunning explains that the first rule of the Dunning-Kruger club is you don't know you're a member, highlighting the core self-awareness paradox.
https://leonlins.com/writing/dunning/
David Dunning explains that the first rule of the Dunning-Kruger club is you don't know you're a member, highlighting the core self-awareness paradox.
https://leonlins.com/writing/dunning/
Book Review: How the internet happened
Early banner ads had 70-80% click-through rates, compared to today's sub-5%, showing how drastically internet economics have shifted.
https://leonlins.com/writing/internet/
Early banner ads had 70-80% click-through rates, compared to today's sub-5%, showing how drastically internet economics have shifted.
https://leonlins.com/writing/internet/
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Book Review: How the internet happened
Early banner ads had 70-80% click-through rates, compared to today's sub-5%, showing how drastically internet economics have shifted.
https://leonlins.com/writing/internet/
Early banner ads had 70-80% click-through rates, compared to today's sub-5%, showing how drastically internet economics have shifted.
https://leonlins.com/writing/internet/
Who is Claude Shannon?
Claude Shannon published two foundational papers that earned him the title 'father of the information age' and invented the bit.
https://leonlins.com/writing/claude/
Claude Shannon published two foundational papers that earned him the title 'father of the information age' and invented the bit.
https://leonlins.com/writing/claude/
December 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Who is Claude Shannon?
Claude Shannon published two foundational papers that earned him the title 'father of the information age' and invented the bit.
https://leonlins.com/writing/claude/
Claude Shannon published two foundational papers that earned him the title 'father of the information age' and invented the bit.
https://leonlins.com/writing/claude/