https://benthomas.xyz Last 10 notes on Ben Thomas Quartz -- quartz.jzhao.xyz https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-March-to-June-2026 https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-March-to-June-2026 0: I got out of the habit of writing these posts because I’m trying to be on my phone less. But I want to get back into it. It’s still interesting to review these. Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-February-2026 https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-February-2026 1: Catherine Project — more people reading more books, please! 2: Beautifully Illustrated Hardcover Books | Folio Society — No one will read your book but also there you can order $100+ ... Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-January-2026 https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-January-2026 1: Twelve thoughts from fatherhood — it’s cool. 2: GitHub - MiczFlor/RPi-Jukebox-RFID: A Raspberry Pi jukebox — long DIYers/hobbyists in 2026! 3: GitHub - clawdbot/clawdbot: Your own personal AI assistant. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://benthomas.xyz/Notes-from-the-London-Underground https://benthomas.xyz/Notes-from-the-London-Underground London is obviously the greatest city in the world for some timeframe that ended in the 20th century. Someone thought about everything a little bit more, it seems. Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-December-2025 https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-December-2025 1: It is. It’s time to learn. 🧠 t.co/hB6I86Revv— Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 (@pmarca) December 10, 2025 2: On the vibe shift — Two conversations this weekend make me think that there's a vibe shift afoot in Silicon Valley around what one should work on and what is worthwhile.Culturally, it feels like the moment is ripe for new frameworks:• Davos expert morality is stale and discredited.• It's also…— Patrick Collison (@patrickc) December 8, 2025 3: There are unknown unknowns - Wikipedia — oft quoted at the dinner table. Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://benthomas.xyz/Twelve-thoughts-from-fatherhood https://benthomas.xyz/Twelve-thoughts-from-fatherhood 1: Underrated: baby smiles. They are better than drugs. 2: Overrated: parenting. Oster-pilled in the early years; Caplan-pilled in the later years. Also overrated: my ego. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-September-November-2025 https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-September-November-2025 0: I’m a new dad as of September! So that’s my excuse for combining three months into our. Somehow I have both way more time and way less time than before. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-August-2025 https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-August-2025 1: Tyler Cowen’s Assorted Links productivity is increasing 2: The Rising Returns to R&D: Ideas Are not Getting Harder to Find — are ideas getting harder to find, or are they just ... Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-July-2025 https://benthomas.xyz/Links-from-July-2025 1: Yoto USA - The Screen-Free Audio Platform for Children — parents get the coolest toys. 2: The Rising Cost of Child and Pet Day Care - Marginal REVOLUTION — this chart changed my mind almost instantly on something important: it looks like the main reason childcare costs are up is the Baumol Effect more so than regulation. Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://benthomas.xyz/mr-assorted-links https://benthomas.xyz/mr-assorted-links Pretty much daily, economist and blogger Tyler Cowen posts a collection of “Assorted Links” for the day on the Marginal Revolution blog. I felt like these posts were getting a bit longer recently. Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT