
This week's post is two-for-one: 1) Report from my ODSC talk on the life expectancy gender gap 2) An overthought answer to a Reddit question: when is middle age? allendowney.com/blog/2026/05/0…
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This week's post is two-for-one: 1) Report from my ODSC talk on the life expectancy gender gap 2) An overthought answer to a Reddit question: when is middle age? allendowney.com/blog/2026/05/0…





TLDR: This post is no longer sub gated My sub only plan lasted 3 hours. I had public for tutorials/guides, and behind-the-scenes for subs But realized everything I do is behind-the-scenes "what I do" so split makes no sense So it's all public again isaacflath.com/writing/ai-wri…


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Today, The Browser Company of New York is entering into an agreement to be acquired by Atlassian for $610M in an all-cash transaction. We will operate independently, with Dia as our focus. Our objective is to bring Dia to the masses. 🔗 More details from our team below

They were rejected from Shark Tank and called “cockroaches” by @kevinolearytv

Willpower is overrated. The real key to behavior change? Situation modification. 📵 Put your phone in another room 🌳 Step outside when you're bored 🛏️ Charge it outside your bedroom 🍽️ Keep it off the dinner table Change your environment—not just your intentions. This is mindfulness for the digital age.



Hard to overstate just how rapid the changes in US party coalitions have been. The Democrats are now the party of high education *and* high income voters. Just 12 years ago, the inverse was true. On these terms, the Trump coalition was closer to Obama 2008 than the Harris one!


