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Nicky's Blog!
Personal blog · blog.ncase.mesciencedesign
Nicky's Blog! is a personal blog at blog.ncase.me about science and design. Since 2015, 27 different Hacker News readers have linked it 34 times, most often “We Become What We Behold, a Post-Mortem”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (8) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Nicky Case's blog for explorable explanations and games, especially 'We Become What We Behold' and its post-mortem. Other linked posts cover a short story, copyright and depression.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 8 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I learn stuff, then share what I learn
Most-linked posts?
- We Become What We Behold, a Post-Mortem4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-11-13
- Curse of the Chocolate-Covered Broccoli (Or: Emotion in Learning)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2019-12-06
- Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-29
- Connect your past, present and future, with lines on a graph2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-29
- LOOPY: A Post-Mortem2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-03-28
What Hacker News says?
> For some reason I am repulsive towards 'self-help' books. I wouldn't classify 12 Rules of life as a typical 'self-help' book because Peterson is not a self-proclaimed self-help guru without any substance. If you check his career section on Wikipedia you'll find out that "Peterson's areas of study and research are in the fields of psychopharmacology, abnormal, neuro, clinical, personality, social, industrial and or…
Comment linking /nicky-reads-feeling-good/
on “Ask HN: Which books have made you introspect?”Submitted How Do We Learn? as a story · 272 points
HN discussionJust found out that ncase.me has a lot of gems http://ncase.me/polygons/ and http://blog.ncase.me/we-become-what-we-behold-a-post-mortem/ are inspiring.
Comment linking /we-become-what-we-behold-a-post-mortem/
on “Loopy: a tool for thinking in systems”Submitted How I Make Explorable Explanations as a story · 27 points
HN discussionPretty relevant short fiction story: http://blog.ncase.me/take-your-time/
Comment linking /take-your-time/
on “Why hasn't economic progress lowered work hours more? (2016) [video]”Submitted Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants as a story · 20 points
HN discussionThis would be true if copyright were held by authors and lasted within their lifetime, but that has not been the case for a while. The idea that authors were complaining about their work being copied (rather than being flattered by it) or that all artists before copyright were poor due to rampant plagiarism is not accurate at all.[1][2] [1] https://questioncopyright.org/promise [2] https://blog.ncase.me/why-copies/
Comment linking /why-copies/
on “Liberating out-of-copyright photos from SmartFrame's DRM”Submitted A Way-Too-Philosophical Behind-The-Scenes Post as a story · 14 points
HN discussionBret Victor calls these sorts of things "explorable explanations" [1]. Lately the term seems to be catching on with a few others [2] as well. [1] http://worrydream.com/ExplorableExplanations/ [2] http://blog.ncase.me/tag/explorable-explanations/
Comment linking /tag/explorable-explanations/
on “Animated Bézier Curves”Submitted LOOPY: A Post-Mortem as a story · 4 points
HN discussionmy favorite "game" Nicky Case: WE BECOME WHAT WE BEHOLD; a game about news cycles, vicious cycles, infinite cycles "ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴀ's vicious cycles. Here's the feedback loop: conflict → the media blows it up → even more conflict" [1] https://ncase.itch.io/wbwwb ( need ~5min) [1] http://blog.ncase.me/we-become-what-we-behold-a-post-mortem/
Comment linking /we-become-what-we-behold-a-post-mortem/
on “How Web Forums Make Neuroticism Viral”Submitted We Become What We Behold, a Post-Mortem as a story · 4 points
HN discussionhttps://blog.ncase.me/on-depression/ - I think this is explained in a better and simpler way
Comment linking /on-depression/
on “Omega-3 is inversely related to risk of early-onset dementia”Submitted Back to the Future with RSS as a story · 3 points
HN discussionRequisite link to Nicky Case's "We become what we behold" https://blog.ncase.me/we-become-what-we-behold-a-post-mortem...
Comment linking /we-become-what-we-behold-a-post-mortem/
on “Stop Reading News”Submitted JDD (Joke-Driven Development) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bra Mask (How To) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Most Meaningful Media of 2019 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nicky Case: What Did I Learn This Decade? (2010-2019) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Curse of the Chocolate-Covered Broccoli as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Curse of the Chocolate-Covered Broccoli (Or: Emotion in Learning) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Curse of the Chocolate-Covered Broccoli (Or: Emotion in Learning) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The War on Yourself as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted LOOPY: A Post-Mortem as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Evolution, Not Revolution as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Take Your Time (2017) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Connect your past, present and future, with lines on a graph as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Connect your past, present and future, with lines on a graph as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Make Plushie Patterns with Play-Doh and Paper Towels as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Curse of the Chocolate-Covered Broccoli (Or: Emotion in Learning) as a story · 1 points
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