David Stagg

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The Burning Ones
By David Stagg

Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

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We Choose To Read Posts

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“Posts are the artform of the present.”

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Probably

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“The central point is to engage with the unique details…

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Prediction Market Heal Thyself

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“Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is “starting to worry”…

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Why read novels?

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“Ultimately, we’re all alone in the world, and trying to…

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'SaaS Is Screwed Today'

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“The environment may be rough at OpenAI, but at a…

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'I love two things in this word: sugar and myself.'

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I love two things in this world: sugar and myself.…

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Design

Hyperspecialisation

Jan 26, 2026
As the business of “product” became more normalised, the jobs…
Technology

Post-AI AI

Jan 12, 2026
I had been thinking about this recently: There is a lot of…
Movies

The Top 23 Songs of 2025

Dec 31, 2025
When I sat down to put this together, my first…
TV

The Top 12 TV Shows of 2025

Dec 30, 2025
Movies are my first love, but I still love culture.…
Movies

The Top 26 Movies Of 2025

Dec 28, 2025
Note: I have yet to see: Marty Supreme, 狂野时代 (Resurrection),…
Books

A Year in Reading

Dec 13, 2025
I keep a running list of books I want to…
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Long Form

The Used

Bert McCracken Against The World

“Honestly, human beings don’t need to do anything. Every human being on this planet is completely different. Nothing anyone else says is going to work exactly like they think it works.”

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Chelsea Grin

The Red Badge of Alex Koehler

“When this band started I was 16. Now I’m 23. The older lyrics were just written based around bands I idolized at that age, just gory and disgusting. This album was really easy for me because I decided I wanted to write about real life.”

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The Devil Wears Prada

Interview with the Devil

“If people want to know me or they want to follow me or admire what I do, it’s not going to come in the form of me taking a photo of a meal or a cup of coffee and putting that on the Internet. I would much rather people read the lyrics that I write, see my performance at the Prada show, or read the stuff that I’ve been writing.”

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Korn

The Second Coming of Head

“The Word of God is living and active and it pushes us to meet the real God, and you’ve got to know the real God and what he’s like – now, in this day and age. He’s the same yesterday, today and forever.”

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Twin Cigarettes May 21, 2020

Cigarettes After Sex is the Twin Peaks soundtrack that never was.

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