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A weekly newsletter for the endlessly curious. For those who love exploring new ideas, embracing lifelong learning, and stepping outside their comfort zone.

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#46: Should we talk to strangers? If yes, why?

This week: why we systematically underestimate the joy of talking to strangers, how AI agents are socializing better than we are, and why young adults are the loneliest group in Britain.

Ruxandra Mazilu

#45: Why Should We Work To Get Out of Our Bubbles?

Jan 25, 2026

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8 min read

#45: Why Should We Work To Get Out of Our Bubbles?

This week: why our brains evolved to avoid uncertainty at all costs, how AI learns to amplify the biases we already have, and the word for people who refuse to admit they've been wrong all along.

Ruxandra Mazilu

Jan 18, 2026

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8 min read

#44: What's Really In Our Control?

This week: why critical ignoring is your most important skill in 2026, the Stoic principle that shapes happier lives, and the cosmic events that remind us some things just happen regardless.

Ruxandra Mazilu

#43: Why Are We Focused on Living Longer Instead of Living Better?

Jan 11, 2026

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8 min read

#43: Why Are We Focused on Living Longer Instead of Living Better?

This week: the 80-year Harvard study proving relationships outlive longevity hacks, why one doctor still plans to die at 75, and the biohacker who claims immortality by 2039.

Ruxandra Mazilu

Jan 4, 2026

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7 min read

#42: New Year. Now What?

This week: the psychology of motivation without willpower, AI's shift from hype to pragmatism, and a rogue planet drifting through the Einstein desert.

Ruxandra Mazilu

Dec 28, 2025

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7 min read

#41: What Gets Carried Forward?

This week: why riding emerging waves matters more than perfection, conducting a purposeful year-end review, and how purpose is something you form rather than find.

Ruxandra Mazilu

#40: Why Do We Need Rituals at the Edge of the Year?

Dec 21, 2025

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8 min read

#40: Why Do We Need Rituals at the Edge of the Year?

This week: appreciating imperfection when nothing feels perfect, the year-end ritual that replaces burnout with closure, and why cabbage is having a cultural moment.

Ruxandra Mazilu

#39: What Are You Holding Onto That's Holding You Back?

Dec 14, 2025

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8 min read

#39: What Are You Holding Onto That's Holding You Back?

This week: why forgetting makes you smarter, the philosopher who found freedom in letting go, and why governments want five years of your digital past.

Ruxandra Mazilu

Dec 7, 2025

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8 min read

#38: What's Hiding in Plain Sight?

This week: why deep listening reveals what arguments can't, the women scientists erased from history, and how analytics companies track every move you make.

Ruxandra Mazilu

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Archive

#46: Should we talk to strangers? If yes, why?

#45: Why Should We Work To Get Out of Our Bubbles?

#44: What's Really In Our Control?

#43: Why Are We Focused on Living Longer Instead of Living Better?

#42: New Year. Now What?

#41: What Gets Carried Forward?

#40: Why Do We Need Rituals at the Edge of the Year?

#39: What Are You Holding Onto That's Holding You Back?

#38: What's Hiding in Plain Sight?

Curiosity Saved The Cat