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Naval's Napkin Math for a Good Life
11 equations. The first one is worth your whole Sunday.
Jul 12 • Manoj Radhakrishna
Normal Has an Expiry Date
What a 450-year-old list tells us about the things we're certain of today
Jul 5 • Manoj Radhakrishna

June 2026

143 Days
The deadline you accepted was never a law of physics.
Jun 28 • Manoj Radhakrishna
My Funeral, and What She Said
I had the whole evening planned. Then Melanie pointed out the one flaw in it.
Jun 21 • Manoj Radhakrishna
Good News Is Slow
Bad news arrives in seconds. Good news takes decades. Guess which one your feed is built for.
Jun 14 • Manoj Radhakrishna
The bar jumps. You don't.
The day you get noticed, expectation leaps a full floor. Your skill is exactly where it was yesterday.
Jun 7 • Manoj Radhakrishna

May 2026

When to Shoot the Horse
Most of us hold on for the wrong reason.
May 31 • Manoj Radhakrishna
The Price of a Signal
Why the cheapest way to meet someone became the worst.
May 24 • Manoj Radhakrishna
Sentences that took years
Lines from people who thought about something long enough to make it short.
May 17 • Manoj Radhakrishna
Stop Telling People to Be Strong
What my friend Anjali learned in 10 months of chemo.
May 10 • Manoj Radhakrishna
The Environment Is Doing the Work
Why some people make it look easy. Hint: it's the environment.
May 3 • Manoj Radhakrishna

April 2026

The Article that Lies In Its Title
And gets away with it.
Apr 26 • Manoj Radhakrishna
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