Collection edited by Gerald R. Lucas

Quick Concepts

Concepts in five minutes or less. Post your introductions or primers to more complex ideas. A place to begin your search.

Make Teachers of Friends
If you need to learn something real quick or need a brief overview of a particular subject: knife sharpening, smartphone advice, financial…
Adam Muller in Tall and Sweet1 min read
Linchpin : Are You Indispensable?
An actionable summary of Seth Godin’s bestseller.
Sathyvelu K in This is Not a Book Club5 min read
The Checklist Manifesto : How to Get Things Right
Actionable tips from Atul Gawande's NYT best seller.
Sathyvelu K in This is Not a Book Club3 min read
Why are all our friends human?
Musings on the Fermi Pardox
Akhilesh Shridar3 min read
Myth
A few views on myth and mythology.
LitMUSE5 min read
Archetype
An introduction and brief overview of archetypes in literature.
LitMUSE2 min read
New Media
An introduction to the study of “new media.”
Gerald R. Lucas in Quick Concepts3 min read
Introduction to the Extropian Principles
Nothing shaped my transhumanist philosophy nearly as much as the Extropian movement did back in the late 90s.
Tad Donaghe3 min read
Cyberpunk
A three-minute, quick-and-dirty primer for Cyberpunk.
Gerald R. Lucas in Cyberpunk Culture3 min read

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