Daniel Frank
Frankly Speaking
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- 73 from 15 May 2015 to 30 May 2025
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2025 12
- Announcing not not Talmud – and my move to Substack
- Notes on Taiwan
- underrated regions vs overrated countries: how being a ‘country’ impacts travel desirability
- musings on adversarial capitalism
- what road bikes reveal about progress
- Artisanal Slop Bowls as the next abstraction of capitalism
- do we really want to be 10x better or 95th percentile?
- how an efficient market feels from the inside
- why I’m worried about an Azerbaijani invasion of Armenia and think you should be too
- the deep feelings of politics and society
- On the importance of preserving and curating content
- On America
2024 29
- deconstructing arguments against AI art
- in defence of “souls”
- musings on death I find persuasive but unhelpful
- On Miles Davis, talent, and innovation
- the loss of magic: why Bob Dylan can’t write great songs anymore
- Every niche event should also be a meetup
- a taxonomy of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- there is no progress in art: why jazz musicians are like gold miners
- most businesses don’t work that way
- Why are intellectual podcasts so bad?
- a short rant on culture
- Personal reflections on moving from Canada to NYC
- Why good things often don’t lead to better outcomes
- Extreme Jewish Brain: A Reflection on Why Judaism Means So Much to Me
- How to get the benefit of a high-end fitness tracker without actually buying one
- things that confuse me about the current AI market
- maybe knowing too much about others isn’t so great
- Twitter as the embodiment of the American ethos
- The Challenge of Building New Cities: Inside The Satmar Hassidic Takeover of Bloomingburg
- Why I talk about utopia, not politics
- Cocaine, Kim Jong-un, and BlackRock: why It’s good to reflect on boycotts
- winning isn’t everything: the case for infinite games and functional decision theory
- musings on feedback — and Tyler Cowen’s Straussian rating system
- Why (most) people don’t learn about the world on Twitter: the case for intellectual dark matter
- A meditation on meaning: what Tea Leaf Green had but JRAD doesn’t
- Music that helps me feel a sense of beauty in the world
- The wisdom of Scott Sumner: my favourite (non-econ) Scott Sumner blog posts
- Yes, you too, reader, should believe you may be world-class
- Daniel-isms: 50 Ideas for Life I Repeatedly Share
2023 2
2022 1
2021 4
2020 3
2019 2
2018 1
2017 1
2016 7
2015 11
- The Best and Most Underrated Restaurants In Toronto
- You Are Beautiful
- When The Arab-Israeli Conflict Became The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Why The Green Party Is Bad For The Environment
- Crowdsourced Ranking of The Best and Worst Phish Songs
- Four Rules For Getting The Most Out Of Your Media
- The Days The World Could Have Ended
- Support For The Democratic Party In The American Media
- The Best Musician Never Heard
- The Case Against Golf
- Ranking The Most Corrupt Countries