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Josh Brake writes The Absent-Minded Professor, a personal blog at joshbrake.substack.com about productivity and science. Since 2023, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “An E-Bike for the Mind”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.

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Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2025

Technology, education, and human flourishing. All through the lens of a prototyping mindset.

Most-linked posts?

  1. An E-Bike for the Mind
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-09-04

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted An E-Bike for the Mind as a story · 14 points

    HN discussion
  2. Submitted An E-Bike for the Mind as a story · 2 points

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  3. Submitted When Efficiency Is Worthless as a story · 1 points

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  4. Submitted An E-Bike for the Mind as a story · 1 points

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  5. Submitted Science conference + speed dating + Shark Tank = Scialog as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Edgecraft: What I Learned about Innovation from Fountain Magicians @ WET Design as a story · 1 points

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