Five recommended texts, every day. I really like the format: To be featured in tthis newsletter, a text has to convey a novel or surprising idea. So what you get in your inbox are five ideas and you pick the ones you want to learn more about.

From Weekly Filet #221, in August 2015.

5 Best Ideas of the Day

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