To some it’s only a video of a sad drunk. To me, it’s a modern allegory of a timeless tale: The human devotion to tumble on whatever may come. However gracefully.

Guest curated by Julian Schmidli. From Weekly Filet #159, in April 2014.

The Futility of Existence

60 Pages

💔 Some older links might be broken — that's the state of the web, sadly. If you find one, ping me.

The Confidence Gap

The Atlantic

Designing in the Borderlands

Frank Chimero

Take the Money and Run for Office

This American Life

MC Sacerdote’s Kuduro Video

Stocktown

Explore more →

Explore collections

Making Sense of the Climate Crisis 41 links Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence 40 links All-time favourites 20 links The Stuff Our Modern World Runs On 13 links The Art of Thinking (Differently) 29 links Bingeworthy Podcasts & Episodes 36 links Stories, too good to put down 16 links

Book recommendations

2025 Book Club Books curious minds wished they discovered sooner Our most popular crowd-curated book recommendations thus far. Read the post →

Weekly Filet Book Club All recommendations from previous editions, at a glance. Find your next read → 📚 David's Bookshelf The books that shaped how I see the world and inform how I think and act. Browse the bookshelf →