Arman Mus.·22h agoGout in Henry VIII and Benjamin Franklin: The Disease That Spared Neither Kings Nor GeniusesFrom the lavish palaces of English monarchs to the Parisian salons of the Enlightenment: two famous historical figures, one painful…
Final Vestige Studios·Nov 2The Boy Who Fainted at the Wrong TreeIn 1784, Benjamin Franklin’s commission blindfolded a boy in a Paris garden to test an invisible force. What happened next was real, and…
Petrică Nițoaia·Oct 30Would Ben Franklin Join the Culture War? A Review of Fart Proudly.Fart Proudly is a gem, to be sure. But the most interesting part, to my surprise, turned out to be the politics of the editor.
InThree Minute MoralsbyJessica Simpson·Oct 25Mind the Gap (between stimulus and response)Be your best self by using one of Benjamin Franklin’s original virtues, moderation.
mod altamash·Oct 5Julian kept the silver chronometer hidden beneath his sleeve, its twin balance wheels clicking…Three tables away in the sun-dappled café, Maya sat turning the pages of an antique volume, completely unaware of how many times they had…
Mihailo Zoin·Sep 14Benjamin Franklin Invented the Delete ButtonWhat every streak app kept from his little book, and the three things it quietly threw awayA response icon1A response icon1
Dick Manikowski·Aug 19Benjamin Franklin’s Pursuit of Virtue: A Template for Gradual Moral PerfectionIn his Autobiography, American founding father and polymath Benjamin Franklin presented a list of 13 virtues which he professed to pursue…
InBeyond LinesbyVarun Sangar·Jul 30The Benjamin Franklin EffectWhy asking for a small favor can sometimes strengthen a relationship more than doing one yourself.
Akshat Trivedi·Jul 13The 300-Year-Old Daily Routine That Still Beats Modern Productivity AdviceMost people know Benjamin Franklin as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, an inventor, a scientist, a writer, and a…
Mihailo Zoin·Jul 13Benjamin Franklin invented the habit tracker. Then he got busy.Nobody tells the truth about how a practice actually ends. He did, and it is not the story you have been told.
