Hacker News with Generative AI: Essays

Eco Cycles or How I Feel About Technology (maksimizmaylov.com)
Umberto Eco, the author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum (my personal favorite), wasn’t just a brilliant scholar—he was also a bit of a geek. He once wrote an essay comparing Macs to Catholicism and PCs to Protestantism. He thought about technology a lot.

Technology, Essays, Umberto Eco, Literature

59 points by Kvakes 3 days ago | 57 comments

I'm Ready for You: On Balzac (lrb.co.uk)

Literature, Essays, Authors

36 points by lermontov 60 days ago | 5 comments

2024 general essay questions for Oxford 'All Souls' scholarship [pdf] (ox.ac.uk)

Education, Scholarship, Oxford University, Essays

22 points by thundergolfer 70 days ago | 15 comments

Joan Didion on Los Angeles Real Estate, and Ignoring the Big One (1989) (newyorker.com)

Los Angeles, Real Estate, Essays, Journalism, California

9 points by marban 81 days ago | 2 comments

Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer [pdf] (2000) (matthewjbrown.net)

Computers, Technology, Personal Opinion, Essays

15 points by privong 84 days ago | 9 comments

The essays of Michel de Montaigne online (hyperessays.net)
HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.

Essays, Literature, Online Resources

199 points by octed 102 days ago | 46 comments

Collections: On Bread and Circuses (acoup.blog)

Collections, Essays, Writing, Culture

57 points by Tomte 103 days ago | 5 comments

Here at the End of All Things (2017) (longreads.com)

Culture, Essays, Writing, Longform Journalism

42 points by cocacola1 109 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Paul Graham Essays but Better UX (paulgraham.blog)

Essays, Show HN, Paul Graham

3 points by naix 120 days ago | 2 comments

The Long Road to End Tuberculosis (asimov.press)
This essay by Kamal Nahas concludes Issue 04 of Asimov Press.

Tuberculosis, Healthcare, Science, Essays, Journalism

108 points by tintinnabula 149 days ago | 74 comments

Small Is Beautiful (wikipedia.org)
Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered is a collection of essays published in 1973 by German-born British economist E. F. Schumacher.

Economics, Essays, Sustainability

8 points by thunderbong 155 days ago | 2 comments

A Misreading Of Yoda (gregorypellechi.com)
This essay will be finished.

Essays, Writing, Linguistics, Star Wars

5 points by ilrwbwrkhv 160 days ago | 0 comments

The Recovery of Case (2016) (inference-review.com)
It is April 1977. Noam Chomsky and Howard Lasnik are about to publish an important essay in linguistics.1 Having seen and studied the preprint of “Filters and Control,” Jean-Roger Vergnaud wrote to its authors.2 He had “some ideas to communicate.” Chomsky and Lasnik were unable to incorporate those ideas in their essay. Time was short; the mail, slow. They did something better. They incorporated them into their work.

Linguistics, Essays, Chomsky

8 points by flimp 183 days ago | 0 comments

An Introvert's Field Guide to Friendship: Thoreau on Candid Connection (themarginalian.org)
Friendship is the sunshine of life — the quiet radiance that makes our lives not only livable but worth living.

Introversion, Friendship, Self-Help, Literature, Essays

13 points by herbertl 189 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: What are some essays that profoundly changed the way you think (ycombinator.com)
No specific themes here, I'm curious to read about things that changed your mind!

Essays, Personal Growth, Philosophy, Thought-Provoking, Self-Improvement

22 points by 3l3ktr4 199 days ago | 14 comments

Founder Mode Is Design Mode (insideorchard.com)
Paul Graham, of Y Combinator notoriety, made waves this week with his latest essay.

Design, Startups, Essays

5 points by ksec 206 days ago | 4 comments

Founder Mode (paulgraham.com)