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bookbear express
Personal blog · ava.substack.comphilosophyculture
bookbear express is a personal blog at ava.substack.com about philosophy and culture. Since 2021, 19 different Hacker News readers have linked it 56 times, most often “Agency/Satisfaction”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this personal Substack as a favourite newsletter about life and writing in general. One commenter cites a post on psychedelics as an alternative approach to burnout and depression.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
help-self.
Most-linked posts?
- Agency/Satisfaction3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-01-05
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-05-27
- Knowing Myself3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-10-09
- Effort3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-02-21
- Writing as Autonomy2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-11-11
- Deep Work2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-03-09
- Making and Keeping Friends2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-06-08
- Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-11-02
- You have what you want2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-07-10
- How to Avoid Half-Heartedness2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-03-29
What Hacker News says?
A couple of my favorites: - https://meltingasphalt.com/ - https://simonsarris.substack.com/ - https://ava.substack.com/
Comment linking /
on “Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?”Submitted The Agony of Eros: Dating as a story · 169 points
HN discussionAva's substack is really good. It is the only newsletter I read regularly. It is about life and writing in general. https://ava.substack.com/
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on “Ask HN: Favorite Blogs by Individuals?”Submitted Modern Malaise as a story · 143 points
HN discussionPsychologists who say you have ADHD and should take amphetamines to treat it are unlikely to recommend something like psilocybin instead. For an alternate approach to burnout and depression: https://ava.substack.com/p/psychedelics-a-personal-take https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33435140
Comment linking /p/psychedelics-a-personal-take
on “Ask HN: How to deal with burnout and its consequences?”Submitted Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021) as a story · 130 points
HN discussionbig fan of the below: -Bookbear Express: https://ava.substack.com/ -Cedric Chin (not a Substack): https://commoncog.com/ -Henrik Karlsson: https://escapingflatland.substack.com/ -Rob Henderson: https://www.robkhenderson.com/ -Robin Hanson: https://www.overcomingbias.com/
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on “Ask HN: Which substacks do you read as soon as it hits your inbox?”Submitted On Writing More as a story · 125 points
HN discussionSubmitted Effort as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted Belief over Time as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Agency/Satisfaction as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted It's beautiful, I just don't always see it as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Understanding Is Rare as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Agency/Satisfaction as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Right Thing for You as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Agency as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Agency/Satisfaction as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing as Autonomy as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Against Narratives as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making and Keeping Friends as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What we find in other people as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted On Effort as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Communication on All Levels as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Deep Work as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Deep Work as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted You have what you want as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted It's beautiful, I just don't always see it as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing as Autonomy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Knowing Myself as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted One Small Thing as a story · 2 points
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