Speed Reader Library

23 passages · RSVP word-at-a-time reading · two-finger swipe to control

An open RSVP reader. Two-finger swipe right to open the library; swipe left to slow down. Warmup ramp eases you in; auto-increase pushes you faster over time. Each passage tracks view count and recommends what to read next.

Philosophy

The Stoic Art of Attention — on Marcus Aurelius
What Epictetus Meant by Power — on the dichotomy of control
Seneca on the Shortness of Life — on time as the only wealth
Montaigne and the Habit of Doubt — on changing one's mind
Russell on Why Philosophy Matters — on the value of large questions
Emerson and the Stranger in the Mirror — on self-reliance
On the cultivation of patience — Bacon, adapted
What should one do with one's life? — Marcus Aurelius, Lao Tzu, Alan Watts — an imagined dialogue
A father watching his daughter marry — Marcus Aurelius, Lao Tzu, Alan Watts — an imagined dialogue

Learning

Deliberate Practice and Its Discontents — on the work of getting better
The Spacing Effect — on memory and forgetting
The Feynman Technique, Examined — on the test of understanding
Why Smart People Resist Changing Their Minds — on the intelligence trap

Science

The Replication Crisis — on science correcting itself
Entropy and the Cost of Information — on what computation actually costs
Sleep and the Consolidation of Memory — on what the brain does at night
The pace of scientific discovery — on the institutional revolution
Tides and the moon — on Newton's quiet triumph

Fiction

The Last Pair Programmer — a near-future story
The Apology Loop — a parable about politeness
Seventh-Generation Children — a quiet AI parable

Speculative

The Café at the End of the Turing Test — a short literary piece

Originals

Cities and the texture of attention — an original essay