Archive - The Ideaspace

The ever-expanding focused life

Recapping the past three months

Mar 16 •

Yancey Strickler

December 2024

My year of releasing differently

A personal year in review

Dec 31, 2024 •

Yancey Strickler

May 2024

April 2024

The Dark Forest and the Post-Individual

Earlier this week I spoke with the writer Nadia Asparahouva, author of the great book Working in Public.

Apr 21, 2024 •

Yancey Strickler

March 2024

We're already in creative groups, they're just not yet self-aware

On new creative beginnings

Mar 14, 2024 •

Yancey Strickler

February 2024

How to build a newthing

Meditating on creation

Feb 28, 2024 •

Yancey Strickler

The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

A new book from me, some internet friends, and Metalabel

Feb 21, 2024 •

Yancey Strickler

January 2024

The prestige recession

Pitchfork, music criticism, and culture after prestige

Jan 21, 2024 •

Yancey Strickler

Themes From the Past Year

Eight lessons and 28 book recommendations

Jan 2, 2024 •

Yancey Strickler

August 2023

The Parable of the Three Lakes

Talk to nature / Appreciate the source / Continue the climb

Aug 31, 2023 •

Yancey Strickler

June 2023

On having a 1-of-1 purpose

A unique purpose is something people will advise having in a theoretical way (I did it in this post last year), but the emotional reality of a singular…

Jun 13, 2023 •

Yancey Strickler

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