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Autotranslucence

Personal blog · autotranslucence.wordpress.comculturephilosophywriting

Autotranslucence is a personal blog at autotranslucence.wordpress.com about culture, philosophy and writing. Since 2018, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Becoming a magician (2018)”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.

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14mentions?
10HN people?
2018–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2022

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link this blog for "Becoming a magician" (2018), which commenters offer as an answer to a question about life-changing blog posts. The comments are bare links and say nothing about the writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Some of what I breathe out arrives here

Most-linked posts?

  1. Becoming a magician (2018)
    9 people · 13 mentions · first linked 2018-12-18

What Hacker News says?

  1. peteretep · 2021-08-19
    Becoming a magician https://autotranslucence.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/becoming-a...

    Comment linking /2018/03/30/becoming-a-magician/

    on “Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?”
  2. rajlego · 2020-11-08

    Submitted Becoming a magician (2018) as a story · 82 points

    HN discussion
  3. abdullahkhalids · 2024-05-06
    Becoming a magician [1] [1] https://autotranslucence.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/becoming-a...

    Comment linking /2018/03/30/becoming-a-magician/

    on “Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?”
  4. walterbell · 2022-09-30

    Submitted Becoming a Magician (2018) as a story · 58 points

    HN discussion
  5. bradknowles · 2020-11-08
    The original article is at https://autotranslucence.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/becoming-a...

    Comment linking /2018/03/30/becoming-a-magician/

    on “Becoming a magician (2018)”
  6. Brajeshwar · 2022-02-23

    Submitted Becoming a magician as a story · 10 points

    HN discussion
  7. Brajeshwar · 2022-05-23

    Submitted Becoming a Magician as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. jpallen · 2021-06-17

    Submitted Leaving Our Bodies Behind as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  9. surprisetalk · 2026-06-05

    Submitted Becoming a Magician (2018) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. Brajeshwar · 2024-12-30

    Submitted Becoming a Magician (2018) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Brajeshwar · 2022-06-19

    Submitted Becoming a Magician as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. saadalem · 2020-07-13

    Submitted Becoming a Magician (2018) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. rcsorensen · 2018-12-18

    Submitted Becoming a magician as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Brajeshwar · 2022-08-06

    Submitted Becoming a Magician (2018) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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