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More To That
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More To That is a personal blog at moretothat.com about philosophy and culture. Since 2018, 42 different Hacker News readers have linked it 92 times, most often “Money Is the Megaphone of Identity”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-23, and you can follow it by feed.
An illustrated, long-form blog that delves deeper into the things that make us who we are.
Most-linked posts?
- Money Is the Megaphone of Identity6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2020-02-05
- The Meaning of Life Is Absurd5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2019-11-26
- The Nothingness of Money4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-11-03
- Travel is no cure for the mind (2018)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2019-11-25
- Pursue Mastery, Not Status3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-12-02
- The Problem with Note-Taking2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-24
- The Finality of Everything2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-12-17
- Fluid Thought: The Art of Exploring Without Expecting2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-12-09
- Good Enough Is Just Fine2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-07-01
- Write for Yourself, and Wisdom Will Follow2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-25
What Hacker News says?
Existentialism is a trap. Camus pretty much nailed it but here it is in comic/essay form: https://moretothat.com/the-meaning-of-life-is-absurd/
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on “What happens when your career becomes your whole identity”Submitted Travel is no cure for the mind (2018) as a story · 339 points
HN discussionYou reminded me of this song: https://open.spotify.com/track/2Z77xPgph4BVaW8BgzVZrp?si=c-1... And I believe what you say is very true, although I'm one of the ones that easily move and embrace the change - I think I keep doing it for the fun and the challenge and simply out of curiosity. At least that's what I tell myself, since I've had to _really_ think if I was trying to run away from anything whenever I did choo…
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on “Ask HN: At a peak of my dev career, I hate my life”Submitted The Meaning of Life Is Absurd as a story · 20 points
HN discussionI love finance biographies from Neckar, its more of a longer newsletter but stories are fascinating: https://neckar.substack.com/ Its not sensational, but just well researched and put together. A good example is bootstrapping buyouts: https://neckar.substack.com/p/reginald-lewis-bootstrapping-b... Cedric's commoncog already mentioned here. And second these resources: - https://waitbutwhy.com/ by Tim Urban - https://…
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on “Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days?”Submitted The Nothingness of Money as a story · 17 points
HN discussion- https://waitbutwhy.com/ by Tim Urban - https://moretothat.com/ by Lawrence Yeo - https://psyche.co/ - https://aeon.co/ - https://www.quantamagazine.org/ I didn't realise till now, I read at least 2-3 articles a week from the above list. Well written long form content.
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on “Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days?”Submitted The Nothingness of Money as a story · 14 points
HN discussionWhat a great and timely question! :) I quit a week ago to take a year-long sabbatical. > 1. What pushed you to do it? The pursuit of curiosity, for the most part. That's what makes quitting a lot harder when you have a good job and nothing to complain about: you feel like you're making a huge mistake on a whim. Doubly so when you consider the state of the job market at this time. That said, we don't live to work; we…
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on “Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)”Submitted Knowledge Is Not Understanding as a story · 6 points
HN discussionYour comment reminded me of this excellent post, best read with its fun accompanying illustrations, "How Money Forever Changed Us": https://moretothat.com/how-money-forever-changed-us/ Specifically, the discussion of the "pogs" craze in elementary schools in the US in the 90s. "Basically, a nice little gambling ring was growing amongst us starry-eyed 2nd graders." The OP would certainly read differently if he wrote,…
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on “I made $50K in three days with NFTs”Submitted An illustrated deep dive into the philosophy of money as a story · 6 points
HN discussionA comic inspired by this: https://moretothat.com/travel-is-no-cure-for-the-mind https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30235262
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on “a thread”Submitted The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job (2019) as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Nothingness of Money as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Staircase of the Self: An Illustrated Dive into the Progression of Identity as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creativity starts before anything is made as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Infinite Shades of Uncertainty as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Economics of Writing (And Why Now Is the Best Time to Do It) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Metric-Less Success as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Being Poor vs. Feeling Poor as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Good Enough Is Just Fine as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted To get ahead, just spend one hour creating something each day as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Money Is the Megaphone of Identity as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Having a Wedding Makes Sense as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fluid Thought: The Art of Exploring Without Expecting as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Small Things Are Big Windows Into Who You Are as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ideas Arise Through Action as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Riddle of Ambition as a story · 2 points
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