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.…
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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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Sleeping Giant

How We Are Free

“I remember just crying. I didn’t know why. I just started crying, thinking about being totally given up on. To still have maybe 30, 40, 50 years left, but according to society, you’re done. There’s no value for who you are.”

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Beartooth

Sick Inside

“I could really care less about how many people think we’re cool. That’s not why I wrote the songs. I literally wrote them to keep my head on straight and be honest with myself in a lot of ways, because I had never been honest with myself before.”

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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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Tombs

Anger, Alchemy, Gold

“When you’re 22 years old, everything’s intense. Nowadays, the writing just comes more from an attempt to understand than from anger.”

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