Archive - The Mind Collection Newsletter

May 2025

Top 20 Ideas: 200th Newsletter Special 🎉

My Top 20 Ideas from newsletters 100 to 199

May 28

#199: RICE, Usability Trap & Ragebait

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Unexpected Manipulation

May 21

#198: Pointy Rocket Effect, Inventor’s Dilemma & Sir Alec’s Camel

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Terrible Designs

May 14

#197: Tape Measure Factor, Longevity Risk & the Dirty Water Principle

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Being Prepared

May 7

April 2025

#196: Shared Thoughts, the Value of Bad Literature & Truer Truths

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on the Thrill of Reading

Apr 30

#195: Negative Error Culture, Segal’s Law & Noise Bottlenecks

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on the Downsides of Data

Apr 23

#194: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone & Self-Demonstrating Article

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Autoreflection

Apr 16

#193: Mutually Assured Distraction, Killing Imagination & the Focusing Illusion

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Being Distracted

Apr 9

#192: Thought Control, Gut Feelings & the Philosophy Paradox

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on How to Think for Yourself

Apr 2

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