Gold Takes

The Importance of Physical Touch

for proving you're human and not machine

Feb 8 • Ben Goldhaber

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January 2026

Corporate Character

[Transcript: Acme Industrial — Online Support & Procurement Portal | 2030-03-15]

Jan 23 • Ben Goldhaber

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Links for January 2026

The Masculine Mystique: In one of those moments where an iceberg of internet drama from another community floats past, I recently learned about the…

Jan 13 • Ben Goldhaber

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2025 Year in Review

For many years, every December, during the lost week between Christmas and New Years, I would organize a holiday ritual of my own creation called the…

Jan 1 • Ben Goldhaber

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December 2025

Backchaining from Big Goals is Aversive

content warning: confronting the fact that it’s hard to have it all because time only moves one way.

Dec 29, 2025 • Ben Goldhaber

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A Knowledge Commons for the 21st Century

Truth-seeking infrastructure at scale

Dec 20, 2025 • Ben Goldhaber and Oliver Sourbut

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No Real Nattys

There was some moment that passed by, largely unnoticed, where widespread use of drugs for cosmetic and performance reasons became mainstream in the US.

Dec 15, 2025 • Ben Goldhaber

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Links for December 2025

searching for the soul and monitoring the situation this month

Dec 5, 2025 • Ben Goldhaber

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November 2025

Thirty Reflections from Thirty Days of Writing

This is the longest period of time that I’ve been in “deep work”.

Nov 30, 2025 • Ben Goldhaber

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Explosive Skill Acquisition

If you’re going to learn a new skill or change in some way, going hard at it for a short intensive period beats spreading a gentler effort across months…

Nov 29, 2025 • Ben Goldhaber

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A modest proposal for curing the common cold

Some people handle being sick with grace and aplomb.

Nov 29, 2025 • Ben Goldhaber

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The First Thanksgiving

The Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth in December 1620, badly weakened by the voyage.

Nov 27, 2025 • Ben Goldhaber

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